---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181114011036.GA2262@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:10:36 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon provides update to cell service restoration in the Panhandle By: Ken McVay The work continues in Florida and Georgia to repair damaged fiber. Progress today resulted in four more cell sites on air. A critical site in Mexico Beach is now providing coverage for residents who remained and first responders in that community. Two additional sites are up east of Panama City covering the area north of Alford and I-10 area, the town of Wausau and the Washington County EOC. A tower covering an area north of Panama City where Highway 231 and US 98 meet is also back on air using repaired fiber. https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/verizon-provides-update-to-cell-service-restoration-in-the-panhandle/1528428117 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181114012004.GA2290@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:20:04 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Sacramento scraps plan to install Verizon kiosks By Scott Rodd Sacramento will hold off on installing over a dozen large digital kiosks that were meant to be part of the $100 million partnership between the city and Verizon Communications Inc. Under the agreement between the city and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), finalized in June 2017, the wireless company committed to investing $100 million in Sacramento to establish an extremely fast 5G wireless network, implement advanced traffic control technology and offer free Wi-Fi in parks to improve internet access for underserved residents. In return, the city agreed to waive millions of dollars in leasing fees and grant the Verizon access to city conduit for laying fiber cables. https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2018/11/12/sacramento-scraps-plan-to-install-verizon-kiosks.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181115063440.GA5625@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:34:40 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Annual Lobbying Expense by Centurylink A special interest's lobbying activity may go up or down over time, depending on how much attention the federal government is giving their issues. Particularly active clients often retain multiple lobbying firms, each with a team of lobbyists, to press their case for them. https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000024683&year=2018 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181115065222.GA5667@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:52:22 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Analysis: CenturyLink's execs reap millions in merger bonuses By Bonnie Bolden CenturyLink's top executives are reaping millions of dollars in merger bonuses and incentives after nixing pay raises and bonuses for front-line workers. As part of the company's acquisition of Level 3 Communications that closed Nov. 1, executives earned millions through bonuses and long-term initiative grants that were arranged in 2017, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings made in November and June. https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/money/2018/01/25/analysis-centurylinks-execs-reap-millions-merger-bonuses/1061869001/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 15 Nov 2018