---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20170730170456.GA24886@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:04:56 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T And Verizon Communications: A Near-Term Surprise And Long-Term Promise By Roger S. Conrad Many investors love to hate the two largest US telecom companies, AT&T and Verizon Communications. But these behemoths beat expectations and posted impressive subscriber additions in the second quarter, sparking a sharp rally in their stock prices. Verizon Communications gained 614,000 net wireless contracts, reducing churn in the post-paid segment to 0.7 percent. Rolling out an un- limited data plan to rival T-Mobile US' offering helped to reverse a first-quarter decline in the company's wireless subscriber base. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4092434-t-verizon-communications-near-term-surprise-long-term-promise -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D9649A3C-ADC5-44A2-9A0B-F4AE3E67FE32@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:43:46 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship Apple Removes Apps From China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship The world's most valuable company appears to have pulled down the apps amid China's deepening crackdown on tools that evade internet controls. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/technology/china-apple-censorhip.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6CD5A635-B6D7-4B6D-B8F8-886102DCCBBB@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:54:05 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Cars Suck Up Data About You. Where Does It All Go? Cars Suck Up Data About You. Where Does It All Go? Vehicles can track phone calls and texts, and log queries to websites. Who gets what information and for what purposes? This is what you should know. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/automobiles/wheels/car-data-tracking.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <olisi9$16p5$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 20:52:25 +0000 (UTC) From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Subject: Re: Verizon accused of violating net neutrality rules by throttling video In article <208b24c0-3ca5-df33-188b-e4fa4b256d86@ionary.com>, Fred Goldstein <invalid@see.sig.telecom-digest.org> wrote: >Even though the plan I'm on doesn't charge for overage, it does have a >fixed limit before it lowers my speed to something well below whatever >is needed for video. I could buy a bigger plan but I'm perfectly happy >where I am. What possible use could I have for a 10 Mbps video stream >to my 2 1/2" wide screen, or even the 5" screen that some other phones >have? HD makes some sense for 42" and larger TV sets, though my 42" 720p >set looks as sharp as any from any sane viewing distance. Lots of people these days, especially cord-cutters, are displaying their phone video on external screens like Fred's 42-inch TV. -GAWollman -- ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 31 Jul 2017