---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190824185200.GA27053@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:52:00 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FTC, AT&T settle 2014 lawsuit over data slowdowns: court FTC, AT&T settle 2014 lawsuit over data slowdowns: court (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and AT&T Inc reached a settlement agreement on a 2014 case that accused the company of slowing down data sent to wireless devices, a federal court ruling showed on Friday. U.S. District Court in San Francisco said the parties requested a 90-day stay for the FTC to review and vote on the proposed settlement. The value of the settlement was not disclosed. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-att-ftc-data/ftc-att-settle-2014-lawsuit-over-data-slowdowns-court-idUSKCN1VE01J -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190823200721.GA16016@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:07:21 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: South Florida union members go on strike at AT&T. How will this affect your service? By Howard Cohen Three South Florida-area Communication Workers of America unions announced a strike against AT&T on Thursday. CWA Local 3121 in Hialeah, CWA Local 3120 in Broward and CWA Local 3122, which covers North Miami Beach to Key West, cited "unfair labor practices" by the telecommunications giant. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article234264487.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <282c7d7a-77ba-4402-bab6-18239257f76f@googlegroups.com> Date: 21 Aug 2019 14:42:02 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Wyoming: Rawlins Police Department now offers text 911 service On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 4:57:52 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > RAWLINS (WNE) - Carbon County residents needing emergency services > are now able to text their situation to dispatchers at the Rawlins > Police Department, according to a RPD press release. Historical Notes: years ago, the Bell System advertised how it offered teletype service to police departments to catch criminals. Here are some ads: In 1966 Bell advertised how the teletype network helps rescue https://books.google.com/books?id=bucfKmW_-kgC&lpg=PA5&dq=boys%20life%20teletypewriter&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false 1964 ad for catching criminals https://books.google.com/books?id=_6Kqsh8FYzsC&lpg=PA5&dq=boys%20life%20criminal%20teletype&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false 1939 ad for catching criminals https://books.google.com/books?id=pUp-eNm8sk8C&lpg=PA37&dq=%22boys%20life%22%20teletypewriter&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false In 1955, Miami touted sophisticated communications: https://books.google.com/books?id=wt0DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA144&dq=bell%20telephone%20criminal%20teletype&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q&f=false In 1940, Western sheriffs went "streamline" with radio and teletype. https://books.google.com/books?id=iicDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA231&dq=bell%20telephone%20criminal%20teletype&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=bell%20telephone%20criminal%20teletype&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <070BB491-8FB2-4C25-B6AC-288D7A77BBED@roscom.com> Date: 24 Aug 2019 08:49:28 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: We tested popular cellphones for radiofrequency radiation. Now the FCC is investigating. By Sam Roe The Apple iPhone 7 was set to operate at full power and secured below a tub of clear liquid, specially formulated to simulate human tissue. With the push of a button, a robotic arm swung into action, sending a pencil-thin probe dipping into the tub. For 18 minutes, it repeatedly measured the amount of radiofrequency radiation the liquid was absorbing from the cellphone. https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-cell-phone-radiation-testing-20190821-72qgu4nzlfda5kyuhteiieh4da-story.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 25 Aug 2019