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The Telecom Digest for October 25, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 221 : "text" Format
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:22:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: AT&T bulks up its bankroll in tower deal
Message-ID: <l47feh$1i45$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu>
In article <20131023000204.GA26566@telecom.csail.mit.edu>,
Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> wrote:
>The agreement, which involves leasing or selling 9,700 wireless towers
>to Crown Castle, makes AT&T the latest carrier to offload antenna
>sites to independent operators -- a transaction that lets the company
>focus on growth areas or more profitable parts of the business.
This trend has been going on for a very long time in retail, and for
about the past two decades in radio. There are a number of companies
out there that function effectively as investment bankers for real
estate, enabling property owners to free up capital in exchange for a
long-term lease on the property. Crown Castle was one of the early
players in this business, acquiring a large number of broadcast
transmitter sites in the UK as the BBC and independent stations sold
off their transmission facilities.
-GAWollman
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Garrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft
wollman@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program
Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption
my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:01:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Verizon will wield a scalpel at healthcare.gov
Message-ID: <d340fa99-769b-4870-b8d3-ae58cab7fa3f@googlegroups.com>
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:22:11 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote:
> An informed source in the telecommunications industry said Verizon's
> Enterprise Solutions division has been asked by the Department of
> Health and Human Services to improve the performance of the
> HealthCare.gov site, which is a key component of the Affordable Care
> Act.
The Washington Post had a detailed article describing the software issues:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/24/everything-you-need-to-know-about-obamacares-problems/?hpid=z2
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:46:10 -0400
From: T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Verizon will wield a scalpel at healthcare.gov
Message-ID: <MPG.2cd1810cc004b380989ef2@news.eternal-september.org>
In article <20131023002211.GA29679@telecom.csail.mit.edu>,
bill@horneQRM.net says...
>
> HHS brings in Verizon to help HealthCare.gov
>
> Alistair Barr, Kelly Kennedy and Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY 8:22 a.m. EDT October 22, 2013
>
> WASHINGTON . The international telecommunications company Verizon has
> been tasked with helping the government fix the federal health
> exchange, USA TODAY has learned.
>
> An informed source in the telecommunications industry said Verizon's
> Enterprise Solutions division has been asked by the Department of
> Health and Human Services to improve the performance of the
> HealthCare.gov site, which is a key component of the Affordable Care
> Act. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the
> announcement had not been made official.
>
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/21/verizon-hhs-healthcare-site-fix/3144761/
>
Oh this should be good! This is the same Verizon who is blocking our
attempts at a Boston to AZ data connection. The main carrier is old
mother Bell of course. But she can't get her child to act any faster.
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:52:41 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review
Message-ID: <p0624080ece8e49c025ef@[10.0.1.8]>
OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review
No longer an apex predator, OS X takes some time for introspection.
by John Siracusa
Oct 22 2013
Ars Technica
After a dozen years and nine major releases, OS X has had a full
life: the exuberance of youth, gradually maturing into adulthood, and
now, perhaps, entering its dotage. When I am an old operating system
I shall wear ... leather?
The 2011 release of OS X 10.7 Lion seemed to mark the natural
endpoint of the "big cat" naming scheme. But Apple couldn't resist
the lure of the "cat, modifier cat" naming pattern, releasing OS X
10.8 Mountain Lion a year later. Perhaps it just wanted to give its
cat nine lives.
The 10th major release, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, is named after an
awkwardly plural California surfing spot, finally ending the feline
dynasty. But what part of the operating system's existence is this?
The afterlife?
...
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/
Date: 24 Oct 2013 10:06:21 -0400
From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Canada to propose forcing a la carte programming
Message-ID: <l4b9gt$59p$1@panix2.panix.com>
Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> wrote:
>
>It will be fascinating to find out how much ESPN will have to charge as a retail product.
No, no, it will be fascinating to find out how much ESPN will be ABLE to
charge as a retail product.
--scott
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