---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <ED127F60-8EAA-4BE5-BBE5-E335C016CCB5@roscom.com> Date: 4 Feb 2020 12:53:25 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: A Systemwide Disaster: How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down "A Systemwide Disaster": How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down Unexplained "inconsistencies" in results, heated conference calls and firm denials of hacking left the contest in a strange state of almost suspended animation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/us/politics/what-happened-iowa-caucuses.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200203021759.GA2454@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 02:17:59 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink & Frontier Failed to Meet FCC Broadband Requirements by Jess Barnes CenturyLink and Frontier each received federal funding to expand their broadband networks in rural areas, but have reportedly failed to meet the requirements for that funding. ARS Technica reported that CenturyLink notified the Federal Communi- cations Commission that it "may not have reached the deployment milestone" in 23 states, meeting the requirement in only 10. Frontier also notified the FCC that it "may not have met" the requirements in 13 states, meeting the requirement in just 16. https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/centurylink-frontier-failed-to-meet-fcc-broadband-requirements/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200203024621.GA2712@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 02:46:21 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon hit with extensive wireless, net outages throughout North Carolina, South Carolina Updated 1:30 PM ET Jan 31, 2020 By Jazmin Goodwin Verizon customers have been reporting widespread outages across North Carolina and into South Carolina. Customers reported service outages with mobile phones and internet. Some have even reported total blackouts. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/01/31/verizon-outage-customers-outage-north-carolina-experiencing-massive-outages-throughout-north-carolin/4622884002/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200203025441.GA2859@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 02:54:42 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: UPDATE: 911, Verizon service restored in Upper Michigan Friday morning By Andrew LaCombe (WLUC) - 911 emergency services are back online Friday morning throughout Upper Michigan after a recent system upgrade caused a widespread outage for about five hours overnight. Negaunee Regional Dispatch telecommunicator assisting in 911 emergency services. Negaunee Regional Dispatch Communication Supervisor Kory Dykstra says these glitches happen as more technology is implemented. He assures there is always a fix and any problem with 911 is an immediate priority. https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/911-outages-reported-in-Upper-Michigan-567453121.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200205040335.GA15467@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 04:03:35 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malassimilation@gmailQRM.com> Subject: Lions and Bears and Iowa and Apps, Oh My! (Opinion) It might just turn out that the apps used to report the Iowa caucus results were Gerrymandered to misrepresent the data. It probably won't. It may just turn out that the apps were created by the secret cabal of Republicans trying to discredit the volunteers who toil without pay to assure a valid election. I don't think it will. It may just turn out that the company which created the app was being paid to code them so that they emit mind-number radio signals that confuse those who live in Iowa and force them to vote for whomever you don't like. I kind of doubt it. I think it will turn out that the blow-dried airheads who pass for reporters these days are running around making up conspiracies and trying to guess what could possibly have caused /them/ to have to work for a living. In fact, I would bet on it. Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 05 Feb 2020