---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20170122034148.GA16539@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:41:48 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink telephone and internet services restored By Lisa Dayley REXBURG, ID - CenturyLink customers' internet and telephone service was restored about 48 hours after the company's fiber was cut on Thursday. In all, 4,200 internet lines were disrupted in Rexburg. Of that number 126 people in Ririe were without "dial tone service." "They spliced new fiber in where it was cut. When it all came back up, it all came back up (at the same time). It took it time to process," said CenturyLink's Market Development Manager Megan Griffin. http://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/news/local/centurylink-telephone-and-internet-services-restored/article_6167865a-dc50-11e6-a0ec-8bc154829b2b.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170122033136.GA16513@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:31:36 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: OPALCO raises concerns over CenturyLink cable break A CenturyLink underwater fiber cable could break, anytime, because the cable is fraying. By Hayley Day That's what Gerry Lawlor, of Rock Island, and Joel Mietzner, of OPALCO, explained during the public comment section of the Jan. 10 San Juan County Council meeting. It could also break when OPALCO works on the power cable from Lopez to San Juan Island in June. CenturyLink has tied their cable to OPALCO's with rope and wire to keep it up, said Mietzner. When OPALCO employees fix their cable, it could compromise the one CenturyLink attached to it. http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/opalco-raises-concerns-over-centurylink-cable-break/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170120175125.41920.qmail@ary.lan> Date: 20 Jan 2017 17:51:25 -0000 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: Long vacant Trenton, NJ telephone building may be redeveloped In article <1c89ca83-af75-4237-9c53-8493b1fa8780@googlegroups.com> Hancock4 wrote: >TRENTON, NJ: The long-vacant Bell Telephone building on East State >Street would be developed as a mixed-use project with loft-style >apartments, a new full-service YMCA, commercial office suites and >ground-floor retail space, under a redevelopment plan chosen by >Trenton officials. The developer has offered to purchase the building >for $250,000. Telecom Digest Moderator then wrote: >I think someone's getting a very, very sweet deal. Perhaps you haven't been to Trenton lately. The city is in horrible shape, and this building has been abandoned for seven years. If a developer were willing to pay for the redevelopment, I'd give them the building for free. R's, John ------------------------------ Message-ID: <413C8FAB-B78F-4145-8A64-45419EFEB685@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:39:32 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Verizon to redirect calls made from dangerous Galaxy Note 7 phones Verizon to redirect calls made from dangerous Galaxy Note 7 phones There are reportedly still thousands of Verizon Wireless customers using the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which was discontinued shortly after its unveiling last year when at least 140 of the devices overheated or caught fire. Verizon is now stepping its efforts up a notch by redirecting non-emergency phone calls made by the potentially explosive Note 7 to Verizon customer service. "In spite of our best efforts, there are still customers using the recalled phones who have not returned or exchanged their Note 7 to the point of purchase," a Verizon spokesperson told Fortune yesterday. "The recalled Note 7s pose a safety risk to our customers and those around them." http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/verizon-to-redirect-calls-made-from-dangerous-galaxy-note-7-phones/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 22 Jan 2017