---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181105225753.GA9572@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:57:53 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink landline Service Restored in Gordon Township, WI The Douglas County Office of Emergency Management is reporting CenturyLink landline telephone service in Gordon Township has been restored. Authorities say at 8 a.m. Friday, service for residents in that area went down. The service was restored around 8:50 a.m. https://www.wdio.com/news/centurylink-landline-gordon-township/5131836/ ***** Moderator's Note ***** This is an unusual story: the two paragraphs above are the entire article shown at wdio.com. A Google search for details turned up a couple of hits, first from the "Superior Telegram" site, and also from a TV station, but when I try to follow the links, the Superior Telegram page says I'm "Not Authorized" to view the story, and the TV station's page returns a 404. I reached a reporter at the Superior Telegram, and was told that the story had been taken down because the outage was over by the time it was posted. I couldn't find any other report of the incident: although Google's summary for the search showed several sites that mentioned an outage, all of the articles or stories appear to have been removed. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181105153318.GA8644@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 10:33:18 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: INVESTIGATION: Phone company accused of neglecting rural customers By Jackie DeFusco SCOTT COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) - June 5, 2018 was Ferne Grimm's 92nd birthday. The widow, known for her faith and spunk, was living alone in Upper Possum Creek, a neighborhood enclosed by mountains in rural Scott County,Va. Carol Alley, Grimm's daughter, didn't call before visiting her mother that morning. She knew her landline had been out for six days and no one in the neighborhood has cell service. https://www.wjhl.com/local/watch-6p-phone-company-accused-of-neglecting-rural-customers/1566928636 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181105230021.GA9613@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 18:00:21 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon to Break Up Wireless Unit in Reorganization New CEO Hans Vestberg restructures divisions based on types of customers served By Sarah Krouse Verizon Communications Inc.'s new chief executive is restructuring the carrier's business lines, including its massive wireless business, in one of the first major organizational changes under his leadership. Hans Vestberg is reorganizing the company's divisions by the types of customers served, rather than by the type of service provided, the company said Monday. https://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-to-break-up-wireless-unit-in-reorganization-1541420253 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 06 Nov 2018