AT&T Stops Offering DSL And How It Impacts Michigan; Plus 7 Things To Know

On your Daily Detroit: Technology expert Tom Lawrence joins me to cut through the clutter on a move by AT&T to no longer offer DSL service. It has a pretty big impact here in Michigan as their alternate service - Fiber - isn't available to most of their homes. And considering everyone's working from home, schooling from home, it puts a number of communities at a big disadvantage.

Ars Technica story: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/life-in-atts-slow-lane-millions-left-without-fiber-as-company-kills-dsl/

Link to study: https://cwa-union.org/sites/default/files/20201005attdigitalredlining.pdf

But to get started, I'll update you on a few stories around town.

We update on COVID numbers. 

MLive's story on government bodies not sure if they need to meet in person: https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/10/virtual-meetings-of-local-government-bodies-in-jeopardy-after-supreme-court-ruling.html

Free COVID-19 testing is this weekend in Dearborn Heights.

Teachers in the Detroit Public Schools Community District ratified a new contract with pay raises.

A Muslim woman is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections and the city of Detroit over having to remove her headscarf when being booked.

Two violent incidents in Greektown are concerning:

via WXYZ: https://www.wxyz.com/news/two-people-shot-during-gunfight-in-downtown-detroit-overnight

via Detroit News: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/10/07/suspect-arrested-but-police-seek-victim-greektown-pistol-whipping/5910130002/

And out the door fun - are Junior Mints the ultimate Halloween candy in Michigan? And wither the Candy Corn?

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