Message-ID: <20220323173018.BA7E1815@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:30:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: CWA circulating petition to support Maximus employees
MaximusStrike Community Support Letter
Call center workers at Maximus have gone on strike for livable wages,
paid sick leave for all, and the freedom to organize a union without
interference!
Add your name to the letter of support to be delivered to Maximus
management.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/maximusstrike?link_id=1
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Message-ID: <20220324122618.1E6AF7A7@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:26:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Verizon is retiring a #5ESS switch in New Jersey
Verizon plans to retire and remove the Essex NJ 5ESS switch after it
migrates all traffic served by the switch to the New Brunswick NJ C20
switch.
Verizon Central Offices for the Essex NJ 5ESS switch (IVTNNJESDS5)
located at 9 Coit St., Irvington, NJ 07111 and the New Brunswick NJ
C20 switch (NBWKNJNBPS2) located at 18-26 Paterson St., New Brunswick,
NJ 08901.
Implementation Date(s) On or after May 1, 2022
https://www.fcc.gov/document/wcb-network-change-notification-filed-verizon-nj-18
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***** Moderator's Note *****
At one time, the #5ESS was "the" Central Office - the latest, the
greatest, the most versatile. Now, it's being replaced, in this case,
by a "C20" switch, and I don't even know what a "C20" switch is.
I am feeling old.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <t1guhs$av8$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 24 Mar 2022 01:11:27 -0400
From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net>
Subject: Re: August 2nd, 2022 - The Decommissioning of Copper Gets
Real
On 3/15/2022 10:59, Bill Horne wrote:
>
> Carriers have quietly tried to eliminate POTS lines, DSL, primary
> rate interfaces (PRIs), and private data services delivered over
> this old copper cable network. Carriers have been slowly
> attempting to discourage continued use of these services, by
> increasing pricing, not renewing contracts, ending maintenance
> and support, and requiring customers to move to VoIP (fiber)
> based services.
Very true. I have a basic AT&T POTS line and ADSL service. Any time I
have to call the telco, they regularly put on a heavy sales pitch to
switch to U-Verse and VOIP. My answer is always a polite but firm "no".
I suspect it won't be long before they won't offer POTS and/or ADSL in
my region; they already won't sell the traditional DSL to new subscribers.
POTS is going up by about $1.5/month each year, presumably to push
subscribers off. It's now about $10/mo more than it cost me in 2015.
$41/mo after taxes/fees, no long distance, no features, unlimited local
calling. They no longer offer measured rate local calling in Ohio, or
I'd be subscribed to that.
