Message-ID: <20210608021414.3C08573C@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 02:14:12 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: CenturyLink may be playing its cloud cards all wrong
by Matt Asay
CenturyLink is trying to make itself out as a developer darling to
compete with AWS, but this is almost certainly the wrong approach.
No one has yet managed to unseat Amazon Web Services (AWS) from its
lofty cloud perch. Fortunately for CenturyLink, it may not need to
try.
As reported by Bloomberg, CenturyLink is circling Rackspace to add the
service-centric cloud provider to its portfolio of cloud services,
including Savvis, AppFog, andTier3. With competition for cloud-centric
developers fierce, it's unlikely that CenturyLink will make much of a
mark with Global 2000 companies interested in moving data center
workloads to the public cloud.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/centurylink-may-be-playing-its-cloud-cards-all-wrong/
Message-ID: <20210608191239.2F21C961@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:12:37 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Veterans Affairs awards $725M EIS contract to AT&T
By Dave Nyczepir
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $725 million task
order to AT&T to modernize the agency's data communications platform.
AT&T has already begun work improving the security, scalability,
availability and resiliency of VA's Internet Protocol-based data
network with cloud infrastructure.
https://www.fedscoop.com/va-att-eis-task-order/
***** Moderator's Note *****
Oh, wow: the VA and AT&T working together. I suppose this means that
VA hospitals will get TWX service to communicate with each other:
come to think of it, maybe I can go back to fixing Teletype machines!
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <20210608192616.9C134961@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 19:26:15 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: CNET Amplifies FCC's Carr's Attempt To Force 'Big Tech' To
Pay 'Big Telecom' For No Reason
from the troll-tolls dept
By Karl Bode
So last week we noted how FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr had taken to
Newsweek to dust off a fifteen year old AT&T talking point. Namely
that "big tech" companies get a "free ride" on telecom networks, and,
as a result, should throw billions of dollars at "big telecom" for no
real reason. You'll recall it was this kind of argument that launched
the net neutrality debate, when former AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre proclaimed
that Google wouldn't be allowed to "ride his pipes for free." Whitacre
was effectively arguing that in addition to paying for bandwidth, tech
giants should pay him a troll toll, just because.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210602/09445946912/cnet-amplifies-fccs-carrs-attempt-to-force-big-tech-to-pay-big-telecom-no-reason.shtml
