#Telecommunications

[intersectionalpraxis]

48 million people in Sudan still can not contact their families across the diaspora. They're cut off from the internet, which includes their online banking services as well. Thousands of displaced Sudanese people were also recently turned away as asylum seekers:

This continues to be horrifying. Please keep talking about Sudan.

#feminist #social justice #sudan war #sudan crisis #sudan genocide #eyes on sudan #free sudan #keep eyes on sudan #sudan #world news #global news #rsf #human rights violations #liberate sudan #telecommunications blackout #telecommunications

[science70]

AT&T/Bell Telephone Company employment opportunity ad, 1972.

#technology #telecommunications #advertisement #AT&T #Bell Telephone Company #Alana MacFarlane #San Rafael #California #USA #1972

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Netflix Canada is done with being basic.

The streaming giant says it's phasing out the $9.99 "basic" option from its price plans, taking away the cheapest subscription without ads.

That means new Netflix subscribers will have to decide whether they're ready to sit through commercial breaks or fork out a bit more money for an ad-free experience.

Netflix's ad tier costs $5.99 and allows viewing on up to two screens at once with commercial interruptions.

The next level up is $16.49 per month to watch without ads, with simultaneous viewing on two devices. There's also the premium plan for $20.99 with 4K high-definition video and the option to add up to two members who don't live in their household.

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Note from poster @el-shab-hussein: Remember what happened last time? When they cracked down on password sharing on Canada first because they use Canadians as a testing grounds for what they want to implement on bigger populations? This is going to happen to the Netflix services in other countries if they think this measure is successful. We're just consumer guinea pigs in this story.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

#cdnpoli #Netflix #telecommunications #capitalism

[humanoidhistory]

Telecommunications in Greece, 1970-1979.

(OTE Museum of Telecommunications)

#tech #greece #ote #athens #1970s #telephone #phone #telecom #telecommunications

[fuzzyghost]

#telephone #telecommunications #retro tech #techcore #80s #retro #at&t genesis telestar #modular #gif

[bfpnola]

HOW TO BUY AN E-SIM CARD FOR PALESTINIANS IN GAZA SINCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN SHUT OFF

buy one! and if you can’t, please share! e-sim cards will specifically allow journalists to keep reporting on the situation and for medics to contact one another and provide support!!! this is LIFE SAVING direct action you can do from your home!

#signal boost #undescribed #reaux speaks #instagram #esim #gaza #free gaza #free palestine #palestine #internet #telecommunications #direct action #anti zionisim #mutual aid

[scavengedluxury]

Phone booth in front of 63 Bécsi street, Budapest, 1989. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

#budapest #hungary #telecommunications #old tech #1980s

[1randomweirdo]

Forgot to share this yesterday!

Hey my fellow Americans, remember Net Neutrality? (Remember the douche with the comically oversized 'reese's pieces' coffee mug, Ajit Pai?) Quick rehash: Pai repealed it, and lacking Net Neutrality means Big Tech/Phone companies can hinder, slow, or block access to any sites they want for any reason (perhaps some of you recall Verizon throttling service of firefighters out west *while they were battling wildfires* - or how ads now just say internet speeds may decrease during peak hours? Net Neutrality makes it so that can't happen)

Well now that the aforementioned douche is not there, the FCC is considering restoring it! This is *huge*, and there's an easy way to submit comments to both the FCC *and* your members of Congress, below.

It's a pre-made form letter; all you have to do is enter your info (though I recommend adding something to the letter, just to prove to the recipients that they're not getting bot comments. Even just adding your name and saying "I agree with the comments below" or something is fine)

An action we can all take, that just takes a few moments (just be sure to uncheck the boxes at the bottom if you don't want to be added to email lists)

Link to send comments to FCC:

#action #take action #FCC #net neutrality #computer #computers #internet #tablet #tablets #smartphone #telecommunications #telecommunication #communication #free and open #free and open internet #activism

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Hotel Vanderbilt installed a radiophone set, February 28, 1922. This is the new operator, Mollie Culligan. A radiophone was a radio that allowed people to converse.

Photo: Underwood & Underwood via LoC

#vintage New York #1920s #radiophone #telecommunications #Hotel Vanderbilt #radiophone operator #February 28 #Feb. 28 #early technology

[misforgotten2]

Wire you calling me?

