---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181120172235.GA20597@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:22:35 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: How not to buy a phone on Black Friday - three simple rules to smarter phone purchases By David Ruddock Carriers aren't looking to cut you a deal. Installment plans are just contracts by another name. Last year's phone is not "just as good" as this year's. These are the three golden rules of Black Friday smartphone shopping. There are other important things to consider, sure, but those are the fundamentals that everyone needs to know and abide, because if you don't, you could end up with a phone you don't want that's stuck on a carrier you don't want to be with. And that sucks. https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/11/19/not-buy-phone-black-friday-three-simple-rules-smarter-phone-purchases/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181120174755.GA20784@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:47:55 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Phones fail in California fires, highlighting mobile vulnerabilities By Anousha Sakoui, Todd Shields and Scott Moritz As wildfires raged across California, mobile phones went silent as towers and lines succumbed to the flames. "We had to drive through neighborhoods with sirens and public address systems to alert residents and visitors," said David Katz, a spokesman for the Malibu Search and Rescue Team. "In some cases, we had to go house to house on foot." https://www.mooresvilletribune.com/news/trending/phones-fail-in-california-fires-highlighting-mobile-vulnerabilities/article_e1faf194-eddf-558b-b834-749502596c9f.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181120172551.GA20619@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:25:51 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC auction [of] remaining 28GHz and new 24GHz Spectrum By James Moon On Last Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission, in order to free up the space required for faster network of next-generation, had launched its first auction of high-band spectrum. The auction made just $42 million in first two rounds of the initial bids whereas no opening bids had been seen for about one-third of the licenses to be auctioned. Though this could be called a modest start but Federal Communications Commission will expected to be auctioning for several weeks to complete its 101st spectrum auction. Spectrum of 28GHz band has been considered best for 5G networks and FCC is auctioning about 3,000 licenses for network operators allowing them to broadcast in this band. But the auction is facing slow pace for 28GHz band due to least interest of carriers because Verizon, from earlier auctions with covering of most of the prime urban locations, has already owing more than 50 percent licenses of this band. Verizon, in parts of four cities using the 28GHz band, has already been testing high speed internet services. https://newsstoriesworld.com/fcc-auction-remaining-28ghz-and-new-24ghz-spectrum/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181120174440.GA20761@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:44:40 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Net Neutrality Repeal Threatens Public Safety, Attorneys General Warn by Wendy Davis The Federal Communications Commission ignored "substantial evidence" that revoking the net neutrality regulations would result in harm to consumers and threats to public safety, a coalition of state attorneys general and city officials argue in new court papers. The repeal "jeopardizes residents' access to safe and reliable electricity; prevents residents from receiving timely evacuation, shelter-in-place, and disease outbreak alerts; and interferes with urgent medical services, among other things," the officials write in papers filed Friday with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/328249/net-neutrality-repeal-threatens-public-safety-att.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181120173023.GA20642@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:30:23 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Opinion: FCC proves it doesn't get the innovation economy Broadband order demonstrates federal agency is undermining local efforts to improve digital equity By San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Silicon Valley has long suspected - after the Federal Communications Commission's assaults on net neutrality and online privacy - that the FCC doesn't get the needs of an innovation economy. The FCC's Sept. 28 order should erase all doubts - particularly for the millions of low-income families stranded on the wrong side of the digital divide. In September, the FCC capped fees that telecommunications companies pay to cities to lease public street light poles. AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint mount "small cell" devices on those poles to bolster their wireless networks, accelerating data transmission and enabling next-generation 5G functionality. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/20/opinion-liccardo/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181120173910.GA20712@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:39:10 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Professional group shows Dallas women how to network like a boss Networking is a necessary evil - we all have to do it, and we all wonder if we're doing it correctly. Those who've mastered the art of small talk and self promotion have been able to boost their own professional development through the connections of others. Turns out, it's all about changing your mindset and approaching networking in a new way. Here are some tips courtesy of Verizon and the Dallas-based professional group Boss Women to help make sure you don't lose out on any opportunities. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/11-19-18-boss-women-verizon-networking-tips/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 21 Nov 2018