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Friday,December 23, 2022

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Volume 41 Table of Contents Issue 293
Finding the best cellphone plans for small businesses
FCC proposing Big Fines against "auto warranty" robo-callers
T-Mobile is warehousing spectrum... and other specious arguments
VT: Mobile dead zones mapped
Message-ID: <to1v5l$1cvp2$1@dont-email.me> Date: 22 Dec 2022 11:04:07 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Finding the best cellphone plans for small businesses A business mobile plan is common in the enterprise, but the picture isn't as clear for SMBs. If an SMB opts to purchase a phone plan, there are many options to choose from. there are many options to choose from. ByMichael Goad, CDW Connectivity between users is critical for any business and its ability to communicate the latest information about tasks and receive the latest updates from managers, so workers from disparate locations may need mobile devices to stay in constant communication. SMBs have a lot of options when it comes to cellular plans that can fuel the necessary connectivity across users. While there are many similarities between different wireless carriers' programs and features, it can be useful to compare some of the most common mobile phone plans available to note the most relevant differences. https://www.techtarget.com/searchmobilecomputing/tip/Finding-the-best-cellphone-plans-for-small-businesses -- Bill Horne Moderator, The Telecom Digest
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.2212220139090.3954@panix3.panix.com> Date: 22 Dec 2022 01:40:54 +0000 From: "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> Subject: FCC proposing Big Fines against "auto warranty" robo- callers [FCC press release] FCC Proposes Largest Fine Ever Against Auto Warranty Scam Robocaller Description: Nearly $300 Million Proposed Fine Against Cox/Jones Enterprise Follows Agency's Earlier Enforcement Actions That Successfully Interrupted One of the Largest Illegal Robocall Operations in History ====== rest, which includes links to the full statements: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-largest-fine-ever-against-auto-warranty-scam-robocaller _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
Message-ID: <to1uaq$1cvp1$1@dont-email.me> Date: 22 Dec 2022 10:49:48 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile is warehousing spectrum... and other specious arguments By Mike Dano T-Mobile bought almost 200 spectrum licenses in the 3.45GHz range at the beginning of this year, but it doesn't plan to put those licenses into use until the end of 2023. The company spent almost $1 billion across several FCC millimeter wave spectrum auctions more than two years ago but still has no concrete plans to put that spectrum into widespread action. Yet T-Mobile's networking chief made this claim just a few months ago: "We have never warehoused spectrum in my entire career at the company. We never will," Neville Ray said at a November investor event. Is Ray being facetious? Or is something else going on? https://www.lightreading.com/5g/t-mobile-is-warehousing-spectrum-and-other-specious-arguments/a/d-id/782488 -- Bill Horne Moderator, The Telecom Digest (Plase remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <to1urq$1cvp1$2@dont-email.me> Date: 22 Dec 2022 10:58:52 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: VT: Mobile dead zones mapped By Jason Starr Verizon comes up short in state wireless testing In the battle of behemoth wireless companies, AT&T and T-Mobile are the clear winners over Verizon for mobile voice and data coverage in Williston. That is one takeaway from the results, published Friday, of the Vermont Department of Public Service’s mile-by-mile driving test of cell phone coverage conducted over the summer. The department partnered with the Vermont Agency of Transportation and a private company named Ookla to complete the tests, traveling main roads throughout the state while making phone calls and using the internet. https://www.willistonobserver.com/news/williston/mobile-dead-zones-mapped/article_73620a96-8187-11ed-ad9e-8f21cafb7d41.html -- Bill Horne Moderator, The Telecom Digest
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