Are not watching video or emailing, if you are not doing is more it effective and costefficient. We are talking about the old Voice Network. How do we move from the cost benefits of the Service Benefits by thinking about how things have to change . Another thing going on that we have not talked about. We talked about the supply side and how people provide it. In the wayhanges users arent using the network. Not the services but what people want. Place inte is taking europe. They have a set of universal Service Obligations that still includes phonebooks. A lot of us today say we cannot remember the last time we looked at a phone book. That information is obsolete. Online is more efficient. Another thing that is part of their universal Service Obligation as payphones. In the world of ubiquitous cell phones you cannot find a pay phone on most streetcorners anymore. They are not useful because of the way people are using the network. One of the pivotal questions is we used to think about vo
Its a pleasure to be here today to talk about the i. P. Transition. But before we do what i want to talk about is another transition thats been occurring and thats directly related, and thats the transition of our networks from copper to fiber. Of course its generally understood today Everybody Knows that fiber to the home is the best Broadband Network possible and one that many are striving to obtain. When verizon started to roll this out ten years ago it wasnt so obvious and we got a lot of questions about why we were doing this. Who needs 30 megabits per second . But Everybody Knows today that we need much more than that which is why were now up to 500 per second over the fiber and much more to come. So fiber is an important part of the i. P. Transition and a basis for the i. P. Transition. But the transition of voice from copper to fiber doesnt depend on i. P. And thats what i wanted to talk about for a few minutes. So fiber started in the Telephone Network many years ago. There ar
Calling for the removal of Eric Shinseki. Writing in an oped today in u. S. Today usa today that he is looking at this questionable scheduling practices. For our first 45 minutes, we will show you the findings in this report that listed problems of long waits at the systemic as a systemic problem. We will get your thoughts as well on what should be done about the situation. Here are the numbers to call. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. We have set aside a line for veterans. 202 5853883. Tweet us. Make your thoughts on facebook. You can always email us, too. If you want to see that hearing latetook place i yesterday, you can go to our website to see more. Its a reaction to a report from the Inspector General. Times at v. A. Way facilities. Specifically the one in phoenix. Here are the pages you can find in the Washington Post. The phoenix va hospital placed 1700 veterans on an unofficial waitlist. Study of 226a veterans and 2013 showe
When they saw and heard ida crying for her mom. She told police she kept walking to keep warm and amazesly she wasnt warm. Shes an amazing kid. Theyre visiting from santa fe new mexico. Returning with a story to fill. Im extremely grateful this fathers day that i did not that i continue to have my wonderful daughter, ida. Cornell bernard abc 7 news. A car drive into sunnyville. You can see the car. Happened around 12 45 this afternoon. Paramedics took one man to the hospital. The department of Public Safety is trying to figure out why the car was drive into the store. Investigators say a driver was helping a cowould are when the two work cars collided. It was unclear who is at fault. More Police Officers control proposing the streets. Theres several events from fathers day celebrations. It will not say how many more officers will be on duty. Oakland mayor accentuated the positive at the North Oakland senior center. Mayor focused on Public Safety and jobs for youth saying jobs for young
Minutes. Looks good. Thank you, lisa. We have breaking news out of San Francisco where an offramp near westbound 80 has reopened following a fatal accident involving an s. U. V. It happened just after 1 00 this morning at the fifth offramp near harrison street. Thats fifth street, rather. The ramp was closed for about two hours while crews investigate. No word this morning on how many people were involved in the crash or what caused the accident. A father is relieved this morning after his daughter is found safe nearly 24 hours after disappearing in the marin county wilderness. Girl was on a road trip with her family when she wandered away from their campsite at the state park. We have details. The nineyearold Ida Rothschild is with her family. Im extremely grateful this fathers day that i did not that i continue to have my wonderful daughter. They had been staying at a cabin on the campground for most of the day. We saw them load into their minivan and drive out of the park. Ida was f