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The Telecom Digest for Sun, 24 Jul 2022
Volume 41 : Issue 148 : "text" format

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T-Mobile Reaches $500 Million Settlement in Huge 2021 Data Breach
Re: Configuring my VoIP box for 988
Re: Configuring my VoIP box for 988

Message-ID: <20220723040952.6F3C3795@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:09:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile Reaches $500 Million Settlement in Huge 2021 Data Breach The company, which said the hacking had affected 76.6 million people, agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims and spend $150 million to bolster security. By Michael Corkery T-Mobile has agreed to a settlement totaling $500 million in a class-action lawsuit filed by customers after the company disclosed in August that sensitive data had been breached in a cyberattack. In a court filing late Friday, the mobile phone giant said it would pay $350 million to settle the customers' claims and spend $150 million over the next few years bolstering its cybersecurity protection and technologies. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/22/business/t-mobile-hacking-settlement.html -- (Please remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <20220723032247.1B2294669E87@ary.qy> Date: 22 Jul 2022 23:22:46 -0400 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: Configuring my VoIP box for 988 It appears that Steve Watt <telecom.removethis@steve.wattlink.net> said: >have a Poly (sigh) Obi200 using Google Voice (SP1) and PunchAlert (SP2 for >E911). > >So is there something I need to do to make 988 work on my configuration? It >seems likely, but in my digging, there doesn't seem to be quite the right >combination of information to figure out *what* I need to do. When I look at the manual, starting around page 197 it describes the way you define the dial plan, which probably not by coincidence looks just like the way you define dial plans on a Cisco/Linksys adapter. Somewhere in the config the dial plan for each line is something like this: (1234;<+>567.;....;911S0) It's list of digit patterms separated by semicolons. You need to add 988S0 to ths list, which means recognize 988 and put the call through immediately (zero second timeout). The patterns are evaluated in parallel so it doesn't matter where in the list it goes. This assumes that your carriers know what to do with 988. If not, thie should work, dialing the actual 800 number of the 988 provider instead: <988S0:180027388255> If your dial plan still lets you dial local calls with seven digits (mine does) you might want to undo that if you care about being abie to call 988-XXXX numbers in your area code. R's, John
Message-ID: <tbg65l$3n24a$1@dont-email.me> Date: 23 Jul 2022 01:57:56 -0500 From: "GlowingBlueMist" <GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io> Subject: Re: Configuring my VoIP box for 988 On 7/21/2022 5:42 PM, Steve Watt wrote: > Greetings all! Old reader of the Digest, but feeling pretty out of touch - > haven't done telecom-related work in about 20 years. > > With the rollout of 988 supposedly fully live in NANPA, I've been poking > around trying to figure out if I need to do anything to my home setup. I > have a Poly (sigh) Obi200 using Google Voice (SP1) and PunchAlert (SP2 for > E911). > > So is there something I need to do to make 988 work on my configuration? It > seems likely, but in my digging, there doesn't seem to be quite the right > combination of information to figure out *what* I need to do. > > Thanks all! Please cc: (after deobfuscating) on replies. You might want to post the question over on www.dslreports.com in the "VOIP Tech Chat" forum as they still have active members who configure and modify the firmware for the OBI/Poly series of VOIP devices. You can post anonymously or create an account and go on from there. ***************************** Moderator's Note ***************************** A. Because it disrupts the intuitive top-to-bottom flow of a written conversation. Q. Why is top-posting a bad practice? Bill Horne Moderator

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