Message-ID: <sao008$ebc$1@gal.iecc.com>
Date: 20 Jun 2021 18:04:56 -0000
From: "John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com>
Subject: Re: VOIP Issue
According to Julian Thomas <Jt@jt-mj.net>:
>> On Jun 19, 2021, at 14:18, Fred Atkinson
> <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have another suggestion as to how I might be able to
>> resolve this issue?
>Another voip provider?
The provider is Callcentric, whose technical quality is quite good,
and who has given me good support when I've been able to ask specific
questions.
Fred has a whole bunch of VoIP equipment behind a router that has a
custom configuration. I've suggested he unplug everything, then plug
it back in one item at a time and see when it breaks.
My guess is it's either a configuration issue with devices colliding
or a busted VoIP phone.
R's,
John
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Message-ID: <20210621171505.A234177F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:15:04 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: The Supreme Court Decides That Compatible Sotware Is Still
Legal
Back in the 1980s, everyone used the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet on their
PCs. In 1989, Borland released a competitor, Quattro Pro. It used the
same menu commands as 1-2-3 so that users could import their 1-2-3
spreadsheets with keyboard macros. Lotus sued Borland, and after a
loss in the district court, Borland won on appeal, arguing that the
keyboard commands are a "method of operation" and not subject to
copyright. Lotus appealed to the Supreme Court, which deadlocked 4-4
(one justice was recused) in 1996. That meant the appeals court
decision was affirmed but it did not set a formal precedent. Since
then everyone assumed that settled the matter, you can't copyright the
way a program works or its interfaces.
Well, everyone except one guy in Hawaii.
https://jl.ly/Copyright_Law/oragoog.html
***** Moderator's Note *****
Kudos to John for providing the most clear expanation for U.S. "Fair
Use" that I have seen to date. ISTR that copyrights used to last for
27 years, and could be renewed once, but I think that was changed at
some point.
Please tell me what the current law allows. Thank you.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <20210621172819.EF96577F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:28:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: AT&T, T-Mobile don't want to reveal signal strength data
By Mike Dano
T-Mobile boasts that it operates the nation's "largest, fastest, and
most reliable 5G network." AT&T once famously bragged that it offers
"more bars in more places," and today claims that its network is the
"best."
But neither carrier wants to provide actual signal strength data to
the FCC as the agency works to improve the nation's broadband mapping
data.
https://www.lightreading.com/5g/atandt-t-mobile-dont-want-to-reveal-signal-strength-data/d/d-id/770349
