Message-ID: <4801d59a-ab8b-82d9-9f86-fbc132d20aa6@gmail.com>
Date: 10 Feb 2022 20:47:21 -0500
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: FCC Chair's Proposed Order: Ringless Voicemails Require
Prior Consent
by Yaron Dori
FCC Chairperson Jessica Rosenworcel issued a press release on Wednesday
stating that she has circulated to her fellow FCC commissioners and
proposal that, if adopted by the agency, will clarify that the TCPA and
related FCC rules impose a consent standard on "ringless voicemails"
delivered to a user's voicemail inbox.
The proposed action responds to a 2017 Petition for Declaratory Ruling
filed by a company called All About the Message that argued that because
ringless voicemails bypass telephone networks and are transmitted
directly to telephone company voicemail servers at no charge to users,
they are not "calls" governed by the TCPA and FCC rules.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1159144/fcc-chair39s-proposed-order-ringless-voicemails-require-prior-consent?email_access=on
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Message-ID: <20220210213821.D8E5977F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:38:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: 911 calling issues for Mid-South Verizon users
If you need to reach the Bartlett Police Department, call (901)
385-5555. For the Collierville Police Department, call (901) 853-3207.
Author: Kim Wheeler
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. - 911 calls from Verizon Wireless users are not
being connected with dispatch, according to multiple Mid-South law
enforcement agencies.
Both the Bartlett Police Department and Collierville Police Department
reported issues Monday morning.
CPD said it was notified by the Shelby County 911 Communications
District about the issue.
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/911-calling-issues-for-mid-south-verizon-users/522-ec4bd8cf-c657-4fdc-be00-1f4d110b2008
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Message-ID: <7e46b8b3-daab-2d57-54c3-d3b4a6536f71@ionary.com>
Date: 10 Feb 2022 11:51:00 -0500
From: "Fred Goldstein" <fQRMgoldstein@ionary.com>
Subject: Anyone familiar with old lead/paper loop plant?
A reporter for a major newspaper is interested in learning more about
the pressurized (usually lead-sheathed) cables that were installed in
telephone networks until plastic came along. Some are likely to still be
in service. If any old outside plant folks are interested in talking to
her about it, please contact me directly (remove the QRM from my email)
and I'll pass the contact info along. Thanks.
Message-ID: <20220210134955.942B277F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:49:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net>
Subject: Verizon's Aging Copper Lines Leave Customers Hung Up With
Frustration
By FARAH JAVED
Dr. Ida Messana, a Queens internist specializing in geriatric
medicine, started experiencing internet, fax and landline phone issues
in her Forest Hills office last summer and noticed a concerning side
effect.
Many of her elderly patients, who depend on phone calls and faxes, as
opposed to emails and texts, stopped coming because they could not
reach her.
"We lost dial tone on my fax line, so I couldn't receive or send any
faxes. Imagine my patients waiting for their CAT scans, X-rays, their
reports of blood, all different kinds of things," she explained.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/2/3/22915176/verizon-copper-lines-customers-frustration
***** Comment *****
It's nice to see the news media finally taking note of the terrible
costs that copper wires impose on a historic publicly-held
company. The again copper based cables buried beneath the attention
span of legislative bodies all over the country has caused Verizontal
stockholders to support an aging workforce that drags down the
company's modern, forward-looking image with "Get in the truck"
dedication and ever-so-irksome union wages.
Imagine how many "seniors" are unable to use the fax machines that sit
on the shelves in their hallways, directly underneath their
ever-so-relible Western Electric telephones. These old customers and
theier old expectations and their old viewpoints must be swept aside
to make room for the modern, soon-to-be-mandatory fiber-optic cables
and/or "100G" radio-based connections, so that the executives at
Verizontal HQ can watch their Mai Tais being mixed in real time as
they head over for lunch and a few laughs at the public expense.
