Message-ID: <20220105174900.01F74344B7D1@ary.qy>
Date: 5 Jan 2022 12:48:59 -0500
From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
Subject: Re: I've been given a Google Pixel Fi phone. Now what?
It appears that Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> said:
>A kind neighbor has given me a used Google Pixel Fi phone, and I'd
>appreciate your help to make use of it without spending too much.
>
>Please answer these questions for me:
>
> 1. The phone is model G-2PW4100. Is this model able to work with 4G
> service?
Yes.
> 2. Google offers a "Low Cost" plan with "Unlimited talk and text,"
> which they say is great if I can use WiFi a lot, but the $20 they
> quote on the first page turns into "$20-$80" when it's time to give
> them a credit card number. It turns out that they want to be paid by
> the Gigabyte for data. Can I limit data use?
Probably not.
> 3. Verizon is the only reliable cellular carrier in my area. Does
> Google use them? If not, which one?
Yes.
> 4. Verizon has been offering a prepaid plan for $20/month. Can this
> phone be used with that? I don't need data.
I think so. You might also look at the $20 and $25 plans from Tracfone
which also uses Verizon, and from Ting which will send you a Verizon SIM
if you ask for one using the online chat on their web site.
> 5. If someone gave this phone to you, what would you do with it?
Stick a SIM in it and see how it works. It's a nice 2017 vintage phone.
R's,
John
Message-ID: <20220104135722.5C48972B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 13:57:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: Monthly TCPA Digest - December 2021
by Russell H. Fox , Joshua Briones , Jonathan P. Garvin and Adam B. Korn
We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing
insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
(TCPA). In this issue's Regulatory Update, we cover an FCC Order
adopting changes to rules requiring voice service providers to provide
immediate notification of call blocking. The Order, which addressed
USTelecom's Petition for Reconsideration, approved the use of an
additional Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) Code for notifications and
delays the effective date of the rules. We also report on the Robocall
Trace Back Enhancement Act, legislation introduced by Senators Edward
Markey and John Thune that aims to protect the Industry Traceback
Consortium and voice service providers from lawsuits for receiving,
sharing, or publishing information about robocalls. The bill would
also allow the FCC or the consortium to publish a list of voice
service providers that originate or transmit a substantial number of
robocalls or that refuse to participate in traceback efforts.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1146080/monthly-tcpa-digest-december-2021?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20220107021140.34B77766@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 02:11:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: CWA Organizing Update
AT&T In Home Experts
This week, a majority of AT&T In Home Expert (IHX) workers in Maryland
and Nevada voted to join CWA. They are building power with hundreds of
thousands of workers at AT&T and other telecom companies to bargain
good jobs and strong contracts. IHX workers across the country have
been organizing to have a voice on the job in Arkansas,
Detroit/Southfield Michigan, Illinois, New York, and New Jersey.
Google/BDS Connected Solutions
On Tuesday, a supermajority of customer service workers at
BDS Connected Solutions, a contractor for Google Fiber, signed union
cards to join the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA Local 1400) and
filed with the National Labor Relations Board for a representation
election. Most of the workers are already dues-paying members
of AWU-CWA.
https://cwa-union.org/news/organizing-update-141
