---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200419181039.GA15751@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:10:39 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Faltering cell service hinders communication in storm-hit Chattanooga region By Mary Fortune Cell phones have been unreliable this week for thousands of people digging out from overwhelming damage after tornadoes swept through the region Sunday night, leaving many in the dark and without a way to communicate. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/apr/17/faltering-cell-phones-hinder-communicatistorm/520921/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200419181611.GA15854@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:16:11 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: MN: AG Keith Ellison Continues Frontier Investigation Despite Company Bankruptcy A state-led investigation into Frontier Communications' business practices will continue regardless of the company's filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Thursday, April 16. "Part of being able to afford your life means knowing the full cost of what you're getting, getting what you were promised, not being overcharged for things you didn't ask for, and not being unfairly charged to get rid of things you didn't ask for. But when people signed up for telephone or internet service with Frontier, that's what happened to them," Ellison said per a release. "That's why regardless of Frontier's bankruptcy filing, my office is going to keep investigating Frontier, advocate for changes to their business practices, and protect Frontier's customers in Minnesota." http://www.belleplaineherald.com/news/ag-keith-ellison-continues-frontier-investigation-despite-company-bankruptcy/article_1e57f786-80bd-11ea-8832-1fe3054e3112.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200419180142.GA15697@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:01:42 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: VT: AT&T Balloon Test AT&T / FirstNet: Balloon Test Notice for Mendon, VT New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC ("AT&T"), for itself and the federal First Responder Network Authority ("FirstNet"), proposes to install a 140' monopole telecommunications tower at property located on property located off of U.S. Route 4 in Mendon owned by CVMENDON, LLC, Tax Map 06-02011.006, in the Ridgeline Overlay District. The Project will allow capabilities for FirstNet, a national statewide interoperable network for first responders, as well as improving AT&T coverage in Mendon and Chittenden.

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https://www.rutlandherald.com/legals/at-t-balloon-test/article_34069614-6380-5094-99c9-291ae846a700.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <5EAA6DA8-B413-4A7C-99FF-1A561BC0BAA3@roscom.com> Date: 15 Apr 2020 10:16:33 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Arbitration: Be Careful What You Wish For It's no secret that many companies use arbitration agreements with class-action bans not because they want to arbitrate claims, but because they want to avoid them altogether. When large numbers of consumers or employees share a claim and can't bring a class action, defendants can usually expect that few if any will come forward and present their claims in arbitration. But what happens if injured plaintiffs in large numbers do demand arbitration, and do it individually, as their arbitration agreements require? https://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2020/02/arbitration-be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 20 Apr 2020