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The Telecom Digest for Fri, 25 Oct 2019
Volume 38 : Issue 298 : "text" format

Table of contents
Minnesota regulators OK Frontier Communications' settlement with state on landline serviceBill Horne
Gasconade County Commission Meeting MinutesBill Horne
Authorities look for answers after 911 outage in 6 Western NC countiesBill Horne
GA: Widespread Verizon outage affecting Columbus and Phenix CityBill Horne
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191024181647.GA2524@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:16:47 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Minnesota regulators OK Frontier Communications' settlement with state on landline service Settlement offers future guarantees that the rural service will improve. By Mike Hughlett Minnesota utility regulators Thursday approved a legal settlement aimed at remedying Frontier Communications' multitude of telephone network failings. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-regulators-ok-frontier-communications-settlement-with-state-on-landline-service/563306962/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191024175742.GA2420@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:57:42 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Gasconade County Commission Meeting Minutes Presiding Commissioner Miskel mentioned that he had been contacted by residents in the Brown Shanty area who have experienced 12-20 days of no landline telephone service from Centurylink ... https://www.gasconadecountyrepublican.com/stories/gasconade-county-commission-meeting-minutes,28789 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191024181959.GA2573@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:19:59 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Authorities look for answers after 911 outage in 6 Western NC counties CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) - Authorities want to know who's to blame for a 911 outage that impacted half a dozen mountain counties for several hours overnight Thursday into Friday. Frontier Communications customers in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties plus the Cherokee Tribal area were unable to make calls to 911 for nearly five hours. https://wlos.com/news/local/authorities-look-for-answers-after-911-outage-in-6-wnc-counties -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191024213222.GA3744@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:32:22 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: GA: Widespread Verizon outage affecting Columbus and Phenix City COLUMBUS, Ga. Oct 24, 2019 (WRBL) - A large Verizon outage spreading from the East Coast to the Midwestern United States is having a heavy effect on the local Columbus and Phenix City area, as well as Smiths Station. The cause of the outage is unknown, but multiple metropolitan areas across the United States are seeing similar issues with intermittent service, or no service at all for some Verizon customers. https://www.wrbl.com/news/local-news/widespread-verizon-outage-affecting-columbus-and-phenix-city/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 25 Oct 2019
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