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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:30:28 -0500
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Verizon, T-Mobile overstate claims with $43 billion at
stake
By Todd Shields and Scott Moritz
Tiny Gerlach, Nevada, looks like the ideal place to receive some of
the $42.5 billion in federal funds that President Joe Biden has
targeted to provide internet access to underserved areas.
There’s just one catch: The town of 161, gateway to the state’s Black
Rock Desert, already has broadband access, according to a government
map showing that Bellevue-based T-Mobile provides service there. If
that’s true, Gerlach is unlikely to be eligible for help from the
once-in-a-generation program.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/verizon-t-mobile-overstate-claims-with-43-billion-at-stake/
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| Message-ID: <20230211124044.GA1503765@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 07:40:44 -0500
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: For whom the bell tolls: “I’m sorry, the landline you’ve
reached is no longer a working number”
By Dennis Wyatt
The 209 has gotten too big for just three numbers.
Sometime in the coming months, if it hasn’t happened already, an
overlay area code — 350 — is being assigned to new lines issued by
wireless carriers and landline phone companies.
The California Public Utilities Commission in September announced it
was teeing up the overlay area code for the 209 given the demand has
just about exhausted all possible number combinations.
https://www.mantecabulletin.com/opinion/local-columns/for-whom-the-bell-tolls-im-sorry-the-landline-youve-reached-is-no-longer-a-working-number/
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| Message-ID: <20230211023421.GA1499565@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:34:21 -0500
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Offers Lots of Promise but Has
Some Quirks
by Josh Kirschner
In the land of home internet, most consumers have little choice of a
provider. Cable monopolies, whether legislated or market-driven, are
common in most markets. According to a Consumer Reports survey, more
than half of the respondents had a choice of two or fewer Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) in their area. Given the lack of competition,
it should not be surprising that these companies receive abysmal
ratings for both service and value in the same Consumer Reports
study. And while fiber technology options, such as Verizon FiOS and
Google Fiber, fare better, fiber is only available to fewer than 20
percent of households.
https://www.techlicious.com/review/t-mobile-5g-home-internet-offers-lots-of-promise-but-has-some-quirks/
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