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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. 
If angels were to govern men, neither external nor
internal controls on government would be necessary. 
In framing a government which is to be administered by
men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you
must first enable the government to control the
governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control
itself. – James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788.

Broadband Speeds Averaging About 1/3 Of The Speed On
The Box, Techdirt, 8/8/2007 
By this point, everyone should know that broadband
providers always provide "up to" speeds with the
connections they sell. By "up to" they usually mean
under perfect conditions that you will never, ever
see. But just what kinds of speeds should...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070806/233904.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Broadband Europe 2007, Europa, 8/8/2007 
Broadband technology has become widely available,
evolving out of the labs, into the hands of policy
makers, politicians and the general public. As
governments and large-scale business users demand ever
more diverse and advanced applications for broadband
technologies; innovative companies find outlets for
their hardware and software solutions; commercial
opportunities are created; and end users get the
products they require. BroadBand Europe is uniquely
placed to spotlight all these developments. As the
only established annual global forum, that is
organised in Europe, by European organisations;
BroadBand Europe is at the heart of European broadband
technology and policy development. The event 2007 will
also feature an international trade-show, enabling to
present future initiatives and policies, to discuss
technology requirements with R&D and industry experts,
to meet professionals from around the world, and to
discover future applications.
http://www.broadbandeurope.biz/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

DSL (Copper) Plans To Stick Around - Demise due to
fiber greatly exaggerated, says firm, DSLreports,
8/8/2007 
Yes, we all would love to have fiber-to-the-home
connections, but market research firm iSuppli insists
that rumors of the death of copper have been greatly
exaggerated. The firm predicts that VDSL will in fact
be very popular as companies continue...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/DSL-Copper-Plans-To-Stick-Around-86430
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON THE
MOTION OF COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, NUVOX
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AND XO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC FOR
EXPEDITED ORDER ON VERIZON PETITION FOR FORBEARANCE.
(DA No. 07-3473). (Dkt No 04-440) PLEADING CYCLE
ESTABLI, FCC, 8/8/2007 
In this Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks
comment on a petition filed by Covad Communications
Group, NuVox Communications, Inc., and XO
Communications, LLC (jointly, Petitioners) requesting
that the Commission issue a written order addressing
the Verizon Telephone Companies’ (Verizon) petition
seeking forbearance from certain regulatory
requirements applicable to its provision of broadband
services
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3473A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/forbearance.htm

New Wi-Fi network proves critical in Minneapolis
bridge disaster, CW, 8/8/2007 
A two-month-old Wi-Fi network in Minneapolis is being
used to help emergency crews and city officials
grapple with this week's collapse of the I-35W bridge
over the Mississippi River.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/140444510/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Muni wireless is hero in Minneapolis bridge disaster,
MuniWireless, 8/8/2007 
Minneapolisâ??s downtown wireless network emerged as
the hero in rescue efforts following the collapse of
the I-35 bridge into the Mississippi River last
weekâ?"and the network is only partly complete.
Applications like this make the case for muni

http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/6302/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Satellite Broadband Usage Caps - WildBlue updates FAP,
DSLreports, 8/8/2007 
As recently noted, satellite broadband is your best
bet if you're out of range of other options, though
none of the major satellite providers get high marks
from our users: see reviews for Wild Blue, HughesNet
and StarBand. Aside from latency, a..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Satellite-Broadband-Usage-Caps-86390
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/satellite.htm

FCC Revises 700 MHz Rules to Advance Interoperable
Public Safety Communications and Promote Wireless
Broadband Deployment, FCC, 8/8/2007 
– In a Second Report & Order (Order) adopted today,
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised
the 700 MHz band plan and service rules to promote the
creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband
network for public safety and to facilitate the
availability of new and innovative wireless broadband
services for con
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-275669A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Response to the NY Times, Verizon, 8/8/2007 
The Times’s Aug. 6 editorial argues that “closed
networks” are the reason “cell phone technology in the
United States is so primitive compared with Europe’s
and Japan’s.”
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/JimGerace9/342/Response-to-the-NY-Times.aspx
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Alaska gets WiMAXed by AT&T, Gigaom, 8/8/2007 
AT&T’s Alaskan subsidiary, AT&T Alascom has launched a
WiMAX network in Alaska. The network is part of AT&T’s
long term WiMAX/Broadband plans is built with Alvarion
gear (ALVR). The 1 megabits per second service is
currently available in Juneau but will...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/142015643/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

