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The Telecom Digest for Feb 21, 2015
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| Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:52:10 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Arizona customer says she's still waiting for Verizon rebate
Message-ID: <mc7omj$b2k$1@dont-email.me>
MESA, Ariz. -- Pam Tidwell works in real estate, so having a phone is
crucial to business. And when the new iPhone 6 came out, Pam thought
it was the perfect time to upgrade.
"I was really lucky," Tidwell told 3 On Your Side. "I didn't have to
stand in line, I didn't have to wait. People were like, 'Oh my God,
you got it on the day it came out?' I'm like, 'I don't know, I got
lucky.' "
Tidwell said she upgraded to the new iPhone 6 at a Valley Verizon
store. Her biggest incentive was an online promotion offering a $200
rebate.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/consumer/Valley-woman-calls-Verizon-out-a-missed-rebate-292426021.html
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http://goo.gl/xeKISK
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:35:06 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Security attack hits the heart of SSL
Message-ID: <mc7nmj$6pj$1@dont-email.me>
Spread the word - please.
I should not be surprised, but I am. An adware company figured out that
they could do a man-in-the-middle attack on search queries, and insert
pop-ups even for an https connection.
You (yes, *YOU*) need to think about where that leads. The odds are that
functionally-equivalent software is already in the computer you use at
work, but instead of popping up ads, it is reporting ALL your "secret"
searches and "private" emails to your boss.
Bill Horne
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Lenovo installs adware on customer laptops and compromises ALL SSL.
http://marcrogers.org/2015/02/19/lenovo-installs-adware-on-customer-laptops-and-compromises-all-ssl/
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http://goo.gl/pbrzxY
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Bill Horne
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***** Moderator's Note *****
OBTelecom: doesn't matter. This is too important.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:00:22 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Venture Capitalists champion Net Neutrality
Message-ID: <mc7p5v$d58$1@dont-email.me>
(Bloomberg) -- A week before U.S. regulators vote on net neutrality
rules, a battle is flaring over whether it's fair for wireless
companies to exempt services such as music streaming from counting
against subscribers' data caps.
Venture capitalists have been asking Federal Communication Commission
members to prohibit wireless providers from allowing content companies
to pick up the tab for usage associated with their data traffic rather
than having the consumer pay. They said it violates the concept that
all Web traffic should be treated equally.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-19/net-neutrality-tiff-over-toll-free-data-pits-verizon-against-vcs
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http://goo.gl/ixmZy0
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:46:35 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon says it will sit out the next spectrum auction
Message-ID: <mc7oc4$9n7$1@dont-email.me>
Verizon says it has enough wireless spectrum, but is it just a
stalling tactic?
The comments suggest Verizon won't need to participate in the next
spectrum auction, but the carrier could just be buying time and
pushing for more favorable terms.
Verizon has had its fill of spectrum, the radio frequencies that power
all wireless service. At least, that's according to Verizon
Communications Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone, who told
investors on Tuesday that the company has enough spectrum to handle
consumer demand for mobile broadband capacity for the next few
years. That's largely due to the $10.4 billion it spent on the
government auction that ended last month.
http://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-says-it-has-enough-wireless-spectrum-but-is-it-just-a-stalling-tactic/
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http://goo.gl/KsDl00
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Bill Horne
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She needs wide open spaces
Room to make a big mistake
- The Dixie Chicks
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| Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:11:49 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon fixes 911 failure in Indiana
Message-ID: <mc7pre$fp3$1@dont-email.me>
VANDERBURGH CO., IN (WFIE) -
Evansville-Vanderburgh County dispatch says the issue with Verizon
customers having trouble getting through when dialing 911 has been resolved.
They say no other service provider was impacted.
During the outage, dispatch directed Verizon customers with an emergency
to call their non-emergency number ...
http://www.14news.com/story/28158228/evansville-dispatch-reports-verizon-customers-having-trouble-dialing-911
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http://goo.gl/07wHjx
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Bill Horne
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