<div dir="ltr"><div>It isn't just us or challenging locations. KIRO TV posted this story yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/centurylink-cancels-33-appointments-fix-lake-tapps-couples-landline-with-no-explanation/AYBWDZGXRFG2NMBJ5XJM7TY5ZI/">CenturyLink cancels 33 appointments</a><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" size="2" face="Tahoma">Lowell Kiesow</font><br><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"></font><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><font size="2"><font color="#222222">Chief Engineer</font><br></font></span></font><font size="2"><font size="2"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#666666"><b>88</b></font></a></font></font></font><a href="http://www.jazz24.org/" target="_blank"><font size="2"><font size="4" color="#6aa84f"><b>.</b></font></font></a><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font size="2"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#666666"><b>5 FM KNKX</b></font></a><font color="#000000"><b> </b></font></font></font></font><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#45818e">●</font></span><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><font size="2" color="#45818e"> </font></b><a href="http://www.jazz24.org/" target="_blank"><font size="2"><font color="#0b5394"> </font><font color="#666666">J</font><b><font color="#666666">azz24</font><font size="4" color="#6aa84f">.</font><font color="#666666">org</font></b></font></a></b></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="mailto:lkiesow@knkx.org" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc">lkiesow@knkx.org</font></a> </font></font><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#45818e">●</font></span></div></div><div><a href="http://knkx.org" target="_blank"><img alt="knkx.org" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4z5-X-yVgt3ORaADbLUA__usdnC6pwLQPk0n-q1neH775JKp8ltdfDQdolUc8X9fIFPmFYmjJs"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM <a href="mailto:k7cr@blarg.net">k7cr@blarg.net</a> <<a href="mailto:k7cr@avvanta.com">k7cr@avvanta.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6951840926603726678"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-6951840926603726678WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Translation – If you are using Copper for your service – You are on your own.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Clay<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Cougar <<a href="mailto:cougar-bounces@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar-bounces@sea.sbe16.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Brooks via Cougar<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 22, 2025 1:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Lowell Kiesow <<a href="mailto:lkiesow@knkx.org" target="_blank">lkiesow@knkx.org</a>>; Cougar Mt Users <<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>>; Purdy, Robert <<a href="mailto:RPurdy@hbi.com" target="_blank">RPurdy@hbi.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cougar] Got phones?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Was told long ago by C-Link that copper “was not go-forward technology”…LOL<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Michael Brooks </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Chief Operator/Host/Production Director/Engineering</span><span style="font-size:8pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">SBE-CBRE </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">K7WQK Ham Radio<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://classicalking.org/" target="_blank">https://classicalking.org</a></span><span style="font-size:8pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">direct: 206.691-2970<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">363 Mercer Street, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98109<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.king.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="123" height="36" style="width: 1.2812in; height: 0.375in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:ii_19495bbed074cff311" alt="signature_3694351942"></span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">FM 98.1  |<b>  </b></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"><a href="http://www.classicalking.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">www.ClassicalKING.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/classicalkingfm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="61" height="24" style="width: 0.6354in; height: 0.25in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:ii_19495bbed075b16b22" alt="signature_2991407101"></span></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHen90XjpJ7Jn1Sq9R_adKQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="61" height="24" style="width: 0.6354in; height: 0.25in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:ii_19495bbed07692e333" alt="signature_3905965144"></span></a><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">  </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/classicalkingfm/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="38" height="24" style="width: 0.3958in; height: 0.25in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:ii_19495bbed077745b44" alt="signature_1792876036"></span></a><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">  </span><a href="https://twitter.com/KingFM" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="48" height="24" style="width: 0.5in; height: 0.25in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:ii_19495bbed07855d355" alt="signature_2587597797"></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClassicalKINGFM/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="41" height="24" style="width: 0.427in; height: 0.25in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_19495bbed079374b66" alt="signature_465403692"></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Cougar <<a href="mailto:cougar-bounces@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar-bounces@sea.sbe16.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lowell Kiesow via Cougar<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> Purdy, Robert <<a href="mailto:RPurdy@hbi.com" target="_blank">RPurdy@hbi.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Cougar Mt Users <<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cougar] Got phones?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The designed circuits people seem to be more functional, but the problem is they rely on the rest of the infrastructure, which is on the ground, sawed in two, or wet. I bet the bean counters don't want to spend money on anything copper.<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Lowell Kiesow</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Chief Engineer</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">88</span></b></a></span><a href="http://www.jazz24.