FCC Says White-Space Spectrum Device Doesn't Work,
Techdirt, 8/8/2007 
A gaggle of tech companies, led by Google and
Microsoft, have been pushing the FCC to open up the
"white space" spectrum -- open airwaves in between
those used by TV broadcasts -- for use by electronic
devices and broadband services. This has been

http://techdirt.com/articles/20070807/114424.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Prototype Internet Device Fails FCC Test, Wash Post,
8/8/2007 
The government gave a failing grade to a prototype
device that Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Dell Inc.
and other technology companies said would beam
high-speed Internet service over unused television
airwaves.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080801140.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Senate Proposes Giving The FCC Authority To Regulate
Internet Content... For The Children, Techdirt,
8/8/2007 
Long ago politicians figured out that the way to get
controversial or overly broad legislation through
Congress was to simply say it's to protect the
children. No politician wants to see a commercial from
opponents in their next election about how...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070803/023933.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

US Government Wants to Filter Cellphone and Internet
Content, Wired, 8/8/2007 
Yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee approved new
legislation which could see the content blocking chip
finding its way into any device used to view
programming,...
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/us-government-w.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

The Good, the Bad, the Net Neutrality Detector, eweek,
8/8/2007 
DNS rebinding isn't just a dangerous design flaw in
client-side scripting, it's also a tool to detect
hostility to Net neutrality.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/141651516/0,1759,2167648,00.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Top 10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, July 2007,
Clickz, 8/8/2007 
The month's top search terms in 10 categories.
http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/141727875/showPage.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

IPv6 will require learning curve for network admins,
CW, 8/8/2007 
Implementing networks with the emerging IPv6 standard
will take substantial preparation, including training
developers and IPv6 administrators, according to an
independent research lab.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/141190035/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

IP address shortage to limit Internet access, USA
Today, 8/8/2007 
The seemingly boundless Internet is running out of a
key resource: new IP addresses. IP addresses, which
are somewhat like telephone numbers, allow machines in
homes and offices to..
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2007-08-03-ip-shortage_N.htm&cid=0&ei=ib6zRpm1OpDEowL-x8GyBQ
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

FTC to Host Town Hall to Examine Privacy Issues and
Online Behavioral Advertising, FTC, 8/8/2007 
The FTC will host a two-day Town Hall to bring
together consumer advocates, industry representatives,
technology experts, and academics to address the
consumer protection issues raised by the practice of
tracking consumers’ activities online to target
advertising – or “behavioral advertising.”
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/08/ehavioral.shtm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Comcast Annoys Customers Of Other Companies - Cutting
lines and lacking customer service, DSLreports,
8/8/2007 
Although some reports say that Comcast s customer
service is improving, the company is still known for
leaving its customers in the lurch. What s worse is
that they now appear to be creating problems for other
company s customers as well. At least,...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Annoys-Customers-Of-Other-Companies-86379
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

FiOS TV 2.0, an IMG Update, Verizon, 8/8/2007 
One month ago today, we had bloggers with ZNF get
their hands dirty with FiOS TV’s Interactive Media
Guide (IMG), called “FiOSTV 2.0” by some.   It’s been
rolling out across the 12 states we offer FiOS TV
(next week: Massachusetts!) and so thought...
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/CZBlogger1/341/FiOS-TV-2-0-an-IMG-Update-.aspx
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

