---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20160622034430.GA31307@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:44:30 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: MECA, AT&T reach settlement on overpayments By Ray King The [Arkansas] Metropolitan Emergency Communications Association (MECA) and AT&T have reached an agreement on a settlement to claims that the company overpaid MECA for about five years. During a meeting of the 911 Administrative Board Tuesday, Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Karen Blevins said the company says MECA owes them $278,532.30, and at a meeting with a company representative in April, the two sides worked out a settlement. http://pbcommercial.com/news/meca-att-reach-settlement-overpayments -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160622034817.GA31326@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:48:17 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Central Texas AT&T service restored after outage by Gary Dinges AT&T customers in parts of Central Texas found themselves without cellular, cable TV and Internet service Friday afternoon after a fiber-optic line was cut. On social media, some customers in Hays, Travis and Williamson counties were reporting outages and the downdetector.com website was showing a dramatic spike in complaints that started around 3 p.m. A spokeswoman for the Dallas-based telecommunications giant told the American-Statesman the company was aware of the outage and working to restore service. http://www.statesman.com/news/business/some-austin-area-att-customers-without-service-aft/nrh5T/ -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160622035428.GA31363@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:54:28 -0400 From: BIll Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T, CenturyLink: Special-Access Proposal Data Is 'Irretrievably Flawed' An expert's report and other analyses submitted in a Federal Communications Commission record were based on flawed data that understated offerings of Ethernet cable service, according to AT&T, CenturyLink and other local phone companies. The data relates to competition in the $45 billion market for business data services or "special access," which the FCC is in the process of reforming. http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/news/2016/06/at-t-centurylink-special-access-proposal-data-is.aspx -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160622033739.GA31275@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:37:39 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Appeals court tosses NLRB ruling in union dispute with Verizon By Lydia Wheeler The nation's second most powerful court on Tuesday threw out a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a case challenging whether Verizon employees have the right to display pro-union signs if their union waived their right to picket. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NLRB misapplied its highly deferential standard for reviewing arbitration cases when it ruled that in waiving its members' right to picket, the union did not waive members' right to display pro-union signs in cars on Verizon property. http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/284264-appellate-court-tosses-nlrb-ruling-in-union-dispute-with-verizon -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160622035139.GA31345@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:51:39 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Cyber Attacks Worry AT&T The biggest ISP globally, AT&T said its network was persistently being attacked, with 30bn-and-more malicious scans occurring daily. According to Vice-President for Security Solutions Jason Porter at AT&T, the majority of these scans are investigative campaigns where miscreants hunt to find feeble entry points. AT&T was able to stop just 5bn of the scans during 2015, says the organization. The attacks happen in an astounding number; however, the majority is connected to scripts, implying that rather than human error, the attacks show an immense scale of automation. http://www.spamfighter.com/News-20329-Cyber-Attacks-Worry-ATT.htm -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160622035952.GA31381@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:59:52 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink sounds off on special access debate, wants cable operators included as competition By Samantha Bookman Incumbent provider CenturyLink said it wants to work with the Federal Communications Commission on its proposed changes to special access pricing, but has a few opinions on specific matters set out by the FCC in early May. Those matters include wireless backhaul and the method by which competition in various markets is determined - including cable competitors. CenturyLink executives met on Monday with the FCC's Office of General Counsel and the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss their concerns, according to a filing posted Wednesday. http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/centurylink-sounds-special-access-debate-wants-cable-operators-included-com/2016-06-16 -- Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 22 Jun 2016