---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <d156f396-e5ff-4924-96b3-08d718e098f7@www.fastmail.com> Date: 30 Apr 2020 10:29:47 -0700 From: Æstrid Smith <Astrid@xrtc.net> Subject: Re: National parks balancing demands for cell service, silence On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, at 09:48, Moderator wrote: > PHOENIX - (AP) - Musetta Vander has been to several of the most iconic > national parks and landscapes in the U.S., capturing herself doing a > yoga pose among the Joshua trees, driving on a tree-lined highway > framed by Yosemite's towering rock formations and sitting at the edge > of a cliff overlooking a horseshoe-shaped bend in the Colorado River. > > https://www.wftv.com/news/national-parks/FWUI2ZIOVYJMHNCSF5LCCUDPOI/ One of the things I find most beautiful about north america is how stunningly vast this place is. Being able to go out of radio range is an experience that I fear may be short-lived. I wish we were able to not squander it. -- Æstrid ***** Moderator's Note ***** No offense: I share your love of the great outdoors, and enjoy the quiet solitude of a walk in the woods. I feel it's important to remember that your goal of being out of radio range is as close as your cell phone's "off" button. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D6EBECCC-A67C-4817-8659-73A5694390ED@roscom.com> Date: 29 Apr 2020 00:17:38 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: FCC proposal would help fight one-ring call scams The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to better protect consumers in the US from one-ring scam calls, which ring a phone just once and then charge large fees per minute when consumers call back. Today, the FCC shared a "notice of proposed rulemaking," which requests comments on proposed solutions, like allowing voice service providers to block calls that are "highly likely" associated with one-ring scams. https://www.engadget.com/fcc-robocalls-scams-one-ring-170119831.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <ACC1A486-0338-4797-91C4-946495E6E82A@roscom.com> Date: 30 Apr 2020 12:48:45 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: States Made It Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That's Hard to Undo States Made It Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That's Hard to Undo. By Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano Systems that were devised to treat each case as potentially fraudulent are now rushing to deal with millions of newly unemployed people. The state unemployment systems that were supposed to help millions of jobless workers were full of boxes to check and mandates to meet that couldn't possibly apply in a pandemic. States required workers to document their job searches, weekly; to register with employment services, in person; to take a wait period before their first check, up to 10 days. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/upshot/unemployment-state-restrictions-pandemic.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 02 May 2020