#vintage illustration #illustration #children's illustration #telephone #television #telecommunications #funny #humor #humour

[intersectionalpraxis]

I know there have been previous posts about getting e-sims to people in Sudan, but the one that is the most reliable is no longer available to view on X, so I don't know what would be the best source to post here. So, if anybody finds a great resource, please inbox me, and I will share it here. I will also keep looking for resources, of course.

I also don't know if the original post got taken down because of censorship or if it doesn't work anymore. I'm also hearing that apparently the e-sims aren't working in Sudan, but I can't confirm this. I just saw a few people talking about this on X.

Don't stop talking about Sudan. We all know what happens when telecommunications systems are heavily damaged and destroyed. The RSF is a genocidal militia and needs to be stopped.

My heart goes out to Sudanese people and their loved ones in their communities and all around the world with whom they may not be able to reach for some time. I cannot imagine how horrifying this is.

UPDATE: e-sims do not connect outside of Sudan.

Keep talking about Sudan. Don't remain silent about this.

#feminist #social justice #sudan crisis #sudan genocide #eyes on sudan #free sudan #sudan #liberate sudan #keep eyes on sudan #keep eyes on darfur #khartoum #world news #world politics #global politics #global news #telecommunications #telecommunications blackout #talk about sudan

[science70]

Queen Elizabeth II uses ARPANET to become the first royal to send an email, Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Malvern, England, 26 March 1976.

#technology #computers #telecommunications #ARPANET #Queen Elizabeth II #Royal Signals and Radar Establishment #Malvern #Worcestershire #England #UK #1976

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Bell Media has asked the federal broadcast regulator to drop the spending requirements and dedicated airtime imposed on the company's local television news programming.

BCE's media arm says it wants the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to amend "certain conditions of licence" regarding its local English- and French-language TV stations, CTV and Noovo.

Bell Media calls it "regulatory relief" to counter online competition and help offset losses racked up in recent years.

"Unfortunately, Bell Media has been losing tens of millions alone in the production and delivery of local news," it said in a summary of the application posted Friday and filed on June 14 — the same day BCE announced it's cutting 1,300 positions, shutting or selling nine radio stations and closing two foreign bureaus. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #Bell Media #telecommunications #CRTC #capitalism

[soon-palestine]

While most telecom networks bury their cables 60cm (about 2ft) underground, PalTel buries its cables up to 8 metres (26ft)  deep. In case the Israelis cut off electricity, its data centres in Gaza also have three layers of redundancy: generators, solar panels and batteries. The company has also developed emergency protocols to direct workers remotely from the occupied West Bank, and if severed communications make this impossible, Gazan staff are empowered to act autonomously. Despite all the redundancies and preparations, the sheer scale of bombings these past weeks has still crippled the network. About 70 percent of the mobile network has been taken offline. Solar panels have been rendered mostly useless either by being destroyed in attacks or covered in dust and debris. The relentless nature of the conflict is also weighing on staff, who are dogged by danger from their house to the field. Rabih*, a fibre optics technician, was called to repair a cable just metres from the border on October 15. Prior to going, he had to give an exhaustive list of the repair team’s names, the colour of their cars and registration numbers to the Israelis, because “a mistake could be deadly”. As Rabih and his team laboured for two hours to fix the cable, the buzz of a drone above him and the sounds of shelling intermingled with the sound of their excavator. “Any wrong move could mean being targeted. I cannot explain to my wife and kids why I do that or why I volunteer to go out during the war. My company doesn’t oblige me, but if someone can do it, it has to be me,” he said. No matter how many metres deep they dig or the number of solar panels they install, Gaza’s connections to the outside world ultimately relies on the Israelis.

