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Wed Jan 3 09:06:08 PST 2007

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It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15
years hence, a 'thinking center' that will incorporate
the functions of present-day libraries together with
anticipated advances in information storage and
retrieval.  The picture readily enlarges itself into a
network of such centers, connected to one another by
wide-band communication lines and to individual users
by leased-wire services. In such a system, the speed
of the computers would be balanced, and the cost of
the gigantic memories and the sophisticated programs
would be divided by the number of users. -  J.C.R.
Licklider, Man-Computer Symbiosis, 1960.

FCC Approves AT&T/BellSouth Merger, Internet News,
1/3/2007 
Net neutrality provisions helped break deadlock on
vote.
http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3651386
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

AT&T-BellSouth: Together at Last, BWO, 1/3/2007 
A compromise on Net neutrality and other price
concessions finally allow the long-awaited telecom
merger to get the O.K.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2006/db20061229_466253.htm?chan=tc&campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

AT&T Says Let The Post-Merger Innovation Commence:
Bring On The Bundles, Techdirt, 1/3/2007 
While the real value of the concessions AT&T and
BellSouth made to the FCC to get their merger approved
is debated, the company's discussing its post-merger
strategy. Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre says that the
real reason for the merger was to...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070102/082604.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

FCC Approves Merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp.,
FCC, 1/3/2007 
News Release
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-269275A1.pdf
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

Kevin Martin To AT&T: Okay, Now Feel Free To Ignore
Those Concessions You Just Promised, Techdirt,
1/3/2007 
There was a lot of controversy on Friday after the
late Thursday agreement by AT&T to offer some
concessions in order to get its merger with BellSouth
approved. There was a fair amount of disagreement over
whether or not those concessions actually...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070101/224728.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

Net neutrality push expected to resume in Congress,
CNET, 1/3/2007 
Agreement reached in AT&T-BellSouth merger could set
the stage for renewed action on Capitol Hill.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6146678.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Can AT&T Just Ignore New Concessions? - Neutrality
advocates cheer, ignore fine print..., Broadband
Reports, 1/3/2007 
While AT&T did offer some additional concessions to
squeeze through the AT&T BellSouth merger, Kevin
Webach (via Techdirt) points out that the post-merger
statements by Republican commissioners hint that they
may not require the company to actually...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80673
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

EarthLink CEO Dead at 49, Wash Post, 1/3/2007 
Garry Betty, the president and chief executive of
EarthLink Inc., has died from complications of cancer,
the Internet service provider said Wednesday. He was
49.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010300544.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/earthlink.htm

Emergency measures in Hong Kong after Web chaos, AFP,
1/3/2007 
Hong Kong telecom authorities have assumed emergency
powers as firms faced Internet disruption on the first
day back to work after an earthquake damaged regional
undersea data cables.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070102/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

China says Internet services to return by January 15,
America's Network, 1/3/2007 
Internet services in China will not be back to normal
until mid-January after being disrupted by a powerful
earthquake off Taiwan, a news report quoted by an
Associated Press report said.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=395108&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Broken links tie up Web in Asia, USA Today, 1/3/2007 
The Hong Kong government warned Internet users to
expect slow going online Tuesday and advised them to
limit Web surfing and ...
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/69578901/2007-01-01-asia-internet_x.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

U.S. Not On List Of Top Ten IPTV Countries - But that
should change relatively quickly..., Broadband
Reports, 1/3/2007 
The U.S. doesn't make a showing in a new list of the
top ten IPTV nations. France tops the list, with
896,000 IPTV subscribers, followed by Hong Kong,
Spain, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Morocco, Russia, the
United Kingdom and Sweden. Obviously...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80669
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Feds push for Internet records, Kansas City Star,
1/3/2007 
For more than a year, the US Justice Department has
been in discussions with Internet companies and
privacy rights advocates, trying to come up with a
plan that would make it easier for...
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/16373589.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm

Mobile Spam Slows Down, eMarketer, 1/3/2007 
Scram, Spam!'
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1004420
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/fcc.htm

King George County, Virginia issues RFQ for countwide
wireless broadband network, MuniWireless, 1/3/2007 
King George County (VA) is seeking a private firm to
develop and deploy a fee-based wireless broadband
network throughout the small rural yet rapidly
developing community located 50 miles south of
Washington, DC. King George County has been...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/70286091/1563
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/va.htm

Vonage Settles Investigation Of 911 Services, North
Country Gazette, 1/3/2007 
Even if the consumer had activated the emergency
feature, Vonage's 911 service failed to transmit the
caller's telephone number and location information to
...
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/121506VonageSettles.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/911.htm

Vonage 911 Call Goes to Wrong County, WBAY, 1/3/2007 
A 911 mix-up in Menasha on Tuesday is raising
questions over how Voice Over Internet (or Voice Over
IP -- VOIP) phone systems are being installed.
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=5776104
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/911.htm

Texas Attorney General Resolves Lawsuit With Vonage,
KCBD, 1/3/2007 
Thursday, the attorney general resolved that suit by
establishing strict standards for Vonage. For example,
the company must register all customers with a
physical address to show where a 911 call is coming
from
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=5817088&nav=menu69_3
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/911.htm

Florida Judge Says Candidate Can't Look At E-Voting
Source Code, Techdirt, 1/3/2007 
In a ruling that shows how a judge seems to believe
that business trumps democracy, the candidate who is
suing over what appears to be a case where e-voting
machines lost thousands of votes in a very close race,
a judge has found that the candidate...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070101/222919.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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