---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190730141708.GA7759@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:17:08 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Iowa: Verizon Wireless services down across the country, including the Quad Cities TV6 viewers are reporting the are unable to use their phone's data or voice service. According to Down Detector, the Quad Cities area is one of several pockets across the country experiencing large spread outages. Other areas affected include the Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver and New England coastal areas. It is unclear how many people are exactly impacted. https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Verizon-Wireless-services-down-across-the-country-including-the-Quad-Cities-513383731.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190730141059.GA7686@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:11:00 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Dept of Justice Signs Nearly $1B Telecom Services Deal With AT&T The award is the third under the $50 billion EIS telecom contract as the Sept. 30 deadline nears. By Aaron Boyd The Justice Department is the third federal agency to pick a vendor to help modernize all its telecommunications services, under a 15-year contract with AT&T worth almost $1 billion. The telecom giant announced the $984 million award Monday as part of the General Services Administration's $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions, or EIS, contract. EIS is set to replace the current governmentwide telecom contract vehicles Networx and WITS-3, both of which will expire within the next three years. Agencies are expected to use that transition as an opportunity to fully modernize their communications infrastructure. https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2019/07/justice-signs-nearly-1b-telecom-services-deal-t/158780/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <ca8439c6-c558-49c4-b946-c385488e969a@googlegroups.com> Date: 29 Jul 2019 11:20:24 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Frontier often under fire for its services On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 4:20:06 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > By Fred Pace > > HUNTINGTON - In West Virginia, Frontier Communications has been > routinely under fire for its internet service and its landline phone > service, with dozens of formal complaints being lodged against the > company just in recent weeks. > > Currently, the company is being sued by at least 150 disgruntled > internet customers, it has been ordered to conduct an audit of its > operations by the West Virginia Public Service Commission and the > company has been on the radar of both state and federal officials over > alleged poor service. Many actions date back several years. > https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/frontier-often-under-fire-for-its-services/article_25eb2c19-0712-5bea-bae1-c6d3f3051f01.html Historical note: Back in 1953, the Bell System treated its customers very differently. Could you imagine a modern day carrier assisting as describing in the following ad? (this is from Signal magazine. Very interesting ads and articles about the state of the art in 1953. You may scroll through the entire volume. Ads by Bell System, Automatic Electric, Kellogg, and Stromberg Carlson). https://books.google.com/books?id=IUEbAQAAMAAJ&dq=signals%20%22a%20small%20light%22%20relay&pg=RA10-PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <d959dacb-8696-471a-b6c4-10c73fbe216a@googlegroups.com> Date: 29 Jul 2019 10:23:41 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Bringing digital to rural Pennsylvania The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that a company has been locked in a battle with Comcast over attempts to provide basic internet service in Indiana County, PA. Detailed article at: https://www.inquirer.com/business/comcast-rural-broadband-verizon-pennsylvania-pittsburgh-20190728.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190730151326.GA8412@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:13:26 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Re: Iowa: Verizon Wireless services down across the country, including the Quad Cities On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 02:17:08PM +0000, Bill Horne wrote: > TV6 viewers are reporting the are unable to use their phone's data or > voice service. > > According to Down Detector, the Quad Cities area is one of several > pockets across the country experiencing large spread outages. Other > areas affected include the Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver and New > England coastal areas. It is unclear how many people are exactly > impacted. > https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Verizon-Wireless-services-down-across-the-country-including-the-Quad-Cities-513383731.html I asked Verizon spokesperson David Weissmann to comment: here's his texted reply - We are currently experiencing a network issue impacting wireless service for some customers in the Upper Midwest including the Rockford, IL, and Davenport, IA metro areas. Our engineers and technicians have identified the hardware issue and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible. Affected customers can still make and receive calls by enabling WiFi calling on their devices. Instructions on how to enable this free service can be found at ... https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/wifi-calling-faqs/ I asked Mr. Weissmann if this is an FCC-reportable outage, and how many customers are affected, and I'm waiting for his reply. -- Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 31 Jul 2019