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The Telecom Digest for Wed, 13 Nov 2019
Volume 38 : Issue 317 : "text" format

Table of contents
Florida Police Warning: Do Not Let At&T Uverse Techs In Your Home Unless Absolutely NeededBill Horne
One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe's Galileo satellites going darkMonty Solomon
How to Phone For Help from anywhere on the GlobeMonty Solomon
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191112153825.GA7751@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:38:25 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Florida Police Warning: Do Not Let At&T Uverse Techs In Your Home Unless Absolutely Needed Police Response Follows BocaNewsNow.com Report Of Techs Demanding Access To "Map WiFi" Delray Beach, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) - The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Offices is reminding area residents that neither AT&T techs - nor representatives of any company - can require you to provide access to your home. AT&T UVerse technicians throughout Palm Beach County are routinely demanding inside access following service calls that only require outdoor work. They claim they are required to "map the strength of WiFi signals" in every room inside your home. https://bocanewsnow.com/2019/11/12/police-do-not-let-att-uverse-techs-in-your-home-unless-absolutely-needed/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DC3ECD57-D36C-4CE0-B3F5-9F63F31EB4EC@roscom.com> Date: 11 Nov 2019 18:51:49 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe's Galileo satellites going dark One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe's Galileo satellites going dark Also organizational chaos, secrecy and self-regulation https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/08/galileo_satellites_outage/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <FFF8511E-0184-4A69-86C0-DC23B24A0C49@roscom.com> Date: 12 Nov 2019 00:38:53 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: How to Phone For Help from anywhere on the Globe Few travelers know what to do and whom to call in an emergency when traveling, whether that emergency is an accident, a fire, a heart attack, or something else of similar nature or magnitude. Emergency telephone numbers are typically three-digit numbers that can be easily memorized. The problem is that there is no universal standard for them and they typically vary from country to country, although the European Union has standardized on one. http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2019/11/how-to-phone-for-help-across-the-globe/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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