---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200528144714.GA20983@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 14:47:14 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Sprint, Verizon Get Mixed Result in Suit to Avoid Local Fees By Bernie Pazanowski Sprint and Verizon can't recover fees they paid to local carriers for services that allowed them to exchange wireless-to-wireline calls that originated and terminated in the same major trading area, the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/sprint-verizon-get-mixed-result-in-suit-to-avoid-local-fees -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200528144145.GA20904@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 14:41:45 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Commentary: Verizon, Comcast needs to do a better job at getting internet to the students who need it By Theresa Mitchell Dudley And Diamonté Brown All children deserve the opportunity to learn, but the Coronavirus pandemic is testing our ability to provide the necessary resources for them to access this right. Current learning conditions due to the pandemic are exacerbating the already stark divide in opportunity that exists for students who don't grow up in wealthy school districts. https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0528-student-internet-access-20200527-nicfvpc62zad5asxe7yieklxtm-story.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <805EB0D5-9862-41C0-A962-F37222C02623@roscom.com> Date: 25 May 2020 09:57:51 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Inside the NSA's Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network Inside the NSA's Secret Tool for Mapping Your Social Network Edward Snowden revealed the agency's phone-record tracking program. But thanks to "precomputed contact chaining," that database was much more powerful than anyone knew. https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-nsas-secret-tool-for-mapping-your-social-network/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 29 May 2020