[Cybertel-Ann] 1.12.7 :: IP TRS :: Why Johnny Cant Count to .002 :: Wireless Innovation Act :: Spy Coins ::

[Robert Cannon]

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"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people
tolerate the growth of private power to the point
where it becomes stronger than the democratic state
itself.  That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership
of government by an individual, by a group, or by any
controlling private power."
-- President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service Eligible
for Compensation from Interstate TRS Fund (Order).,
FCC, 1/12/2007 
Today the Commission adopted a Declaratory Ruling
finding that Internet Protocol (IP) captioned
telephone service (IP CTS) is a type of
telecommunications relay service (TRS) eligible for
compensation from the Interstate TRS Fund (Fund).  The
Commission acted in response to a petition by
Ultratec, Inc., that was widely supported by the
disability community.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-182A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ada/fcc.htm

GAO To Allow Reimbursement of Home Internet Access for
Some, Fed Smith, 1/12/2007 
How much are you paying to receive high speed internet
access in your home? Depending on a variety of factors
such as your location, the type of service you have
and your provider, it is probably running about $40 -
$50 per month. But, if you are a federal employee, you
may have a new benefit coming to your agency: Free
high-speed internet access
http://www.fedsmith.com/articles/articles.showarticle.db.php?intArticleID=1129
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Verizon Draws More Attention To Telco's Dubious Math
Skills, Techdirt, 1/12/2007 
A Verizon Wireless customer on their "unlimited" EVDO
data plan (aka their limited data plan) recently took
a trip to Canada. Before leaving, he confirmed with
Verizon Wireless that their advertised ".002 cents per
kilobyte" out of country data...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070110/094524.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w3g.htm

Senate bill would increase broadband availability,
MuniWireless, 1/12/2007 
Senator John Kerry (D, Ma.) introduced the Wireless
Innovation Act of 2007 this week. The bill would
require the FCC, within 180 of enactment, to make
unused “white spaces” in the broadcast spectrum
between 54MHz and 698 MHz available to users...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/73975780/1590
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Congress to Take Up Net’s Future, NYT, 1/12/2007 
Senior lawmakers have begun drafting legislation that
would prevent high-speed Internet companies from
charging content providers for priority access.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/washington/10net.html?ex=1326085200&en=e73949b259a4552f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

"Net Neut*" again ..., Telecom Industry and Reg,
1/12/2007 
It should not come as a surprise to learn of more
legislative interest in the somewhat vague idea of
"network neutrality" in light of the recent
legislative change and in light of the AT&T/BellSouth
merger. Indeed, there have been numerous actions...
http://telcom2935.blogspot.com/2007/01/net-neut-again.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Doctor charged with illegal prescribing over Internet,
Info World, 1/12/2007 
An Illinois doctor was sentenced Thursday to more than
three years in prison for illegally prescribing drugs
over the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice
said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070111/tc_infoworld/85087
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/emed.htm

Scientist: Global warming could melt ice caps,
eliminate half of Earth's species, USA Today,
1/12/2007 
The effects of global warming are being felt around
the world and unless international efforts are
launched within the next 10 ..
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/73957084/2007-01-11-hansen-warming_x.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

China's blogging population reaches 20 million,
Internet News, 1/12/2007 
The number of Internet bloggers in China reached 20.8
million at the end of 2006, with more than three
million web-users regularly posting their writings,
state press said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070111/tc_afp/chinainternetbloggers2
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Newspaper Says Threat Of Internet Is Overstated, While
Others Team Up To Deal With Internet Challenge,
Techdirt, 1/12/2007 
The internet's ongoing impact on the newspaper
business has been covered in great detail over the
last few years, as newspapers have struggled to deal
with significant changes to their marketplace. While
people may still be reading newspapers, the...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070110/113748.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

U.S. warns about Canadian spy coins, USA Today,
1/12/2007 
Money talks, but can it also follow your movements? In
a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness
scale, the Defense Department ...
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/73913960/2007-01-11-canadian-spy-coin_x.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Shreveport evaluates muni-wireless, MuniWireless,
1/12/2007 
The Shreveport Times reports that that city approved a
proposal to investigate the feasibility of municipal
wireless in the Louisiana. The proposal, which passed
unanimously, calls for a taskforce to “explore
increasing high-speed wireless...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/73975779/1591
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/la.htm


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