---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180311181748.GA9181@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 14:17:48 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Riley Storm Recover - Verizon users getting upset A look at the blogosphere telle me that Verizon users are very unhappy about the way that Verizon is handling recovery efforts in New York and/or New Jersey. One blogger, named "DudleyDorite," complained that As bad as ConEd was at restoring power, they at least had a communication system in place to both report and track the service loss and when it might be restored... does anyone know of an effective way to get Verizon's attention? So, it appears that the ire of Verizon customers has not yet started to melt. https://forums.verizon.com/t5/My-Verizon-Account/Riley-Storm-Recovery/td-p/858639 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180311183236.GA9229@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 14:32:36 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Taos, NM - Internet, phone service goes down after line cut TAOS - A CenturyLink fiber-optic cable was cut Friday afternoon between Peña Blanca and Budaghers, reportedly causing a widespread loss of internet and cellphone service throughout areas of Northern New Mexico, reaching from south of Santa Fe to as far as the Enchanted Circle, according to a representative of the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative's KCEC Telecom. KCEC Telecom broadband manager Andrew Gonzales told The Taos News on Friday evening that a Centurylink crew had been "unable to isolate the cut" before ending efforts to repair the line in a remote area in darkness. Crews were scheduled to go back out at daylight Saturday, Gonzales said. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/briefs/internet-phone-service-goes-down-after-line-cut/article_6a757922-2a87-5feb-ba15-14a473f80bd7.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180311184216.GA9261@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 14:42:16 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: No, Trump cannot do whatever he wants with the Justice department by Jennifer Rubin On Thursday night, at least eleven former U.S. officials filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit between AT&T and the Department of Justice. The DOJ in November of 2017 sued to block the telecom giant's $85.4 billion bid to take over Time Warner, the parent company of CNN. The trial is set to begin March 19. The effort includes Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017 who was fired in the early months of the Trump administration. John Dean, a onetime White House counsel to former President Richard Nixon who became a prominent figure in the Watergate scandal, is also part of the brief. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/03/11/no-trump-cannot-do-whatever-he-wants-with-the-justice-department/?utm_term=3D.1ed07d8e45e6 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180311182541.GA9209@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 14:25:41 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon outage map The site "Downdetector.com" has a map that shows general areas of Verizon outages. I was looking for info on what preparations Verizon is making for the storm now approaching North Carolina, but it seems that the majority of those voicing complaints are much further north. Of course, since I moved south of the Mason-Dixon line (does that still exist?), I've been more concerned with icy roads here in the hills, but I still wince at the thought of all that snow and all those trees from the ice storms we had in Boston during the early 2000's. I'm going out to buy gasoline and kerosene. Stay tuned. http://downdetector.com/status/verizon/map/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 12 Mar 2018