---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20161213175349.GA1909@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:53:49 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon Bill fires up local Vietnam veteran Pet-Peeve Department - I came across this article and (once I'd stopped shaking my head) decided to pass it along. - bh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 72-year old Vietnam veteran shoots his cell phone after receiving a more [than] $3600 bill from Verizon. The one time charge was for data overage on his hot spot, which he says [he] didn't even use. It was the trip of a lifetime for a lifetime together. Robert and Frances Able celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by going to California for a month. "We left here September 24th and stayed the whole month of October," Robert Able said. He says he left his hotspot at home while he was away. He says Verizon called him around the third week in October. "It happened to be my [wife's] birthday and got a phone call saying I had a $3600-something Verizon bill for overage. I told them this couldn't be, this can't be possible," Able said. http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Verizon-Bill-fires-up-local-Vietnam-veteran-406103475.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This is the typical "once over, lightly" fluff piece which TV "news" generates, filled with buzzwords, but missing both content and context. It generates more questions than answers, such as the obvious one - why didn't Verizon suspend the service if it had exceeded the users' norms? Where does Verizon get the idea that they're entitled to force a user to bear the costs of stolen service? Sigh. Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20161213173658.GA1849@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:36:58 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Will CBS set its sights on Verizon? by David Lieberman Would CBS Consider A Deal With Verizon Now That Viacom Is Off The Table? A CBS deal with Viacom appears dead - but there's some speculation this afternoon that another company that begins with a "V" might be up next: Verizon. Shortly after noon ET investors sent CBS shares up 4.5% from the lows it hit after the Viacom news broke when the New York Post reported that the telco is "poking around." Its interest was "piqued" by AT&T's $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner. http://deadline.com/2016/12/cbs-consider-deal-with-verizon-1201868773/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20161213182423.GA2042@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 13:24:23 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: New Jersey will investigate Verizon's copper maintenance Top BPU commissioner will head probe into Verizon's copper-line problems in South Jersey by Bob Fernandez The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities said on Monday that its top commissioner, Richard R. Mroz, will lead a probe into copper-line service complaints against Verizon Communications Inc. in parts of South Jersey. More than a dozen towns filed a petition last year claiming that Verizon has failed to maintain its copper phone lines, leading to bad phone connections and slow internet speeds. Residents say they lose phone service in the rain and during foggy days. http://www.philly.com/philly/business/Top-NJ-regulatory-commissioner-will-head-probe-into-Verizons-copper-service-problems-in-South-Jersey-.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 14 Dec 2016