---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180828210629.GA24377@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:06:29 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Conflict and Controversy: Windstream, AT&T, Arrests, Layoffs Create Channel Buzz By Edward Gately There's been an abundance of drama in the world of telecommunications and information technology - particularly in one of its important subsets, the channel. Among the expected news of the day, such as new hires, breaking M&A and changes in channel strategy, there also are controversies that get the channel talking. There have been quite a few in just the past few months. https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/gallery/conflict-and-controversy-windstream-att-arrests-layoffs-create-channel-buzz/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest depends on generous supporters like John Lewandowski + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180828065529.GA21236@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:55:30 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Phone Numbers Were Never Meant As Id. Now We're All At Risk By Lily Hay Newman On Thursday, T-Mobile confirmed that some of its customer data was breached in an attack the company discovered on Monday. It's a snappy disclosure timeframe, and the carrier said that no financial data or Social Security numbers were compromised in the breach. A relief, right? The problem is the customer data that was potentially exposed: name, billing zip code, email address, some hashed passwords, account number, account type, and phone number. Pay close attention to that last one. The cumulative danger of all of these data points becoming exposed - not just by T-Mobile but across countless breaches - is that it makes it easier for attackers to impersonate you and take control of your accounts. And while the passwords are bad news, perhaps no piece of standard personal information has more value than your phone number. https://www.wired.com/story/phone-numbers-indentification-authentication?mbid=nl_082718_daily_list1_p3&CNDID=53062302 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest depends on generous supporters like John Lewandowski + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180828210251.GA24354@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:02:51 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Local CenturyLink customers still living in the last century By Melissa Castro CenturyLink, the internet provider of last resort for many in the rural area, proclaims on its website, "We believe the right technology makes our lives simpler and brings people closer." Judging from recent customer complaints sent to this newspaper and posted on Twitter, their customers' lives have been anything but simple. https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/castro-local-centurylink-customers-still-living-in-the-last-century/article_dced51e2-a215-11e8-8f1b-1b450775ec91.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest depends on generous supporters like John Levine + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180828205744.GA24324@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:57:44 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: To throttle or not? Readers say Verizon is entitled to make a buck Some readers think we're clueless. We said Verizon Wireless should ditch "throttling" the service of customers who go over monthly limits and come up with a better way of making money than upsetting customers. Many wrote in to say: Verizon is a business and is in it to make money. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/08/26/verizon-entitled-throttle-make-buck/1105022002/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + The Telecom Digest would not be possible without the generous support + + of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 29 Aug 2018