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On 12/4/17 @ 1:40 pm, CA Senator Kamala Harris sent the following email message

This weekend I left the Senate floor where the Republicans passed their tax plan after spending the entire day rewriting it in secret.

Now, the Republicans are taking a victory lap because they advanced a bill none of them have read. This plan will affect every single American: from our children and grandparents to teachers, first responders, and college students. And they haven’t even taken the time to hold a public hearing or read what this bill does, probably because they know it’ll harm millions of Americans.

This is no way to govern. It’s irresponsible, unfair, and disrespectful to the American people.

Now Republicans must reconcile the Senate version of this legislation with the one that passed the House last month. Both plans are outrageous — cutting taxes on the wealthy at the expense of everyday Americans — but this period of reconciliation gives us time to keep calling, writing, tweeting, and taking action to make our voices heard.

Add your name to my petition to pledge that you will do everything in your power — from calling your member of Congress to writing letters and attending rallies — to stop whatever tax scam Republicans in the House and Senate agree to in conference.

So many times during the health care fight it seemed hopeless. Yet you persisted — and because of your actions we saved our health care, and I believe we can do it again. Never forget you have a powerful voice that is capable of inspiring great change.

Thanks for all you do.

Kamala Harris
U.S. Senator, California

On 12/4/17 @ 6:00 pm, Scientists For Wired Technology Responded to Her

Continue reading “Senator Kamala Harris Communications”

Paul Thurrott: “I think of [Net Neutrality] as more of a fairness thing . . . What has happened . . . What have these companies done when they were unfettered by regulation? What have they done? There are so many stories. . . It’s also anti-innovation because what this does is it gives unfair advantage to companies that already happen to be really big and they can just control their monopolies.”

• https://www.battleforthenet.com/
• http://protectourinternet.org/
• https://popularresistance.org/
• https://popularresistance.org/how-the-fccs-net-neutrality-plan-breaks/
• https://popularresistance.org/chairman-pais-plan-to-end-net-neutrality-built-on-lies-that-will-crumble-in-court/
• https://popularresistance.org/massive-nationwide-protests-for-net-neutrality/

The 2017 FCC Actions are both Pro-Monopoly and Anti-Competition

12/2/17 Net Neutrality Discussion – What The Tech Ep. 378

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5/16/17 Net Neutrality – Daily Tech Show

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Bruce Kushnick has the full story and the data to back it up: criminal abuse of monopoly power and outright fraud by transferring billions of dollars collected from Grandma’s (public utility) landline phone bill to their unregulated Wireless entities to finance the buildout of 4G/LTE. No public benefits, just pure, criminal greed. Kushnick summarizes this in his latest revised article called the Wheel of Mis-Fortune, reproduced below. This is a must read.

The FCC Majority — Chairman Pai, Commissioner O’Rielly and Commissioner Carr — are fully captured, influenced and acting on behalf of the very industries they are supposed to regulate in order to protect public interests. Chairman Pai is a former Verizon attorney; Commissioner Carr worked with Verizon, AT&T, and the wireless and phone associations as a lawyer for Wiley Rein, and Commissioner O’Reilly is a friend of ALEC, which creates model legislation designed and funded, in large part, by Verizon and AT&T.

Continue reading “FCC Aims to End Net Neutrality”

