---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <61DD839A-832C-4C82-A364-0552EB57E0ED@roscom.com> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 15:43:36 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The Phones We Love Too Much If you had to make a choice, would you choose your phone or your partner? Don't answer that. We have an intimate relationship with our phones. We sleep with them, eat with them and carry them in our pockets. We check them, on average, 47 times a day - 82 times if you're between 18 and 24 years old, according to recent data. And we love them for good reason: They tell the weather, the time of day and the steps we've taken. They find us dates (and sex), entertain us with music and connect us to friends and family. They answer our questions and quell feelings of loneliness and anxiety. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/well/mind/the-phones-we-love-too-much.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170503030256.83666.qmail@ary.lan> Date: 3 May 2017 03:02:56 -0000 From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: cellular telco region with lowest "911" and other gov't fees? In article <oe8rg2$qeq$1@reader1.panix.com> wb8foz wrote: >Note that Google Voice does not receive all short code SMS texts. For this purpose, getting 2FA codes, I'd think that was a feature, less SMS junx. I can't ever recall failing to get a 2FA code on my Goog Voice account. >I use a T-mobile prepaid plan [which is] no longer available; it gives >me a one year expiration on my time. So every year I buy another $10 >worth of time. But receiving a SMS does costs me $0.15. If you want a real phone the cheapest thing I know now is Tracfone's $18 per 90 days with autorenewal. It's cheap, but it's a lot more than $10/yr. R's, John ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2BC7E704-0026-4022-A7BE-F67DCCADBB18@roscom.com> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:56:13 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Why Verizon is losing more cellphone customers than ever Why Verizon is losing more cellphone customers than ever By Brian Fung For the first time, the nation's largest wireless provider is losing customers faster than it can replace them. It's a major milestone for Verizon, which Thursday [4/27/2017] reported a net decline of 289,000 cellphone subscribers over the past four months. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/20/why-verizon-is-losing-more-cellphone-customers-than-ever/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <FDE4F987-E1B9-4B51-A357-DD5AA39893C1@roscom.com> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 22:04:21 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Justice Department opens criminal probe into Uber Justice Department opens criminal probe into Uber The ride-hailing company has acknowledged its use of "Greyball" software and said in March that it would stop using it to thwart regulators in cities where it may be operating without permission. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/04/justice-department-opens-criminal-probe-into-uber/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <5b113b98-015f-446d-ab40-ecd70b6e68db@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 14:28:21 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Manhattan gets a new 332 area code - here's why CNN reported that the borough is getting a new area code in the coming weeks. Now, 332 is joining 212, 917, and 646. Demand for phone numbers has grown in large part thanks to wireless phones, according to John Manning, senior director of NANPA. If someone has an Arizona area code and keeps that number when she moves to California, that means Arizona can't give that number to a new resident. Also, a couple decades ago, a household would have only one landline. Now, a household might have a cell phone for each person who lives there. full detailed article, including situation in San Francisco, at: http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/02/technology/new-york-332-area-code-new/index.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 06 May 2017