---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <5970DBBD-D1F6-47A9-AD2A-94D35777B241@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 00:43:01 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: 911 dispatcher sentenced to jail after hanging up on thousands of callers Ain't nobody got time for this: 911 dispatcher sentenced to jail after hanging up on thousands of callers It took Hua Li two minutes and three tries to get help from Houston 911 as a convenience store owner lay bleeding to death on the floor of his store after being shot. Li was about to walk into a Raceway in Houston to buy a lottery ticket in May 2016 but was stopped by another person's warning: Somebody was robbing the store. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/04/19/911-dispatcher-jailed-houston-woman-hung-up-on-thousands-of-callers/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <5DF1EFFC-933C-4411-B4CA-925D9F60AB54@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:11:18 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: 5 things AT&T revealed in the Time Warner trial that could directly affect you 5 things AT&T revealed in the Time Warner trial that could directly affect you Five things AT&T revealed in court that could directly affect you. For weeks, officials defending the AT&T-Time Warner merger have spoken in broad terms about how the deal could lower TV subscription prices for consumers and spur "innovation." But it wasn't until this week that top company executives laid out specifics about their plans for the combined company - including possible changes to the customer experience. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/20/from-4k-video-to-in-store-merch-heres-how-att-plans-to-buy-your-loyalty-after-the-time-warner-merger/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20ED77B0-CE18-4FBC-BB47-AFE0FC553450@mishmash.com> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:07:33 -0700 From: Fred Atkinson <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com> Subject: [Telecom] Residential Follow/Find Me Services I am finding it difficult to maintain reachability using my cellular, home VOIP, and office phones. The cellular in my office area is the pits [probably because our lab has hoards of satellite transmission equipment under test most of the time]. The odds of receiving a cellular call at my desk are maybe 25/75. Not good if you are expecting an important personal call. Making one is just as iffy unless I walk out into the lobby area to make it. At work, it would be great if the call could be received on my desk phone. I have heard of services that are available that allow someone to dial a single number and then reach out to several of your phones to find you. I have found a few online. But none of the ones I have found serve the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area. If you know of such a service serving Phoenix [and their cost isn't off the scale], could you email me directly with their information? It would also be nice to port my home number to that service and get another number for my home VOIP phone. That number is already well known by those who may need to reach me. I would imagine that could be very easily done by such a provider. If anyone can help me [with some information] on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Fred ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B89E7BBA-EEBC-4AE7-B58D-13ADF3776ADD@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:13:43 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Google is launching an Android chat service to replace SMS Google is launching an Android chat service to replace SMS The service, dubbed Chat, is not a Google messaging app but will run on Android phones through partnerships with dozens of mobile carriers around the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/20/google-is-launching-an-android-chat-service-to-replace-sms/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 22 Apr 2018