---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <F4014628-807A-4EC1-89B4-EFC3EF796C4A@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:08:28 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Why is it so hard to trace an anonymous bomb threat? Why is it so hard to trace an anonymous bomb threat? by Russell Brandom For months, Jewish Community Centers have been targeted by near-daily bomb threats, with over 100 reports since the beginning of 2017. Last Friday seemed to offer some respite, with the arrest of an individual responsible for some of the threats, and a new order from the FCC stripping anonymity protections from anyone dialing into a JCC. But the days after the order was issued saw even more threats, which led to evacuations at a Florida day school, a Delaware community center, a Brooklyn Children's Museum, and the Anti-Defamation League head- quarters in Manhattan. This weekend, as many centers prepared for Purim, six more threats hit Jewish centers in Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and other cities. http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/14/14913118/jcc-bomb-threats-anonymous-phone-calls-pdx-hacking ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170316154224.GA4352@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:42:24 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: New York City sues Verizon for not completing citywide fiber network New York City sues Verizon for not completing citywide fiber network by Catherine Shu New York City has slapped Verizon with a lawsuit that claims the telecommunications conglomerate broke a 2008 contract to provide citywide fiber coverage, depriving residents of competitively priced options for better television and internet service. In a statement, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "Verizon must face the consequences for breaking the trust of 8.5 million New Yorkers. Verizon promised that every household in the city would have access to its fiber-optic FiOS service by 2014. It's 2017 and we're done waiting. No corporation - no matter how large or powerful - can break a promise to New Yorkers and get away with it." https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/14/nyc-sues-verizon/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170316155303.GA4389@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:53:03 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Windstream worries about CenturyLink/Level 3 billing practices by Sean Buckley Windstream is concerned that CenturyLink's pending acquisition of Level 3 could create a larger carrier that will use its broader market power to engage in unfair billing and payment practices that could hinder Windstream's rural broadband expansion efforts. Echoing a similar concern made by fellow telco Frontier Communications, Windstream said in an FCC filing (PDF) that has found Level 3 has either been refusing to pay or delaying payment for what it says is millions of dollars in wholesale services. Windstream added that it has received a large number of "rate increase notices from Level 3 that are inconsistent with the company's past practices." http://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/centurylink-level-3-could-raise-unfair-billing-practices-windstream-worries -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 17 Mar 2017