[Cybertel-Ann] 11.8.6 :: America's Internet Disconnect - Copps :: Impact of Election ::

Wed Nov 8 18:25:35 PST 2006

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"I don't do quagmires."
- Donald Rumsfeld
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030724-secdef0452.html

Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on
the Web?, NYT, 11/8/2006 
A lawsuit claims Target declined to implement
technology to make its Web site accessible to the
blind. The ruling may decide if disability rights
extend to the Web.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/06/technology/06ecom.html?ex=1320469200&en=bc3b7ab587d4b524&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ada/

America's Internet Disconnect, Wash Post, 11/8/2006 
America's record in expanding broadband communication
is so poor that it should be viewed as an outrage by
every consumer and businessperson in the country. Too
few of us have broadband connections, and those who do
pay too much for service that is too slow. It's
hurting our economy, and things are only going to get
worse if we don't do something about it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/07/AR2006110701230.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

A Democratic House's Impact on Telecom - Goodbye
national franchises, hello net-neutrality laws?,
Broadband Reports, 11/8/2006 
Democrat John Dingell (MI) and Democrat Ed Markey (MA)
have both been avid supporters of net-neutrality laws
and are expected to take command of telecom policy
when Democrats reclaim power in the House next
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/79465
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Having Our Lame Ducks in a Row, Public Knowledge,
11/8/2006 
The “lame duck” session of the current Congress starts
on Monday, and the gains made by Democrats yesterday
in the next Congress could well effect what happens on
broadband and digital copyright issues in that
session. So here is what to look out for next week
(and perhaps also the week after Thanksgiving):
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/712
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

House Democrats and the Internet, Telecom Agenda, IP
Democracy, 11/8/2006 
The Democrats now control the House of Representatives
for the first time since 1994 and the complexion of
Internet and telecom-related policy and legislative
matters will change, perhaps dramatically. Republican
control of the Congress has been so entrenched that
the Democrats have played mostly defense for well over
a decade and it’s hard to envision what the shape of a
more proactive Democratic telecom and Internet
legislative agenda might be
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2006/11/08/#002111
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Blogosphere sees healthy growth, BBC, 11/8/2006 
100,000 new blogs are started each day and the number
of blogs responding to political issues is also on the
rise.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6129496.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

List of the 13 Internet enemies in 2006 published,
RSF, 11/8/2006 
Three countries - Nepal, Maldives and Libya - have
been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies,
which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But
many bloggers were harassed and imprisoned this year
in Egypt, so it has been added to the roll of shame
reserved for countries that systematically violate
online free expression.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19603
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

North Korea remains worst internet black hole in the
world, Syndney Herald, 11/8/2006 
Journalists' rights group Reporters Without Borders
(RSF) has added Egypt to its list of the worst
suppressors of freedom of expression on the internet
but removed neighbouring Libya as it found no Web
censorship there.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/north-korea-remains-worst-internet-black-hole-in-the-world/2006/11/08/1162661736624.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/asia.htm

CDE referendum: Yes (Muni Fiber Net), Leaf Chronicle,
11/8/2006 
Clarksville voters overwhelmingly approved Clarksville
Department of Electricity's bid to provide
telecommunication services over a new fiber-optic
network.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/NEWS01/611080349
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/muni/

Court Grants AT&T, Government Appeal in Spy Case,
eWeek, 11/8/2006 
The U.S. government and AT&T, fighting against a
lawsuit accusing the telephone operator of illegally
allowing the government to monitor telephones and
e-mails, win the right to argue for dismissal of the
case before a U.S. Appeals Court.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2054221,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Online banking fraud rises fast, BBC, 11/8/2006 
A surge in "phishing" has produced a sharp rise in the
amount of money being lost to online banking fraud.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6122116.stm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm

Big Employer is Watching, Cybertelecom, 11/8/2006 
Recently there was a great deal of excitement over a
military case, US v. Long, that found that an employee
had an expectation of privacy in her email. Finding an
expectation of privacy, the court concluded that the
reading of the defendant's email was in violation of
the 4th Amendment and surpressed the emails as
evidence. The problem in this case is the facts.
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2006/11/big-employer-is-watching.html
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/privacy.htm

German Supreme Court Says ISPs Should Delete Logs When
Asked, Techdirt, 11/8/2006 
As the ongoing battle continues between those fighting
for better privacy protection from ISPs against those
who want more data retention, it looks like the German
Supreme Court has sided with the privacy side. The
debate is one that's gone on for a few years (more in
Europe than in the US, though we've been trying to
catch up lately). Certain government officials want
ISPs to store log file data for a very long period of
time -- much longer than is needed for any business
purpose.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061107/113442.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm

Mozilla Patches 'Critical' Bugs in Firefox,
Thunderbird, eweek, 11/8/2006 
The open-source group releases a batch of highly
critical updates for the Firefox, Thunderbird and
SeaMonkey products.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2054122,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/vulnerable.htm

Blogs Take Lead in Reporting Polling Problems, With
Supporting Evidence on YouTube, NYT, 11/8/2006 
And in a new twist this year, many bloggers buttressed
their accounts of electoral shenanigans with links to
videos posted on the video Web site YouTube.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/us/politics/08blogs.html?ei=5088&en=7b91d083a24e2108&ex=1320642000&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1163016219-ffG4xI3VUxSS7PhqVZZQlw
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