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The Telecom Digest
Friday, May 5, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 125
Re: We must oppose the S.686 - the RESTRICT act
Verizon long-time network exec Nicola Palmer to retire
Many Phones Down As Multiple Service Providers Are Down
Message-ID: <u2rfs8$r7pf$2@dont-email.me> Date: 2 May 2023 19:05:12 +0200 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Re: We must oppose the S.686 - the RESTRICT act Am 01.05.2023 um 10:21:03 Uhr schrieb The Telecom Digest: > In its current state, the RESTRICT Act gives the feds massive power to > monitor and police U.S. citizens online. It does so by allowing the > Secretary of Commerce to conduct security reviews of tech that is even > partially owned by companies from any “foreign adversary.” (Who is a > foreign adversary? Any country the secretary says. Seriously.) Similar political ideas exist in Germany - maybe this even affects free software and open source. The GNU/Linux community fears that there are bans of certain hardware that doesn't have US backdoors included.
Message-ID: <20230504234513.GA215841@telecomdigest.us> Date: 4 May 2023 19:45:13 -0400 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon long-time network exec Nicola Palmer to retire By Dan Meyer Verizon continues to leak executives as long-time network technology executive Nicola Palmer said she would be retiring from the operator she has worked at for 33 years. In a LinkedIn post, Palmer announced she would be retiring in July, and touted her experience at the operator. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/verizon-long-time-network-exec-nicola-palmer-to-retire/2023/05/
Message-ID: <20230504235623.GA216044@telecomdigest.us> Date: 4 May 2023 19:56:23 -0400 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: Many Phones Down As Multiple Service Providers Are Down Several area agencies are experiencing phone outages as there is a widespread outage on multiple networks. What we know is that both Wayne and Edwards County are having issues with phone lines as Clearwave is reporting an area-wide outage. White County Sheriff’s Department as well as Carmi Police are also down. 911 Service is up according to Edwards County Officials. White County Sheriff’s Department as well as Carmi Police are also down. https://www.wfiwradio.com/2023/05/04/many-phones-down-as-multiple-service-providers-are-down/
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