---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <pqfitk$sm8$1@dont-email.me> Date: 20 Oct 2018 11:51:15 -0400 From: Arnie Goetchius <arnie.goetchius@invalid.domain> Subject: Re: Robocall relief: New $100 million system may help frustrated consumers Bill Horne wrote: > Finally, the big phone companies plan to do something major for us > little people, rolling out a $100 million system that could eventually > reduce the flood of unwanted robocalls to a trickle. > > Those aggravating calls from phony IRS agents or the disembodied voice > offering a "free" resort vacation won't disappear instantly. But > starting next year, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile expect to be the first > to activate a new national authentication system designed to stop > fraudulent and unsolicited calls. They're already testing the system. > > https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/15/robocalls-finally-big-phone-carriers-to-take-promising-step-to-reduce-consumer-scourge/ I think Verizon FIOS has already started this. For example, occasionly I get a one ring and the Callerid will show SPAM? WESTFIELD or something starting with SPAM?. I still use nomorobo.com to get most of them. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181019161010.GA21979@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:10:10 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Ajit Pai killed rules that could have helped Florida recover from hurricane Pai blames carriers, but he killed rules that were spurred by Hurricane Sandy. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission chairman slammed wireless carriers on Tuesday for failing to quickly restore phone service in Florida after Hurricane Michael, calling the delay "completely unacceptable." But FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's statement ignored his agency's deregulatory blitz that left consumers without protections designed to ensure restoration of service after disasters, according to longtime telecom attorney and consumer advocate Harold Feld. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/ajit-pai-killed-rules-that-could-have-helped-florida-recover-from-hurricane/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181021003640.GA25234@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:36:40 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Communications Workers of America Launches FirstNet Website The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced the launch of FirstResponderVoice.org, an initiative and website devoted to increasing the availability of information about FirstNet for first responders and public safety agencies. Washington, D.C. - The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced today the launch of <http://FirstResponderVoice.org>, a new advocacy initiative and website devoted to increasing the availability of information about FirstNet for first responders and public safety agencies across the country. https://www.firehouse.com/tech-comm/press-release/21028106/communications-workers-of-america-communications-workers-of-america-launches-first-responder-voice -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181021002804.GA25211@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 20:28:04 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T to Court: DOJ Has No Legal Legs to Stand On Makes final case for Time Warner deal By John Eggerton The Department of Justice used bad numbers to come to the wrong conclusion about AT&T-Time Warner merger--that it would substantially lessen competition--and a lower court was right to reject that conclusion and allow the deal. That was the gist of AT&T's final brief before oral argument in the Trump Administration's continuing effort to prevent AT&T from owning both the DirecTV satellite TV platform and Turner programming including sports nets, HBO and CNN. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/at-t-to-court-doj-has-no-legal-legs-to-stand-on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 21 Oct 2018