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Thursday, March 23, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 82
T-Mobile's latest 5G spectrum purchases stuck in limbo
Lumen Technologies, Inc. Equity Alert: Lead Plaintiff Deadline
Vintage Teletype Machine with table +etc
Fiber to the Home
Message-ID: <20230321133208.GA1810406@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:32:08 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile's latest 5G spectrum purchases stuck in limbo By Mike Dano According to the financial analysts at New Street Research, T-Mobile isn't able to access the 2.5GHz spectrum it purchased in an FCC auction last year. However, the analysts argued the delay is only temporary, and T-Mobile will likely get access to the spectrum licenses by the end of this year. "We don't think T-Mobile will be able to get a court to force the FCC to issue the licenses prior to the auction authority being reestablished," the analysts wrote in a note to investors over the weekend. https://www.lightreading.com/5g-and-beyond/t-mobiles-latest-5g-spectrum-purchases-stuck-in-limbo/d/d-id/783923 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230321134221.GA1810462@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:42:21 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Lumen Technologies, Inc. Equity Alert: Lead Plaintiff Deadline SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Class: Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Lumen Technologies, Inc. securities between September 14, 2020 and February 7, 2023, for violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Lumen, formerly CenturyLink Inc., is a communications company. What Now: Similarly situated shareholders may be eligible to participate in the class action against Lumen. Shareholders who want to act as lead plaintiff for the class must file their papers by May 2, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. You do not have to participate in the case to be eligible for a recovery. https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/23/03/g31425486/lumen-technologies-inc-lumn-equity-alert-contact-robbins-llp-for-information-about-lead-plaintiff- -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230322221620.GA1821063@telecomdigest.us> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:16:20 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Vintage Teletype Machine with table +etc Anyone looking for a Teletype machine should check this one, being sold on Ebay for a "Buy It Now" price of $400; the selling will also consider offers. One of the labels on the side of the table says something about "TELEX," so this *MIGHT* have been a TELEX machine, and would require different gears for Ham Radio if so. It's "Pickup Only," in Pennsylvania. Here's the Ebay URL: https://www.ebay.com/itm/134457058517 -- (Pleae remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <3ca37b86-d91e-ddfb-de54-6740806e34c4@panix.com> Date: 22 Mar 2023 12:38:14 -0400 From: "David" <wb8foz@panix.com> Subject: Fiber to the Home On 3/20/2023 9:05, Steven Fleckenstein, N2UBP wrote: > Frontier is not a very progressive telco. I haven't worked there for > several years, but I've never heard of someone being pushed off of > their service for fiber. It sounds like a marketing ploy to push > people to *buy* new service. I find it very unlikely that they > are shutting down copper POTS. Note Verizon *is* engaged in an aggressive campaign to migrate POTS users in FIOS-fed neighborhoods over. Their catch phrase is "Fiber is the only Fix." I was forced off two years ago. The reason, as told to me by a recent ex-employee, is money. Not just their decaying, East Germany-ish, level of outside copper plant, but the 5ESS's feeding those POTS users. They may be a sunk cost, but they have {significant} ongoing license fees on their software aka "Generic". And as the number of POTS users declines, the $$/user goes up and up. If/when you get VZ phone service over FIOS, which I call "FOPS", no 5E is needed. I was told all FIOS calls in the extended DC region go via a Ribbon/Genband switch in Reston VA. That's a lot of bits. (Note there are two flavors of FOPS. One is regulated, tariffed, service. The other is from some {allegedly} arms-length VZ subsidiary called "Digital Voice" I believe. Or you can just buy data-only FIOS, and port your number to Callcentric or another VOIP carrier. That's the route I went.) The unanswered question is what shall VZ do about neighborhoods lacking FIOS? In Maryland at least, they ARE required to provide service. Other states, they have escaped from that commitment. We see they are deploying FIOS in some new areas, but I wonder how long before they start claiming 5-GeeWhiz cellular service, with VZ's cell-phone box screwed to your wall, shall be your only choice. I'm aware of someone in central Virginia already so served.
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