---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191024210911.GA3447@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:09:11 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Frontier gets away with "paltry" settlement after breaking 35 laws and rules Minnesota approves settlement despite AG saying it lets Frontier off the hook. By Jon Brodkin Minnesota regulators are letting Frontier Communications settle an investigation without admitting fault, despite the state attorney general's office calling the settlement "paltry compared with Frontier's alleged misconduct." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/frontier-gets-away-with-paltry-settlement-after-breaking-35-laws-and-rules/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191024214932.GA4019@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:49:32 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: A contributor at DownDetector blames AT&T for today's Verizon outage A contributor to the "DownDetector" site says that AT&T is to blame for the Oct 24th Verizon outage, claiming that "... the real culprit is AT&T. They own the smart ring that connects to the Verizon towers." http://disq.us/p/2555xur -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6548c3a2-3b71-4e65-94dc-0f0be50ae0fd@googlegroups.com> Date: 23 Oct 2019 15:22:25 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History office intercoms Often in old movies and TV shows we'll see an executive lean into an intercom console on his desk and summon a staff member. In the past, several independent vendors provided office intercom systems. Here is some ads from the 1950s: Executone: https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1959-09/page/n15 Stromberg Carlson https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1959-09/page/n69 RCA: https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1959-09/page/n95 Dictograph https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1959-11/page/n21 Webster Electric (lower right) https://books.google.com/books?id=02k_AAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA2&dq=webster%20electric%20intercom&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191024211634.GA3547@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:16:34 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Iowa: 911 outage in Cerro Gordo County MASON CITY, Iowa (KTTC) - October 17 - The Cerro Gordo Sheriff's office is reporting a 911 outage in rural parts of the county. The office says it was notified of the problem affecting landline phones by Frontier Communications. The company estimates the outage will last until 10 p.m. Thursday. It did not specify exactly what the issue is. https://kttc.com/news/top-stories/2019/10/17/911-outage-in-cerro-gordo-county/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 26 Oct 2019