---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190824220813.GA28510@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:08:13 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Monthly TCPA Digest - August 2019 by Joshua Briones, Russell H. Fox, E. Crystal Lopez and Elana R. Safner We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=838568&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190826011317.GA6700@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 01:13:17 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Effective Immediately! FAR Amended To Include Prohibition On Chinese Telecommunications Equipment And Services In Government Contracts By Townsend L. Bourne, David S. Gallacher and Jonathan E. Meyer In accordance with Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (Pub. L. No. 115-232) (the "2019 NDAA"), which required imposition of broad restrictions on procurements involving certain Chinese telecommunications hardware manufacturers such as Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp within one year, the FAR Council has released an interim rule implementing these restrictions. Today, the FAR Council released Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-05 (84 Fed. Reg. 40,216), creating a new FAR Subpart 4.21, as well as two new contract clauses, FAR 52.204-24 and 52.204-25, all of which are effective August 13, 2019. These restrictions apply not only to prime contractors, but also to all subcontractors and throughout the supply chain. Government contractors need to know that these new requirements are effective immediately and that opportunities for waivers are very limited. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=836904&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B71E9FBD-F9B9-453B-A00D-A1F5EC33B478@jt-mj.net> Date: 26 Aug 2019 15:37:28 -0400 From: "Julian Thomas" <jt@jt-mj.net> Subject: Re: Testing cellphones for radiofrequency radiation: How we did it > On Aug 24, 2019, at 08:50, Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote: > > Over the past year, the Chicago Tribune hired RF Exposure Lab in San > Marcos, Calif., to measure 11 different cellphone models for > radiofrequency radiation. It shows how it was done but none of the results :-( -- jt - jt@jt-mj.net "When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends." - Mark Twain ------------------------------ Message-ID: <f67b548c-5c8f-4460-acc6-68ee0d0a454c@googlegroups.com> Date: 26 Aug 2019 12:57:52 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: South Florida union members go on strike at AT&T. How will this affect your service? On Monday, August 26, 2019 at 1:08:59 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > By Howard Cohen > > Three South Florida-area Communication Workers of America unions > announced a strike against AT&T on Thursday. > > CWA Local 3121 in Hialeah, CWA Local 3120 in Broward and CWA Local > 3122, which covers North Miami Beach to Key West, cited "unfair labor > practices" by the telecommunications giant. > > https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article234264487.html Historical notes: We don't hear of labor strife as much as we used to. Labor unions in the U.S. have declined in power and influence. Years ago bitter massive strikes were more common, including in the telephone industry. It had far more impact in the past when the system was less automated(1). Indeed, in the 1950s, many calls were still handled manually by operators, so when there was a strike, there was essentially no service. Even in dial locations, long distance still required an operator in most places in the 1950s, so there was no long distance service. In 1946, the CIO(2) went out on strike. The LIFE article below includes a photo of a large room filled with empty switchboards. https://books.google.com/books?id=9kgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA25&dq=life%20telephone%20strike&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false In 1947, 350,000 workers of AT&T went out on strike. LIFE covered it: https://books.google.com/books?id=ck0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA40&dq=life%20telephone%20strike&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false (In the same issue, on pg 24 Western Electric bragged about the fast restoration of a fire-destroyed central office). General Telephone, an 'independent' telephone company, also had labor troubles. In 1973, Ohio workers took out a full page ad explaining their stance: https://books.google.com/books?id=Kb5QAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA11&dq=general%20telephone%20strike&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q&f=false Some strike were bitter with vandalism of telephone company property. In 1963, GTE took out the following ad in Florida: https://books.google.com/books?id=w1tYAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA8&dq=general%20telephone%20strike&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false (lower left side of frame) Telephone strikes go back 100 years. Here is a New England labor dispute in April 1919. https://books.google.com/books?id=DTdeAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA1&dq=general%20telephone%20strike&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false (upper left) In all of the above, you can read through the entire publication. The old ads are particularly interesting. 1. Recently I had to deal with Verizon. Extremely hard to reach an actual person, their automated front end did its best to block me. Very frustrated. I don't understand how a business expects to thrive when they treat customers so rottenly. But I guess since most businesses do so nowadays, they can get away with it. (Comcast is no better.) 2. Congress of Industrial Organizations, which was later combined with the American Federation of Labor to form the AFL-CIO. See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations> (Mod.) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 28 Aug 2019