---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <353B1736-284F-443B-813F-F26D8DA6324A@jt-mj.net> Date: 6 Oct 2019 20:28:01 -0400 From: "Julian Thomas" <jt@jt-mj.net> Subject: Re: Large Telecom Companies And State Attorneys General Agree On Anti-Robocall Principles There is no excuse for any telco to not block a call where the caller ID shows up as "Not Assigned". jt - jt@jt-mj.net -- Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. -Gore Vidal ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191007154306.GA29680@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 15:43:06 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Eastern New Mexico University phone system has outage PORTALES - The phone was busy last week at Eastern New Mexico University, no matter who you dialed. But nobody was talking on any of the phones. The campus phone system went out Tuesday, and wasn't restored until late Friday after CenturyLink installed new lines for the campus. https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2019/10/06/news/enmu-phone-system-has-outage/163254.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0406B1F6-5A87-4DD7-AB13-5CF44D975662@roscom.com> Date: 6 Oct 2019 16:29:37 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: 10 Tips to Avoid Leaving Tracks Around the Internet Google and Facebook collect information about us and then sell that data to advertisers. Websites deposit invisible "cookies" onto our computers and then record where we go online. Even our own government has been known to track us. When it comes to digital privacy, it's easy to feel hopeless. We're mere mortals! We're minuscule molecules in their machines! What power do we possibly have to fight back? Some of these suggestions are more aggressive, and make using the web less convenient, but they'll definitely protect your privacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/smarter-living/10-tips-internet-privacy-crowdwise.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191007194413.GA30944@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 19:44:14 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Service problems continue to plague many Verizon Wireless customers in San Diego By: Jermaine Ong SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Many San Diego-area Verizon Wireless customers may have to wait a while longer before service issues that coincided with the launch of a new wireless service in Mexico will be fully resolved. In August, numerous Verizon customers -- many who live in areas close to the U.S.-Mexico border -- told 10News about issues with dropped calls and slow internet speeds. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/service-problems-continue-to-plague-many-verizon-wireless-customers-in-san-diego -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 08 Oct 2019