---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180306105626.GA7360@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 05:56:26 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Stolen identity used to open Verizon account in Illinois Man's Info Stolen [and used] To Open Verizon Account In Downers Grove Police say the resident got a bill from Verizon for more than $600 for an account he did not open. By Lisa Marie Farver DOWNERS GROVE, IL - Police say a Downers Grove man was the victim of identity theft when his information was stolen to open a Verizon phone bill in his name. The man told police he received a bill for $662.66 from Verizon in late November and then got a notice from a collection agency about the bill in January. According to police, the man, who does not have an account with Verizon, called the phone company after getting the first bill. He told police he believed Verizon had solved the problem after his phone call. https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/mans-info-stolen-open-verizon-account-downers-grove -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180306110710.GA7385@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 06:07:10 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Will the FCC's Net-Neutrality Repeal Grind the Internet to a Halt? By Salvador Rizzo "If we don't save net neutrality, you'll get the Internet one word at a time." - U.S. Senate Democrats, in a tweet, Feb. 27, 2018 This clever tweet caught our eye because each word is separated by paragraph breaks, giving readers a bitter taste of what it's like to scroll through the Internet one word at a time. It also set off our antennae because of the sweeping claim Democrats are making - that consumers will see a sharp drop in Internet speeds if the Federal Communications Commission proceeds with its plan to unwind net neutrality rules imposed under President Barack Obama in 2015. http://www.themorningsun.com/general-news/20180305/will-the-fccs-net-neutrality-repeal-grind-the-internet-to-a-halt -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <p7l6p4$gbo$1@dont-email.me> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 22:51:49 -0600 From: Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> Subject: Re: Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch On 3/3/2018 2:08 PM, John Levine wrote: > In article <p7a4fb$2ren$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu> you write: >> If they did that for me, it would be a picture of my back steps, >> exposed to theft and the weather. After a dozen attempts I've given >> up trying to explain to them that they should leave packages inside >> the front door, where the mail bins are -- the message seems to be >> accepted by their customer service team but is never transmitted to >> the drivers. > > I'm not surprised, since Amazon doesn't deliver their own packages. > > In my experience, their deliveries all come via the post office and > Fedex. Have you tried calling Fedex and telling them? In metro areas (where they often have warehouses) they do their own deliveries. Mostly unmarked white Sprinter vans whose drivers wear safety vests. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180306111339.GA7409@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 06:13:39 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T officials shed light on FirstNet prioritization details AT&T officials shed light on 'extended primary' category of FirstNet users, prioritization details By Donny Jackson ORLANDO - Personnel within the utility, transportation and healthcare sectors are among those qualified to subscribe to FirstNet and have priority access across the AT&T system, but many questions remain about the "extended primary" category of users and some details regarding the prioritization-selection process, according to AT&T officials. AT&T is contracted to build, maintain and upgrade the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), and the telecom giant has agreed to provide preemptive access to "primary" FirstNet subscribers - fire, EMS, law-enforcement, 911 and emergency- operations-centers users. http://urgentcomm.com/public-safety-broadbandfirstnet/att-officials-shed-light-extended-primary-category-firstnet-users-pr -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 07 Mar 2018