---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180913005902.GA26082@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:59:02 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Letters to the Editor: My Verizon nightmare My telephone service problem from Verizon has been going on probably for 25 years or more. When it rains, there is so much static or buzzing on the line that it becomes impossible to call. The technicians come out fix it for a while, then it's messed up again when it rains again. Why don't I use a cell phone? Simple: I can't hear over any of them, and there is no other phone service offered out here. https://www.godanriver.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letters-to-the-editor-for-wednesday-september/article_59a4235a-b602-11e8-b336-37bf30cef04e.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180913004805.GA26036@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:48:06 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T CEO Knocks Verizon's New 5G Service as 'Nonstandard' By Scott Moritz As the race to fifth-generation wireless technology heats up, so do the claims about technological superiority. A day after Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it will be the first carrier out of the gate to launch 5G wireless in the U.S., AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said he's curious to see how the service will be greeted by consumers. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-12/at-t-ceo-knocks-verizon-s-new-5g-service-as-not-really-5g -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180913010543.GA26114@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:05:43 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Big Tech Companies to Appear Before Senate to Discuss Privacy By John D. McKinnon WASHINGTON - }The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a high-profile hearing on the privacy practices of big tech companies later this month, signaling intensifying government interest in a thorny issue for the industry, according to people familiar with the matter. The hearing, set for Sept. 26, reflects growing concerns among lawmakers over user privacy on the internet, especially in light of recent revelations of questionable practices at several big tech firms, including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit. https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-companies-to-appear-before-senate-to-discuss-privacy-1536750001 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180913005035.GA26054@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:50:35 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Woman asks Verizon for free service after cloud photo goof costs her lifetime of photos by Matt Gephardt and Michelle Poe BOUNTIFUL, UT - (KUTV) - Julie Nelson takes a lot of photos with her phone. She uses them in her family-owned business that requires her to photograph snow conditions. But the truly irreplaceable ones are, of course, of her family, friends and vacations. Now, hundreds of those irreplaceable photos are gone forever. https://kutv.com/news/get-gephardt/woman-asks-verizon-for-free-service-after-cloud-photo-goof-costs-her-lifetime-of-photos -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180913044433.GA27318@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:44:33 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Network outage in Rapid City SD RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) - A fiber wire cut resulted in a network outage in the Rapid City area on Wednesday afternoon. This will impact Dish, DIRECTV and AT&T customers. There is no timeline on when the wire will be fixed. Read the original version of this article at http://www.kotatv.com/. -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 13 Sep 2018