---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181218031308.GA5647@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:13:08 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Sprint, T-Mobile merger would cut employee pay, even at Verizon and AT&T, study says By Mark Davis A merger between Sprint and T-Mobile would cut into the wages of wireless store employees - including those working at Verizon, AT&T and all four companies' authorized dealer stores, according to a study released Monday. Average weekly earnings for these retail workers "would decline by as much as 7 percent" and between 1 percent and 3 percent "in the bulk" of the markets affected by the merger, the report released by the Economic Policy Institute and the Roosevelt Institute said. https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/workplace/article223105155.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181218034733.GA5802@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:47:33 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: More than 700 mobile phones collected for Cell Phones for Soldiers drive More than 700 mobile phones collected for Cell Phones for Soldiers drive This is a result of the combined efforts of Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-47, AT&T, and the combined efforts of the community. Approximately 33,030 minutes of free calls will be provided to men and women serving in the military. Proceeds from the recycled devices will be used to buy long distance calling cards for troops abroad and veterans at home so they can call their loved ones this holiday season. https://www.oneidadispatch.com/news/local-news/more-than-mobile-phones-collected-for-cell-phones-for-soldiers/article_5c2e373e-021d-11e9-9c75-afff8c1ffb67.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181218035342.GA5846@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:53:42 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: EFF's guide to creepy, surveillant Christmas gifts Topping the Electronic Frontier Foundation's don't-buy for Christmas list: Facebook's Portal in-home spycams, followed closely by Alexa/Google Home and other "home hubs"; Verizon's "AppFlash" spyware-equipped phones; and even the Elf on the Shelf gets a look in (normalizes surveillance!). https://boingboing.net/2018/12/14/elf-on-the-shelf-normalizes-su.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 18 Dec 2018