Comparison of Average vs. Peak RF Microwave Radiation Exposure Readings

Tower	Address	Average by H&E	Peak on meter screen*	Peak is x higher
P01m	Across from 514 High Street	1,200 µW/m²	123,000 µW/m²	103x
P02m2	Across from 471 Emerson Street	900 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P03m	Across from 470 Ramona Street	540 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P04m	Across from 450 Bryant Street	960 µW/m²	88,000 µW/m²	92x
P05m	Across from 461 Florence Street	1,600 µW/m²	96,000 µW/m²	60x
P06m2	Across from 502 Waverley Street	1,900 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P07m2	400 Hamilton Avenue	5,000 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P08m	300 Hamilton Avenue	2,200 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P09m2	635 Bryant Street	4,000 µW/m²	72,000 µW/m²	18x
P10m	158 Hamilton Avenue	2,400 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P11m	100 Hamilton Avenue	2,600 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P12m2	379 Lytton Avenue	4,000 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P13m	181 Lytton Avenue	2,200 µW/m²	81,000 µW/m²	37x
P14m	245 Lytton Avenue	1,500 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P15m	265 Lytton Avenue	1,600 µW/m²	114,000 µW/m²	71x
P16m	325 Lytton Avenue	2,800 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P17m	437 Lytton Avenue	7,000 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P18m	380 Hamilton Avenue	1,700 µW/m²	N/A	N/A
P19m	220 Hamilton Avenue	2,200 µW/m²	100,000 µW/m²	46x

Continue reading “Palo Alto Whitewashes RF Microwave Radiation Exposure Hazards”

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Promised on 10/25/17:

I set up this account [broadbandfail@fcc.gov] to take in the public’s stories and ideas. And I will share everything that comes in with the Chairman and with my colleagues, because I think it’s time to turn every one of those ‘broadband fails’ into something better – broadband success.

Folks, Take Advantage of this offer today. Let’s hold Commissioner Rosenworcel to her promise. The next FCC vote is on 12/14/17 See what others have already written here, here and here.

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On 11/28/17, Lauren Allred wrote to FCC Commissioner Jessic Rosenworcel at broadbandfail@fcc.gov

November 28, 2017

Dear Honorable Commissioner Rosenworcel,

I am writing today regarding your desire to hear about the broadband failures from the American public. From the early-1990’s to the present, landline telephone customers already paid billions of dollars to their Title-II-regulated Telecom Utilities to upgrade their Title-II-regulated copper Wireline network to a Title-II-regulated Fiber-Optic Wireline network, but these customers never received the benefits of this promised upgrade in many states across America.

Continue reading “Broadband Fail: Two of Many”

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Promised on 10/25/17:

I set up this account [broadbandfail@fcc.gov] to take in the public’s stories and ideas. And I will share everything that comes in with the Chairman and with my colleagues, because I think it’s time to turn every one of those ‘broadband fails’ into something better – broadband success.

Folks, Take Advantage of this offer today. Let’s hold Commissioner Rosenworcel to her promise. The next FCC vote is on 12/14/17 See what others have already written here, here and here.

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A grieving mother emailed Jessica Rosenworcel at: broadbandfail@fcc.gov on 11/25/17:

November 25, 2017

Dear FCC Commissioners,

Raise your hand if your child has died before you. Hug your child if he or she is healthy. I write today to share that the choices you make about the environment we call home are far reaching, and that our precious homes must be protected.

Radiofrequency microwave radiation has never been proven safe for anyone, let alone children. Ever. And the FCC wants to break down local barriers to deploy more of it?

Continue reading “Broadband Fail: One of Many”

From the RCR Wireless News Digital Network

https://www.rcrwireless.com/category/free-reports

The following text is selected from an RCR Wireless Editorial Report: Transitioning to a 5G World; By Kelly Hill on November 8, 2017

This report and others from RCR Wireless are available for download here.

Continue reading “RCR Wireless: Densified 4G/5G News”

First, read about November 16, 2017, the day that will live in infamy. Then read about the results from that day. The copper Wireline shut off was planned by AT&T, Verizon and the FCC over the last seven years and is now being executed in the Trump era.

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Are You in a Verizon or AT&T Shut Off Zone?

Will you be one of the disconnected?
By Bruce Kushnik 08/13/2013 04:07 pm ET Updated Oct 13, 2013; Link to original article

It’s about time we did the math — how many households and small businesses have the potential of being shut off or abandoned by Verizon and AT&T? How many will be forced to use Verizon’s Wireless services, even when they are not a substitute? How many copper lines are in service today in America today?

