---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180202191658.GA26713@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 14:16:58 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink, Frontier take lead in CAF-II race CenturyLink, Frontier take lead in CAF-II race, seek complementary wireless technologies by Sean Buckley CenturyLink and Frontier, two service providers that have sizeable rural market segments, are advancing their rural broadband expansion efforts via the second phase of the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF-II) program. After accepting $500 million in CAF-II funding, which it will complement with its own capital, CenturyLink set a goal to deliver broadband services to about 1.2 million rural households and businesses in 33 states over the next six years. https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/centurylink-frontier-take-lead-caf-ii-race-seek-wireless-complementary-technologies -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180202192501.GA26768@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 14:25:01 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Orlando attorney files class-action suit against telecommunications giant By: Todd Ulrich ORLANDO, Fla. - Three months after Action 9 first exposed overbilling complaints against CenturyLink, the telecommunications giant now faces a class-action lawsuit. A top Orlando attorney filed the federal lawsuit. Fred Busching claims his internet and landline were supposed to cost $80, but his CenturyLink bills packed a mean surprise. "We had one bill for $280, and I went through the roof," he said. http://www.wftv.com/news/action-9/action-9-orlando-attorney-files-class-action-suit-against-telecommunications-giant/691590280 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180202192136.GA26746@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 14:21:36 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink says FCC should maintain 3.5 GHz PALs to ease rural broadband deployments by Sean Buckley As CenturyLink looks to continue its broadband expansion efforts in harder to build rural areas using a mix of wireline and wireless technologies, the service provider says the FCC should not alter the rules governing the Priority Access Licenses (PALs) that will be issued in the 3.5 GHz band. While the FCC rules define PAL geographic license areas is one census tract, the FCC has proposed to increase the size of the geographic license area with both Partial Economic Areas (PEAs) and counties under consideration. https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/centurylink-says-fcc-should-maintain-3-5-ghz-pals-to-ease-rural-broadband-deployments -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <29f59449-e1ff-477d-8456-dd3507f203dd@googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:54:23 -0800 (PST) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History -- fishing vs. undersea cables A 1961 article in WUTR discusses the issues of protecting undersea communication cables against aggressive commercial fishing methods. Cable breaks were disruptive to service and very expensive to repair. http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/15-4/p139.htm ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 03 Feb 2018