---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181030231138.GA26031@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:11:38 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Hate your Comcast broadband? Verizon might sell you 5G home Internet Verizon targets cities dominated by cable, citing customer demand for competition. By Jon Brodkin Verizon's launch of 5G home Internet targeted four cities dominated by either Comcast or Charter, and Verizon says it will continue to bring the service to densely populated areas dominated by cable companies. The launch cities that got Verizon 5G home Internet this week were Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. Comcast is the main cable provider in Houston, Indianapolis, and Sacramento, while Charter leads the way in Los Angeles and covers part of Indianapolis, according to ISP tracker BroadbandNow. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/10/hate-your-comcast-broadband-verizon-might-sell-you-5g-home-internet/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181030231608.GA26051@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:16:08 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon service won't work well with Apple's dual-SIM setup for now iOS 12.1 is set to roll out today and bring a variety of useful improvements, including dual-SIM support for iPhone XS and XR. But if you're a Verizon customer, that two-line system might not work very well, at least for now, according to a report from PCMag The issue is how the new iPhones handle having two SIM cards. Unless you live in China (where Apple is selling a special XR model for two physical SIM cards), the XS and XR will support the two lines of service through a combination of the physical SIM and a digital eSIM. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/30/18042266/verizon-apple-dual-sim-esim-setup-issues-2g-cdma -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181030034501.GA23248@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:45:01 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: The T-Mobile/Sprint merger catches the ire of New York's Attorney General Critics claim that customers who depend on prepaid services will take the biggest hit if the merger goes through By Gary Guthrie T-Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint has come under scrutiny at New York's Attorney General's (AG) office. According to the New York Post, at issue are concerns that the two companies could jack up prices on less expensive prepaid services if their packages are combined. This isn't the first red flag that's been waved. It was only last month that the FCC pressed the pause button on the merger after the two mobile giants determined that the engineering model was more complex than thought and the companies needed more time to review it as well as respond to the "various economic analyses"' in the FCC's Petitions to Deny. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/the-t-mobile-sprint-merger-catches-the-ire-of-new-yorks-attorney-general-102918.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 31 Oct 2018