[Cybertel-Ann] 7.25.6 :: BellSouth Forebearance Petition :: Telcos Dont Get It :: Steve Case, "Sorry about AOLTW" ::

Tue Jul 25 08:20:32 PDT 2006

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independent, who is fair, who is committed only to
those principles, and not public pressures of other
sort. That's the meaning of neutrality. 
Anthony Kennedy

Pleading Cycle Established For Comments On Bellsouth
Petition For Forbearance Under  47 U.S.C. § 160(C)
>From Title Ii And Computer Inquiry  Rules With Respect
To Broadband Services, FCC, 7/25/2006 
On July 20, 2006, BellSouth Corporation (BellSouth)
filed a petition for forbearance pursuant to section
10(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended
(the Act), 47 U.S.C. § 160(c).  In its petition,
BellSouth asks the Commission to grant BellSouth and
similarly situated carriers forbearance from Title II
and the Computer Inquiry rules to certain specified
broadband services.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1490A1.doc%3E
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/forebearance.htm

Municipal Broadband is Making Progress, Says Report,
Telecom Magazine, 7/25/2006 
According to a new report by Pike & Fischer, cable,
telcos and other incumbent broadband service providers
could eventually see a 48- percent decline in their
revenue as a result of competition from city-run
broadband networks.
http://telecommagazine.com/newsglobe/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_2244
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Should Net Companies Pay More for Speed?, BWO,
7/25/2006 
"It depends," says Thomas J. Tauke, Verizon's public
affairs honcho, who says the company's goal is to
"turn the world upside-down"
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_31/b3995074.htm?chan=tc&campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

The Phone Companies Still Don't Get It, BWO, 7/25/2006

They block competition and charge too much. You call
this a communications revolution?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_31/b3995070.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Hearing looks at Internet name privatization plan,
Reuters, 7/25/2006 
The U.S. Commerce Department will hold a Wednesday
hearing on the government's September deadline to give
up control over Internet domain names, a schedule that
some high-tech industry advocates say should be
delayed.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-07-24T212541Z_01_N24378087_RTRUKOC_0_US-INTERNET.xml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

Time Warner Eyes AOL Changes - Efforts Aimed At
Advertising Base, Broadband Reports, 7/25/2006 
This Thursday the board of Time Warner is slated to
review proposed operating changes for AOL. The bid, to
make more of the web portal's services free, is hoped
to insure advertising revenues.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/76643
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm

AOL Founder Says He is 'Sorry' for Time Warner Merger,
eWeek, 7/25/2006 
Steve Case, co-founder of the one-time biggest online
service AOL, apologized for the company's merger with
media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. in an interview
with journalist Charlie Rose.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1993605,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm

U.S. Still Top Spam Exporter, Broadband Reports,
7/25/2006 
Security firm Sophos has released their spammer dirty
dozen list, and the United States remains at the top.
Not only that, the firm notes that for the first time
ever, the United States has failed to make inroads
into the problem of spam-relays (frequently infected
PCs on residential broadband connections).
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/76656
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR ELIGIBLE SERVICES LIST
FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE MECHANISM FOR SCHOOLS AND 
LIBRARIES., FCC, 7/25/2006 
(Dkt No 02-6). Comments Due:  08/04/2006. Reply
Comments Due:
08/14/2006. (FCC No. 06-109).  WCB. Contact:  Gina
Spade or Cara Voth 
at
(202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-109A1.pdf%3E
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

VoIP call quality steadily getting worse - study,
Silicon, 7/25/2006 
A new study suggests the quality of VoIP is getting
worse. Brix Networks, a company that develops
monitoring tools for service providers, analysed data
it gathered from a free website it created two years
ago called TestYourVoip.com, which allows consumers to
test the quality of their VoIP services.
http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39160760,00.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Internet Phone Quality Drops Significantly And
Steadily Over Last 18 Months, Brix Networks, 7/25/2006

Nearly 20 percent of Internet telephone test calls
experienced unacceptable call quality over the last 18
months, according to data collected from
TestYourVoIP.com, Brix Networks' free, voice quality
testing portal that enables consumers to independently
measure the quality of their broadband Internet phone
connections.
http://www.brixnet.com/news_and_events%5CpressRelease.aspx?news_item_id=858
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Tech group appeals ISP wiretapping diktat, Silicon,
7/25/2006 
A coalition of civil liberties groups and technology
companies, including Pulver.com and Sun Microsystems,
is appealing a US federal court ruling that forces ...
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39160640,00.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcccalea.htm

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