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T-Mobile hit with cell phone outage, voice and text down for thousands of users throughout U.S. [telecom]
Cellular provider T-Mobile has been having a very large service outage today, Monday June 15. The service interruptions were reported by Verizon users starting around 10amPT/1pm ET.
 
Some Believe The U.S. Has Been Hit By Large-Scale DDoS Attack [telecom]
T-Mobile, Fortnite, Instagram, Comcast, And Chase Bank Have All Experienced Outages. Some Believe The U.S. Has Been Hit By Large-Scale DDoS Attack - Others Are Skeptical. By Jesse Damiani Sudden and...
 
CenturyLink Exposed 2.8 Million Customer Records, Lawsuit Claims [telecom]
CenturyLink Exposed 2.8 Million Customer Records, Lawsuit Claims (1) CenturyLink Inc. exposed more than 2.8 million consumer records because of weak security in violation of consumer protection rules,...
 
Attorney General Frosh announces charges against Cricket Wireless and AT&T for deceptive marketing practices [telecom]
Good article here. What kind of defense can Cricket and AT&T mount? +--------------------------------------------------------------+ by Chris Montcalmo BALTIMORE, MD - Maryland Attorney General Brian...
 
CWA Members Ratify New Contract With AT&T West [telecom]
CWA District 9 members voted last week to ratify a new four-year contract with AT&T West. The CWA AT&T West contract covers technicians, call center customer support workers, and administrative staff...
 
Verizon's Fee Suit Against Rochester, N.Y. Gets Green Light [telecom]
By Peter Hayes Verizon Wireless may proceed with claims that the Rochester, N.Y., telecommunications code violates federal law because the company sufficiently alleged the code imposes unreasonable...
 
Disconnected in isolation: How the coronavirus pandemic shed light on the digital divide [telecom]
By Mike Siegel When Daria Smith moved to South Seattle, she wasn't planning to get the internet any time soon. It's expensive, and she had other, more pressing bills to pay. But her priorities shifted...
 
OR: Advisory: Widespread phone outage affects Adventist Health, 911 [telecom]
Adventist Health is affected by the local phone outage. ... 911 is also down. You can use text to 911 if necessary or you can go to your local Fire District to report an emergency.
 
If you're able to work a twelve hour night shift ... [telecom]
Here's an email I got from a staffing agency. I'm passing it along for the benefit for those readers whom are still in the business: I asked Ms. Barnes if her client expects workers to cross a picket...
 
CWA Bargaining Update [telecom]
AT&T West CWA District 9 members voted last week to ratify a new four-year contract with AT&T West. The CWA AT&T West contract covers technicians, call center customer support workers, and...
 
Why jK8v!ge4D isn't a good password [telecom]
Why jK8v!ge4D isn't a good password There's a fundamental issue with password validation Take a look at these two passwords: 1. jK8v!ge4D 2. greenelephantswithtophats Which password do you think takes...
 
Verizon, AT&T, Charter, Cox, Dish among CBRS auction bidders [telecom]
By Mike Dano The FCC Tuesday released a list of entities that have registered their interest in participating in the agency's auction of CBRS 3.5GHz midband spectrum, currently scheduled to start July...
 
FCC Approves $7.4 Million More in Rural Broadband Subsidies [telecom]
By John Eggerton The FCC has authorized $7.4 million in funding over 10 years for rural broadband buildouts in Oklahoma and Oregon. ... The largest incumbent price cap carriers - AT&T, Verizon,...
 
Wireline and wireless take different roads toward Open Source [telecom]
Wireline embraces Open Source slower than wireless: Special Report by Sue Marek For the most part wireless operators have embraced the move to virtualized networks and away from closed proprietary...
 
Louisiana lawmakers start over on rural internet legislation [telecom]
By David Jacobs Louisiana legislators on Wednesday started over on an effort to encourage high-speed internet access in rural areas. Sen. Beth Mizell, who authored a bill with the same goal that...