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The Telecom Digest for January 5, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 5 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing (Monty Solomon)
Re: Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing (Julian Thomas)
Re: Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing (John Levine)
Re: Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing (Wes Leatherock)
FCC proposes changes to lower pay-phone rates for prisoners (Monty Solomon)
Starbucks sells $1 reusable cup, Square mobile card readers (Monty Solomon)
Re: Disruptions: The Real Hazards of E-Devices on Planes (Anonymous)

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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:02:33 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing
Message-ID: <p06240835cd0c904f3187@[10.0.1.4]>

The New York Times offered crossword puzzle solutions via a 900 number

How can I get help with The New York Times Crossword puzzle?
Answers to clues for crossword puzzles that have appeared in The New 
York Times dating back an entire year are available by calling 
900-884-CLUE (900-884-2583).




Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 10:28:25 -0500
From: Julian Thomas <jt@jt-mj.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re:  Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing
Message-ID: <B525E502-D02A-4B3A-98A6-39E9ABB153B8@jt-mj.net>

On 4Jan  2013, at 9:02 AM, Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:

> How can I get help with The New York Times Crossword puzzle?
> Answers to clues for crossword puzzles that have appeared in The New
> York Times dating back an entire year are available by calling
> 900-884-CLUE (900-884-2583).

This no longer appears in the crossword help files.  No substitute as far as I
could tell.

--
Sent from my new iMac
Julian Thomas
jt@jt-mj.net
http://jt-mj.net




Date: 4 Jan 2013 22:07:07 -0000
From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re:  Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing
Message-ID: <20130104220707.22352.qmail@joyce.lan>

>> York Times dating back an entire year are available by calling
>> 900-884-CLUE (900-884-2583).
>
>This no longer appears in the crossword help files.  No substitute as far as I
>could tell.

It looks like their subscription online crossword service includes clues:

http://www.nytimes.com/subscriptions/games/lp3FUQQ.html




Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 08:08:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re:  Re: Verizon Announces End of 900 Number Billing
Message-ID: <1357315731.54447.YahooMailClassic@web125202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

--- On Fri, 1/4/13, Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:
> The New York Times offered crossword puzzle solutions via a
> 900 number
> 
> How can I get help with The New York Times Crossword
> puzzle?
>
> Answers to clues for crossword puzzles that have appeared in The New
> York Times dating back an entire year are available by calling
> 900-884-CLUE (900-884-2583).
 
The same thing is true of the USA Today crossword puzzle and it's
still shown as late as today's paper.

It also lists an 800 number for callers using a credit card.

Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com




Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 00:00:22 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FCC proposes changes to lower pay-phone rates for prisoners
Message-ID: <p06240833cd0c123fa59a@[10.0.1.4]>

FCC proposes changes to lower pay-phone rates for prisoners

By Christine Mai-Duc
This post has been updated. See below for details.
December 28, 2012, 12:37 p.m.

The Federal Communications Commission has officially proposed new 
rules that would lower interstate pay-phone rates for prisoners and 
their families, an issue it has been considering for nine years.

The agency said it is proposing rate caps, eliminating per-call fees, 
and other changes that would lower the costs of keeping in touch for 
inmates, who in some states can pay as much as $15 for a 15-minute 
phone call.

...

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-fcc-prison-phone-rates-20121228,0,4535768.story




Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 23:56:55 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Starbucks sells $1 reusable cup, Square mobile card readers
Message-ID: <p0624082ecd0c112a64af@[10.0.1.4]>

Starbucks sells $1 reusable cup, Square mobile card readers

By Tiffany Hsu
January 3, 2013, 9:23 a.m.

Starting Thursday, Starbucks addicts can get their grande lattes in a 
$1 reusable plastic cup, sold by the chain across North America in an 
effort to get customers to cut back on waste.

...

Also Thursday, the coffee behemoth said it will begin selling Square 
mobile card readers in 7,000 company-owned stores. The readers, when 
paired with the free Square Register app, allows iPhone, iPad or 
Android users to accept credit card transactions through their mobile 
devices.

...

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-starbucks-square-reusable-vietnam-20130103,0,5532476.story




Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0000 
From: Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Disruptions: The Real Hazards of E-Devices on Planes 
Message-ID: <2012.01.03.anonymous001@telecom-digest.org>

The chatter and debate on this simple topic never ceases to amaze me.

There is one, small positive: the ability to use a phone on a plane.

There are many, many negatives....just a few:

  * Interference to the aircraft systems.

  * Irritation to nearby passengers

  * Disruption to the ground based cellular network

  * A generally rotten quality call that WILL be dropped in short order

As an RF engineer who has been brought into countless cases of
resolving intermodulation interference, I can state without
reservation that operating multiple cellular phones in a closed tube
environment like an airliner WILL create multiple interference
instances up and down the spectrum, as well as potential receiver
overload and quieting.

And, the effect of EVERY aircraft based cellular call upon the
ground-based system (illuminating multiple cell sites in multiple
systems and regions) is real, and does not depend on a 'what if'
situation.  If you try to make a call from 5,000 ft, you WILL disrupt
ground-based calls.

Just because the common man does not understand something does not
make it acceptable behavior.

***** Moderator's Note *****

The person who posted this is known to me, and he is a practicing
Radio Frequency Engineer.

Bill Horne
Moderator






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