---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190401154952.GA11322@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 15:49:52 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: A Judge Just Sided With Verizon Over Peabody, Ma In Its Five-Year Cell Tower Fight BY Thomas Grillo BOSTON - Can you hear me now? The answer could soon be "yes" in Peabody. A Land Court judge has cleared the way for Verizon Wireless to build a cell tower in the city. https://www.itemlive.com/2019/03/29/a-judge-just-sided-with-verizon-over-peabody-in-its-five-year-cell-tower-fight/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190401205317.GA12356@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 20:53:17 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: So Close! Verizon Now Covers the Whole Mojave Desert, but Not Fresh Grocer By Elias Rappaport Verizon even now covers the desolate Mojave Desert, part of their attempt to cover more of America than AT&T and T-Mobile combined. Yet still, they haven't been able to penetrate the winding landscape of the Fresh Grocer on Walnut. ... For the local armadillos of the Mojave however, Verizon's expansion is a major win. "I haven't talked to my mom in months," said one lonely armadillo. "With Verizon, we now have world-class service and can keep in touch with family across the desert. It's truly life changing." https://www.underthebutton.com/article/2019/03/verizon-covers-whole-mojave-desert-not-fro-gro -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ***** Moderator's Note ***** "Under the Button dot com is the University of Pennsylvania's truly independent satire publication." Bill Horne Moderator -- Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <46F95B95-2BC4-45EF-B786-EE15788E4374@roscom.com> Date: 2 Apr 2019 00:15:35 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: FTC gives ISPs green light to block applications as long as they disclose it When repealing net neutrality rules, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and fellow Republicans argued that consumers had nothing to worry about because the Federal Trade Commission would protect them from discriminatory practices by Internet service providers. But there was never any good reason to think the FTC could come close to replacing FCC oversight of broadband providers, and FTC Chairman Joseph Simons essentially confirmed as much in a speech last week. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/04/ftc-confirms-isps-can-block-and-throttle-as-long-as-they-disclose-it/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 03 Apr 2019