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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 28 May 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 133 : "text" format

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Demand Increases For Cellular Wireless And Wireline Connectivity
Arizona Attorney General's Office settles $11 million lawsuit against CenturyLink
Court Finds Fax Survey Is TCPA Advertisement
Zoom security / updates / crypto
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200527012224.GA31100@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 01:22:24 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Demand Increases For Cellular Wireless And Wireline Connectivity by Peter Crain Providers of cellular wireless and wireline connectivity have seen overall increases in demand - with a larger increase for wireline services than cellular wireless services - due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the numerous governmental orders to work from home and stay at home. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/broadcasting-film-tv-radio/938046/demand-increases-for-cellular-wireless-and-wireline-connectivity?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200527014713.GA31198@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 01:47:13 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Arizona Attorney General's Office settles $11 million lawsuit against CenturyLink Chelsea Hofmann, Arizona Republic The Arizona Attorney General's Office settled an $11 million lawsuit against CenturyLink for allegations of "deceptive and unfair advertising and billing practices," officials said Monday. CenturyLink, a company that sells local and long-distance telephone services, internet services and television services, is accused of failing to apply up to $1.9 million in discounts to Arizona customers' accounts between 2013 and 2016. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2020/03/02/centurylink-refund-arizona-customers-after-lawsuit/4932344002/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200527011938.GA31076@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 01:19:38 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Court Finds Fax Survey Is TCPA Advertisement by David O. Klein he United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently upended the legal landscape governing fax marketing by issuing a decision which held that a market research-related fax survey is an advertisement for purposes of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). What are the implications of the Third Circuit's fax survey decision? https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/advertising-marketing-branding/938924/court-finds-fax-survey-is-tcpa-advertisement?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <BE8DEAA9-9FAD-41B3-974D-811177DED042@roscom.com> Date: 26 May 2020 10:28:53 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Zoom security / updates / crypto 90-Day Security Plan Progress Report: May 20 https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/20/90-day-security-plan-progress-report-may-20/ Zoom Product Updates: Restricted Screen Sharing by Default, Consent for Unmuting & Audio Alert for the Waiting Room https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/22/restricted-screen-sharing-by-default-consent-for-unmuting-waiting-room-audio-alert/ Zoom Publishes Draft Design of End-to-End Encryption Offering https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/22/zoom-publishes-draft-design-of-end-to-end-encryption-offering/ Access the paper on GitHub https://github.com/zoom/zoom-e2e-whitepaper/blob/master/zoom_e2e.pdf ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 28 May 2020
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