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Martin To Deregulate Wireless Broadband - Classify it
as information service, like DSL, Cable & BPL before
it, Broadband Reports, 2/6/2007 
The FCC's Kevin Martin is circulating an order that
would make wireless broadband an "information
service," largely freeing it from the regulation
imposed upon telecom services, and making his
deregulatory position consistent across technologies.
...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81451
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

FCC Order Would Make Wireless Broadband an Information
Service, Phone+, 2/6/2007 
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is circulating an order that
would classify wireless broadband Internet access
service as an information service, rather than a
telecommunications service.
http://www.phoneplusmag.com/hotnews/72h513247.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Is There "Enough" Broadband Competition? And How High
Is Up?, PK, 2/6/2007 
Last week, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau
released the latest round of metrics on broadband
deployment in the U.S. Called “High-Speed Services for
Internet Access: Status as of June 30, 2006,” the
23-page report assures us..
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/813
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

FCC Fudges its Broadband Report -- but finally gets
one thing right!, Isen, 2/6/2007 
The FCC has just released its report, High-Speed
Services for Internet Access: Status as of June 30,
2006 [.pdf]. All the usual problems with FCC data are
built in (the wimpy definition of broadband as over
200 kbit/s, the use of zip codes as the...
http://isen.com/blog/2007/02/fcc-fudges-its-broadband-report-but_05.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

NIST Issues Draft IPv6 Technical Profile, NIST,
2/6/2007 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) yesterday issued a draft profile that will
assist federal agencies in developing plans to acquire
and deploy products that implement Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6). The profile recommends IPv6
capabilities for common network devices, including
hosts, routers, intrusion detection systems and
firewalls, and includes a selection of IPv6 standards
and specifications needed to meet the minimum
operational requirements of most federal agencies.
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2007_0201.htm#ipv6
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Antigambling law doesn't stop online traffic, CW,
2/6/2007 
Law prohibits financial institutions from processing
payments to gambling sites, but that hasn't curbed
site visits.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/86877553/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

County Fines Comcast For Not Picking Up The Phone -
Montgomery County continues attempt to improve
service, Broadband Reports, 2/6/2007 
Montgomery County resident JTRockville writes in:
"Comcast was fined $12,281.84 for not answering the
phone quickly enough from September through November.
This is the 2nd fine issued for non-compliance with
customer service standards during..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81456
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

Africa's Internet Gap Getting Wider, eWeek, 2/6/2007 
High-speed Internet connections in Africa—including
DSL, WiMax and wireless technologies such as 3G—are
likely to rise to 7 million by 2011 from 3 million
now, according to a recent report by South African
research group BMI-TechKnowledge. ...
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/86835962/0,1759,2090282,00.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/africa.htm

Disney Launches New Video-Rich Disney.Com, IP
Democracy, 2/6/2007 
During his keynote speech at CES, Disney CEO Bob Iger
promised that the company’s overhauled and improved
Disney.com site would be up and running by the end of
January. With that promised launch date missed, people
began speculating that Disney...
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/02/06/#002299
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

IP Address Intelligence Burdening Content Providers
with Regional Laws?, CircleID, 2/6/2007 
I've been looking into IP address filtering by content
providers. I understand that IP addresses can be
attached with confidence to geographical locations (at
the country level, at least) about 80% of the time.
You have to make up the rest with...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/ip_address_intelligence_content_providers/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/geolocation.htm

NSF/OECD Workshop “Social and Economic Factors Shaping
the Future of the Internet”, Washington D.C., OECD,
2/6/2007 
The NSF/OECD Workshop brought together economists,
policy-makers, social scientists and technologists, to
consider a broad range of factors which have relevance
for the future of the Internet.
http://www.oecd.org/document/59/0,2340,en_2649_34223_37921851_1_1_1_1,00.html?rssChId=34223
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm

ITU 2006 Plenipotentiary Resolutions Relating to
Cybersecurity, ITU, 2/6/2007 
Two resolutions relating to cybersecurity and defining
ITU's activity in that domain were adopted by ITU
Member States at its Plenipotentiary Conference in
Antalya, Turkey, held in November 2006. These are: ...
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/ITU+2006+Plenipotentiary+Resolutions+Relating+To+Cybersecurity.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Net safety day marked worldwide, BBC, 2/6/2007 
Efforts to make the net less risky for children are
being marked by the fourth Internet Safety Day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6332619.stm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Protecting Yourself Against Online Identity Theft,
Newsfactor, 2/6/2007 
Internet identity theft is one of the fastest-growing
crimes in the U.S. today. For five straight years, the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ranked it as one of the
most-reported types of fraud. Despite the increasing
awareness of..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070206/tc_nf/45945
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

VA investigating another missing hard drive, CW,
2/6/2007 
The Department of Veterans Affairs is once again
chasing a missing hard drive, this one containing the
records of 48,000 military veterans. Approxiately
20,000 of those records were not encrypted, according
to agency spokespersons.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/86883722/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Excel vulnerable to new attack, CW, 2/6/2007 
A critical flaw in Excel is attracting malware
writers, says Microsoft, and the problem may affect
other Office components as well
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/86704268/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/vulnerable.htm

Funding fiber to the farm, Telephony, 2/6/2007 
Like finding well-situated season tickets to your
favorite sports team, it can be daunting to get a
telecom grant or loan from the Rural Utilities
Service. But once the task is accomplished, the
payback can be enormous. Start-up communications...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TelephonyNews/~3/87233291/telecom_funding_fiber_farm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/funding.htm

VoIP Market Shifting, Telephony, 2/6/2007 
As cable companies capture a greater percentage of
consumer voice-over-IP lines, the squeeze is on
independent providers of VoIP. But not everybody is
predicting gloom and doom. In fact, global VoIP player
Skype is taking square aim at the business...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TelephonyNews/~3/87233310/telecom_voip_market_shifting
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

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