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| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 01:43:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: dold@98.usenet.us.com
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Can't trace Blocked CID?
Message-ID: <me03ot$ev5$1@blue-new.rahul.net>
Bomb threat at a high school "could not be traced by caller ID because
it was a 'blocked' number."
I know inbound "800" numbers get ANI even on "Blocked Caller ID"
I could have sworn that there was a field called something like
Responsible Billed Party that appeared in our DEX records. That
contained the dialing number, and we turned it over to the police in
the case of harassment of one of our employees, but the police said
they couldn't use it without a search warrant. That was on a call
forwarded to a voicemail, but I thought it was present on all of the
calls. Maybe it was only on forwarded calls.
<http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3658717-181/cardinal-newman-high-school-and?page=0>
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Clarence A Dold - Santa Rosa, CA, USA GPS: 38.47,-122.65
***** Moderator's Note *****
SS7 packets always contain the calling party ID, but the DISPLAY of
that number is blocked at the terminating office if the "do not
display" bit is set.
The person who received the call probably wasn't able to hit the code
to report the calling number, since that capability is missing from
most PBX extensions. However, the police can ask the LEC to search its
billing records to find out which number the call was placed from -
those are the "Local Usage Detail" records, which police refer to as
"LUDs".
Most LECs keep usage records of all calls, for use in trunk planning,
growth forecasts, sales campaigns, etc. However, the originating
switch might not be capable of doing that, or may not have been
programmed to keep such records.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:45:07 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Data security glitch on Verizon Wireless exposes woman's personal data
Message-ID: <me1hg5$p60$1@dont-email.me>
By Joe Douglass
BETHANY, Ore. - Verizon Wireless announced upgraded privacy protections
after KATU uncovered a glitch that exposed a woman's personal information.
Tomi Barnes says her contacts and possibly other data wound up in the
phone of a stranger.
"I personally thought that I was actually safe going with Verizon
because they're big on privacy," said Barnes, "but obviously not."
http://www.katu.com/news/investigators/Data-security-glitch-on-Verizon-Wireless-exposes-womans-personal-data-296132891.html
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http://goo.gl/Hzvo1i
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 10:41:55 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: CenturyLink may exclude service to minorities, critics say
Message-ID: <me1ha5$od9$1@dont-email.me>
By Harry Colbert Jr.
Competition is good, right?
Of course it is. Competition in business is so needed that there are
rules in our nation that guarantee a competitive marketplace. So it
may come as a shock that when CenturyLink announced it wants to
compete against Comcast - Minneapolis' only cable provider since 1983
- the communications company was met with opposition. But those
opposed to CenturyLink say they agree with competition in a free
marketplace, what they don't agree with is CenturyLink being able to
cherry pick where to compete - especially if CenturyLink chooses not
to service areas of lower income that tend to be minority
concentrated.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2015/03/04/centurylink-may-exclude-service-minorities-critics-say
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http://goo.gl/SL20jW
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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| Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:50:54 -0400
From: "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" <greg@remove-this.freephile.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: A Concise and Preliminary Summary of the FCC's Published Open Internet Order
Message-ID: <20150314225054.GA3064@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 09:47:39AM -0400, Bill Horne wrote:
> by Rob Frieden, Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and
> Law, Penn State University
>
> Soon after learning that the FCC would release [its] Open Internet
> Order, I started to read, skim and summarize. Nine or so hours later,
> I have generated a summary that should correctly provide the main
> points of this 400 page document.
I didn't read his analysis too closely, but he seems to be coming down
against the FCC and it seems the guy is biased:
Quote from his Curriculum Vitae: "I am attempting to make sense of the
Net Neutrality issue with an eye toward understanding what constitutes
reasonable service differentiation and price discrimination by
Internet Service Providers and what amounts to an unfair trade
practice. I also examine the lawful scope of regulatory authority the
FCC currently has and *strongly believe the Commission has no
business* extending federal Internet policy to content, applications
and software that ride 'over the top' of broadband networks."
and
"The blog will concentrate on important legal, regulatory, marketplace
and cultural issues that warrant closer scrutiny particularly in light
of the proliferation of 'research' that supports a particular
stakeholder's viewpoint *without having disclosed direct or indirect
financial sponsorship*."
and
"He also provides consultancy *services* in a variety of areas ..."
... but without any mention of his direct or indirect financial
sponsorship.
(emphasis mine)
Greg Rundlett
http://eQuality-Tech.com
http://freephile.org
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