[Cybertel-Ann] 8.21.07 :: Rejoice over your Broadband Connection :: The FCC Got Something Right! :: "American" is OUR Trademark :: $10 DSL Mystery Hunt :: Delete a File; Land in Jail :: Skype Out ::

Wed Aug 22 06:07:46 PDT 2007

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"I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any
sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its
crew and floundering at sea."
H.G. Wells, British Novelist, 1901.

FCC, Verizon: Rejoice over your broadband connection,
CNET, 8/21/2007 
Verizon, Comcast, and a Republican FCC commissioner
presage the political fights ahead by stressing a
hands-off approach and arguing that Americans have
pretty decent broadband choices after all.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9762966-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Petition of ACS of Anchorage, Inc. Pursuant to Section
10 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended (47
U.S.C. § 160(c)), for Forbearance from Certain
Dominant Carrier Regulation of Its Interstate Access
Services, and for Forbearance from Title II Reg, FCC,
8/21/2007 
In accordance with our responsibilities under the Act,
and in light of the evidence and the conditions we
adopt in this order, we grant ACS’s Petition in part
and deny it in part
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-149A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/forbearance.htm

In Case You Missed It, the FCC Actually Got Something
Really Right on 700MHz, Gigaom, 8/21/2007 
Written by Jesse Kopelman Lost amid all the
speculation about Google’s (GOOG) involvement in the
forthcoming 700 MHz auction and whether or not the
search giant would manage to impose its will on an
incumbent-loving Federal Communications Commission was
a decision by the..
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/146222377/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Auction of 700 MHz Band Licenses Scheduled for January
16, 2008; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding
Procedures for Auction 73., FCC, 8/21/2007 
1. By this Public Notice, the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (“Bureau”) announces an
auction of 1,099 licenses in the 698-806 MHz band
(herein, the “700 MHz Band”).   A complete list of
licenses available is included as Attachment A of this
Public Notice.  This auction, which is designated as
Auction 73, is scheduled to commence on January 16,
2008
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3415A1.doc
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

New ISP Offers Neutral Net - Copowi launches....,
DSLreports, 8/21/2007 
Two weeks ago a new cooperative named "Copowi"
launched that bills itself as the first ISP to offer a
network neutrality guarantee. The ISP insists that
it's a "social enterprise" and not a traditional
business. The company so far only has a few..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-ISP-Offers-Neutral-Net-86789
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Somehow I Don't Think Pearl Jam/AT&T is the Shot Heard
'Round the World, Tech Liberation Front, 8/21/2007 
If Eddie Vedder sat stone silent for 30 seconds,
everyone would know that he hated George Bush. Eddie
Vedder is hate for George Bush. He is the Jeremy to
George Bush's recess lady. Bleeping out Eddie Vedder's
criticisms of George Bush is censorship in the same
way...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/145324746/042689.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

FCC's Copps Speaks Out On Pearl Jam Controversy, Tech
Daily Dose, 8/21/2007 
OpenLeft.com's Matt Stoller interviewed FCC
Commissioner Michael Copps on a YouTube video in which
the Democrat addressed how AT&T's recent snipping of
Pearl Jam concert relates to the "net neutrality"
debate. "I think you're dealing here with a..
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/08/fccs_copps_speaks_out_on_pearl.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Retail E-Commerce Sales Strong in Q2, emarketer,
8/21/2007 
Americans press the "Click to Buy" button
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1005285
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Retail 2Q, 2007 E-commerce Report, Census, 8/21/2007 
The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail
e-commerce sales for the second quarter of 2007,
adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and
trading-day differences, but not for price changes,
was $33.6 billion, an increase of 6.4 percent (±0.8%)
from the first quarter of 2007. Total retail sales for
the second quarter of 2007 were estimated at $1,012.6
billion, an increase of 1.3 percent (±0.3%) from the
first quarter of 2007. The second quarter 2007
e-commerce estimate increased 20.8 percent (±4.6%)
from the second quarter of 2006 while total retail
sales increased 3.8 percent (±0.5%) in the same
period. E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2007
accounted for 3.3 percent of total sales.
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ecom.htm

Google's Keyword Ads Don't Fly With American,
Ecommerce Times, 8/21/2007 
American Airlines is suing Google over the Internet
company's sale of keywords ads for rivals triggered by
its own trademarks. American filed a lawsuit Thursday
in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, seeking
unspecified damages.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58911.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

A look at the American Airlines v. Google suit,
Internet Cases, 8/21/2007 
Eric Goldman takes an in-depth look at the newly-filed
American Airlines v. Google sponsored listings suit.
>From the professor's post: This complaint pleads the
usual claims for this type of action, including
direct, contributory and vicarious trademark...
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/08/a_look_at_the_a.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Getting $10 AT&T DSL Still a Pain? - Company says
they've made it easier...., DSLreports, 8/21/2007 
AT&T's $10 768kbps DSL service, required as a
BellSouth merger condition, was quietly launched and
isn't advertised (AT&T's CEO says users don't want
it). The St Louis Post Dispatch complains that users
are still having a hard time signing up for
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Getting-10-ATampT-DSL-Still-a-Pain-86780
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/dsl.htm

