---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20171212151407.GA11439@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:14:07 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink services restored after incident By Jacob Tellers Service has been restored to CenturyLink customers in the Center Grove area who were without phone and internet services last week after a fiber line was accidentally cut. The outage, which lasted from Thursday to Saturday evening, was the result of fiber line being cut by someone not associated with CenturyLink. While the cut is believed to be an accident, the company is still working to determine what happened, said Pat Welsh, a CenturyLink market development manager. http://www.dailyjournal.net/2017/12/12/centurylink_outage/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171212154158.GA11604@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:41:58 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: U.S. urges judge to reject AT&T/Time Warner court date proposal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday urged a federal judge to reject the February court date sought by AT&T and Time Warner in a dispute over the firms' proposed merger, arguing the companies are rushing to meet an April 22 closing deadline for their $85.4 billion deal. The U.S. Justice Department last month sued to block AT&T's planned acquisition of Time Warner, saying the combination could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers while hampering the development of online video. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-time-warner-m-a-at-t/u-s-urges-judge-to-reject-att-time-warner-court-date-proposal-idUSKBN1E00A2 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171212155020.GA11644@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:50:20 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Don't Believe AT&T's Net Neutrality Lies AT&T has promised to be good if the FCC overturns the Net Neutrality rules. The problem is, you can't trust AT&T. by Matt Wood, Dana Floberg Last week, AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn tried (and failed) to undercut Net Neutrality supporters by insisting that Free Press has been foretelling doom and gloom since 2010. That's when the FCC adop- ted weak open-internet rules that didn't fully protect mobile access. Quinn claims that none of Free Press' predictions about wireless carriers engaging in blocking ever came true - but he conveniently overlooks how AT&T blocked FaceTime on its cellular networks in 2012 and 2013. Let's refresh the recollection of our forgetful friends at AT&T. From its launch, Apple's FaceTime app worked over a Wi-Fi connection, but at first it was not available over a cellular connection. That changed in 2012 - but not for AT&T customers. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/12/07/dont-believe-atts-net-neutrality-lies -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 14 Dec 2017