---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200822225100.GA25675@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:51:00 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Washington Dismisses CenturyLink 911 Outage Complaint The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission dismissed a complaint against CenturyLink for a 2017 911 outage. The Commission found that, while there was a service outage, the outage did not violate the States rules. The outage occurred during a planned switch upgrade and the Commission found that the network malfunction was not reasonably foreseeable and that CenturyLink and Intrado "took reasonable steps in planning and implementing the switch upgrade to reduce the risk of error, provide prompt awareness of the outage, and restore 911 service as rapidly as possible." https://dan.hersam.com/tools/smart-quotes.php -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200822233040.GA25866@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 23:30:40 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: America's Terrible Internet Is Making Quarantine Worse Why millions of students still can't get online By Olga Khazan At 8 a.m. Pacific time last Wednesday, I joined David Anderson's 12th-grade government class at Live Oak High by clicking on a Zoom link. Because California suffered a surge in coronavirus cases this summer, students in Live Oak, a town about 50 miles north of Sacramento, will be learning virtually for the foreseeable future. Both Anderson and his students seemed nervous about how it would go. At 8:03, only eight of the 24 students had logged on, despite the fact that Anderson's "classroom expectations" sheet requested that everyone "log in to class on time and prepared every day." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/virtual-learning-when-you-dont-have-internet/615322/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200823000523.GA25987@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:05:23 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Actions speak louder than words ike says its policy with respect to climate change is to "move to zero" carbon and zero waste. Intel believes that a "serious response by governments and the private sector" is warranted. Columbia Sportswear is "committed to playing our part to help drive climate solutions." Portland General Electric "acknowledged that the utility industry needs to be part of the global warming solution and called for carbon regulation." Walmart says they "want to be part of the solution" of "rapid de-carbonization of global economic systems." Boeing "recognizes climate change is a fundamental global challenge." International Paper "plays a significant role in responding to the climate change challenge." https://www.gazettetimes.com/opinion/letters/mailbag-actions-speak-louder-than-words/article_c1d047ac-8c8d-5572-a4f2-da5e12759be0.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <7C539172-A199-48C2-9E55-3E18B1B477B7@roscom.com> Date: 18 Aug 2020 17:51:24 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: FCC asks for more public input on whether to let Charter impose data caps FCC asks for more public input on whether to let Charter impose data caps FCC reopens docket after court ruled Charter can charge for network connections. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/fcc-asks-for-more-public-input-on-whether-to-let-charter-impose-data-caps/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 23 Aug 2020