---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200601144120.GA7928@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 14:41:20 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Why after years is Century Link not upgrading the connection speeds? I just don't understand how consumer gigabit speeds (Which I have yet to be on and can not wait when I am) are becoming more and more prevalent but this one area is still on DSL and in my opinion grossly overcharging for a 1mb connection. https://www.reddit.com/r/centurylink/comments/8icx8f/why_after_years_is_century_link_not_upgrading_the/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <425c23a9-fa52-bd2e-9a2d-5dccdf2c2fbe@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 12:55:50 -0400 From: Bill Horne <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: OR: Cell Tower Wars … Continued A second wave of activists protest 5G cell towers in Bend; cite studies of alarming health risks. BY Laurel Brauns Last fall, a group of parents and kids from Elk Meadow Elementary School stormed Bend City Hall for weeks, demanding the City stop Verizon Wireless from building a cell tower next to the school. Verizon built the tower anyway, and Bend City Council said cell tower infrastructure is under federal jurisdiction, so there's not much it can do. (Video recording from City Council Meeting) https://bend.granicus.com/player/clip/534?view_id=9&meta_id=35053 Now, a new group of Bend activists want to ban 5G cell towers altogether. They've written nearly 100 letters to the City Council, and this week, they plan to blanket the town with posters and fliers touting what they say are the dangers of this new technology. https://www.bendsource.com/bend/concerned-parents-press-on-against-verizon-tower/Content?oid=11452956 Bill Horne ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6A81554D-1451-48C7-98B9-3B4D32B6F2BA@roscom.com> Date: 31 May 2020 14:39:10 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Minnesota is now using contact tracing to track protestors, as demonstrations escalate Minnesota is now using contact tracing to track protestors, as demonstrations escalate. In some cities like Minneapolis, though, officials are starting to turn to a familiar tool to investigate networks of protestors. The tool is contact-tracing, and it's a familiar tool in that people have been hearing about it frequently in recent weeks as an important component of a comprehensive coronavirus pandemic response. According to Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harringon, officials there have been using what they describe, without going into much detail, as contact-tracing in order to build out a picture of protestor affiliations - a process that officials in the state say has led them to conclude that much of the protest activity there is being fueled by people from outside coming in. https://bgr.com/2020/05/30/minnesota-protest-contact-tracing-used-to-track-demonstrators/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 02 Jun 2020