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Message-ID: <20221103172455.GA703123@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 17:24:55 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: [telecom] FCC Expands Disability Access Obligations Of Inmate Calling
Service Providers And Proposes Additional Regulatory Changes
FCC Expands Disability Access Obligations Of Inmate Calling Service
Providers And Proposes Additional Regulatory Changes To Improve
Communications For Inmates With Hearing And Speech Disabilities
by Michal Nowicki
On September 8, 2022 the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or
"Commission") released a report and order and further notice of
proposed rulemaking adopting sweeping changes to its regulations
governing access to telecommunications relay services (TRS) for
incarcerated individuals with hearing and speech disabilities. The new
rules require inmate calling service (ICS) providers to offer all
federally compensable forms of TRS, including video relay service
(VRS), Internet Protocol Relay Service (IP Relay), and Internet
Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) (collectively,
Internet-based telecommunications relay services ("iTRS")), to
eligible inmates in most correctional centers, and, with a narrow
exception for the voice component of IP CTS, prohibit ICS providers
from charging inmates for these services. They also establish special
carceral TRS user registration requirements for IP CTS providers to
address the unique challenges associated with accessing these services
in correctional environments and clarify how certain mandatory TRS
minimum service standards apply in carceral settings.
https://tinyurl.com/4cvmr4hc
************************** Moderator's Note **************************
Well, well ... it seems that letting former inmates vote will have
some positive effects after all. :-)
Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <20221103140333.GA701882@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 14:03:33 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: [telecom] DC Circuit Upholds FCC Order Reallocating Part Of 5.9 GHZ
Band For Unlicensed Use
by Ronald E. Quirk, Jr.
On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
("D.C. Circuit") struck down a challenge to a 2020 Report and Order by
the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") which
reallocates 45 MHz of the 5.850-5.925 GHz spectrum band ("5.9 GHz
band") for commercial unlicensed use, including Wi-Fi and similar
services. Specifically, the FCC designated the 5.850-5.895 GHz portion
for unlicensed use, while allocating the 5.895-5.925 GHz section for
intelligent transportation system ("IT\ S") operations.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1246534/dc-circuit-upholds-fcc-order-reallocating-part-of-59-ghz-band-for-unlicensed-use?email_access=on
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Message-ID: <16F11B16-A016-4BD2-8FB7-778315C9E8A5@roscom.com>
Date: 3 Nov 2022 10:53:59 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: [telecom] How one determined woman fought an identity theft nightmare
Identity theft happened to me. It could happen to you. Our systems
enable bad actors to commit identity fraud and generally get away with
it. But it doesn't have to be this way.
In my experience as a victim of identity theft, and as a reporter
interviewing experts about the problem, I've encountered a few ideas
for how to fix things. Some are small, detail-oriented changes that
would make life easier for victims and harder for thieves. Some are
medium-sized: policies or programs that would make it harder to commit
this crime. And some are big-picture things that would provide broader
protections for our increasingly online lives. I've organized them
here roughly in order from "doable" to "daunting."
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2022-10-26/identity-theft-nightmare
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The problem with *ANY* plan to reduce identity theft is that we have
to eliminiate the weakest link in the system: the users!
The U.S. banking system has been largely converted to an electronic
transaction system, designed from the start to eliminate the need for
any oh-so-expensive humans to interract with the oh-so-gullible and oh-
so-profitable customers whom have been taught to do the jobs which
used to be done by actual employees.
It's surprisingly hard to fool a traind and experiened bank teller -
but fooling technologically ignorant consumers is amazingly easy. If
we could convince every Yuppie and "Gen [X|Y|Z]" glitterati-worshipping
fool^h^h^h^h customer to abandon their cute, sexy, stylish dumb phones
and go back to writing paper checks and doing business face-to-face,
we'd still be left behind the eight-ball, trying to convince the
rulers of our nation that the extra machinery, software, and (Heaven
Forfend!) IT employees wouldn't cost them more than their current
insurance bills and bribes^h^h^h^h^h campaign contributions.
Inevitably, there will be an electronic meltdown: the ever-increasing
amount of automation and the Bankers oh-so-sincere spokesmen will be
overwhelmed by hungry natives in the former colonies, who will
transfer a few Trillion into the electronic piggybanks of their new
ruling class. After that, assuming our society remains functional,
there will be some actual, verifiable changes made.
Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <F26CD02A-E973-4851-94E2-2951EE49CDD3@roscom.com>
Date: 1 Nov 2022 09:16:28 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: [telecom] Uber tests push notification ads, a feature literally no
one wants
Uber recently launched its new advertising division and in-app
ads. Apparently, those ads aren't staying within the app.
Instead, ads from other companies are being sent out as push
notifications, much to the chagrin of some Uber users. Over the
weekend, people turned to Twitter to complain about the notifications,
sharing screenshots of ads, including one particularly popular (sic)
one from Peloton that Uber had sent out. One of the primary
complaints: notifications are being sent out when users aren't
engaging with the app.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/31/uber-tests-push-notifications-a-feature-literally-no-one-wants/
************************** Moderator's Note **************************
In my not-so-humble opinion, the Internet is quietly being
Gerrymandered from a peer-to-peer model into a one-way-only content
delivery system. The 30 Old White Men who run America were more than a
little frightened by the use of text messaging and peer-to-peer
cellphone-based aps to organize the January 6, 2021 riots in
Washington, D.C., and although they might have approved of - or
planned - the expected results, the widespread discontent with the
current political system which followed has them on edge - and
probably worried about how influencers and commentators and even aged
Vietnam veterans like me express thoughts that might knock their
proverbial pig off his fictional ladder before they've finished
changing the rules again.
Bill Horne
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