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(106,168,79)">.</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">5 FM KNKX</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)">●</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.jazz24.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Jazz24</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(106,168,79)">.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">org</span></a></span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:lkiesow@knkx.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">lkiesow@knkx.org</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)">●</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="40" height="38" style="width: 0.4166in; height: 0.3958in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678_x0000_i1035" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4z5-X-yVgt3ORaADbLUA__usdnC6pwLQPk0n-q1neH775JKp8ltdfDQdolUc8X9fIFPmFYmjJs" alt="knkx.org"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 11:29<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>AM Purdy, Robert <<a href="mailto:RPurdy@hbi.com" target="_blank">RPurdy@hbi.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">There is always that but my current guy has been there longer than most.   Guess I’ll find out Friday.   </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">OTOH I do have a TEC assigned for the design circuits.  Can’t to see what he finds this time.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Rob</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-right:none currentcolor;border-bottom:none currentcolor;border-left:none currentcolor;border-top:1pt solid currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Lowell Kiesow <<a href="mailto:lkiesow@knkx.org" target="_blank">lkiesow@knkx.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 21, 2025 6:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Purdy, Robert <<a href="mailto:RPurdy@hbi.com" target="_blank">RPurdy@hbi.com</a>>; Cougar Mt Users <<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:k7cr@blarg.net" target="_blank">k7cr@blarg.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cougar] Got phones?</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">[External email – use care when clicking on links or attachments]</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If your rep still works there.<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:black">Lowell Kiesow</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Chief Engineer</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">88</span></b></a></span><a href="http://www.jazz24.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(106,168,79)">.</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">5 FM KNKX</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)">●</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.jazz24.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Jazz24</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(106,168,79)">.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">org</span></a></span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:lkiesow@knkx.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">lkiesow@knkx.org</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(69,129,142)">●</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://knkx.org/" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="100" height="100" style="width: 1.0416in; height: 1.0416in;" id="m_-6951840926603726678m_6170749541479626236Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_19495bbed07a175ef7" alt="Image removed by sender. knkx.org"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 5:58<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>PM Purdy, Robert via Cougar <<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none currentcolor;border-right:none currentcolor;border-bottom:none currentcolor;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I think the monthly call with our account rep might be a bit more interesting than usual this month.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div id="m_-6951840926603726678m_6170749541479626236m_8597353361615079324ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Get <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef" target="_blank">Outlook for iOS</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="m_-6951840926603726678m_6170749541479626236m_8597353361615079324divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:k7cr@blarg.net" target="_blank">k7cr@blarg.net</a> <<a href="mailto:k7cr@avvanta.com" target="_blank">k7cr@avvanta.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 21, 2025 5:52:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Purdy, Robert <<a href="mailto:RPurdy@hbi.com" target="_blank">RPurdy@hbi.com</a>>; 'Cougar Mt Users' <<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Cougar] Got phones?</span> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">[External email – use care when clicking on links or attachments]</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><div><p>Century Link has, apparently, quit repairing them, leaving them on the ground to be driven over<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p>IHM, and KING-FM are now on Comcast Fiber<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p>Clay<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none currentcolor;border-bottom:none currentcolor;border-left:none currentcolor;border-top:1pt solid currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p><b>From:</b> Cougar <<a href="mailto:cougar-bounces@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar-bounces@sea.sbe16.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Purdy, Robert via Cougar<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 21, 2025 5:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Cougar (<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Cougar] Got phones?<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p>Might do a line check.  ALL of the Hubbard phone services are down today.  Pots lines to T-1's. Looks like they died 20:30 Sunday.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-6951840926603726678m_6170749541479626236m_8597353361615079324x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><p>Rob<u></u><u></u></p></div><p>Get <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef" target="_blank">Outlook for iOS</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>This List Server is provided by Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers, Seattle, WA<br>Cougar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cougar@sea.sbe16.org" target="_blank">Cougar@sea.sbe16.org</a><br><a href="http://sea.sbe16.org/mailman/listinfo/cougar" target="_blank">http://sea.sbe16.org/mailman/listinfo/cougar</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>