---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20181219155543.GA10039@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:55:43 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Telephone Service Outage Restored In North Douglas County, OR A telephone service outage impacting parts of North Douglas County has been restored. An update from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said customers of CenturyLink in the Yoncalla, Elkton, Scottsburg, Drain and Loon Lake areas lost their phone service around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. That may have prohibited them from dialing 9-1-1 to summon emergency services from a landline, though those with cellular service may have been able to get through. https://kqennewsradio.com/2018/12/19/telephone-service-outage-restored/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181219155103.GA10019@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:51:03 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Utah customers complain when CenturyLink interrupts their service with a pop-up ad By Sean P. Means Utahns who get their internet service from CenturyLink are complaining about a recent interruption in their service, which included a pop-up ad for the company's security filters. CenturyLink claims the interruption was to give a security notice required by a recent Utah law - though even the Utah legislator who sponsored the law says the company didn't need to cut into web service to deliver it. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/12/18/utah-customers-complain/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181219163213.GA10186@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:32:13 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Flashback: Verizon, Google and the Future of the Net ***** Moderator's Note ***** This is an "oldie but goodie" that came up in my search today. It just doesn't /seem/ old ... ***** Moderator's Note ***** By Paul Venezia The first thing that sprang to mind when I read about Google and Verizon getting all buddy-buddy in their negotiations to provide "premium" Internet services based on content was the old saw about selling the Brooklyn Bridge. If the initial New York Times story got it right (though both Verizon and Google deny it), then that's exactly what's happening: they're selling out the Internet, an entity that neither company owns. Much has been written about Net neutrality, with the big ISPs claiming that legislation enforcing the current status quo would stifle innovation and create undue hardship for the poor suffering carriers. On the other side are reality and those pesky little things called facts. https://www.pcworld.com/article/202936/verizon_google_and_the_future_of_the_net.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181219160841.GA10092@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:08:41 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: New Report: More than 142,000 Jobs Offshored Under Trump Last week, Good Jobs Nation released a new report revealing that despite Donald Trump's campaign promises, the offshoring of American jobs by U.S. corporations has increased to record levels on Trump's watch. The report found that since the election, American corporations have shipped more than 142,000 jobs overseas, and that federal contractors are now offshoring jobs three times faster than under President Obama - the highest rate in a decade. "It's frustrating to know that our taxpayer dollars are supporting their offshoring," said Brandon Kirnec, a CWA member who works at an AT&T call center in Youngstown, Ohio. "It's outrageous that instead of punishing AT&T, Trump's given the company more than $900 million in federal contracts." https://cwa-union.org/news/new-report-more-142000-jobs-offshored-under-trump -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 20 Dec 2018