---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180105065806.GA31483@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 01:58:06 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Justices Eye Circumvention of Agency's Enforcement Authority The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review whether a plaintiff can circumvent a state agency's right to enforce a statute by seeking to do so through common-law damages claims. By Ben Seal The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review whether a plaintiff can circumvent a state agency's right to enforce a statute by seeking to do so through common-law damages claims. The justices granted allocatur Dec. 26, 2017, in Butler County v. CenturyLink Communications, a case stemming from the county's allegations that a group of telecommunications providers failed to adequately charge customers for fees related to 911 emergency communications and remit the money to the county. https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/sites/thelegalintelligencer/2018/01/04/justices-eye-circumvention-of-agencys-enforcement-authority/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0C8E72BA-5069-4201-AB95-A1A10157E09C@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 23:20:06 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: AT&T sued over layoffs---after promising more investment because of tax cut AT&T sued over layoffs - after promising more investment because of tax cut AT&T explanation of layoffs undercuts claim that net neutrality hurt investment. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/att-sued-over-layoffs-after-promising-more-investment-because-of-tax-cut/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <ca-dnfU_5OdgfdbHnZ2dnUU7-dvNnZ2d@giganews.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:43:57 -0500 From: Retired <Retired@home.com> Subject: Re: Alleged prank 'swatting' call turns deadly with fatal police shooting of man in Kansas On 12/30/17 5:49 PM, Retired wrote: > A 25-year-old man in California has been arrested over an alleged > hoax 911 call that led to police killing an unarmed man in Kansas on > Thursday night, authorities said. > +--------------------+ > > Re the 911 call to Wichita police, how does someone call 911 in KS > from Los Angeles. > > Aren't 911 calls limited to that PSAPs surrounding area ? > > Does spoofing the CallerID get the call routed to that PSAP ? > > ***** Moderator's Note ***** > > E911 centers get their phone number ID from ANI info, just like the > holders of "800" numbers, and it's difficult to forge that info from > most phone lines. > > However, there's a backdoor: ... a VoIP-based phone company, which > might have customers all across the nation, will ask each customer > to fill out a 911 database form, and then that address information > will be automatically entered into the 911 database for the > town/city/state involved. [snip] Bill, thanks for the explanation above. I found a later news article where it explains that "a distraught-sounding man called the security desk at Wichita City Hall and gave that address - the Finch family home - to report the fake hostage situation, according to an audio recording of the 911 call" https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/01/02/deadly-kansas-swatting-call-provokes-the-question-who-is-to-blame.html So it would appear the initial call was to City Hall, which was then transferred to a 911 dispatcher. ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 05 Jan 2018