Trust me . . . there is a plan. Lowell Mac Adams, Verizon Chairman & CEO and former CEO of Verizon Wireless spoke on June 21, 2012:

But the vision that I have is we are going into the copper plant areas and every place we have FiOS, we are going to kill the copper. We are going to just take it out of service and we are going to move those services onto FiOS. We have got parallel networks in way too many places now, so that is a pot of gold in my view.

And then in other areas that are more rural and more sparsely populated, we have got LTE built that will handle all of those services and so we are going to cut the copper off there. We are going to do it over wireless. So I am going to be really shrinking the amount of copper we have out there …

Continue reading “The FCC Aids and Abets Copper Wireline Shut Off”

In a 1976 classified memo, written by Ambassador Walter Stoessel to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and marked NODIS — No Distribution (other than to persons indicated) — the U.S. Government said that Radiofrequency Microwave (RF/MW) Radiation exposures of 1,000 to 15,000 microwattts per square meter (µW/m²) is a health hazard and is unacceptable.

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Sun Apr 7, 2013 21:00 EST

WIKILEAKS SPECIAL PROJECT K: THE KISSINGER CABLES
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/pressrelease/#1976

The Kissinger Cables are part of today’s launch of the WikiLeaks Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD), which holds the world’s largest searchable collection of United States confidential, or formerly confidential, diplomatic communications. As of its launch on April 8, 2013 it holds two million records comprising approximately 1 billion words.

WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange stated:

“The collection covers US involvements in, and diplomatic or intelligence reporting on, every country on Earth. It is the single most significant body of geopolitical material ever published.”

Continue reading “WikiLeaks CABLE About RF Microwave Radiation”

November 16, 2017 Open Commission Meeting

Watch the ALEC/Verizon/AT&T-Controlled FCC In Action at the Open Meeting held on 11/16/17 @ 10:30 am ET / 7:30 am PT.

The Agenda Items were voted through — every item — despite strong dissent from Commissioners Clyburn and Rosenworcel (read their excellent statements of dissent, below). The voting-block of Chairman Pai and Commissioners O’Reilly and Carr are marching together to enact the ALEC-agenda.

• Blocking Unlawful Robocalls
• Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz
• Replacement Utility Poles Report & Order
• Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment
• Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers
• Reconsideration of Broadcast Ownership Rules
• Modernizing Cable Data Collection
• ‘Next Generation’ Broadcast Television Standard

Continue reading “November 16, 2017: A Day That Will Live in Infamy”

Media Contact:
David Grossman
(202) 418-2100 david.grossman@fcc.gov
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db1115/DOC-347775A1.pdf

For Immediate Release

STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER CLYBURN:
FCC MAJORITY’S ASSAULT ON PRO-CONSUMER POLICIES CONTINUES

WASHINGTON, November 15, 2017 – The following statement can be attributed to FCC Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn:

“Tomorrow, the FCC majority will continue down its destructive path of adopting a series of actions that fail to put consumers first:

The FCC majority (Chairman Pai and Commissioners Rielly and Carr) will

• make it more difficult for low-income Americans to access affordable communications services;
• adopt a new, so-called ‘voluntary’ television standard that has even more outstanding and unanswered questions than the February Notice of Proposed Rulemaking;
• shred consumer and competition protections in times of technology transitions; and
• open the door to massive media consolidation at the expense of localism, competition, and viewpoint diversity.

During the first 10 months of 2017, the FCC majority has given the green light to more than a dozen actions [see enclosure] that are a direct attack on consumers and small businesses, and most Americans are unaware that the agency established to protect the public interest has traded in that role for the chance to grant the wish lists of billion dollar companies.

What consumers want is fast, affordable broadband access. What consumers want is access to a free and open internet without fear of being throttled or assessed a toll by their broadband service provider. What consumers desire is programming options that reflect the diversity of their community. Sadly, what they have is an FCC majority that feels otherwise which is why I remain committed to fighting for policies that give voice to those who far too often go unheard.”

Continue reading “Snapshot of FCC Majority Assault on Pro-Consumer Policies”