Is It A DMCA Violation To Tell People To Delete Some
Files From Their Hard Drive?, Techdirt, 8/21/2007 
One of the worst parts of the DMCA is the
"anti-circumvention" law that makes it illegal to help
people get around any kind of copy protection. First
of all, there are plenty of legitimate reasons why
someone might want to get around copy..
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070820/111927.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

MTV, Real, Verizon gang up on iTunes, Globe and Mail,
8/21/2007 
New pact with likely means the end of MTV's
partnership with Microsoft
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/146610099/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

MTV, Real, and Verizon to take on iTunes with new
music initiative, CNET, 8/21/2007 
The three companies are "joining forces" for Rhapsody
America, a revamped incarnation of RealNetworks'
Rhapsody subscription service that's absorbed MTV's
erstwhile rival Urge.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9763475-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

The Feds Who Edit Wikipedia, Govt Exec, 8/21/2007 
Who is editing most of the entries on Wikipedia, the
open online encyclopedia that anyone can edit? For
government agencies, NASA wins by a large margin,
according to the Web site WikiScanner.
http://blogs.govexec.com/techinsider/archives/2007/08/the_feds_who_edit_wikipedia.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

August Thoughts on Privacy, CISCO, 8/21/2007 
In the Washington Post yesterday, Jeffery Frank
described DC in August as deceptively sublime, and
really quite contemplative (Cheers to You, August ). I
think he’s right. DC gets hot and sticky, members of
Congress go home and test the mood of...
http://blogs.cisco.com/gov/2007/08/august_thoughts_on_privacy.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Identity attack spreads; 1.6M records stolen from
Monster.com, CW, 8/21/2007 
An info-theft attack previously believed to be limited
to under 50,000 users of sites such as Monster.com is
much worse than previously believed, with up to 1.6
million applicant records likely to have been stolen
from Monster.com alone.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/145953808/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Yesterday's Internet Outage? Gunfire Related - Yee
haw, let's shoot us up some fiber..., DSLreports,
8/21/2007 
While beavers are clearly a broadband menace, they've
got nothing on random gunfire. Back in 2005, we noted
how several users lost DSL connectivity due to "random
gunfire to a aerial wire," according to news outlets
in New Mexico. Qwest's advice to...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Yesterdays-Internet-Outage-Gunfire-Related-86813
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/reliability.htm

On "Digital Divides", PFF, 8/21/2007 
A reporter from Education Week called me today to get
my comments about the supposed persistence of the
"digital divide" among U.S. schools and school
children. Apparently a speaker at a conference that
this reporter had attended recently had made...
http://blog.pff.org/archives/2007/08/on_digital_divi.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/dd.htm

Skype: Patch Tuesday Led to Blackout Friday, Ecommerce
Times, 8/21/2007 
Skype said that a Microsoft patch downloaded on Patch
Tuesday triggered a bug in its software that
eventually resulted in the IP-based service going dark
for nearly two days. The disruption in the free,
peer-to-peer network began...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58923.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Skype's 'unprecedented' outage, CNET, 8/21/2007 
The VoIP company offers a mea culpa for its disrupted
service last week, which it says stemmed from a
routine Windows update.
http://news.com.com/Skypes+unprecedented+outage/2100-7352_3-6203453.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Comcast Phones Stop Ringing In Michigan - FCC
paperwork filed to terminate digital phone service,
DSLreports, 8/21/2007 
Comcast made headlines earlier this year when it
gained Customer Number Two Million for VoIP services.
The lucky woman was a Michigan resident. However,
other Comcast customers in Michigan aren t too happy
with the situation there. A little-reported...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Phones-Stop-Ringing-In-Michigan-86761
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Skype recounts tale of 'perfect storm' outage, CW,
8/21/2007 
Problems with rebooting supernodes and a finicky
allocation algorithm as well as exceptionally high
traffic contributed to a "perfect storm" that knocked
out Skype service around the globe, company reps are
saying. But don't look at Windows; the telephony
service says the...
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/146511686/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/security.htm

E-Voting Ballots Not Secret; Vendors Don’t See
Problem, Freedom to Tinker, 8/21/2007 
Two Ohio researchers have discovered that some of the
state’s e-voting machines put a timestamp on each
ballot, which severely erodes the secrecy of ballots.
The researchers, James Moyer and Jim Cropcho, used the
state’s open records...
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1189
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

Roommates.com Plaintiff's Reply to EFF Brief, Tech &
Marketing Law, 8/21/2007 
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/08/roommatescom_pl.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/

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