[Cybertel-Ann] 7.6.5 :: Doraemon :: Pulver on USF :: Google will Sue :: Verizon Sues :: IP Calling Cards ::

[Robert Cannon]

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FCC cats rips off Doraemon, P2PNet, 7/5/2006 
What's the difference between the blue and green cats
on the right? Not a lot. Except the green cat is
supposed to be a US Federal Communications Commission
creation and should have ears ...
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9261
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fcc.htm

Paris Wants Wireless Internet Access Across City,
Reuters, 7/5/2006 
Paris wants blanket wireless Internet cover by the end
of 2007, helping to make it the most connected capital
city in the world.
http://www.freepress.net/news/16387
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

REVISION OF PARTS 2 AND 15 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES
TO PERMIT
UNLICENSED NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE (U-NII)
DEVICES IN THE 5
GHZ BAND., FCC, 7/5/2006 
Clarified rules for unlicensed National Information
Infrastructure devices in the 5.25-5.35 and 5.47-5.725
GHz bands,
including Radio Local Area Networks. (Dkt No. 
03-122). Action by:  the
Commission. Adopted:  06/29/2006 by MO&O. (FCC No.
06-96).  OET
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-96A1.doc%3E
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Senate Scorecard: AT&T 1, Google 0, BWO, 7/5/2006 
Telecom providers gained ground on June 28 when a
Senate committee paved the way for them to freely set
fees for delivering Net content. But they still must
clear many hurdles on Capitol Hill before winning the
"Net neutrality" battle
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2006/tc20060705_674387.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Google Says Bill Could Spark Antitrust Complaints,
eWeek, 7/5/2006 
Google warns it will not hesitate to file antitrust
complaints in the United States if high-speed Internet
providers abuse the market power they could receive
from U.S. legislators.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1984861,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Stevens Mark Up — Results, Tales from the Sausage
Factory, 7/5/2006 
A tie on NN, which translates as a procedural loss
(Stevens, as chair, got to break the tie and reject
the NN amendment) but a political win. A surprise win
on Low Power FM. A surprise minor win on media
ownership. No changes on Section 1004, b...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/547
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Committee Approves Communications Reform Bill,
Commerce Committee, 7/5/2006 
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation today by a bipartisan vote of 15 to 7
approved its comprehensive communications reform bill,
which contains provisions that speed the deployment of
broadband and stimulate competition in the video
service market.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248635
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Major ISPs Commit Money And Expertise To Fight Child
Porn, Internet Week, 7/5/2006 
They'll work with the National Center for Missing And
Exploited Children to stop the transmission of child
porn across the Internet.
http://internetweek.cmp.com/190100178?cid=rssfeed_pl_inw
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/isp.htm

Verizon Sues Montgomery County - Unreasonable
demands...., Broadband Reports, 7/5/2006 
Verizon has filed suit against Montgomery County,
Maryland, for making "unreasonable and illegal
cable-franchising process demands" during Fios
negotiations. Those demands, according to Verizon,
include regulating placement of Verizon's wires, and
that Verizon set aside 65 channels for public access,
as well as pay county lawyers and consultants for
their roles in negotiations.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/76050
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

YouTube: 0 to 20 Million in Less Than a Year,
emarketer, 7/5/2006 
Site's popularity may leave some asking, 'What's a
boob tube?'By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1004053
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Congressional confusion on Internet privacy, CNET,
7/5/2006 
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh examines why a
Republican supporter of online privacy wants to force
Net providers to snoop on what Americans do online.
http://news.com.com/2010-1028_3-6090314.html?part=rss&tag=6090314&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Draft Special Publication 800-78-1, Cryptographic
Standards and Key Sizes for Personal Identity
Verification, NIST, 7/5/2006 
The SP 800-78-1 is available for a 90 day public
comment period. The comment period closes at 5:00 EST
on October 2nd, 2006.
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts.html#sp800-71-1
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crypto.htm

Stolen Lives: Identity Thief Finds Easy Money Hard to
Resist, NYT, 7/5/2006 
Shiva Brent Sharma's account of his exploits provides
an insight into both the tools and the motivation of a
thief.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/us/04identity.html?ex=1309665600&en=18bc230a1ae1ba06&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Pulver Howls About VoIP USF Order, IP Democracy,
7/5/2006 
Jeff Pulver, the unofficial godfather of the VoIP
business, has been traveling the globe with
pulver.com’s regulatory counsel Jonathan Askin and is
just now turning his attention toward the FCC’s USF
Order, which requires VoIP providers to contribute to
the universal service fund. It has also taken some
time for the FCC to push its 151-page order out the
door.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2006/07/02/index.php#001724
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/voip.htm

Report and Order & Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Released on FCC Updates Approach for Assessing
Contributions to the Federal Universal Service Fund.,
FCC, 7/5/2006 
Order and NPRM
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-94A1.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/voip.htm

Regulation of Prepaid Calling Card Services., FCC,
7/5/2006 
Other than the use of 8YY dialing instead of 1+
dialing, prepaid calling cards that use IP transport
appear to be identical to the services addressed by
the Commission in the IP-in-the-Middle Order.  We see
no reason why the use of a different dialing pattern
to make calls, without more, should result in a
different regulatory classification.  These cards are
used to originate calls on the circuit-switched
network using standard customer premises equipment,
factors that the Commission previously has used to
distinguish telecommunications services from
information services.   Consequently, we find that the
use of IP transport in the provision of a prepaid
calling card service does not alone convert that
service from a telecommunications service to an
information service.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-79A1.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm


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