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The Telecom Digest for December 22, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 251 : "text" Format
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:33:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Anyone, anywhere can now get a 212 area code -- for big bucks
Message-ID: <1aabbdfb-d883-42dc-a782-2feb4c17d4d8@googlegroups.com>
By Natalie O'Neill, New York Post, December 21, 2013
| Anyone from the Deep South to the West Coast can now score the
| once-exclusive 212 area code.
|
| New York wannabes from around the country can snag a
| Manhattan-esque number for prices ranging from $100 to $15,000
| on the Web site 212areacode.com.
|
| Buyers are instructed to consult their cellphone carrier
| companies to notify them of the change. They then pick from
| dozens of available 212 phone numbers, paying for it online
| via PayPal. Phone numbers boasting more zeros tend to cost
| more than harder-to-remember ones.
|
| In March, the Internet phone provider Vonage launched a
| petition asking the FCC to free up unused 212 numbers for
| anyone nationwide.
|
| That irked actual New Yorkers who were stuck with less-
| glamorous "464" or "347" codes.
|
| The Web site now claims to be perfectly legal, noting it's
| "the ultimate source for a 212 area code."
Source:
http://tinyurl.com/212-big-bucks
Obviously, 464 was a typo -- 464 is a reserve assignment for future overlay on
708. Presumably, the author meant 646 (overlay on 212).
Two other NYC area codes are not mentioned: 929 (overlay on 718/347) and 917
(overlay on all five boroughs).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_area_codes
Neal McLain
***** Moderator's Note *****
I can understand the idea as a source of stocking stuffers for what
Jay Leno calls "The More Money Than Brains Club", but for serious use?
Sorry, my circuit breaker trips at that point. I doubt anyone who is
in a position to care does. The revolution is over, the Negroponte
Switch is almost complete, and anyone who thinks a phone number in the
"212" Area Code is special is likely to have one already.
The only people who might be impressed are old, like me, and that
means that they don't buy the things that someone who wants to claim
some cachet from appearing to be in business in Manhattan is trying to
sell.
YMMV.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 09:16:53 -0800
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: It's all downhill after today
Message-ID: <20131221171653.GA6411@telecomdigest.net>
I've got good news: one minutes ago, those in the Eastern Time Zone of
the U.S. passed the Winter Solstice, and that means that from this
momenet until the Summer Solstice, every day will get longer.
I hope this makes your day a little brighter!
Bill
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The only thing worth hoarding is time
The best thing to share is wisdom
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 18:57:28 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon vows to disclose more about government data requests
Message-ID: <l959t9$oqp$1@dont-email.me>
Verizon vows to disclose more about government data requests
By CBS/REUTERS December 20, 2013, 8: 51 AM
Verizon Communications Inc. vowed to issue semi-annual reports on
government requests for customer data, drawing praise from privacy
advocates who sought such changes and marking the latest reform to
controversial surveillance practices.
This would be the first time that Verizon will publish such reports that
would be easily accessible to shareholders.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/verizon-vows-to-disclose-more-about-government-data-requests/
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Here's a rhetorical question: have you ever read a story that made you
burst out laughing? Just curious.
Bill
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She sits on her hair and she's tall as my dad
And she got mad at dinner when Tom drank a beer
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- Dar Williams
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:05:27 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Google Fiber brings AT&T, CenturyLink to the ftth table
Message-ID: <l95ac8$s28$1@dont-email.me>
The news: Google Fiber may be a new broadband player, but its presence
has driven two of the largest telcos AT&T and CenturyLink to serve up
their own 1 Gbps fiber to the home (FTTH) service.
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/special-reports/google-fiber-brings-att-centurylink-ftth-table-year-review-2013
--
Bill Horne
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And I'd have given anything
To have my own PacMan game at home.
I used to have to get a ride to the arcade;
Now I've got it on my phone.
- Brad Paisley
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:43:05 -0500
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Google Fiber brings AT&T, CenturyLink to the FTTH table
Message-ID: <4j5z2u9gf9h5$.dt1io77304ka$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:05:27 -0500, Bill Horne linked to:
>
> http://www.fiercetelecom.com/special-reports/google-fiber-brings-att-centurylink-ftth-table-year-review-2013
>
There I found another rather more disturbing link,
http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/frontiers-att-connecticut-deal-could-spur-u-verse-northeast-expansion/2013-12-19
,
suggesting that Frontier might soon be taking over at&t's Connecticut
U-Verse operations. Is that event, if it comes to pass, likely to become as
ominous/disastrous/unfortunate as I suspect it will be?
Thanks in advance for opinions/prognostications. And cheers, -- tlvp
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