---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20171212154614.GA11626@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:46:14 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T Labs' Mazin Gilbert on AI, quantum computing, data collaboration and 5G By Larry Dignan Dr. Mazin Gilbert, AT&T Labs' vice president of advanced technology, is placing his research bets on software defined infrastructure, big data, artificial intelligence and ways to scale and optimize the telecom giant's network. But first Gilbert needs some help from the open source community to bring the data sharing that'll enable many of these advances. http://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-labs-mazin-gilbert-on-ai-quantum-computing-data-collaboration-and-5g/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171212151017.GA11368@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:10:17 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Widow troubled by CenturyLink bill A Metro area widow said she was only trying to be honest but that led to a chain of events that's left her with an unexpectedly high and confusing CenturyLink bill. Married 63 years, Hugh McManus had all the bills in his name and when he died his wife Leota called CenturyLink to let them know. McManus said, "I said 'so you need to change it to my name but leave it like it was.'" http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Widow-Troubled-By-CenturyLink-Bill-463492793.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171212160539.GA11694@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:05:40 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T Finally Introduces The Real-Time Text Service AT&T Finally Introduces The Real-Time Text Service By Manny Reyes AT&T has officially unveiled the Real-time Text (RTT) communications service for those who have difficulty in hearing or speaking in a bid to replace the legacy teletype (TTY) method for persons with disabilities. For those who are not familiar with TTY, it is an accessibility solution that is intended to help those with hearing limitations type their message in the phone keyboard in order to communicate. The RTT, meanwhile, is a communication solution based on text that aims to convey to the audibly challenged many services that TTY apparently failed to deliver, including the limited selection of device-generated characters and its relatively slow performance. In contrast, RTT sends and receives each text character in near real time, which means texts can flow as quickly as voice communication without the need for conversations to take turns. https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/12/att-finally-introduces-the-real-time-text-service.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171212151851.GA11500@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:18:51 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T customers in Fletcher frustrated by days-long service outage by Kimberly King FLETCHER, N.C. (WLOS) - Some AT&T customers in the Fletcher area said they haven't had service for nine days. Richard and Linda Goodall, who live in the River Stone subdivision in Fletcher, said company officials have apologized for the outage but have done nothing to explain why their TV and internet service is down. Richard said he's made numerous calls to the communications service giant and has even gone to the company's Twitter customer service account, @attcares, where he's communicated with service reps who also have been unable to provide him answers to the outage. http://wlos.com/news/local/att-customers-in-fletcher-frustrated-by-days-long-service-outage -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 13 Dec 2017