How FiOS Impacts The Cable Market - In Massachusetts,
RCN takes bigger hit on the chin..., DSLreports,
8/8/2007 
An intelligence firm by the name of OneTrak this
morning emailed us this latest report exploring the
impact Verizon's FiOS has had on cable and satellite
operators. In particular, they focused on the 34
Massachusetts cities and towns...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/How-FiOS-Impacts-The-Cable-Market-86451
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Verizon Faces Hearing on Service Complaints, Ecommerce
Times, 8/8/2007 
Saying it was not given sufficient time to comply with
a sweeping order to turn over documents related to
customer service, phone giant Verizon on Monday sought
to put off a hearing into the issue until next week.
The Maryland Public Service...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58705.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Who’s afraid of FiOS?, Gigaom, 8/8/2007 
Verizon’s FiOS Broadband and TV service is widely
believed to be kryptonite for Cable Companies. Add
satellite companies to the list, according to a study
conducted by OneTrak, a market research firm. They
looked at 34 Massachusetts towns and came up with
interesting...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/141891408/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Internet Archive malfunction leads to interesting DMCA
and infringement case, Internet Cases, 8/8/2007 
Healthcare Advocates, Inc. v. Harding, Earley, Follmer
& Frailey, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2007 WL 2085358 (E.D.
Pa., July 20, 2007). [Download the opinion] (This case
has been pretty well covered already in the legal
blogosphere, including here and here, but this.
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/08/internet_archiv_1.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Elton calls for internet blackout, Ireland Online,
8/8/2007 
Elton John is convinced the only way to save music is
to shut the internet down. The British pop superstar
fears there's "too much..
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=227374360&p=zz7375x66
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

Nothing to Watch on TV? Streaming Video Appeals to
Niche Audiences, NYT, 8/8/2007 
The potential of new streaming video services is
unleashing a torrent of programming aimed at narrowly
defined audiences.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/business/media/06stream.html?ex=1344052800&en=243c521a5244d4a4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Class-action suit against YouTube grows to eight
parties, Ars technica, 8/8/2007 
Google and YouTube continue to maintain that the site
is operating under the letter of the law due to the
DMCA's Safe Harbor provision, which...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070807-class-action-suit-against-youtube-grows-to-eight-parties.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Congress Votes to Expand Warrantless Wiretapping, CDT,
8/8/2007 
Following the Senate's lead, the House of
Representatives on Saturday night voted to expand
warrantless intelligence surveillance of international
communications -- including those between people in
the United States and people abroad.
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1035
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Survey: Cost of Cybercrime Reaches $7 Billion, eweek,
8/8/2007 
A study by Consumer Reports finds cybercrime has cost
U.S. consumers more than $7 billion during the last
two years.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/141222497/0,1759,2167203,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Inouye and Stevens Introduce Bill to Promote Internet
Safety, Protect Children from Online Predators,
Senate, 8/8/2007 
Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye
(D-Hawaii) joined Committee Vice Chairman Ted Stevens
(R-Alaska) late last night to introduce a bill to
promote Internet Safety and to protect children from
cybercrimes, including crimes committed by online
predators. The Protecting Children in the 21st Century
Act, S. 1965, also enhances efforts to identify and
eliminate child pornography, and helps parents prevent
the exposure of inappropriate material to their
children. The bill is cosponsored by Senators Mark
Pryor (D-Ark.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Jay Rockefeller
(D-W.Va.), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas).
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248915
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Estonian Cyber-War Highlights Civilian
Vulnerabilities, eweek, 8/8/2007 
A cooperative effort prevented attacks from taking
down critical infrastructure.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/141630924/0,1759,2166125,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm

Checks And Balances, We Hardly Knew Ye - Lawyer: FISA
'reform' the final nail in privacy casket...,
DSLreports, 8/8/2007 
Congress over the weekend voted to amend the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. Dubbed
the "Protect America Act," the bill was pitched by the
Bush Administration as a shoring up of FISA to better
help intelligence agencies adapt..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Checks-And-Balances-We-Hardly-Knew-Ye-86418
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

Votes on New FISA Law Available, Tech Lib Front,
8/8/2007 
The vote tallies on Public Law 110-55, subject of some
consternation around here, are up on
WashingtonWatch.com, in case you want to see how your
representatives represent you.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/141961240/042653.php
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

