---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <86o8mdnvp1.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 10 Sep 2020 21:55:22 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Update: Pennsylvania Order Mandates Telework, But To What Extent? by James A. Holt and Marguerite Goglia This is an update to our July 17, 2020 article addressing the July 15, 2020 orders issued by Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Health "directing mitigation measures" in response to a reported rise in COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania. As explained in that prior article, both orders included the following mandate requiring telework: "Unless not possible, all business are required to conduct their operations in whole or in part remotely through individual teleworking of their employees[.]" https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-benefits-compensation/968344/update-pennsylvania-order-mandates-telework-but-to-what-extent?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <86blic322m.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 11 Sep 2020 12:55:29 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Centurylink reports Internet outage in Arkansas Damage to a fiber optic cable in northeast Arkansas is causing sporadic internet outages to CenturyLink customers in Baxter and Fulton counties. https://www.ktlo.com/2020/09/10/centurylink-reports-sporadic-outages-to-internet-customers/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <867dt031qi.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 11 Sep 2020 13:02:45 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Fresh Data-Based Insight On Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) By Kaden Berrington erizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) concluded the trading on Thursday, Sep 10 with a fall of -0.47% from its closing price on previous day. In last 7 days, analysts came adjusting their opinions about stock's EPS with nil upward and no downward revisions, an indication which could give clearer idea about the company's short term price movement. In contrast, when we review VZ stock's current outlook then short term indicators are assigning it an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators are categorizing the stock at an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators are suggesting an average of 50% Buy for it. https://stocksregister.com/2020/09/10/fresh-data-based-insight-on-verizon-communications-inc-vz/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAH8yC8k-RrGt8DiUA2vo7Cqa=rwBJZiwVfsf0G9WMOJu+_XarQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: 12 Sep 2020 01:43:07 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com> Subject: Government Advocates for Strict Reading of the [TCPA] Statute The Acting Solicitor General submitted an amicus brief in Facebook v. Duguid on September 4, urging the Supreme Court to find that telephony must randomly or sequentially generate telephone numbers, then dial those numbers in order to qualify as an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In July, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Facebook v. DuGuid to decide, once and for all, whether an ATDS requires random or sequential number generation. In its late 2018 Marks decision, the Ninth Circuit found that storage of telephone numbers, without random or sequential number generation, was enough to satisfy the first prong of the TCPA's definition of an ATDS. Earlier this year, the Second Circuit joined the Ninth Circuit, while the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits have concluded that a system must have the capacity to generate random or sequential numbers to qualify as an ATDS. In Duguid, Facebook challenged the Ninth Circuit's definition, contending that it was too broad. In defending the lawsuit, Facebook argued that its equipment was not an ATDS because it stores numbers only to be called "reflexively" in response to "outside stimuli," such as a suspicious log-in. Facebook's equipment, it argued, does not "use a random or sequential number generator," and as a result, does not constitute an ATDS. According to Facebook, if the definition of ATDS is not read to exclude equipment which only stores numbers for "responsive" calling, all smartphones will be considered autodialers. The Ninth Circuit disagreed, doubled-down on Marks, and ruled that the plaintiff's claims could go forward.... https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=165e5b73-49d0-4c9a-89f2-2f576371a159 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 13 Sep 2020