---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200817030352.GA32307@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:03:52 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: A Verizon salesman says the abuse is getting worse The pandemic is causing some customers to behave appallingly. There have been several incidents in gadget stores. What are carriers doing to help employees? I asked a Verizon salesman. https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-verizon-salesman-told-me-the-abuse-is-getting-worse/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200817030711.GA32331@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:07:11 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Pandemic highlights broadband internet gap for many in rural counties By J.B. SMITH Waco Tribune-Herald Fiber optic networks crisscross the university towns of Waco and Bryan-College Station, offering speeds of up to one gigabit per second, a river of data that connects people with entertainment, education, business and medical information. But over much of the 90 miles between - in mostly rural Falls and Robertson counties - internet speed and adoption rates quickly drop off, along with the economic potential that technology represents, reporting by the Waco Tribune-Herald and The Eagle shows. https://theeagle.com/news/local/pandemic-highlights-broadband-internet-gap-for-many-in-rural-counties/article_acc5002a-df79-11ea-85fe-f39e2cdea015.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 17 Aug 2020