---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200426165006.GA22889@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:50:06 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Exploding iPhones? Not Our Fault, Apple Says Exploding iPhones? Not Our Fault, Apple Says By Nicole Martinelli Apple denied claims that faulty iPhones overheat and explode, saying the shattered, spattering phones that launched a government investi- gation in the EU are few and not due to a systematic problem. https://www.cultofmac.com/15298/exploding-iphones-not-our-fault-apple-says/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200426165849.GA22951@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:58:49 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Internet service in Western Colorado was so terrible that towns and counties built their own telecom By Tamara Chuang Internet outages became a distant memory this month as a good chunk of Western Colorado turned on a new broadband system. But this wasn't built by a typical telecom. It took a band of local governments and partners from 14 rural communities to stitch together the 481-mile network, dubbed "Project Thor." https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/internet-service-in-western-colorado-was-so-terrible-that-towns-and-counties-built-their-own-telecom/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200426163448.GA22811@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:34:49 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: 5-carrier aggregation gives AT&T network edge 5-carrier aggregation gives AT&T network edge - RootMetrics by Bevin Fletcher AT&T delivered speed gains across 51 markets in the early part of 2020, with its wide-scale use of 5-component carrier aggregation and 4x4 MIMO giving it an edge over competition, according to RootMetrics. https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/widespread-5-carrier-aggregation-gives-at-t-network-edge-rootmetrics -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200427072438.GA26523@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:24:38 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Despite Free Internet Offers, Some Low-Income Parents Struggle To Get Kids Online For School By Kyle Stokes Since the coronavirus struck, Tamara Solis has called four different companies offering "free" internet service. She didn't have internet at home, and her children, ages 8 and 10, need to get online to do schoolwork. But on every call, something happened that led Solis to conclude many of these offers were not truly "free." https://laist.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus_free_internet_offers_low_income_families_digital_divide.php -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 27 Apr 2020