[Cybertel-Ann] 10.30.6 :: 37 Years Old :: Net Neutral :: ICANN & UN :: Betting on Safety :: Bring In the Usual Suspects ::

Mon Oct 30 19:24:53 PST 2006

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The Internet is based on a layered, end-to-end model
that allows people at each level of the network to
innovate free of any central control. By placing
intelligence at the edges rather than control in the
middle of the network, the Internet has created a
platform for innovation.
Vinton Cerf 

Verizon: 522,000 Fios Customers - 118,000 of whom have
Fios TV service, Broadband Reports, 10/30/2006 
Verizon this morning posted positive earnings, buoyed
by strong Verizon Wireless performance. Verizon saw
448,000 net new broadband connections and 147,000 FiOS
Internet customers, bringing their broadband customer
total to 6.6 million. The company now has a total of
522,000 Fios customers, 118,000 of whom subscribe to
Fios TV service. According to the telco, Penetration
of FiOS now stands at 14 percent across all markets.
The investor webcast, currently ongoing, is linked to
here.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/79209
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fiber.htm

Alfred Kahn on Network Neutrality, Isen, 10/30/2006 
I've had the great good fortune to meet the man who
guided the deregulation of the airlines and the
trucking industry, Alfred Kahn, at the Silicon
Flatirons Broadband Migration Conference last year and
the year before. Thanking him for my $357 NYC-DEN-NYC
plane ticket -- which included free first class
upgrades in both directions -- was one of the
highlights of my life.
http://www.isen.com/blog/2006/10/alfred-kahn-on-network-neutrality.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Net Neutrality: Video, Farley's Blog, 10/30/2006 
I want to speak out about net neutrality. I worked at
an internet service provider for a short period of
time, and the discussion around this subject was a
buzz all over the industry. Please watch this video,
and let you're congressman know how you feel!
http://nicarley.blogspot.com/2006/10/net-neutrality-video.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Big Cable's ridiculous Net Neutrality smear video,
Ramblefish, 10/30/2006 
The neutricidal maniacs at the National Cable and
Telecommunications Association have fielded this
embarrassing anti-Net-Neutrality advertisement. Net
Neutrality is the idea that your ISP should just send
you the data you ask for, instead of charging each
Internet service for "guaranteed delivery" to your
computer.
http://ramblefishing.blogspot.com/2006/10/big-cables-ridiculous-net-neutrality.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Top U.S. Parent Companies and Stickiest Brands on the
Web, Clickz, 10/30/2006 
A look at which brands get visitors, and which ones
keep users engaged the longest at home and work.
http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623793
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

International net domains 'risky', BBC, 10/30/2006 
Technology to help the internet handle international
character sets could split the network, says net
pioneer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6099370.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

'Gambits' are a risk to Internet domain system, IHT,
10/30/2006 
Vinton Cerf, a communications expert known as a father
of the Internet, said Sunday that he feared the
network's addressing system would break down if
"political gambits" by international groups or
national agencies interfere with plans to expand the
languages used in domain names.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/29/business/net.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

EU exec praises ICANN work on Internet, AP, 10/30/2006

A top EU official praised the United States'
commitment to pull back from its historic oversight of
the Internet as a worldwide conference on the
network's future opened Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061030/ap_on_hi_te/un_internet_governance
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

First Internet Governance Forum: Internet must remain
the driver for democracy and economic development,
says Commission, Europa, 10/30/2006 
The first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum
(IGF) began in Athens on Monday, 30 October. It is an
important milestone agreed last November at the World
Summit on the Information Society in Tunis (WSIS) as
part of the drive to internationalise internet
governance, to safeguard freedom online and to bridge
the global digital divide.
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1491&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

IPv6: Behind the hype, NW Fusion, 10/30/2006 
IPv6 backers have touted the next-generation Internet
technology for years, warning U.S. service providers
and enterprises that if they don't upgrade soon
they'll fall hopelessly behind their Asian and
European competitors. These worrywarts may finally be
getting it right.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/103006-ipv6.html?fsrc=netflash-rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

How The Ban On Online Gambling May Make Us Less Safe,
Techdirt, 10/30/2006 
As you may recall, a few weeks ago we better protected
our ports by banning online gambling. Unfortunately,
however, the culture secretary in the UK is suggesting
that the unintended consequences of this move may make
Americans a lot less safe. Tessa Jowell compares the
situation to what happened in the US in the 1920s with
Prohibition.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061027/115503.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Britain Criticizes U.S. Online Bet Ban, Wash Post,
10/30/2006 
Britain's culture secretary on Friday compared the
U.S. crackdown on online gambling to the failed
alcohol ban of the Prohibition as she prepared to host
an international summit on Internet gambling next
week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/27/AR2006102700619.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

AT&T Nixes Net-Neutrality Proposal, Multichannel News,
10/30/2006 
A senior AT&T executive rejected a proposal that would
require the company to adhere to
Internet-nondiscrimination rules in order to gain
approval from the Federal Communications Commission to
merge with BellSouth.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6386263.html?display=Breaking+News
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att_bs.htm

