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Saturday, February 18, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 49
T-Mobile Home Internet Users Reportedly Hit With Modem-Crippling Update
Orange will switch off 2G and 3G by no later than 2030
Telephone And Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Third Circuit Shreds Informational Fax Case
Message-ID: <20230217114243.GA1546762@telecomdigest.us> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:42:43 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile Home Internet Users Reportedly Hit With Modem-Crippling Update The update may have affected around 34,000 subscribers. By David Lumb Thousands of T-Mobile home internet users have reportedly had their service stopped flat thanks to a software update that kills their modem. A firmware update sent to Sagemcom Fast 5688W modems used by T-Mobile home internet users has crippled around 34,000 of the units by cutting them off from the carrier's network, preventing them from being reset on T-Mobile's side, according to The Mobile Report. Without a remote fix, customers have needed to swap out their modems entirely for new units. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/t-mobile-home-internet-users-reportedly-hit-with-modem-crippling-update/ -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <tsnh6v$3ifng$4@dont-email.me> Date: 17 Feb 2023 10:25:51 +0100 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Orange will switch off 2G and 3G by no later than 2030 There is a small roadmap for the European ISP Orange. They operate fixed line and cellular networks in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain. In France, they plan to switch off 2G in 2025, 3G in 2028. https://www.techradar.com/news/orange-to-switch-off-2g-and-3g-across-europe-by-2030
Message-ID: <20230217023405.GA1544195@telecomdigest.us> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 21:34:05 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Telephone And Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Third Circuit Shreds Informational Fax Case by Joshua Briones (Boston) and Esteban Morales (Boston) The Third Circuit delivered bad news to Dr. Robert Mauthe while he was making his latest litigation round through the appellate court. The case is Mauthe v. Millennium Health LLC, No. 20-2265, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 1267 (3rd Cir. Jan. 19, 2023) and was filed after the defendant, a company operating labs that provide drug testing and medication monitoring services, allegedly sent Dr. Mauthe (a customer) a one-page fax about a free educational seminar. The free seminar would “highlight national trends in opioid misuse and abuse … and discuss the role of medication monitoring as a valuable tool that provides objective, actionable information during the care of injured workers.”  Millennium Health, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 1267 at *2. The fax did not discuss specific services offered by the defendant or include pricing information, discount offers, coupons, or product images. Nor did the actual seminar promote goods, services, or property for sale. The sender also did not follow up with registrants or attendees. Nonetheless, Dr. Mauthe sued under the TCPA’s fax provisions claiming the fax was an unsolicited advertisement. https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1283134?q=1803232&n=701&tp=12&tlk=14&lk=55 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
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