| Message-ID: <20230420171850.GA95544@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 20 Apr 2023 17:18:50 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: USF Tracker - March 2023
On March 24, 2023, in Consumers' Research v. FCC, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a Decision (No. 22-60008)
upholding the constitutionality of Congress's delegation of
administration of the Universal Service Fund (USF) to the FCC and the
FCC's subsequent reliance on Universal Service Administrative Company
(USAC) for support USF programs. The challengers argued that Congress
failed to supply the FCC with an "intelligible principle" to guide the
FCC's administration, and that the FCC's relationship with USAC
violates the private nondelegation doctrine. On the same day, FCC
Commissioner Starks issued a statement about the decision upholding
the constitutionality of the FCC's administration of the USF.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1305632?q=1803232&n=764&tp=10&tlk=7&lk=28
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| Message-ID: <20230420171343.GA95446@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 20 Apr 2023 17:13:43 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: If It's Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn't
Buy It. Here's why
By Julia Angwin
If you saw a Facebook ad recently for Jeremy’s Razors, which bills
itself as a “woke-free” razor for men, you may well be a father of
school-age children who likes ultimate fighting, Hershey’s chocolate,
hunting or Johnny Cash. This is according to Facebook’s ad library,
which describes the audiences to which marketers target their
advertisements.
I can see why Jeremy’s Razors is focusing its ad dollars on men who
might appreciate its hypermasculine message. But the reverse is not as
clear: Are these men better off for having been pitched an “anti-woke”
razor?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/opinion/online-advertising-privacy-data-surveillance-consumer-quality.html
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Message-ID: <20230422152517.GA121046@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 22 Apr 2023 15:25:17 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: T-Mobile's Latest Move Gives Verizon, AT&T the Proverbial
Finger
The self-dubbed Un-carrier has never hesitated to call out AT&T and
Verizon when they make customer-unfriendly moves.
By Daniel Kline
Under former CEO John Legere, T-Mobile built its business by doing the
opposite of what its chief rivals AT&T and Verizon did. Legere
literally looked at all the ways his rivals mistreated their customers
and attempted to do something different.
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/t-mobiles-latest-move-gives-verizon-at-t-the-proverbial-finger
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I've lost count of the number of times I've wanted to give certain companies and/or people the proverbial finger.
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