Verizon profit up, Internet additions disappoint,
Reuters, 10/30/2006 
Mr. Seidenberg became chairman of the Board on January
1, 2004. He has served as the sole CEO since April 1,
2002, after serving as co-CEO when... Full Bio. By
Ritsuko Ando. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon
Communications Inc.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=hotStocksNews&storyID=2006-10-30T221717Z_01_WEN8364_RTRUKOC_0_US-TELECOMS-VERIZON-EARNS.xml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Iranian ISPs defy regulator ban on high-speed
internet, Iran News, 10/30/2006 
Iranian internet service providers (ISPs) are defying
a ban from their government on the sale of high-speed
internet access in the country.
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_18577.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

Greece Still Having Trouble Figuring Out The Internet:
Arrests Blog Aggregator For Aggregating Content It
Doesn't Like, Techdirt, 10/30/2006 
It would be nice to believe that the Greek government
and their cybercrime officials have at least some
grasp of technology -- but time and time it appears
they do not. After all, this is the country that
banned video games after the government felt it was
too confusing to distinguish between something like
solitaire and online gambling. Even worse, they
arrested a programmer because some people he met got
spammed. That was the entire connection.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061030/015407.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

DMCA Subpoenas Should Not Be Abused to Silence Speech,
EFF, 10/30/2006 
The much maligned Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA) allows a copyright holders to unmask an
Internet user's identity based on a mere allegation of
infringement without filing an actual lawsuit or
providing the user any due process. DMCA 512(h) is
troubling enough when used in cases of actual
infringement, but even more troubling when used to
stifle critical speech -- and far worse when the
content at issue is about the subpoena-seekers, not by
them.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004973.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Big plans for TV on the Web, MSNBC, 10/30/2006 
Google Inc. recently agreed to spend $1.65 billion for
YouTube.  But that figure could soon be surpassed if
some emerging companies achieve their broader visions
for the future of online TV.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15481825/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Skype founders plan to launch Web TV service: paper,
Reuters, 10/30/2006 
The founders of file-swapping service KaZaA and
Internet calling program Skype plan to launch
advertising-supported Internet television shortly,
Skype co-founder Janus Friis told a Danish newspaper.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061026/wr_nm/skype_television_dc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

ID Thefts Slam Online Brokers, CW, 10/30/2006 
Overseas hackers used keylogging software to break
into the accounts of ETrade and TD Ameritrade
customers as part of a stock-trading scheme that led
to at least $22 million in losses.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=270665&source=rss_news10
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

New Windows attack can kill firewall, NW Fusion,
10/30/2006 
Hackers have published code that could let an attacker
disable the Windows Firewall on certain Windows XP
machines.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/103006-new-windows-attack-can-kill.html?fsrc=netflash-rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

The Governator Tackles Broadband, Broadband Reports,
10/30/2006 
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday
signed an executive order aimed at making California a
broadband leader.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/79213
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

Decatur, Georgia seeks ISP to run municipal wireless
network, Muniwireless, 10/30/2006 
The City of Decatur is looking for an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) that will provide customer acquisition
services as well as operate and maintain a wireless
network that will serve educational, residential,
commercial, municipal and public safety customers
within the city’s boundaries. Decatur recently
received a grant from the State of Georgia’s Wireless
Communities Georgia (WCG) [...]
http://muniwireless.com/municipal/bids/1437
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ga.htm

New Orleans' Free Wi-Fi Network to Go Dark, IP
Democracy, 10/30/2006 
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’
set up a free Wi-Fi network for businesses and
residents to get connected to the Internet, providing
a lifeline for a battered city. The network was built
after receiving an exemption from a Louisiana state
law that barred the provision of free municipal Wi-Fi
service and over the reported objections of incumbent
telco BellSouth. Now, with the city coming back to
life and the crisis receding, New Orleans’ free Wi-Fi
network will go dark after the New Year, replaced by a
private network owned by EarthLink. EarthLink,
however, promises to continue offering free service
with a 300 kbps tier.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2006/10/27/#002072
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/la.htm

Cox Digital Telephone Now Offered in All Cox Markets,
Cox, 10/30/2006 
More than 1.9 million customers choose Cox’s lifeline
telephone service over incumbent telephone provider
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=22873
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Foreign Ownership of Machines Latest E-Voting Fear
Factor, Ecommerce Times, 10/30/2006 
Concerns have been growing that voting machine mishaps
might undermine the results of the upcoming
Congressional elections -- among the most bitterly
fought in recent memory -- either through glitches in
the new technology or through outright fraud. The
latest worry? The ownership of Boca Raton, Fla.-based
Smartmatic, which last year acquired Sequoia Voting
Systems -- a provider of electronic voting machines
that will be used in more than 30 states next month.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/53991.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

Diebold Quietly Recalled Voting Machine Motherboards,
Freedom to Tinker, 10/30/2006 
Diebold replaced the motherboard (i.e., the main
electronic component) on about 4700 of Maryland’s
AccuVote-TS voting machines in 2005, according to
Cameron Barr’s story in Thursday’s Washington Post.
The company and state officials kept the recall quiet
— even some members of the state’s Board of Elections
were unaware of it until contacted by the Post. (”If
they had asked, we would have told them,” an official
said.)
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1080
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

ISP Record Retention, CT, 10/30/2006 
Once again the Federal government is making noise,
attempting to persuade ISPs to retain their records.
[CNET] ISP server logs maintain a virtual breadcrumb
trail of every song you download, blog message you
post, and political website you visit. This may be a
good thing if you are The Man and you are trying to
hunt down Mr. Bad-guy. This may be a bad thing is your
country is confronted with a
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2006/10/isp-record-retention.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm

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