[Cybertel-Ann] 11.22.6 :: Iraq gets WiMax :: The COPA Court :: Good Samaritan Bloggers :: Blocking Port 25 ::

[Robert Cannon]

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more efficient means for going backwards.
Aldous Huxley

It’s launch party time: Philadelphia and Corpus
Christi, Muniwireless, 11/21/2006 
Finally, the networks are going up and it’s time to
party. Wireless Philadelphia is holding their party on
30 November (click here for the invitation). Corpus
Christi, the first city in the US to integrate an
automated meter reading application with a citywide
Wi-Fi network, will kick off the launch of its network
with a [...]
http://muniwireless.com/municipal/1464
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Iraq Gets Wimax - Deployed by IRAQTEL, Broadband
Reports, 11/21/2006 
Iraq is set to receive its first Wimax network,
according to Portal Iraq. Using Redline gear, the
network will first see deployment in Basrah by IRAQTEL
with slow expansion thereafter. "IRAQTEL has been
searching for a WIMAX solution that would provide a
cost-effectively alternative to VSAT networks, which
have been the only available solution for establishing
broadband connections because of the lack of copper
line infrastructure," says IRAQTEL Chairman Sheikh
Fawzi Al Lami. As we've previously noted, the
connectivity options in Iraq are not so hot.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/79770
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

A modest look at WiMAX, Telephony, 11/21/2006 
The non-stop drumbeat of WiMAX hype is promising some
pretty unreasonable things, at least unreasonable in
the near future. From promises of a DSL connection you
can bring anywhere to predictions of mobile
broadband-enabled iPods and video cameras, WiMAX is
setting its potential customers up for disappointment.
So it's refreshing to see AT&T, among all of that
clamoring, take a more subdued approach
http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_modest_look_wimax/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

Lawyers argue validity of '98 online law, USA Today,
11/21/2006 
Justice Department attorneys, defending a law aimed at
keeping online pornography from minors, argued that
software filters often ...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-11-21-internet-blocking_x.htm?csp=34
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/copa.htm

Websites not liable for posts by others, USA Today,
11/21/2006 
websites that publish inflammatory information written
by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the
California Supreme Court ...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-11-21-website-libel_x.htm?csp=34
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/copa.htm

ACLU: DOJ's defense of COPA inconsistent, CW,
11/21/2006 
The ACLU claims the U.S. government's defense of COPA
is too inconsistent to uphold the law.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005259&source=rss_news10
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/copa.htm

California Court Expands Immunity for Bloggers, eWeek,
11/21/2006 
Individuals who use the Internet to distribute
information from another source may not be held to
account if the material is considered defamatory, the
California Supreme Court rules.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2062142,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Calif. Supreme Courts upholds Internet free speech,
Xinhuanet, 11/21/2006 
Internet free speech advocates scored a victory Monday
when the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously
that bloggers and participants in Internet bulletin
board groups cannot ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/21/content_5358859.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

One week's time, two takes on Section 230 immunity,
Internet Cases, 11/21/2006 
In the past week, two important courts, the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
and the Supreme Court of California, have issued
opinions examining the contours of the immunity
provided under the Communications Decency Act at 47
U.S.C. 230. That section provides, among other things,
that "[n]o provider or user of any interactive
computer service shall be treated as the publisher or
speaker of any information provided by another
information content provider." Although both cases
were defense victories, the two courts gave different
treatment to Section 230 in their reading of the
statute and in their interpretation of the leading
case on point.
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2006/11/one_weeks_time.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Port 25/TCP Blocks a Net Neutrality Issue? - Can basic
security counter-measures be considered such?,
Techdirt, 11/21/2006 
Port 25/tcp is used for SMTP, the outgoing mail
protocol, and is often blocked by ISPs to cut down on
spam (whether intentional or due to infection). The
block prevents users from sending outgoing mail via
any third party mail-hosting services.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/79750
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Retail 3Q, 2006 E-commerce Report, Census, 11/21/2006 
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail
e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2006,
adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and
trading-day differences, but not for price changes,
was $27.5 billion, an increase of 4.5 percent (±1.5%)
from the second quarter of 2006
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

The Internet as a Resource for News and Information
about Science, Pew, 11/21/2006 
Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the
internet to carry out research on a scientific topic
or concept.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/191/source/rss/report_display.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

New Law Won't Stop Internet Gambling, PC World,
11/21/2006 
Federal legislation bans credit-card payments, but
sites have alternatives.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061121/tc_pcworld/127928
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Verizon FiosTV Sees First Rate Hike - Not so
un-cable-like after all?, Broadband Reports,
11/21/2006 
"Verizon is planning to raise rates for new FiOS
customers by January," writes in user TheTony. "While
existing customers will continue with their current
rates, they may later see the same increases," he
notes. Verizon tells Multi-Channel News the hike
reflects the "increased value for the service," which
includes the addition of 20 additional channels. Users
in our Verizon Fios forum discuss the hikes.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/79751
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

CDT Releases "Lame Duck" Internet Watch List, CDT,
11/21/2006 
CDT on Monday issued a special lame duck edition of
its "Internet Watch List," which identifies seven
legislative efforts that threaten the Internet and
fundamental civil liberties in the waning days of the
109th Congress. Unfortunately bills that would greatly
expand the authority to wiretap innocent Americans;
stifle socially valuable speech online; and limit
access to worthwhile social networking tools remain
very much in play despite the short legislative
calendar. CDT is urging lawmakers, journalists and
activists to remain vigilant to ensure that none of
these misguided measures becomes law.
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/949
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/legis/

CBS Is The Latest To Recognize That Downloading TV
Shows Leads To More TV Watching, Techdirt, 11/21/2006 
We were among those who were quite surprised when
Viacom and its subsidiary Comedy Central forced a
bunch of clips from its popular TV shows off of
YouTube, noting that those clips had done plenty to
attract new fans to the shows, while also keeping
existing fans interested in coming back for more.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061119/205117.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

FCC RFC National LambdaRail's Petition for
Reconsideration Rural Health Care, FCC, 11/21/2006 
On October 30, 2006, National LambdaRail, Inc. (NLR)
filed a petition for reconsideration or, in the
alternative, clarification[1] of the Commission’s
Order establishing a rural health care pilot program
to encourage the provision of telehealth and
telemedicine services throughout the nation.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-2279A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/


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