---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20160815024649.GA31782@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:46:49 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T service intermitted across metro Baton Rouge AT&T service intermitted across metro Baton Rouge as crews work to fix problem by WAFB Staff BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Many people with AT&T cell phones woke up Sunday morning to no cellular service. As of Sunday evening, service has been returned for some customers, but AT&T officials said crews are still working to restore service completely. Outages were reported in several areas across metro Baton Rouge. There are customers with AT&T phones who still have service while others have none. http://www.ksla.com/story/32754669/att-service-intermitted-across-metro-baton-rouge-as-crews-work-to-fix-problem -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160815024012.GA31743@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:40:12 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Jefferies Group Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for CenturyLink Inc. Posted by Eileen French CenturyLink Inc. - Equities research analysts at Jefferies Group cut their Q3 2016 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CenturyLink in a note issued to investors on Thursday. Jefferies Group analyst M. Mccormack now anticipates that the brokerage will earn $0.57 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.58. Jefferies Group also issued estimates for CenturyLink's Q4 2016 earnings at $0.58 EPS, FY2016 earnings at $2.49 EPS and FY2017 earnings at $2.34 EPS. CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 3rd. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.04. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.55 earnings per share. The company had revenue of $440 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.39 billion. The firm's revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. http://www.com-unik.info/jefferies-group-analysts-reduce-earnings-estimates-for-centurylink-inc-ctl/ -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20160815025415.GA31804@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:54:15 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Arianna Huffington and Verizon Were Never Going to Be Easy Fit Arianna Huffington's outsized personality was never going to fit easily into Verizon, but her departure from The Huffington Post doesn't minimize her impact on journalism and the Internet. by Leon Lazaroff When Verizon (VZ) decided to pay $4.4 billion in May 2015 to acquire AOL, it begged the question what CEO Lowell McAdam planned to do with The Huffington Post and its mercurial founder and always-on leader, Arianna Huffington. Verizon, of course, purchased AOL for its powerhouse advertising technology and the potential of integrating those operations with its wireless business, the country's largest, and most recently with the acquisition of Yahoo!'s (YHOO) core operations for $4.8 billion. Huffington Post and AOL's other websites such as Engadget were nice additions but were never going to be McAdam's focus. https://www.thestreet.com/story/13672708/1/arianna-huffington-and-verizon-was-never-going-to-be-easy-fit.html -- Bill Horne ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 15 Aug 2016