---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <nbgaqi$hhj$1@dont-email.me> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 23:17:15 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink fined another $2.85M for 2014 statewide 911 outage BY JAMES RISLEY A six-hour 911 outage that took place in April 2014 is costing CenturyLink another $2,854,750. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission levied today's fines, saying that CenturyLink failed to reroute emergency calls during the outage. CenturyLink is contracted to provide Washington's 911 services, along with those in six other states covering about 11 million people. During the outage, more than 5,600 calls failed to reach 911 operators and CenturyLink failed to alert the 911 call centers that the outage was taking place, according to regulators. http://www.geekwire.com/2016/centurylink-fined-another-2-9m-in-2014-statewide-911-outage/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <nbgb8a$is6$1@dont-email.me> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 23:24:34 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Univsion accuses AT&T of 'Redlining' in cable fight By Brian Stelter Univision, the Spanish language broadcaster, says AT&T is discriminating against Hispanics by failing to reach a new distribution deal for Univision's stations. AT&T denies that and says "this is about nothing more than Univision demanding we pay an outrageous price increase." Early Friday morning, Univision's contract with AT&T's U-verse television service expired and Univision's stations disappeared in U-verse's 6 million homes. http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/04/media/univision-blackout-att-uverse/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <nbgb8a$is6$1@dont-email.me> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2016 23:24:34 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Univsion accuses AT&T of 'Redlining' in cable fight By Brian Stelter Univision, the Spanish language broadcaster, says AT&T is discriminating against Hispanics by failing to reach a new distribution deal for Univision's stations. AT&T denies that and says "this is about nothing more than Univision demanding we pay an outrageous price increase." Early Friday morning, Univision's contract with AT&T's U-verse television service expired and Univision's stations disappeared in U-verse's 6 million homes. http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/04/media/univision-blackout-att-uverse/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <7c8e1ea8-20d0-44bd-aeb7-f99697aae66a@googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 18:13:14 -0800 (PST) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: CenturyLink fined another $2.85M for 2014 statewide 911 outage On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 4:50:59 PM UTC-5, Bill Horne wrote: > A six-hour 911 outage that took place in April 2014 is costing > CenturyLink another $2,854,750. The Washington Utilities and > Transportation Commission levied today's fines, saying that > CenturyLink failed to reroute emergency calls during the outage. It appears they certainly deserved to be fined. A quick look at digest archives shows lots of articles about problems with CenturyLink. Would anyone care to speculate on whether this fine will motivate the company to improve its performance? [public replies, please] ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 07 Mar 2016