[Cybertel-Ann] 8.16.7 :: Cisco & Muni Broadband :: DirecTV & BPL :: Sprint & WiMAX :: FCC & M2Z :: Skype & Outage :: Wikipaganda ::

Thu Aug 16 18:26:01 PDT 2007

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“The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions
and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments
about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and
expressed. What the Constitution says is that these
judgments are for the individual to make, not for the
Government to decree, even with the mandate or
approval of a majority. Technology expands the
capacity to choose; and it denies the potential of
this revolution if we assume the Government is best
positioned to make these choices for us.”—Supreme
Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy 

Comcast: a Naked AT&T Is No Threat - Cable giant
brushes aside dry loop DSL, users discover bundle 97,
DSLreports, 8/16/2007 
In Austin, Chicago and Jacksonville, AT&T is trialing
a new naked DSL (no mandatory landline) service aimed
at college students who've never really had POTS. In
Jacksonville, the naked service tacks $5 on the usual
price of DSL service with a...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-a-Naked-ATampT-Is-No-Threat-86692
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm

Cisco writing muni broadband's next chapter?,
MuniWireless, 8/16/2007 
Cisco Systems Inc. is preparing a series of
application initiatives that could reshape and
energize the municipal broadband market,
MuniWireless.com has learned. Some Cisco insiders and
partners refer to the initiatives as "Mesh 2.0" -- a
clear..
http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/6313/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

DirecTV to Partner with Current on BPL, IP Democracy,
8/16/2007 
Now that municipal Wi-Fi networks have been
discredited as viable technologies for mounting a
third broadband pipeline into the home, all we’re left
with in the short-term is an even more difficult
technology, broadband-over-power-lines (BPL)....
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/08/15/#002623
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

700Mhz: Devil In the Details - Carterfone principles
probably not enforceable, DSLreports, 8/16/2007 
After the FCC released their 700Mhz broadband spectrum
auction rules (pdf) a few weeks ago, there was ample
applause that the Commission at least met Google's
demands half-way. People assumed that while the FCC
wasn't going to force true open...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/700Mhz-Devil-In-the-Details-86657
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Community Wi-Fi comes to San Francisco, CNET,
8/16/2007 
Company called Meraki will give away wireless routers
in attempt to blanket the city with free Wi-Fi access.
http://news.com.com/Community+Wi-Fi+comes+to+San+Francisco/2100-7351_3-6202624.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Sprint claims commitments for 50 million WiMax
devices, CW, 8/16/2007 
Sprint, which is trying to build interest in its
forthcoming mobile WiMax network, says that it has
commitments from vendors to create more than 50
million WiMax-ready devices in the next three years.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/144836809/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

FCC Ignoring Free Wireless Broadband Proposal?,
Internet News, 8/16/2007 
M2Z Networks threatens court action to force agency
into making a decision.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/144841829/3694756
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Start-up wants Feds to decide on free Wi-Fi plans,
CNET, 8/16/2007 
Silicon Valley start-up petitioned the FCC over 15
months ago to build a national wireless network on
unused spectrum. It's still waiting for a response.
http://news.com.com/Start-up+wants+Feds+to+decide+on+free+Wi-Fi+plans/2100-7351_3-6202972.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Waging war against cybersquatting, CNET, 8/16/2007 
Can cybersquatters be deterred? Internet attorney Eric
J. Sinrod assesses the prospects of a new coalition
planning to give it a try.
http://news.com.com/Waging+war+against+cybersquatting/2010-1030_3-6202597.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/acpa.htm

Travelocity Pays Fine for Bookings to Cuba, NYT,
8/16/2007 
Travelocity.com paid $182,750 to settle a complaint
brought by the Treasury Department, which said the
company had violated the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/business/16travelocity.html?ex=1344916800&en=3cc3d57a651a9632&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/

Skype Outage Highlights How Skype Is A Bit More
Centralized Than Expected, Techdirt, 8/16/2007 
Lots of folks (including many of us here at Techdirt)
have discovered that VoIP/IM service Skype is having a
pretty massive outage right now, where most, if not
all, Skype users simply cannot login. There are plenty
of alternatives for people to...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070816/102346.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/skype.htm

FiOS is Hot, but not that Hot UPDATED, Verizon,
8/16/2007 
Well, one certainly hates to fan the flames of Paul
McNamara’s efforts to take down Verizon.  So let me
repeat that we regret that there was any problem at a
home in Needham, MA, during recent work there by a
Verizon technician.
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/EricRabe9/347/FiOS-is-Hot-but-not-that-Hot-UPDATED.aspx
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

'Facebook Secrets' blog gets DMCA takedown treatment,
cnet, 8/16/2007 
Blog, anonymously set up to share source code that
Facebook inadvertently leaked, gets pulled by Blogger
parent Google over copyright concerns.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9760858-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Is Wikipedia becoming a hub for propaganda?, Globe and
Mail, 8/16/2007 
Tracking website shows thousands of changes to
articles originated from federal government offices
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/144684058/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Fox News, NYT personnel cleaning up Wikipedia
entries?, CNET, 8/16/2007 
According to analysis, people using Fox News and New
York Times IP addresses have been scrubbing Wikipedia
entries.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9760586-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Wikiality - how the truth gets made, Tech Law Update,
8/16/2007 
The Comedy Channel's Steven Colbert famously coined
the phrase wikiality as a send-up of the Wikipedia
online encyclopedia. Wikiality, said Colbert, is the
reality that exists if you make something up and
enough people agree with you. In today's...
http://brownraysman.typepad.com/technology_law_update/2007/08/wikiality---how.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Regulate the Internet!, American Chronicle, 8/16/2007 
With the advent of Web 2.0 and UGC (User-generated
Content), the Internet has completed its
transformation into an anarchic and lawless ochlocracy
(mob-rule). The Internet is a mass medium and like all
media it must be regulated. The laws that apply
offline must and, in due time, as legislators are
exposed to the less savory aspects of the Web, will
apply online.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=34976
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm

How safe is 'social networking'?, Europa, 8/16/2007 
MySpace, Twitter, Facebook – social networking is the
web success story of the new century. The statistics
are mind-bending – MySpace claimed its 100 Millionth
user in August 2006. But a recent ENISA workshop put
the question - "how safe are social networks?"
http://enisa.europa.eu/pages/02_01_press_2007_08_16_social_net.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

MySpace messages treated like e-mail under CAN-SPAM,
Internet Cases, 8/16/2007 
Over at Spamnotes,Venkat put up a post about a recent
decision from a federal court in California that
considered the defendant's argument that MySpace
"messages" do not fall under CAN-SPAM because "the
addresses to which those messages are sent lack a
'domain...
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/08/myspace_message_1.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

In Which It Is Asked, Is It Possible to be Online and
Not Be “Commercial”? Aitken v. Communications Works of
America, Cybertelecom, 8/16/2007 
What does the word “commercial” mean on the Internet?
Chose one: [A] Whatever a judge chooses it to mean –
neither more nor less. [B] The sale of goods or
services. [C] A link to someone elses’s website, with
whom you have no...
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-which-it-is-asked-is-it-possible-to.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Software glitch silences Skype service, CNET,
8/16/2007 
Skype informs users its VoIP service is out of
commission for 12 to 24 hours, due to a software
glitch.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9760888-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

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