---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <b5f21028-54df-4fba-938d-416b0c3b24a0@googlegroups.com> Date: 12 Dec 2018 16:17:14 -0800 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon admits defeat wtih AOL-Yahoo writedown The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Verizon slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions by $4.6 billion. full article at: http://www2.philly.com/business/verizon-aol-yahoo-writedown-billion-20181211.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181213180656.GA16124@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:06:56 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Ajit Pai slams Sprint, Charter, and CenturyLink for poor robocall effort Pai says seven big carriers haven't promised to use new robocall blocking tech. By Jon Brodkin Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai yesterday criticized Sprint, Charter, CenturyLink, and four other phone providers for not committing to adopt a new system for blocking robocalls. Pai issued a press release and sent letters to wireless carriers and other phone providers, saying that certain companies "have not yet established concrete plans to protect their customers" using the new "SHAKEN" and "STIR" robocall-blocking protocols. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/ajit-pai-slams-sprint-charter-and-centurylink-for-poor-robocall-effort/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181213180948.GA16141@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:09:48 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink's Turnaround Efforts Hit a Snag Investing in CenturyLink (CTL), the struggling regional telecom company, has not gone well for investors over the last few years. Since peaking in late 2014, CenturyLink's stock is down about 55%, and even accounting for its double-digit yield, investors have seen total returns of about -35%. After years of struggling with a declining legacy landline business (see negative sales growth from 2013 through 2016 below), CenturyLink announced a game-changing acquisition. In 2017 the firm bought Level 3 Communications for $34 billion, with hopes of pivoting the company into fast-growing and thriving businesses like fiber optics and enterprise services. https://simplysafedividends.com/intelligent-income/posts/1467-centurylink-s-turnaround-efforts-hit-a-snag -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <7c8b2e48-13f8-442d-a8d4-a5cfb4f35000@googlegroups.com> Date: 12 Dec 2018 16:32:08 -0800 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Phone a distraction, Phila area drivers admit The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 3/4 of drivers on Phila area roads use a mobile device while driving. Now, researchers are wondering how they can make it less distracting and make people think twice about picking up the phone. full article at http://www2.philly.com/news/distracted-driving-texting-smartphone-insurance-20181211.html Side note: In the past, the Bell System proudly advertised its highway pay phones. Now they're almost all gone. https://books.google.com/books?id=YEgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA137&dq=life%20highway%20public%20phone&pg=PA137#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=1FMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&dq=life%20%20public%20phone&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 14 Dec 2018