---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180624194624.55A8315F3C@panix5.panix.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:43:38 -0400 (EDT) From: David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> Subject: Re: Residential Follow/Find Me Services > ***** Moderator's Note ***** > > Are there any non-portable number blocks left? > > Bill Horne > Moderator Blocks is but one question. A bigger one is: can the carrier you want port the DN you seek? Fred Goldstein can explain this; it's like a bad version of classic Adventure: YOU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE TARIFFS, ALL (ALMOST) ALIKE. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180624193647.GA22590@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:36:47 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: How Do I Get My Carrier to Unlock My Phone? by Philip Michaels Certain things in life seem like they should be hassle-free - like having your wireless carrier unlock that smartphone you've fully paid off. But arulanandh98 ran into a potential roadblock after upgrading from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone X at AT&T and took to the Tom's Guide forums to seek help. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ask-carrier-to-unlock-phone,review-5521.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <pgoiks$b68$1@reader1.panix.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:59:08 +0000 (UTC) From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> Subject: Re: Apple Plans to Stream Children's Shows From Sesame Workshop In <5FDE6C33-C054-4E16-B7E4-6DD4DDBA0A31@roscom.com> Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> writes: >Apple Plans to Stream Children's Shows From Sesame Workshop >With 15 series underway, the tech giant moves closer to its streaming >future. On Monday, one of its scripted shows is scheduled to start >filming. >Apple's slate of original programming will now have something for the kids. >In its first foray into children's programming, Apple announced on >Wednesday that it has ordered two shows - one live-action, the other >animated - from Sesame Workshop, the maker of "Sesame Street." In >addition, Apple has put a Sesame Workshop series centered on puppets >into development. Dare I ask the question that ... with all these business deals, just why is Sesame Workshop still holding onto tax exempt status? -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 26 Jun 2018