Message-ID: <ea96e7f2-da81-f65d-e55c-c629aa1c6231@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:40:36 -0400
From: Bill Horne <malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com>
Subject: CWAers Win Labor Protections in Historic Broadband
Infrastructure Agreement
In a first for federal broadband investment, the bipartisan
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which passed the Senate this
week, includes protections for workers in the telecommunications
industry. This historic legislation includes $65 billion in funding to
support the expansion and affordability of broadband deployment and
prioritizes funding for responsible employers with high labor standards.
https://cwa-union.org/news/cwaers-win-labor-protections-in-historic-broadband-infrastructure-agreement
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Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <20210813181453.71A2176F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:14:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Verizon iPhone 5 is being sold with an unlocked SIM slot
Last week it was reported that the Verizon iPhone 5 is being sold with
an unlocked SIM slot, allowing users with a nano-SIM or a trimmed
micro-SIM from a GSM carrier such as AT&T to use the device on their
networks. The Associated Press confirmed with Verizon that it will not
remotely relock their iPhone 5 models. Last year, Verizon would only
unlock their iPhone 4S models after 60 days.
It's worth noting that though the Verizon iPhone 5 will work on AT&T
and T-Mobile's 3G network for voice and data, the phone will not work
on AT&T's LTE data network. It will work on a number of international
LTE networks. Apple's LTE information page details the bands that each
specific model of iPhone 5 supports.
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7022023963.pdf
Message-ID: <20210813182422.4625276F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:24:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Nine Upstate NY Mayors Accuse Verizon of Avoiding Urban
Poor In Fiber Upgrades
Virtually every mayor in the urban centers of upstate New York is
accusing Verizon Communications of redlining poor and minority
communities when deciding where to provide its fiber-to-the-home
service FiOS.
Now they are telling the Federal Communications Commission and
Department of Justice to become more closely involved in reviewing a
proposed anticompetitive marketing partnership between the phone
company and some of the nation's largest cable operators.
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7021987561.pdf
