[Cybertel-Ann] 8.14.7 :: US Leads WiMAX :: Oops, AT&T Did It Again :: How DO Domain Names Taste? :: Gonage :: Loose Lips Sink Identities :: Against DNSSEC :: Got FiOS? ::

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"The modern
thief can steal more with a computer than with a gun.  Tomorrow's terrorist may be able to do more
damage with a keyboard than with a bomb." 
National Research Council, Computers at Risk (1991).

U.S. leads in WiMAX investments, MuniWireless,
8/14/2007 

According to a new report
from the Market Intelligence Center, worldwide investments in WiMAX are expected
to reach $5.2 billion over the next year, with the United States leading the
world in investment activity.

http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/6318/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

FCC rejects 'white space'-sniffing device, CNET,
8/14/2007 

A device intended to operate
in the spectrum between channels not used for broadcasts gets a failing grade.

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9757317-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Microsoft Screws Up the White Spaces; or, Why Citizens
Movements Are Citizen Driven — the L..., Tales from the Sausage Factory,
8/14/2007 

As most of you may have heard
by now, the case for using the television “white spaces” for unlicensed use hit
an unfortunate snag when the prototype submitted by Microsoft and the tech
allies did not perform according to spec. MS and ..

http://www.wetmachine.com/item/868

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

AT&T's Blue Room Censors Pearl Jam - Starts
network neutrality scuff-up..., DSLreports, 8/14/2007

AT&T's Blue Room is the
company's broadband portal aimed at delivering music and other content to
broadband users. Over the weekend, the website broadcast live acts from
Lollapalooza, but according to the Pearl Jam website, the company censored...

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATampTs-Blue-Room-Censors-Pearl-Jam-86462

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

AT&T Censors Pearl Jam . . . and?, Isen,
8/14/2007 

So AT&T has this music
portal called The Blue Room, and during a recent Pearl Jam performance they
censored lyrics that said, "George Bush, leave this world alone" and
"George Bush find yourself another home." According to Information
Week...

http://isen.com/blog/2007/08/at-censors-pearl-jam-and.html

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Did ATT censor Pearl Jam and can we trust them with
the Internet?, Future of Music, 8/14/2007 

Pearl Jam closed Lollapalooza
in Chicago on Sunday night with what was by all accounts a rousing performance,
but if you weren’t there you didn’t see the whole show. According to a Pearl
Jam press release, ATT, which had the exclusive rights to...

http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2007/08/did-att-censor-pearl-jam-and-can-we.html

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

AT&T Plays Gatekeeper. Censors Pearl Jam.,
Save the
Internet, 8/14/2007 

Over the weekend AT&T
gave us a glimpse of their plans for the Web when they censored a Pearl Jam
performance that didn’t meet their standard of “Internet freedom.” During the
live Lollapalooza Webcast of a concert by the...

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/08/09/att-plays-gatekeeper-censors-pearl-jam/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

AT&T Censored Other Bands, Too - Isolated incident
apparently not so isolated..., DSLreports, 8/14/2007

Last week, AT&T was
busted for censoring the live performance of Pearl Jam via their Blue Room
broadband portal after the band criticized the President. At the time, AT&T
issued a number of statements suggesting it was a rogue error by a content...

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATampT-Censored-Other-Bands-Too-86617

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

AT&T admits it censored other bands, CNET,
8/14/2007 

AT&T has apparently
deleted portions of other bands' performances, the company admitted.

http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9759184-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

NY Times discovers true network neutrality but focuses
on wrong issue, MuniWireless, 8/14/2007 

The New York Times featured
an article today on the European Commission's continued struggle to create more
competition in the market for broadband services, notably, Commissioner Viviane
Reding's push for functional separation of the infrastructure...

http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/6320/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Oops, They Did It Again, PK,
8/14/2007 

It was nice that AT&T
apologized for that little flap over censoring Pearl Jam. Just a censor with an
itchy trigger finger, the company said. Now there are reports that maybe this
wasn’t a one-time thing. According to the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los…

http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/143775812/1164

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Request for Information on Domain Tasting, ICANN,
8/14/2007 

In view of the increase in
domain tasting, the GNSO Council recently considered an Issues Report on Domain
Tasting [PDF, 425K] and resolved to form an ad hoc group for further
fact-finding on the effects of this practice. The ad hoc group has prepared a
Request for Information [PDF, 25K] to assist in gathering facts and opinions,
while inviting both qualitative and quantitative input. The group would
especially appreciate statistical and other empirical evidence to support your
responses, or references to potential sources of information. To be considered
by the group, information should be submitted no later than 15 September 2007 to
rfi-domaintasting at icann.org. Comments may be viewed at
http://forum.icann.org/lists/rfi-domaintasting/.

