---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180917012113.GA13575@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:21:13 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T AirGig could mean 100-megabit rural broadband in 2021 Expect hundreds of megabits per second, maybe even a gigabit, even in sparsely populated areas -- as long as homes are near power lines. AT&T hopes its AirGig technology for piggybacking high-speed data links on power lines will arrive in 2021, potentially improving broadband in areas where it's not economical to lay fiber-optic cables. AirGig doesn't connect directly to houses. Instead, it sends data hopping along from power pole to power pole so it can traverse relatively long distances. For that final communication link to a house, AT&T will use more conventional wireless equipment like 5G mobile networks. https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-airgig-could-mean-100-megabit-rural-broadband-in-2021/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest depends on generous supporters like John Levine + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180917012618.GA13610@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:26:18 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Open Source Eases AT&T's Technical Burden SAN FRANCISCO - If you want to get AT&T's attention, you better be ready to speak open source. That was the message from a panel discussion at this week's AT&T Spark event in San Francisco, where Amy Wheelus, vice president of Network Cloud at the carrier, explained that AT&T was an "open source-first shop." She said it had to go down the route of open source software in order to meet its growing software needs. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/open-source-eases-atts-technical-burden/2018/09/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest depends on generous supporters like John Lewandowski + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180917010006.GA13508@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:00:06 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Even the nine-year-old son of AT&T's top ad exec knows TV advertising is broken By Lucy Handley As the fight between television companies and digital platforms for ad dollars continues, one of the titans of the media industry is under pressure to reinvent advertising. Brian Lesser, CEO of AT&T's advertising and analytics unit, was hired from WPP to make the ad experience better for viewers. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/10/att-brian-lessers-nine-year-old-son-knows-tv-advertising-is-broken.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest would not be possible without the generous support + + of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180917014146.GA13849@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:41:46 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Unreliable internet impacting Perry County economy By Chelsea Koerbler NEW BLOOMFIELD, PERRY COUNTY, Pa. - Some CenturyLink customers in Perry County have long complained the service isn't what it should be. After recent storms, some say it's become even worse and the company isn't working to fix it. Some CenturyLink customers in Perry County are fed up with their phone and internet services. https://fox43.com/2018/09/11/unreliable-internet-impacting-perry-county-economy/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest would not be possible without the generous support + + of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 18 Sep 2018