---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200420230455.GA26116@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 23:04:55 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Metro Atlanta Internet usage up 30 percent in pandemic, ISPs say By Leon Stafford Some of metro Atlanta's largest Internet providers - Comcast, AT&T and EarthLink - say online data usage has surged by double digits as the area deals with the coronavirus pandemic. Since residents began sheltering in place around mid-March, usage has risen 32% (Comcast), 26% (AT&T) and more than 30% (EarthLink) for the online giants, leaders with each said. https://www.ajc.com/news/local/metro-atlanta-internet-usage-percent-pandemic-isps-say/6dFd3Bed2hv8Lhg2x1BMiL/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200420230803.GA26162@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 23:08:03 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: PSC gives Frontier more time to file audit response By Jeff Jenkins CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Bankrupted-Frontier Communications has been given an additional two weeks to file a response to an audit of its service in West Virginia. The state Public Service Commission has ordered the response due April 30. The original date was April 18. https://wvmetronews.com/2020/04/20/psc-gives-frontier-more-time-file-audit-response/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200420225932.GA26086@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:59:32 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Gov. Newsom Asked to Delay 5G Until Safety Is Tested California is divided on the implementation of 5G: many are concerned of the potential adverse health effects it could cause, while others believe it could help make remote learning and working better. By Hannah Wiley (TNS) - Petitions asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to block the roll out of 5G in California neighborhoods have popped up on social media in recent weeks, raising concern that the super-fast fifth generation of mobile broadband will cause adverse health effects like cancer and DNA damage. https://www.governing.com/now/Gov-Newsom-Asked-to-Delay-5G-Until-Safety-Is-Tested.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 21 Apr 2020