---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190318220127.GA14542@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:01:27 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Two years to secure refund of telecom overcharge By Chris Rickert Lamar Johnson, of Waunakee, was nothing if not respectful, accommodating, earnest and - especially - patient in his billing dispute with internet and phone provider CenturyLink. But that didn't get him very far, and in the end $700 is still $700. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/ask/sos/sos-two-years-to-secure-refund-of-telecom-overcharge/article_77e975a7-5fc8-5be3-a7f5-ca65d8549f25.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190318215700.GA14519@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:57:00 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink Headquarters to stay in Monroe until 2025, source says MONROE, La. (KNOE) The headquarters of CenturyLink could remain in Monroe until 2025. A source tells KNOE that Governor John Bel Edwards and CenturyLink reached a deal to extend the company's contract. The current contract is set to expire at the end of 2020. https://www.knoe.com/content/news/CenturyLink-Headquarters-to-stay-in-Monroe-until-2025-507308061.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190318221049.GA14565@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:10:49 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: "It's Scary:" Questions remain for Billings, MT 911 dispatch regarding mass Verizon outage (March 13, 2019) By Andrea Lutz BILLINGS- Although connectivity issues have been resolved with the Yellowstone County 9-11 dispatch center, there are still concerns coming from dispatch leaders about what led to the outage. "There could have been several callers that tried and gave up," said Billings Fire Chief Bill Rash. https://ktvq.com/news/local-news/2019/03/13/its-scary-questions-remain-for-billings-911-dispatch-regarding-mass-verizon-outage/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <25E040B8-87AD-4763-9D4A-3911D82E4FAF@roscom.com> Date: 17 Mar 2019 22:16:59 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming more accessible – and smart By Jay L. Zagorsky The global economy has changed dramatically over the past century and a half. When I lecture my Boston University business students on this topic, I use one of the world's most transformative inventions to illustrate my point: the telephone. http://theconversation.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-landline-143-years-of-telephones-becoming-more-accessible-and-smart-113295 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 19 Mar 2019