---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180313153708.GA6317@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:37:08 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon bid to block Yahoo user lawsuits fails A US district court judge cleared the way for Yahoo users to sue over a massive 2013 data breach which impacted 3 billion accounts, despite an effort by Verizon to have the claims dismissed. In the wake of the hack, users argued in court the company should have acted sooner to disclose the data breaches and claimed the company put them at risk of identity theft. Though Judge Lucy Koh dismissed some user claims for lacking merit, she let stand claims accusing Yahoo of negligence, deceit by concealment and breach of contract. https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/verizon-bid-to-block-yahoo-user-lawsuits-fails/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180313162511.GA6460@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:25:11 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Job security: Frontier Communications workers continue with strike By Charles Boothe BLUEFIELD - Job security is the main issue of a continued strike involving Frontier Communications workers, and about 30 of those jobs that may be at risk could be in Bluefield. Johnny Bailey of Bluewell, president of the local chapter of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and 40-year employee of the company, said about 15 percent of the Frontier workforce in West Virginia [may] lose jobs to outsourcing. http://www.bdtonline.com/news/job-security-frontier-communications-workers-continue-with-strike/article_da7e85da-258c-11e8-8d50-c32840973958.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180313155828.GA6375@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:58:28 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: 911 service restored in Snoqualmie Pass, WA area after outage Officials with the the Kittitas County (WA) Sheriff's Office say 911 service has been restored in the Snoqualmie Pass area Monday night. Sgt. Ryan Abbott of the King County Sheriff's Office told KIRO 7 that their communication center said they have an email about lines accidentally being cut. A CenturyLink official said there was a truck that took out a fiber line east of North Bend, which took out voice and landlines, as well as 911 to 650 customers. http://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/911-outage-in-snoqualmie-pass-area/715018572 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180313154036.GA6336@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:40:36 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: My coverage is bigger than yours: Verizon spats with AT&T over the FirstNet responders' network Back in 2017, AT&T won a quarter-century contract from FirstNet to roll out and maintain a dedicated LTE network that will exclusively serve the communication needs of "first responders" like police officers, firefighters, emergency medical and other services throughout the United States' 56 states and territories. This first responders network has been a long time coming, ever since the 9/11 communications kerfuffle forced the government to set aside 700 MHz band 14 spectrum and a couple of billions to build a nationwide emergency platform, and awarded the goods to AT&T last year. Verizon's current emergency network offering, however, will also be upgraded for better performance, and a VP was quick to remind everyone that "...we're already working with our public-safety customers to build the solutions they need" and Verizon has 400,000 square miles more territory covered than AT&T. Bazinga! https://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-cites-square-miles-coverage-vs-AT-T-FirstNet-respondents-network_id103177 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 14 Mar 2018