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Message-ID: <20221115184349.GA807537@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:43:49 +0000
From: Bill Horne
Subject: Metro by T-Mobile offers free phones in Walmart stores
By Cosmin Vasile
When it rains it pours! There are so many Black Friday deals still up
for grabs that it’s hard to decide where to invest. But what if you
could get a phone and not have to pay anything upfront? Metro by
T-Mobile has an interesting promotion running in partnership with
Walmart stores where customers can get a free phone, if they’re
willing to purchase and activate an unlimited plan.
https://www.phonearena.com/news/Metro-TMobile-free-phones-Walmart-stores_id143696
************************** Moderator's Note **************************
This is a subject near to me: I'm in the process of selecting a phone
to take the place of the 4G LTE phone my wife has to give up because
Verizon Mobile got greedy.
Can anyone recommend a lightweight, voice-activated, and VERY tough
cellphone that she could use?
Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <20221115184854.GA807668@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:48:54 +0000
From: Bill Horne
Subject: Congressional panel to find out who was communicating with
Arizona Republican chair on Jan. 6
By Howard Fischer
PHOENIX -- Members of a congressional panel are going to find out who
was communicating with Arizona Republican chair Kelli Ward around the
time of the 2020 election and the insurrection attempt that followed.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bid by Ward, who chairs
the Arizona Republican Party, to shield the record of her calls and
texts from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot. The justices
gave no reason for their decision.
Monday's order leaves Ward with no recourse. But Alexander Kolodin,
her attorney, said there is something to be said about the fact that
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the
order. They said they would have granted her request to delay the
order of U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa directing T-Mobile,
the company that has the records, to surrender them to Congress and
let the full court debate the issue.
https://www.kawc.org/news/2022-11-15/congressional-panel-to-find-out-who-was-communicating-with-arizona-republican-chair-on-jan-6
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Message-ID:
Date: 15 Nov 2022 07:23:15 -0700
From: "Fred Atkinson"
Subject: Are you running out of AC outlets for your Wall-wart
transformers?
I have long experienced the pains of trying to plug in multiple wall
warts. I found a solution to this issue quite a few years ago.
For the benefit of those who are not in the know: A 'wall wart' is an
electrical device that plugs into a 120 VAC outlet and provides
electricity to a electrical device such as a calculator, radio, SOHO
router, etc.. When you have more than one or two of them, their size
makes them extremely difficult to plug in. This is because they are
so big that they crowd out adjacent receptacles.
I previously [meaning quite a few years ago] made a post describing a
device that was the solution. It was manufactured by APC.
That device [a surge protector] has been discontinued. However, APC
has a replacement product for it.
Take a look at this:
https://www.apc.com/us/en/product/P11VNT3/apc-performance-surgearrest-11-outlet-with-phone-splitter-coax-and-ethernet-protection-120v/
Notice that there are six outlets that are separated enough to allow
you to plug in six wall warts without any difficulty. And there are
five additional outlets for standard power cords.
It also provides surge protection for your cable TV/cablemodem
connections. Surge protection for a standard telephone line and an
Ethernet connection are also provided.
You can get a better price for it than what is shown on the APC Web
site. Search on P11VNT3 and you will find quite a few vendors that
sell it. The price widely varies so shop around.
Here is the same device on the B&H Photo site:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/626301-REG/APC_P11VNT3_SurgeArrest_Performance.html?msclkid=5781aec7a38e1c0ffa11cdb434a4b026
You see that the price is considerably less.
I have several of them as I have a lot of networking equipment at home
as well as some radios (NOAA Weather Radio / Scanner) and home
entertainment devices.
I have never had one fail (and I am still using a few of the
discontinued models I purchased over fifteen years ago. No failures
with them, either). They have provided me with very good and reliable
service.
Perhaps this will solve a problem or two for our technology friends
here on Telecom Digest.
Regards,
Fred Atkinson
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