---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <86lffjlh5y.fsf@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: 2 Nov 2020 18:58:33 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T Sued For Patent Infringement For Tracking Broadcasts And Providing Program Information by Kirsten Errick On Tuesday in the District of Maryland, plaintiff Global Interactive Media, Inc. (GIM) filed a complaint for patent infringement against defendants AT&T Services, Inc. and AT&T Communications, LLC (collectively AT&T) for the purportedly infringing the patent method to identify and track broadcasts and to provide program information to consumers. https://lawstreetmedia.com/tech/att-sued-for-patent-infringement-for-tracking-broadcasts-and-providing-program-information/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B27F1DE9-2EBA-479A-8057-6A8E2657A9DF@icloud.com> Date: 1 Nov 2020 17:47:48 -0500 From: "Julian Thomas" <jtnuage@icloud.com> Subject: Re: What's messing up my internet connection for Zoom meetings and other work? > On Nov 1, 2020, at 13:52, Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.remove-this.telecom-digest.org> wrote: > > Now, though, particularly when we're using Zoom, a message pops up that > says our internet connection is unstable, and often we lose our > connection to the modem and the internet. There's often a problem > getting connected when we turn on the computer. It takes restarting the > computer a couple of times before it connects. It occasionally happens > as well on my desktop, which also has a Wi-Fi connection While I also see those popups, they are transient and I'm able to continue with only minor interruption. -- jt - jt@jt-mj.net The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, poet (1636-1711) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20201103205704.GA11878@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 20:57:04 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Hudson, NY: Verizon seeks permit for Providence Hall telecommunications By Aliya Schneider HUDSON -- Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems is requesting a special-use permit on behalf of Verizon Wireless to install wireless communication equipment on the roof of Providence Hall at 119 Columbia St. The application asks permission to install 4G equipment, not 5G equipment, which has been rumored, Planning Board Chairwoman Betsy Gramkow said at a planning board public hearing. https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/news/greenecounty/verizon-seeks-permit-for-providence-hall-telecommunications/article_aea869fa-7ebb-5395-92c4-22acf34a3085.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAH8yC8nSLnvKEdKzNmvwv2Y1yV1CCgu1-H_M7qmNfSKznF3W=3Dw@mail.gmail.com> Date: 3 Nov 2020 00:04:17 -0500 From: "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com> Subject: TRACED Act Working Group files report on TCPA enforcement efforts As TCPAWorld approaches the first anniversary of the TRACED Act (December 30 will be one year) https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ105/PLAW-116publ105.pdf the interagency working group (Working Group) set up pursuant to Section 5 of the statute has filed its required one-time report to Congress (Report) https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1331576/download Per the statute, the Report is made to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The Working Group was convened by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and included among other agencies the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Non-federal stakeholders such as the National Association of Attorneys General were also to be consulted ... (N.B.: TCPA World is anti-TCPA. It may take the same position on other laws designed to protect consumers) https://tcpaworld.com/2020/11/01/traced-act-working-group-files-report-on-tcpa-enforcement-efforts/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6F3AB1C4-FDA8-497C-BCD5-874FF667A19C@roscom.com> Date: 29 Oct 2020 12:01:08 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: T-Mobile expands its faster midband 5G network, nearly doubling its coverage Another big expansion for T-Mobile's 2.5GHz midband 5G By Chaim Gartenberg T-Mobile has announced another expansion of its 2.5GHz midband 5G network, which is now available in dozens of new cities, nearly doubling the coverage of its last major midband rollout from the end of September. With today's expansion announcement, T-Mobile says that it now has midband 5G support in nearly 410 cities and towns in the United States. The new expansion comes just after the launch of Apple's new 5G-compatible iPhone 12 lineup, which is expected to vastly increase the number of 5G devices in the US. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/28/21538604/t-mobile-5g-network-midband-coverage-expanded-cities ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 04 Nov 2020