---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191226231842.GA25273@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:18:42 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Charleston County sues 19 phone companies for potentially 'millions' in uncollected 911 surcharges By Andrew Knapp Charleston County sued nearly two dozen telephone companies, alleging that they have failed to bill businesses for 911 services and send the millions of dollars in proceeds to its dispatch center. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/charleston-county-sues-phone-companies-for-potentially-millions-in-uncollected/article_17a58986-8371-11e7-9444-cf1847143e2e.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191226203100.GA24317@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 20:31:00 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Phone carriers pay SC counties more than $2.3 million to settle lawsuits By Andrew Brown and Conner Mitchell Some of South Carolina's largest telecommunications businesses have agreed to pay four local governments more than $2.3 million to end several lawsuits related to money the companies pay to 911 call centers. The settlements are the first deals to be released from a string of litigation that accused a number of phone carriers of underpaying fees that go to emergency dispatch centers. https://www.postandcourier.com/business/phone-carriers-pay-sc-counties-nearly-million-to-settle-lawsuits/article_11feceb2-25a8-11ea-a90c-574662632dec.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <E963F457-D857-4EE1-90E9-2AF81F9B086D@roscom.com> Date: 23 Dec 2019 01:21:16 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: How Your Phone Betrays Democracy How Your Phone Betrays Democracy You protest, they watch. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/21/opinion/location-data-democracy-protests.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 28 Dec 2019