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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:24:48 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Identity thieves using NY resident's info to order iphones from  Verizon 
Message-ID: <lf84n1$341$1@dont-email.me>

Police hunting for thieves who steal uptown Verizon customers' 
identities then use them to order pricey iPhones

Cops say at least 15 apartment residents ... have been victimized by the 
scam since November.

by Simone Weichselbaum / New York Daily News

Identity-thieving crooks are ordering piles of iPhones from Verizon, 
using the Social Security numbers of unsuspecting Washington Heights and 
Inwood residents -- and baffled neighborhood cops don't even know how to 
begin dialing back the crime spree.

...

"They are able to circumvent Verizon's identification procedures," 
Inspector Barry Buzzetti, the commanding officer the 34th Precinct, 
warned residents at a recent meeting. "There is a substantial rise in 
identity-theft cases."

Rest at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/scammers-steal-customer-identities-order-pricey-phones-article-1.1709763

-or-

http://goo.gl/61pgMa

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

Sometimes I feel as cold as steel
and broken like I'm never going to heal
    - Lady Antebellum



Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:16:41 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon in talks with content providers for online video  service 
Message-ID: <lf847p$v3b$1@dont-email.me>

From the will-they-never-learn department -

   Verizon in talks with content providers for online video service BY
   MARINA LOPES -

   (Reuters) - Verizon Communications is in talks with content
   providers to deliver web-based TV services to mobile platforms,
   chief executive Lowell McAdam, said at an investor conference on
   Tuesday.

   A day earlier, Dish Network Corp and Walt Disney Co announced a
   landmark deal that will allow the No. 2 satellite TV provider to
   deliver Disney-owned network content online, outside of a
   traditional TV subscription.

Rest at:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/04/us-usa-onlinetv-idUSBREA2325820140304

-or-

http://goo.gl/vFtd70

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the red queen's off with her head
Remember what the door mouse said
    - Jefferson Airplane



Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:09:29 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon touts nationwide wireless test to claim it's still no.  1 
Message-ID: <lf83qa$rp8$1@dont-email.me>

Verizon Wireless is using results from a RootMetrics test to claim it's 
the fastest and most reliable wireless carrier in the US.
by Marguerite Reardon

Verizon Wireless is trying to quell its competitors' claims that they 
offer better performing wireless networks than it does with results of a 
new study published by RootMetrics.

On Wednesday, "Big Red" highlighted findings from a recent RootMetrics 
nationwide wireless test, which shows that Verizon dominated in five out 
of six categories that were tested by the wireless analytics company 
during the last half of 2013. (Quotes added - mod)

Rest at:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57619944-94/verizon-touts-nationwide-wireless-test-to-claim-its-still-no-1/

-or-

http://goo.gl/YHIaua

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

Colored cottons hang in the air
Charming cobras in the square
Striped djbellabas we can wear at home
Well let me hear ya now
    - Crosby, Stills, & Nash



Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:30:58 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon updates transparency report with FISA order data 
Message-ID: <lf852j$68o$1@dont-email.me>

by Michael Mimoso

Verizon updated its transparency report yesterday, breaking down 
National Security Letter and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
(FISA) orders for the first and second halves of 2013.

The telecommunications giant released its first transparency report in 
late January, responding to pressure from privacy advocates to publish 
law enforcement and government requests for data in the wake of the 
Snowden leaks. AT&T has also published its first transparency report, 
though both AT&T and Verizon lag behind Internet companies such as 
Google, Facebook and Twitter that have been sharing data for more than a 
year.

Rest at:

http://threatpost.com/verizon-updates-transparency-report-with-fisa-order-data/104598

-or-

http://goo.gl/srDvWI

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence
And buy me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it till it's covered with age
Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page
    - Hank Williams





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