---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210213211301.C51E9761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:13:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: 911 service restored in Bellevue after CenturyLink outage The outage was reported by Bellevue Fire around 6:40 a.m. on Friday. Published: 6:49 AM PST February 5, 2021 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- As many as 32,000 homes in Bellevue were affected by a 911 landline outage Friday morning. The Bellevue Fire Department first reported the outage just before 6:40 a.m. Service was restored to customers around 10:45 a.m. CenturyLink reported the outage was due to "an equipment issue." https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bellevue/bellevue-centurylink-911-outage/281-ec2b48c5-a9b1-4a2a-a762-afb973875271 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210213210747.94EEA761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:07:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Centurylink: Access to Emergency Services (911/E911) - V41.0 Product Description Access to Emergency Services, Basic 911 and Enhanced 911 (E911) Emergency Service provides the capability to route end-users calls to an emergency service bureau or the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), by dialing the 3-digit universal emergency telephone number 911. CenturyLink(TM) provides access to emergency services for all end-users. Access to this service consists of the various components of a 911/E911 system, which consists of 911/E911 trunking, 911/E911 routing, and the E911 database and associated database updates. You are responsible for providing the facility for 911/E911 trunking to the Selective Router (SR) or PSAP. For a diagram of the 911/E911 Infrastructure, refer to the Infrastructure Diagram. CenturyLink provides you access to 911/E911 service according to the terms [of] your Commission-approved Interconnection Agreements. https://www.centurylink.com/wholesale/pcat/911.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210213203859.8C470761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:38:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Frontier raises sneaky "Internet Infrastructure Surcharge" from $4 to $7 Fee covers Frontier's basic network costs but isn't included in advertised rates. By Jon Brodkin Frontier Communications is raising its sneaky "Internet Infrastructure Surcharge" from $4 to $7 later this month, widening the gap between its advertised broadband prices and the actual prices customers pay. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/frontier-raises-sneaky-internet-infrastructure-surcharge-from-4-to-7/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210214025857.02F69761@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:58:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Man, 90, shames AT&T into upgrading his internet through newspaper ads Want faster internet? All it takes is a $10,000 ad in the Wall Street Journal Saturday, February 13 LOS ANGELES -- A 90-year-old man was so irked by slow internet at his home, that he took out two newspaper ads to shame the CEO of AT&T into fixing it. And it worked. https://6abc.com/90-year-old-man-shames-internet-company-att-att-newspaper-ads/10336661/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 14 Feb 2021