---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210829202421.1A877755@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:24:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul=E2=80=99s top aide is married to a = lobbyist for Verizon, Google and Airbnb By Brian Schwartz New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's top aide is married to a lobbyist who represent clients such as Verizon, Airbnb and Alphabet's Google. Hochul named Karen Persichilli Keogh, a veteran of Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate office and the wife of longtime lobbyist Mike Keogh, as secretary to the governor. Prior to taking her new job with Hochul, Karen Keogh was an executive at Wall Street giant J.P. Morgan Chase, where she once held a state lobbying position. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/ny-gov-kathy-hochuls-top-aide-is-married-to-lobbyist-for-verizon-google-and-airbnb.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210829202116.794F6755@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:21:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon promotes defunding the police and the idea that America is fundamentally racist: report Verizon training featured Khalil Muhammad, who argued that police 'reinforce' inequalities By Samuel Dorman Telecommunications giant Verizon rolled out a diversity training that advocated for defunding the police and controversial ideas associated with critical race theory (CRT), according to a new report. https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/verizon-defund-police-america-racist ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210829201709.DC22C755@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:17:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon is quietly bringing Fios internet to apartments across Baltimore By Holden Wilen Though it's unclear how broad the expansion will be, experts say competition will be a good thing for a city long dominated by one company. https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2021/08/26/verizon-installing-fios-baltimore-apartments.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210829225524.3A0A7755@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:55:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Frontier Communications Gives Update on 911 Outages and Adequacy of Its Equipment in Arizona Frontier provided the Commission an update regarding the outages that have occurred on its system that adversely affected Frontier's ability to provide adequate and consistent 911 service to its customers. Frontier indicated that it is hardening its system to help eliminate 911 outages in the future. Frontier indicated that regardless of its improvements, outages may occur due to circumstances beyond the Company's control, such as third-party cable cuts and electric company power outages. The Commissioners questioned Frontier regarding the experience and ability of its Board of Directors and management team to get Frontier on the right path to bring its 911 outages to an absolute minimum. The Commissioners stated several times that this issue is a life and death matter and is of the upmost importance to them. Commissioners believe that Frontier must be more proactive in dealing with this issue. Some Commissioners questioned whether Frontier is the proper entity to provide telecommunications/911 service to rural Arizona. Commissioners acknowledged that Commission Staff is in the midst of its investigation into Frontier's handling of its 911 outages. Commissioners stated their desire for Staff to complete its investigation as soon as possible, while also stating they realize Staff is currently processing a large number of cases. When complete, Staff's investigation may contain recommendations for improvements to Frontier's system and/or a recommendation for an Order to Show Cause (OSC) against Frontier. The OSC could result in sanctions against Frontier. All documents relating to this agenda item can be found in the Corporation Commission's online docket at https://edocket.azcc.gov ... and entering docket number T-03214A-21-0198, T-02115A-21-0198, T-01954B-0198, T-20680A-21-0198.