[Cybertel-Ann] 12.12.6 :: So this Manatee Walks into the Internet.... ::

[Robert Cannon]

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“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your
friends.  You talk to your enemies.”
---Moshe Dayan

Intro DSL Prices Rise - Because they can..., Broadband
Reports, 12/12/2006 
Industry analyst Dave Burstein takes a peek at how
continually high cable broadband prices have allowed
the major phone companies to raise their introductory
DSL prices of late. As we recently noted, Verizon
bumped the price of their $15 768kbps DSL tier to $20,
and Burstein claims AT&T's website reflects a recent
price-hike as well.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80238
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm

AT&T/BellSouth Pretend GAO Report Supports Merger
Claims, Techdirt, 12/12/2006 
Remember a few weeks back when the GAO came out with a
report that totally trashed the FCC's method for
collecting broadband competition data? The same report
that found very little competition and also found that
in the absence of FCC regulations, broadband prices
went up instead of down?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061210/194648.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

F.C.C. Commissioner Can Vote on AT&T, NYT, 12/12/2006 
Robert M. McDowell will be permitted to cast the
tie-breaking vote on the proposed acquisition of
BellSouth by AT&T.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/business/09FCC.html?ex=1323320400&en=c6fa2ecba5d51861&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

iProvo Under Attack, MuniWireless, 12/12/2006 
The Reason Foundation was busy this week. In addition
to its critique of government broadband initiatives, 
the foundation issued a scathing analysis of iProvo,
claiming that Utah’s government-run broadband network
lost more than $5 million through 2005 and is expected
to lose another $2 million this year due to subscriber
counts falling short of its target.
http://muniwireless.com/municipal/1504
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

When Can Customers Use the New WildBlue Satellite? -
And will the company ease off caps with improved
capacity?, Broadband Reports, 12/12/2006 
After more than half a decade of delays, Wild Blue
finally launched their WildBlue-1 KA-band satellite
last Friday. Now the question becomes: when do
customers reap the benefits of that launch?
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80212
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/satellite.htm

Sprint's EVDO Vs. EDGE TV Spot - Yes, a race-car beats
an elderly man..., Broadband Reports, 12/12/2006 
We're apparently not the only ones amused by Sprint's
TV ads that compare the company's EVDO network to
Cingular's clunkier EDGE network. Engadget also pokes
fun at the ad, which proclaims that "Sprint mobile
broadband downloads 5x faster than Cingular's EDGE."
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80235
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w3g.htm

So This Manatee Walks Into the Internet, NYT,
12/12/2006 
In a pre-emptive strike inspired as much by F.C.C.
regulations as by the laws of comedy, NBC bought the
license to hornymanatee.com, for $159, after the Dec.
4 installment of “Late Night With Conan
O’Brien.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/arts/television/12mana.html?ei=5088&en=876fa915803cb2da&ex=1323579600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1165939392-OHXV5Uk7pXgThBv9O6iVBw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

New directions for ENUM, Telephony, 12/12/2006 
Most voice-over-IP calls today fall into one of two
groups. Some calls are carried in an IP format
end-to-end between customers of the same VoIP service
provider. Other calls begin in IP but connect to the
traditional public switched network at the other end.
Sooner or later, though, we're almost certain to see
heavier use of a third option connecting calls
end-to-end using IP, even when the end user
http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_new_directions_enum/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/enum.htm

China 'crackdown on online games', BBC, 12/12/2006 
China is enforcing more monitoring of online games, a
state news agency in the country reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6173293.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Congress Approves US SAFE WEB Act, Senate, 12/12/2006 
Congress this week approved S. 1608, the “Undertaking
Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers
Beyond Borders Act of 2006” (US SAFE WEB Act of 2006).
The bill will improve the Federal Trade Commission’s
ability to provide more effective international
consumer protections specifically to combat spam,
spyware, and Internet fraud and deception.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248704
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Skype-Blocking Whack-a-Mole Continues, Techdirt,
12/12/2006 
Blocking disguised data from disruptive applications
is a little like trying to hold back a river with a
pine cone, and trying to block Skype is certainly the
new black. Whether you're a repressive government
looking to protect the interests of your state-run
phone company, a University or company worried about
security holes or bandwidth use, or you're a
government annoyed that you're not getting the
appropriate kickbacks, there's a growing number of
hardware vendors now building gear specifically aimed
at blocking Skype for you.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061211/112347.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/blocking.htm


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