---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191120172115.GA4520@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:21:16 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Maine Law Will Place Strict Restrictions On Internet Service Providers by Lauren E. York, Diana Elizabeth Schaffner and Michelle A. Reed Maine's legislature unanimously passed a new law - "An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information" (the "Act") - that will impose strict data protection restrictions on broadband internet service providers (ISPs) when it goes into effect on July 1, 2020. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=861932&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191117173712.GA18310@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:37:12 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC: More CAF II Bidders Authorized for Rural Bucks Another $13 million-plus in subsidies heads for hinterlands By John Eggerton - Nov 14, 2019 The FCC has authorized another $13 million-plus for rural broadband buildouts as it works to close the digital divide. That broadband subsidy money, from the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction, is going to 66 winning bidders whose applications for the money passed muster with the Wireline Competition Bureau, Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force and Office of Economics and Analytics. https://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc-more-caf-ii-bidders-authorized-for-rural-bucks -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CB729F65-416D-4672-850C-3D539AC9ABF4@roscom.com> Date: 19 Nov 2019 15:54:53 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Stop! Don't Charge Your Phone This Way You might want to think twice before plugging in at an airport or on the train. By Aimee Ortiz A dead or dying phone or laptop is enough to send anybody on a mad dash to find a way to charge the device, but you might want to think twice before using that random cable found at an airport charging station or docking into that hotel USB port - hackers could be waiting. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/technology/personaltech/usb-warning-juice-jacking.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <3A31EF63-5395-47F6-8F22-6B39AC8B5C93@roscom.com> Date: 20 Nov 2019 09:57:53 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Re: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results WSJ report about Google search manipulation gets a lot wrong The media narrative has turned against big tech, and this is an example. https://searchengineland.com/incendiary-wsj-report-about-google-search-manipulation-gets-a-lot-wrong-325190 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <F9F2EE55-098D-430C-A3F4-F03709820EB0@roscom.com> Date: 20 Nov 2019 09:56:04 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Re: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results Misquoted and misunderstood: Why many in the search community don't believe the WSJ about Google search Search is complicated. The WSJ appeared set on seeing that complexity through a conspiratorial lens. https://search.searchengineland.com/search?w=misquoted-and-misunderstood ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 22 Nov 2019