http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-10aug07.htm

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

The Case Against DNSSEC, CircleID,
8/14/2007 

I was talking to my good
friend Verner Entwhistle the other day when he suddenly turned to me and said
"I don't think we need DNSSEC". Sharp intake of breath. Transpired
after a long and involved discussion his case boiled down to four points: 1....

http://www.circleid.com/posts/070814_case_against_dnssec/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Maryland Grills Verizon - Over repair delays and
complaint spikes..., DSLreports, 8/14/2007

Maryland is applying the heat
to Verizon after complaints exceeded the state standard for missed service
appointments for five months running. Complaints have spiked by some 50%, and
some users have waited weeks for telephone repair

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Maryland-Grills-Verizon-86479

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

If Only FiOS Billing Was As Good As FiOS - Phantom
charges and months-late bundle discounts..., DSLreports, 8/14/2007 

FiOS is deservedly seeing
good reviews from our users because of the speed and reliability of the
connections. Verizon is deservedly seeing praise for being the only telco with
the foresight to see that fiber is the future. However, if FiOS has a...

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/If-Only-FiOS-Billing-Was-As-Good-As-FiOS-86464

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Verizon Denies Home Fire - A day in the life of telco
damage control, DSLreports, 8/14/2007

As we mentioned last week,
fires, explosions and burned fences are sometimes par for the course when it
comes to some broadband installs. We also directed your attention to one
Verizon customer who says the technician drilled through their...

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Denies-Home-Fire-86609

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Vonage subscriber drive stalls in U.S., Globe and
Mail, 8/14/2007 

Drop in recruitment means
that Vonage cedes top spot to Comcast as the largest U.S. provider of digital
phone service

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/142412318/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

Vonage Death Watch: Q2 07 Net Adds Plummet,
IP
Democracy, 8/14/2007 

Troubled VoIP pioneer Vonage
issued its Q2 07 earnings report this morning showing decent revenue growth and
a remarkable reduction in net losses. But, the trouble surrounding Vonage’s
patent lawsuit defeat combined with strong triple-play..

http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/08/09/#002616

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

Censors powerless against the Net, Globe and
Mail, 8/14/2007 

Pro-Tibet activists in China
caught the world's attention this week using an 'age-old tactic' with a savvy,
modern twist

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/142386219/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Judge Rules That Novell, Not SCO, Owns Unix Copyrights,
Techdirt,
8/14/2007 

For years, ever since SCO
first sued IBM for infringement found in Linux, SCO has had trouble proving any
of its claims. SCO was still quite cocky about the idea that once the case (and
the various associated cases) got to court, it would show..

http://techdirt.com/articles/20070810/184153.shtml

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/

Is There Any Need For The Concept Of A TV Channel Any
More?, Techdirt, 8/14/2007 

More than two years ago, we
wondered if the concept of a TV channel was going away. After all, with things
like TiVo as well as the ability to watch TV streamed or downloaded online, was
anyone still paying attention to which channel a particular...

http://techdirt.com/articles/20070806/160811.shtml

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Ma Bell Was 80 Years Ahead of Me, Tech Lib
Front, 8/14/2007 

One of this week's podcast
guests, Derek Slater, has a fantastic post over at the EFF blog on AT&T's
flip-flopping position on domestic surveillance. In 1928, in an amicus brief in
the famous Olmstead wiretapping case, Ma Bell made the same comparison I made
earlier this...

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/142453768/042658.php

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

UN Internet sites under repair after hacker attack,
Globe and
Mail, 8/14/2007 

Group used technique called
SQL injection to take advantage of flawed database programming, CNET reports

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/144040222/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/hacker.htm

Loose-Lipped Facebookers Tell All to ID Thieves,
Ecommerce
Times, 8/14/2007 

Some Facebook users are too
friendly and play too loose with necessary security precautions, concluded a
Tuesday report released by computer security firm Sophos. In the report, the
company warns social network users about the dangers...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58830.html

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Spam Distribution Infrastructure: New Study Finds 94%
of Scams Hosted on Individual Web Servers, CircleID, 8/14/2007 

Computer scientists, Geoff
Voelker and Stefan Savage, from UC San Diego have found striking differences
between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used
to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email...

http://www.circleid.com/posts/070809_spam_distribution_infrastructure_new_study/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

VoIP and 911: Emergencies Lost in the Fog, Ecommerce
Times, 8/14/2007 

It's now a well-known fact
that on the Internet, no one knows you're a dog, but when it comes to Internet
telephony, the bigger concern is that no one might know where you are either.
Dial 911 for emergency assistance, and you could be out...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58688.html

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/911.htm

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