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| Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 02:32:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network
Message-ID: <mgsfng$h49$1@reader1.panix.com>
In <mgrq83$n9e$1@dont-email.me> Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> writes:
>The City of Los Angeles, California recently announced a plan to monitor
>and control all of its streetlights via a cellular network, allowing
>city workers to control the lights remotely from a Web browser, CNNMoney
>reports.
>The system will identify each streetlight's location via GPS, and will
>allow workers to turn lights on or off and to dim them or brighten them
>as needed.
I guess the GPS is needed to keep track of all
those fugitive streetlights as they pull up
roots and try escaping...
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| Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:19:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network
Message-ID: <a3f16dc2-19a6-4215-9cae-6dc3323e8718@googlegroups.com>
On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 11:41:36 AM UTC-5, danny burstein wrote:
> I guess the GPS is needed to keep track of all
> those fugitive streetlights as they pull up
> roots and try escaping...
So how would you identify them? Pole number might work for pole-mounted
streetlights but not all streetlights are pole-mounted and not all poles are
owned by the city (some poles may be owned by telcos, county government, or
state government). Location might work for streetlights located at a specific
corner of a specific intersection, but some intersections -- particularly
where a city street intersects a state or federal highway -- may have several
streetlights. A city-owned parking lot can have dozens of streetlights.
Furthermore, based on my experience in the cable TV industry, I can assure you
that power company pole records are not necessarily accurate. I'm sure there
are readers here on T-D who will confirm that statement.
GPS is by far the most accurate method for identifying specific streetlights.
Neal McLain
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| Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:47:39 -0400
From: Julian Thomas <jt@jt-mj.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network
Message-ID: <F04FD897-7D6C-4572-BF38-DE5BFE0A51B6@jt-mj.net>
In <mgrq83$n9e$1@dont-email.me> Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> wrote:
>
>> The City of Los Angeles, California recently announced a plan to monitor
>> and control all of its streetlights via a cellular network, allowing
>> city workers to control the lights remotely from a Web browser, CNNMoney
>> reports.
That's going to be an irresistible challenge to the hackers!
jt - jt@jt-mj.net
Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck in places even more inaccessible.
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| Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:18:53 -0400
From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network
Message-ID: <barmar-B5D01E.14185318042015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>
In article <mgsfng$h49$1@reader1.panix.com>,
danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
> In <mgrq83$n9e$1@dont-email.me> Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> writes:
>
> >The City of Los Angeles, California recently announced a plan to monitor
> >and control all of its streetlights via a cellular network, allowing
> >city workers to control the lights remotely from a Web browser, CNNMoney
> >reports.
>
> >The system will identify each streetlight's location via GPS, and will
> >allow workers to turn lights on or off and to dim them or brighten them
> >as needed.
>
> I guess the GPS is needed to keep track of all
> those fugitive streetlights as they pull up
> roots and try escaping...
I was also wondering about that, too -- why can't the streetlights
identify themselves, and then they look up the location in a database?
I suspect what they really mean is that workers can be driving around in
a van. When they see a streetlight they want to adjust, it will use GPS
to determine the van's location, so it knows which streetlight he's
near. Then he uses the laptop in the van to send commands.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
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| Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:03:41 -0400
From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Feds: Sprint overcharged for wiretaps. Pays 15 million.
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1504172303160.5017@panix3.panix.com>
[DOJ press release]
Sprint Communications, Inc. Agrees To Pay $15.5 Million To Resolve Allegations
Of Overcharging Law Enforcement Agencies For Court-Ordered Wiretaps
San Francisco - Sprint Communications, Inc., formerly Sprint Nextel
Corporation, has agreed to pay the government $15.5 million to resolve
allegations it defrauded federal law enforcement agencies when recovering its
costs of carrying out court-ordered wiretaps, pen registers, and trap devices,
announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and the U.S. Department of
Justice Office of Inspector General ("OIG") Special Agent in Charge M. Elise
Chawaga.
....
In 1994, Congress passed the Communications Assistance in Law Enforcement Act
("CALEA") which required telecommunications carriers to upgrade their
equipment, facilities, or services to ensure they were capable of enabling the
government, pursuant to a court order, to intercept and deliver communications
and call-identifying information.
- but, claimed the Feds, Sprint was adding improper charges to the bills...
====
rest:
http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/sprint-communications-inc-agrees-pay-155-million-resolve-allegations-overcharging-law
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