---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181121223947.GA26758@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:39:47 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon Is, Like, So Over Cell Phone Stores and All About Immersive Pop-Up Experiences Now, You Know? Are you a very cool, very hip millennial? Do you live your life on the "net"? Verizon's new $3 billion subsidiary launched a pop-up in Soho to let you know they get you, and they're like, same! The new product is Visible, an unlimited phone and data plan for $40 a month that's managed entirely through an app. Visible sends its customers a SIM card in the mail for their unlocked phone, eliminating the need for physical stores. http://bedfordandbowery.com/2018/11/verizon-is-like-so-over-cell-phone-stores-and-all-about-immersive-pop-up-experiences-now-you-know/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181121223604.GA26737@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:36:04 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon Tells Touching Story In Thanksgiving Day Spot By George P. Slefo A new Verizon spot set to air during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade plays on the company's broad ambition of placing its customers at the center of every story. https://adage.com/article/digital/verizon-airs-spot-macy-s-thanksgiving-day-parade/315710/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0f12d5d2-8476-421d-8282-ba249db6db8c@googlegroups.com> Date: 20 Nov 2018 15:17:35 -0800 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Hosted Pbx Market By 2022 On Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 1:18:55 PM UTC-5, Bill Horne wrote: > Hosted PBX market by 2022 focuses on top companies, research > methodology, trends, opportunities and regions Maybe the following are 80 years old, but they gave good service, and telecom administrators have told me they wish they were still around: small capacity manual: https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/document-repository/catalogs-manuals/western-electric-bell-system/publications-and-educational-documents-by-date/blr/11631-28jul-blr-p-363-non-multiple-pbx-551a-551b large capacity dial: https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/document-repository/catalogs-manuals/western-electric-bell-system/publications-and-educational-documents-by-date/blr/11635-29sep-blr-p36-large-capacity-pbx-701a and for the [large estate] home, in a handsome cabinet https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/document-repository/catalogs-manuals/western-electric-bell-system/publications-and-educational-documents-by-date/blr/11274-30may-blr-p416-residence-pbx-740-c For those who want something more modern, here is a newer push button cord unit: https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/document-repository/catalogs-manuals/western-electric-bell-system/publications-and-educational-documents-by-date/blr/11571-61may-blr-p161-pushbutton-pbx-608a ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181121224538.GA26826@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:45:38 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: What's the right age to give your child a cell phone? By Kim Ancin If your child doesn't yet have a cell phone, it's probably high on his gift list. No doubt he's been pleading for one and telling you that everyone has one. Plus, there are advantages for parents, like being able to reach him when he's not home. But many parents have concerns as well. Here's some expert advice on knowing the right time to give your kid a cell phone. "It's extraordinary how much younger kids are now getting smartphones," says Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute. "It was once typical for kids to get phones in high school or sometimes later. Today, 95% of all teens have access to a cell phone, according to the Pew Research Center. In high-tech families the average age kids get cell phones is 7-and-a-half," Balkam says. https://www.verizon.com/about/news/whats-right-age-give-your-child-cell-phone -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 22 Nov 2018