---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180419210715.GA5555@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:07:15 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: U.S. Leads the World in the Origination of DDoS Attacks, Says CenturyLink Report According to a CenturyLink report on distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide, the United States holds the dubious distinction of leading the world as the most common point of origin for malicious internet activities. Russia and China follow in second and third place, respectively. CenturyLink's research is compiled by its Threat Research Labs, which culls its data from its own internet connections. CenturyLink recently acquired Level 3, and the combined company owns one of the world's largest internet backbones. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/u-s-leads-the-world-in-the-origination-of-ddos-attacks-says-centurylink-report/2018/04/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180419213328.GA5629@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:33:28 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Frontier Employees Say Company in Slow, Downward Spiral by Karl Bode Just about a year ago, reports emerged that Frontier employee morale was at an "all time low" thanks largely to managerial missteps and a lack of adequate resources to do their jobs. The company has been a rumored bankruptcy casualty for most of 2018 thanks to its ongoing failure to upgrade millions of the company's customers to anything resembling the FCC's standard 25 Mbps definition of broadband. As a result, Frontier has seen a steady exodus of angry customers, made worse by its bungled integration of ex-Verizon territories. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Employees-Say-Company-in-Steady-Decline-141620 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180419214254.GA5685@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:42:54 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon's new parental control app lets parents track their kids' locations By Dani Deahl Verizon has announced that, starting today, its parental controls product, FamilyBase, will be upgraded and renamed. The new parenting controls app, called Verizon Smart Family, will allow parents to manage aspects of their kids' smartphones like content filters and screen time limits. Up to 10 family members can use the app, which provides a variety of ways for parents to monitor how kids are using their phones. Content filters let you block objectionable websites and content in categories like violence and drugs, alcohol, and gambling, or restrict access to certain apps. Parents can also block unwanted contacts, view their child's text and call history, and check on how much battery the phone has left. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17257114/verizon-new-parental-control-app-smart-family -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180419213808.GA5650@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:38:08 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T CEO Stephenson says deal needed in content-dependent world by Diane Bartz, David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said on Thursday his company's bid to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner would allow the two firms to serve customers better by lowering pay TV rates, rejecting government arguments the deal would raise consumer prices. Speaking in U.S. District Court in Washington, Stephenson addressed himself to Judge Richard Leon who will decide if the $85 billion deal may go forward. He said that he wanted to combine what AT&T knew about its customers with Time Warner's ability to create compelling content. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-time-warner-m-a-at-t/att-ceo-stephenson-says-deal-needed-in-content-dependent-world-idUSKBN1HQ2Q5 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180419211756.GA5598@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:17:56 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Head-To-Head Contrast: Windstream and Its Peers by Samantha Guadardo Windstream is one of 73 public companies in the "Telephone commun- ication, except radio" industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Windstream to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings. https://weekherald.com/2018/04/17/financial-survey-windstream-win-versus-its-rivals.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 20 Apr 2018