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| Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:16:37 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon settles charges that it never gave "free TVs" to FiOS customers
Message-ID: <20141116151637.GA7058@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Verizon has to pay $1.375 million back to Maryland residents.
Verizon has agreed to pay $1.375 million to Maryland customers to
settle charges that it misled them about the price of its FiOS
fiber-to-the-home service and failed to deliver promised promotional
items including free televisions, Maryland Attorney General Douglas
Gansler announced Wednesday.
"The settlement follows a wide-ranging investigation of Verizon,
including its alleged failure to deliver promised promotional items to
new FiOS customers, such as free televisions and gift cards; its offer
of bundled prices that did not include the cost to lease equipment
necessary to receive the services; its alleged practice of assessing
early termination fees when customers cancelled after they did not
receive what they had been promised; and other issues, including
billing complaints, contract disputes, and poor customer service," the
announcement said. "Although Verizon denied that it violated any
Maryland laws, it agreed to a settlement that addresses the Division's
concerns."
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/11/verizon-settles-charges-that-it-never-gave-free-tvs-to-fios-customers/
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen.
- Woody Guthrie
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| Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:41:24 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: New Blackberry coming - but only for GSM carrier
Message-ID: <20141116154124.GA8734@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Surprise! If you're one of the few people left who wants a physical
keyboard on your smartphone, you can now preorder a BlackBerry
Classic. The Waterloo, Ontario, mobile firm began taking preorders on
Friday for the mobile handset, which is based on older BlackBerry
designs but includes an updated software suite.
The Classic is priced at $449 and is expected to ship in
mid-December. But the model available only supports GSM carriers,
leaving out Verizon, Sprint and U.S. Cellular customers. Details about
the BlackBerry Classic's specs have yet to be disclosed,
though its preorder information mentions a square touch screen and
support for BlackBerry and Android apps downloaded through the Amazon
Appstore. The company plans to officially launch the Classic on
Dec. 17 in New York, according to The Next Web.
http://www.ibtimes.com/blackberry-classic-preorders-begin-verizon-sprint-users-are-left-out-1724061
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Sometimes someone controls everything about you
And when they tell you that they just can't live without you
They ain't lyin', they'll take pieces of you
- Jack White
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| Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:56:36 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Lost Key? Copies From the Cloud
Message-ID: <E3E610D1-1B58-4CFB-A072-0F9864E1618E@roscom.com>
Lost Key? Copies from the Cloud
A company is placing kiosks in New York-area 7-Eleven stores that will
allow people to make car keys without having to go to a car dealer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/automobiles/lost-key-copies-from-the-cloud.html
***** Moderator's Note *****
This has little to do with telecom, but I've been making do with a
single car key for years, and I sometimes think it's the best way to
prevent locking my key in the car. I make it a habit to look at the
key in my hand before I close the door!
I could get a copy made, but I can't stand the thought of paying over
$200 to do it. So, and if anyone finds a car key attached to a car
remote control ...
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:31:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Lost Key? Copies From the Cloud
Message-ID: <1598609751.815911.1416166280772.JavaMail.yahoo@jws100156.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
> Monty Soloman wrote:
> Lost Key? Copies from the Cloud
> A company is placing kiosks in New York-area 7-Eleven stores that will
> allow people to make car keys without having to go to a car dealer.
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
> This has little to do with telecom, but I've been making do with a
> single car key for years, and I sometimes think it's the best way to
> prevent locking my key in the car. I make it a habit to look at the
> key in my hand before I close the door!
> I could get a copy made, but I can't stand the thought of paying
> over $200 to do it. So, and if anyone finds a car key attached to a
> car remote control ...
> Bill Horne
> Moderator
The TV stations here in Oklahoma City have been running warnings in the
last day or two to make sure you never have your keys where they can
be photographed by anyone else because crooks can have your keys
duplicated this way and use them to break into your house or steal
your car.
Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com
***** Moderator's Note *****
TV stations love to hype one-chance-in-a-million bugaboos: the average
thief will just break a window and be gone before the police can
respond. As my dad used to say: "Locks are to keep honest people
honest".
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:49:58 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Mesh-networked mobile phone connections coming to Hong Kong
Message-ID: <6D9F57E8-F518-4742-803A-0079FC8B7A1C@roscom.com>
Mesh-networked mobile phone connections coming to Hong Kong
http://thestack.com/21vianet-m87-mesh-network-cell-hong-kong-141114
***** Moderator's Note *****
"Mesh" networks have been deployed in the U.S. for a while now: does
anyone know who came up with the idea?
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:52:08 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: 81% of Tor users can be de-anonymised by analysing router information, research indicates
Message-ID: <C4F89893-066E-4E77-BF9D-9C140AEF91D9@roscom.com>
81% of Tor users can be de-anonymised by analysing router information,
research indicates
http://thestack.com/chakravarty-tor-traffic-analysis-141114
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