---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210129101034.E83E6744@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:10:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Telecom Alert Telecom Alert - 6 GHz Band PN; T-Band Mandate Repealed; Verizon Citing Petition Dismissed; Joint Use Ruling; 2.5 GHz Auction Procedures; Pai Suggests C-Band Fund USF - Vol. XVIII, Issue 3 6 GHz Client-to-Client Devices T-Band Mandate Repealed Verizon Section 253 Wireless Siting Petition Dismissed FCC Enforcement Bureau Joint Use Ruling https://www.natlawreview.com/article/telecom-alert-6-ghz-band-pn-t-band-mandate-repealed-verizon-citing-petition ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210127011638.DDADF736@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:16:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: FCC Emphasizes Limits On Local Fees For Small-Cell Facilities by J. Tyson Covey Wireless telecom providers have been deploying new small-cell technology and equipment for 5G service across the nation. Deployment often requires the providers to obtain access to public rights of way to put their small-cell equipment on cities' or municipalities' utility poles (or use underground ducts or conduit). Cities and municipalities, of course, seek compensation for allowing this access to public equipment and rights-of-way. The FCC addressed this compensation issue in 2018, setting safe-harbor caps on local fees but allowing higher charges if they meet certain requirements. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1028200/fcc-emphasizes-limits-on-local-fees-for-small-cell-facilities?email_access=on ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210127021409.28272736@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:14:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: FCC Fines White Supremacist ~10 Million For Spoofed RoboCalls by Terri J. Seligman The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has fined a robocaller nearly $10,000 (sic) under the Truth in Caller ID Act for illegally using caller ID spoofing with the intent to cause harm. The robocaller, Scott Rhodes, made thousands of spoofed robocalls in 2018, targeting specific communities with hateful messages. As described by the FCC, the robocalls included "xenophobic fearmongering (including to a victim's family), racist attacks on political candidates, an apparent attempt to influence the jury in a domestic terrorism case, and threatening language toward a local journalist." Rhodes made the calls using a platform that manipulated the caller ID information in such a way as to make his calls appear to come from local numbers--a technique known as "neighbor spoofing." https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/advertising-marketing-branding/1027992/fcc-fines-white-supremacist-10-million-for-spoofed-robocalls?email_access=on ***** Moderator's Note ***** There is some confusion about the amount of the fine. From the FCC website: The FCC fines Scott Rhodes $9,918,000 for illegally using caller ID spoofing in making thousands of calls targeting specific communities with harmful pre-recorded messages, in violation of the Act and the Commission's rules https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-robocaller-scott-rhodes-nearly-10m-illegal-spoofing Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210127202308.D65E0840@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:23:08 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, law firms are starting to embrace virtual offices - but will it last? By Danielle Braff Blame it on the pandemic. Law offices throughout the country are finally tiptoeing into the virtual world. For most professions, this is nothing new: More than half of professionals worked remotely at least half the week before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, according to International Workplace Group research. But law firms always do things at their own pace. According to the 2019 ABA TechReport, roughly 70% to 90% of law firms across all sizes - other than solo firms - primarily utilized traditional office spaces. For solo firms, approximately one-third were home-based. https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/thanks-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-law-firms-are-starting-to-embrace-virtual-officesbut-will-it-last ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210130192523.E686F56B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:25:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon Fios outage affecting the east coast of the United States (Translated from the French) An apparent widespread Verizon Fios outage is affecting users up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States this afternoon. The outage prevents Fios users from accessing popular services like Slack, Zoom, and Google Meet, and there's no timeline for troubleshooting. https://www.marseillenews.net/technologie/panne-verizon-fios-affectant-la-cote-est-des-etats-unis-136276.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 31 Jan 2021