Phishers Now Targeting Domain Registrars, CircleID,
8/8/2007 
This is an issue of some concern and should be watched
carefully: phishers are now trying to get passwords of
domain registrants (domain owners). Currently,
correspondents inform me that GoDaddy is the target,
but there's no reason to think the...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/070807_phishing_domain_name_registration/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm

Researchers Warn of AJAX Security Risks, CW, 8/8/2007 
The rush to add AJAX functionality leaves a great many
Web sites vulnerable to a variety of security threats,
according to two researchers who demonstrated a few of
them at the Black Hat USA gathering
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/141075302/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/vulnerable.htm

The Can Spam Failure - Four years later...,
DSLreports, 8/8/2007 
Back when the Can Spam Act was first being proposed,
we, along with everybody else, pointed out that the
likely result would be more spam, as its primary
interest was to protect "legit" mass marketers. Lo and
behold, some four years later, The New...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Can-Spam-Failure-86455
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/canspam.htm

America’s Worst CAN-SPAM Suit Ends, CircleID, 8/8/2007

Jim Gordon is a guy in Washington state who has filed
a lot of CAN SPAM suits. His best known is the one
against Virtumundo, a company with a long and sorry
history of bad mailing practices, and a charter
membership in the Spamhaus Block List (SBL)....
http://www.circleid.com/posts/070808_worst_can_spam_suit_ends/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

Guy Suing Spammers Under CAN-SPAM Told To Pay Legal
Fees Of The Company He Sued, Techdirt, 8/8/2007 
When Congress first passed the CAN SPAM law, they were
very clear that it wasn't to be used by the everyday
citizen to sue spammers. Instead, it was only for ISPs
or the government. Of course, a group of anti-spam
fighters quickly came up with...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070807/005917.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

CAN-SPAM Defendant Awarded $111k in Fees/Costs--Gordon
v. Virtumundo, Tech & Marketing Law, 8/8/2007 
I believe this ruling represents the first time that a
CAN-SPAM plaintiff has been ordered to pay attorneys'
fees and costs to a defendant.
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/08/canspam_defenda.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

EarthLink's role in San Francisco hangs in the
balance, MuniWireless, 8/8/2007 
San Franciscoâs proposed municipal Wi-Fi network has
been pushed back againâ"this time at the request of
EarthLink, the provider tapped to build it. The
company asked the cityâs board of supervisors to delay
a vote scheduled this week until at least...
http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/6287/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm

COMMENT SOUGHT ON DRAFT ELIGIBLE SERVICES LIST FOR
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES UNIVERSAL SERVICE MECHANISM.,
FCC, 8/8/2007 
On December 23, 2003, the Commission adopted a rule
that formalizes the process for updating the eligible
services list for the schools and libraries universal
service support mechanism.   Under this rule, the
Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is
required to submit annually a draft eligible services
list for the following funding year.  The rule also
requires that the Commission issue a Public Notice
seeking comment on USAC’s proposed eligible services
list.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-130A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

SunRocket Customer Lists Being Sold - Vonage starts
hitting users up with sales pitch...., DSLreports,
8/8/2007 
Looking to recoup investor losses, SunRocket's
liquidator Sherwood Partners is (as one might expect)
busy selling everything that's not nailed down. The
company has sold limited hardware assets, and they
even sold Packet8 and TeleBlend the right to

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/SunRocket-Customer-Lists-Being-Sold-86412
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

IP-Enabled Services; Implementation of Sections 255
and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
Enacted by the, Fed Reg, 8/8/2007 
In this document, the Commission extends the
disability access requirements that currently apply to
telecommunications service providers and equipment
manufacturers under section 255 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), to..
http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-08-06-E7-15086
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ada.htm

Diebold Flaws Pose Election Risks in Fla., CW,
8/8/2007 
Researchers at Florida State University found flaws in
Diebold e-voting machines that could compromise
election results.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/141075307/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

Diebold voting machines vulnerable to virus attack,
CW, 8/8/2007 
The current scourging of electronic-voting systems
continues as researchers report that Diebold Election
System's e-voting machines can be compromised quite
simply by an attacker, and are not secure enough to
guarantee a trustworthy election. ...
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/140264741/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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