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Tue Apr 17 19:13:46 PDT 2007

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It is one if the greater ironies of computer history
that the vision of the hippies had to be married to
the technology funded and fostered by the Pentagon,
before the world of integrated information and
communication became possible. - Stephen Segaller,
NERDS2.0

FCC Begins Inquiries on Broadband Data and Broadband
Deployment., FCC, 4/17/2007 
The first is a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) under Section
706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into whether
broadband services are being deployed to all Americans
in a reasonable and timely fashion.  The second is a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) exploring ways to
collect information the Commission needs to set
broadband policy in the future.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-272365A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

Broadband Deployment Notice of Inquiry, FCC, 4/17/2007

Notice of Inquiry
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-21A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

FCC Launches Inquiry into Broadband Market Practices.,
FCC, 4/17/2007 
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-31A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

FTTH Council's '100Mbps Nation' - Is it more than just
a pipe dream?, Broadband Reports, 4/17/2007 
The FTTH council renewed calls yesterday for a
"100Mbps Nation" by 2015 (pdf). The outfit, which is
comprised primarily of hardware & telecom vendors
eager for a sale, is pushing hard for any and all new
laws that would make such speeds "universal"...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83083
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fiber.htm

Canadian Law Prof Wants Rogers To 'Come Clean' -
Pushes for network neutrality legislation, Broadband
Reports, 4/17/2007 
Canadian law professor Michael Geist has more to say
about the heavy traffic shaping being done by Canadian
cable provider Rogers Communications, using the
company's tactics as a reason for network neutrality
laws. "From a consumer perspective, it...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83064
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Broadband Data Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC,
4/17/2007 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-17A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Top ISPs By Subscriber - Comcast gets bigger, AOL gets
smaller, Broadband Reports, 4/17/2007 
ISP Planet once again offers their quarterly report on
the country's largest ISPs (based on available data).
The song remains the same: AOL continues to bleed
subscribers, Comcast and the baby bells continue to
grow and smaller operations continue...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83049
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

The State of Global Cybersquatting in 2007, IBLS,
4/17/2007 
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
reports Internet cybersquatting is exploding globally,
up 25% in 2006 over the previous year, as even
software colossus Microsoft's Bill Gates lost a
symbolic case involving his Corbis images...
http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1733
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/acpa.htm

DHS publicly acknowledges DNSSEC root signing spec,
IGP, 4/17/2007 
Nearly five months after the fact, DHS acknowledged
widely last week the release of a draft technical
specification for signing and securing the DNS Root
Zone. Signing the root is considered a critical step
toward the widespread deployment of...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/109237089/2881860.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

House to Vote on Bill to Ban Web Site Names That
Resemble Those of U.S. Agencies, NYT, 4/17/2007 
The vote would clarify a 1994 law that bars “any” use
of the name of the Treasury and the I.R.S. to solicit
business.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/technology/17web.html?ex=1334462400&en=70951e68b6f352cc&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/us.htm

Final Task Force Report On Whois Services, 16 March
2007, ICANN, 4/17/2007 
The Whois Task Force has submitted its Final Task
Force Report on Whois Services to the GNSO Council.
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar07.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/whois.htm

Getting WHOIS Server Address Directly from Registry,
CircleID, 4/17/2007 
If you want to find out the WHOIS server for a
particular TLD then in many cases you can do it with a
simple DNS lookup. Just query for an SRV record for
the domain _nicname._tcp.tld, like this... Many other
TLDs follow this convention including .au...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/whois_server_address_registry/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/whois.htm

US - Measures Affecting The Cross Border Supply of
Gambling and Betting Services, WTO, 4/17/2007 
For the reasons set out in this Report, the Panel
concludes that the United States has failed to comply
with the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in
this dispute.
http://www.wto.int/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/285rw-a_e.pdf
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Would A Greentech Bubble Be Such A Bad Thing?,
Techdirt, 4/17/2007 
Paul Kedrosky highlights a key point all the way at
the end of an article in the new business magazine,
Portfolio, about the the growing interest from venture
capital investors in "green tech" or "clean tech."
What Kedrosky notes is Kleiner...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070416/024216.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

Sprint May Buy Vonage - Companies in talks, deal 'on
the table', Broadband Reports, 4/17/2007 
Light Reading is reporting that Sprint and Vonage are
in talks to help the VoIP provider overcome their
patent troubles, and a possible Sprint purchase of
Vonage is "on the table." The two companies are eyeing
April 24 as a possible deal date --..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83068
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

Vonage’s Chief Executive Steps Down, NYT, 4/17/2007 
The successor immediately announced plans to
restructure the company and slash marketing costs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/business/13vonage.html?ex=1334116800&en=d64f7eec3466083d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

Copyright Board Upholds Webcasting Decision - Says
webcasters didn't offer any new arguments, Broadband
Reports, 4/17/2007 
As recently mentioned, webcasters are fighting for
their lives against a new RIAA-lobbied royalty rate
system that will leave most operators unable to
sustain themselves. Despite clear illumination by
webcasters of how dire their financial position...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83082
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Judges Reject Appeals From Webcasters, Wash Post,
4/17/2007 
Internet radio broadcasters were dealt a setback
Monday when a panel of copyright judges threw out
requests to reconsider a ruling that hiked the
royalties they must pay to record companies and
artists.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041700463.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters, BBC, 4/17/2007 
Sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the
nascent web radio industry, broadcasters warn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6562823.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

New Internet Radio Rate Plan Could Mean End for Small
Webcasters, Ecommerce Times, 4/17/2007 
Rusty Hodge got into Internet broadcasting seven years
ago after becoming frustrated with the FM radio
stations in San Francisco, where he worked as a Web
engineer. His brainchild, SomaFM, started off as a
jumble of computers in his garage,...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/56897.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Is it time to scrap the internet?, Mail & Gaurdian,
4/17/2007 
Although it has already taken nearly four decades to
get this far in building the internet, some university
researchers with the federal government's blessing
want to scrap all that and start ove
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=304941&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm

Safer Internet plus Call for proposals 2007, Europa,
4/17/2007 
A new Call for proposals will be launched under the
Safer Internet plus programme in 2007. The provisional
date for publication is end of June. The provisional
deadline for receipt of proposals will be the end of
September 2007.
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/call/proposals/index_en.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Internet traffic prioritisation, OECD, 4/17/2007 
nternet traffic prioritisation is an increasingly
important policy issue as bandwidth demands increase
and Internet applications require higher levels of
quality of service to function well. Debates about
traffic prioritisation, particularly in the..
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/63/38405781.pdf
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/priority.htm

Botworms exploit Windows DNS bug, CW, 4/17/2007 
Rumors Monday of a pending assault on a known 0day bug
in Microsoft's Windows DNS Server Service were borne
out late in the day as researchers around the Web
confirmed scattered sightings of botworms attempting
to exploit the hole. Microsoft, meanwhile, scrambles
to...
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/109722625/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

Free Speech Coalition v Shurtleff, Case No.
2:05CV949DAK. MO&O (CDUT Mar 23, 2007), CDUT,
4/17/2007 
Motion to enjoin Utah Spam law on the grounds that (1)
it is preempted by the Can Spam Act and (2) it
violations the Dormant Commerce Clause - denied
http://www.steptoe.com/assets/attachments/2941.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Early Time Change Costs Kid 12 Days In Jail, Techdirt,
4/17/2007 
The early start on daylight savings time passed last
month with little impact, both in terms of the
predicted aclockalypse as well as the energy savings
it was supposed to generate. However, the shift did
have some severe consequences for one...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070416/103859.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/year2000/

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