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The Telecom Digest
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 53
Opinion: If AT&T Can Silence Newsmax, Who Is Next?
T-Mobile Follows Verizon by Adopting Unpopular Pricing Policy
Report reveals deteriorating labor conditions at big US wireless carriers
Message-ID: <tt18nl$tij2$2@dont-email.me> Date: 20 Feb 2023 21:02:29 -0500 From: "Bill Horne" <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>> Subject: Opinion: If AT&T Can Silence Newsmax, Who Is Next? By Alan Dershowitz, Emeritus professor of law, Harvard Law School AT&T's recent deplatforming of Newsmax, one of America's most influential cable news channels, should alarm everyone, including liberals. We are all at risk when censorship occurs—when one is silenced based on his or her point of view. The facts strongly suggest that partisan and ideological motives played a sizable role in AT&T and DirecTV's decision to remove Newsmax on January 24, when some 13 million homes were deprived of the channel—including my own. After the recent State of the Union address, I turned to Newsmax for their coverage, but was surprised to find it suddenly missing from my channel guide. https://www.newsweek.com/if-t-can-silence-newsmax-who-next-opinion-1781867 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <tt17f0$tij2$1@dont-email.me> Date: 20 Feb 2023 20:40:49 -0500 From: "Bill Horne" <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>> Subject: T-Mobile Follows Verizon by Adopting Unpopular Pricing Policy The self-dubbed "Un-carrier" used to make fun of its rivals. Now it's following Verizon's lead. By Daniel Kline Former T-Mobile Chief Executive John Legere built the wireless carrier from an also-ran into a major player by relentlessly calling out Verizon for their poor treatment of customers. Over a few years, Legere forced his company's rivals to make major changes to longstanding policies that caused pain for consumers. https://www.thestreet.com/technology/t-mobile-follows-verizon-by-adopting-unpopular-pricing-policy -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <tt17re$tij1$1@dont-email.me> Date: 20 Feb 2023 20:47:26 -0500 From: "Bill Horne" <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>> Subject: Report reveals deteriorating labor conditions at big US wireless carriers Wage theft, security issues and health problems on the rise after AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile outsource retail stores, report finds By Michael Sainato Labor conditions and collective bargaining rights have worsened in the large US wireless carrier industry now that big telecommunications firms are increasingly outsourcing their retail sales and customer service operations from company-owned stores. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/labor-conditions-wireless-carriers-att-verizon-tmobile -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
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