The cables that connect Gaza to the outside world run through Israel, and the country on at least two occasions has deliberately cut off the strip’s international communications. “It’s clear for us that it was cut off by a decision. What proves this is that we didn’t do anything to get it back,” Melhem said. Israel also controls fuel to Gaza, allowing a small trickle into Gaza on Friday after weeks of pressure from the United States. Described as a “drop in the bucket” by humanitarian groups, Israel announced that 120,000 litres (31,700 gallons) of fuel would be allowed into the territory every two days for use by hospitals, bakeries and other essential services. PalTel will also be given 20,000 litres (5,283 gallons) of fuel every two days for its generators. On Thursday, the company had announced it would go into a full telecoms blackout because its fuel reserves were exhausted for the first time during the current war. According to Mamoon Fares, the corporate support director at PalTel, the 20,000 litres provided “should be enough to operate a good part of the network”. However, Gaza’s telecoms network will still be at the mercy of Israel should it decide to cut off fuel deliveries or network services that run through its territory. Without the ability to communicate, the already dismal situation in Gaza would only further deteriorate. “No ambulances, no emergency services, no civil defence or humanitarian organisations can work without telecommunications,” Melhem said. * Names have been changed to protect the individuals’ safety.

#palestine #gaza #free palestine #mobile network #telecom #communication #data center #telecommunications

[fuzzyghost]

#retro computing #terminal #telecommunications #techcore #retro tech #y2k #vaporwave #gif #flashing

[timetrek24]

🇺🇲 Explore the Fascinating Fusion of Timekeeping and Communication: Unveiling the Pioneering Motorola and Timex Wristwatch-Pagers that Revolutionized Wearable Technology in the 1990s.

🤝 In 1990, Motorola Inc. made its first attempt to enter the market of electronic wristwatches with a built-in pager (similar devices at the same time were already produced by the Japanese companies Seiko and Casio). The device was called "Motorola Wrist Wach Pager". Since 1991, further production of the devices has been carried out jointly with the Timex Group Corporation under the name "The Timex Tracer Wrist Watch Pager".

👉 Since 1998, further development of the line of electronic watches with the participation of Motorola Inc. and Timex Group was associated with the high-tech "Timex Beepwear Datalink" series. These devices also continued the concept of wristwatch-pagers, but with the integration of the well-known Datalink data transmission platform, which integrates with desktop computer software.

➡️ The Datalink line was introduced in 1994 and was developed in conjunction with Microsoft Corporation as an alternative to conventional PDAs with added attributes such as water resistance and ease of programming. Taken together, all this made it possible to use the “Beepwear Datalink” watch as a full-fledged electronic organizer.

📟 The Beepwear Pager Watch epitomized the convergence of traditional wristwatches with cutting-edge communication capabilities. Introduced in the late 1990s, this innovative device redefined the concept of wearable tech, offering users unparalleled convenience and connectivity on the go.

📞 Equipped with pager functionality, the Beepwear Pager Watch allowed users to receive important notifications and messages directly on their wrist, eliminating the need for separate communication devices. With its sleek and compact design, it seamlessly integrated into everyday life, providing instant access to critical information wherever you went.

⌚️ Beyond its communication features, the Beepwear Pager Watch retained the timeless appeal of a classic timepiece, boasting a stylish and durable design that stood the test of time. With its reliable quartz movement and rugged construction, it was built to withstand the rigors of daily wear, ensuring longevity and reliability for its users.

⚙️ The "Beepware" series, as a joint product of the efforts of Timex Group and Motorola Inc. was patented, and the production of the devices was carried out by the newly created joint company "Beepwear Paging Products". The clock operated in the 900 MHz band. FLEX time was also used, which, if supported by the operator, could synchronize the clock time with the network time, and also automatically adjust to the owner's time zone.

🚀 The launch of the Timex Motorola Beepwear Pager Watch marked a significant milestone in the evolution of wearable technology, showcasing the potential for seamless integration of communication and timekeeping functions in a single device. As one of the pioneering products in this category, it paved the way for future innovations in the wearable tech industry, inspiring a new generation of smartwatches and wearable devices.

💔 However, already in 2002, Motorola Inc. was forced to carry out internal restructuring, including ceasing production and support of its own pagers.

💫 Today, the legacy of the Timex Motorola Beepwear Pager Watch lives on, remembered as a trailblazer in the realm of wearable technology. While newer devices may offer more advanced features, the Beepwear Pager Watch remains a symbol of innovation and ingenuity, reminding us of the transformative power of technology in shaping our lives.

#timetrek #brands #clock #watch #watches #time #companies #company #history #luxury watches #motorola #timex group #timex watches for men #timex #beepwear #pager #wristwatch #wrist watch #wristwatch pda #wristwatch pager #datalink #microsoft #smartwatch #digital watch #casio #seiko #made in usa #telecommunications #innovation #old gadgets