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The Telecom Digest for Aug 6, 2015
Volume 34 : Issue 147 : "text" Format

Messages in this Issue:
Centurylink gets wires tangled	(Bill Horne)
Verizon & Centurylink deny killing copper	(Bill Horne)
Verizon & Centurylink try to limit TDM options	(Bill Horne)
It's time for Centurylink to do something for Montana	(Bill Horne)
AT&T Outage Takes Down Other Carriers	(Bill Horne)

Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:51:36 -0400
From: Bill Horne <billybones@telecomdigestQRM.us>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Centurylink gets wires tangled 
Message-ID: <20150805155136.GA25789@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

A Fargo (ND) woman wanted internet service because it was supposed to
be cheap. What she got instead was months of headaches, thousands of
dollars wasted and hours a day spent on the phone. That woman's
hassles are linked to CenturyLink's billing and service.

Sofia Vargas has essentially three jobs: a CAN, another part time job
and hanging out on hold.

http://www.valleynewslive.com/

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:59:51 -0400
From: Bill Horne <billybones@telecomdigestQRM.us>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon & Centurylink deny killing copper 
Message-ID: <20150805155951.GA25810@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Verizon, CenturyLink say abandoning copper network is a "myth"

By Sean Buckley

Verizon and CenturyLink may be anxious to shut down all of their
copper facilities and transition to fiber, but each provider has told
the FCC that de facto copper retirement is a "myth" and there's no
need to include new requirements addressing the issue in its
technology transition plans.

De facto copper retirement is the process where a telco would let
their aging copper plant deteriorate to the point where it would
become necessary to replace the copper with fiber.

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-centurylink-say-abandoning-copper-network-myth/2015-07-28

-- 
Bill Horne
Moderator

Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:10:40 -0400
From: Bill Horne <billybones@telecomdigestQRM.us>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon & Centurylink try to limit TDM options 
Message-ID: <20150805161040.GA25831@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Verizon, CenturyLink don't want interim special-access pricing for
commercial Ethernet

by Sean Buckley

Verizon and CenturyLink may be in support of giving their CLEC
wholesale customers fair pricing as they transition from legacy TDM to
IP-based services, but any rules should only be applied to DS1 and DS3
special access services, they say.

Having a path to fair pricing is a key issue as the FCC moves forward
with its review of special access services.

http://goo.gl/1ht3gi

-- 
Bill Horne
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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:35:38 -0400
From: Bill Horne <billybones@telecomdigestQRM.us>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: It's time for Centurylink to do something for Montana 
Message-ID: <20150805163538.GA26175@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Working telephones are taken for granted in most places. Not where we
live. Between Cascade and Wolf Creek along the I-15 corridor, landline
telephones are a game of chance. Sometimes they work, sometimes they
don't. If you need to call 911, you might whisper an extra
prayer before you pick up your phone.

The Missouri River residents, along with other CenturyLink customers,
have been working for years to try and get our phone provider,
CenturyLink, to do something to fix this situation. We want to know
our phones will work, especially since most of us don't have
mobile phone service. Our terrain is just too rugged.

http://goo.gl/felOdT

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)

Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:58:54 -0400
From: Bill Horne <billybones@telecomdigestQRM.us>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T Outage Takes Down Other Carriers 
Message-ID: <20150805165854.GA26385@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

An AT&T problem allegedly caused outage on Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile

A "dirty little secret," carriers often have just one backhaul provider

by Jon Brodkin

The four major wireless carriers in the US had an outage lasting about
five hours in several states last night, and a report from Re/code
says it was all caused by a hardware problem in AT&T's network.

Although AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, and Sprint each operate
their own cell towers, in the states where the outage occurred they
apparently all acquire backhaul from AT&T's network. Re/code reported
that "several telecommunications industry sources" confirmed that
AT&T's network caused the outage for all four carriers in parts of
Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Indiana. (Another report said Georgia
was affected as well.)

http://goo.gl/NJEB3I

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)