[Cybertel-Ann] 7.5.7 :: Broadband Growth Slowing :: How Much for Neutrality :: FTC Neutral Report on Neutrality :: "Thank You For Waiting, We Care About Your Call"

Thu Jul 5 10:06:04 PDT 2007

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Broadband Black Holes - FiOS? We've never been able to
get DSL, DSLreports, 7/5/2007 
Two years ago we profiled the rural Massachusetts
towns of Shutesbury and Leverett, who have long been
trying to get broadband from anyone -- but aren't
deemed profitable to serve by Comcast or Verizon.
While towns as close as 300 feet get service,...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85488
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/70\

Broadband Growth Slowing in U.S., Internet News,
7/5/2007 
Latest Pew report shows 47 percent of American
consumers have a high-speed Internet connections.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/130764726/3687046
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

Time Warner Upgrades Continue - 15Mbps/2Mbps in
Buffalo..., DSLreports, 7/5/2007 
Premier Buffalo, New York, customers in our
Roadrunner/Time Warner Cable forum report they're now
seeing the faster 15Mbps/2Mbps speeds ($57.95/month).
Standard customers in the area still see 4Mbps/384kbps
and have not been upgraded. You can see...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85487
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/cable.htm

Adelstein to Tech Sector & Frontline: Can You Hear Me
Now?, Tales from the Sausage Factory, 7/5/2007 
FCC Commissioner Jonathon Adelstein's recent speech at
the Wireles Communications Association (WCA)
conference — and subsequent remarks to the press on
the 700 MHz auction have caused quite a stir among
those in the blogosphere following thi...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/825
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Open Access Gains Another Convert, AT&T Denies
Poisition Change, Tales from the Sausage Factory,
7/5/2007 
A brief update on my recent post that AT&T recently
conceded it might consider bidding on an open access
license. Unsurprisingly, Frontline Wireless — the
party pushing for the “E Block” public safety/open
access network —..
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/838
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Is Network Neutrality Costlier? Not Really, But Some
Will Pretend A New Study Says So, Techdirt, 7/5/2007 
Over the weekend, someone anonymously sent us an
announcement about a study, co-authored by some folks
at AT&T, suggesting that network neutrality is a lot
costlier than a non-neutral network. This seemed to go
directly against the experience...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070703/010834.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Research on Costs of Net Neutrality, Isen, 7/5/2007 
Silicon Investor recently pointed to a paper [.pdf] by
network researchers at AT&T, University of Nevada and
Rensselaer Polytechnic that purports to address
Network Neutrality by focussing on "the specific
question" whether, "over-provisioning...
http://isen.com/blog/2007/07/research-on-costs-of-net-neutrality.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

FTC Comments on Net Neutrality, PFF, 7/5/2007 
Recent remarks by Deborah Platt Majoras caution
against adopting net neutrality regulation, following
the FTC's report: Majoras said that without evidence
of "market failure or demonstrated consumer harm,
policy makers should be particularly...
http://blog.pff.org/archives/2007/07/ftc_comments_on.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

FTC Issues Staff Report on Broadband Connectivity
Competition Policy, FTC, 7/5/2007 
The Federal Trade Commission’s Internet Access Task
Force today issued a report, “Broadband Connectivity
Competition Policy,” which summarizes the Task Force’s
findings in the area of broadband Internet
connectivity and, in particular, so-called network
neutrality regulation. Based on these findings, and
FTC staff’s experience with the operation of myriad
markets throughout the economy, the report identifies
guiding principles that policy makers should consider
in evaluating proposed regulations or legislation
relating to broadband Internet access and network
neutrality.
http://www.ftc.gov/reports/broadband/v070000report.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Home Broadband Adoption 2007, Pew, 7/5/2007 
47% of adults have high-speed internet connections at
home as of early March 2007, up five percentage points
from a year earlier.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/217/source/rss/report_display.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

ICANN to Face Major Transition as Vint Cerf Steps
Down, CircleID, 7/5/2007 
Since its inception in 1998, the controversial
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) has withstood violent political turbulence and
survived volatile technical controversies. owever, in
a few months, the non-profit ICANN may...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_vint_cerf_steps_down/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

AT&T offers DSL subscribers free Wi-Fi, CNET, 7/5/2007

AT&T DSL subscribers will get free access to the
carrier's Wi-Fi hot spots in airports and coffee shops
around the country.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9739181-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Company Continues To Insist That Google Is Responsible
For Libel On Any Site It Links To, Techdirt, 7/5/2007 
Can a day go by without a story about a ridiculous
lawsuit against Google? The latest is really more of
an update of a case we wrote about a few years ago,
where the company Dotworlds sent us their own press
release, claiming that they were suing...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070702/193143.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

When FiOS Customers Want Copper Back - Though it
doesn't happen often..., DSLreports, 7/5/2007 
We've talked about this before, but Light Reading
explores whether Verizon leaves copper intact or
strips it after upgrading homes to FiOS. "We'd handle
it on a case-by-case basis," says a Verizon
spokesperson. If a customer insists he wants to
keep...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85460
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Cancelling Vonage Is a Headache - Call volume and
on-hold annoyances..., DSLreports, 7/5/2007 
User mobbo writes in: "A user over at the Consumerist
tells of a new dagger in the side of customers wishing
to cancel their Vonage service. According to the
article, customers wishing to cancel their Vonage
service not only still have to wait over...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85432
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

EU Tube – Sharing the sights and sounds of Europe on
YouTube, Europa, 7/5/2007 
The European Commission has launched a dedicated
channel on YouTube to make its audiovisual material
more widely available to the public. "This initiative
reflects the Commission's commitment to better explain
its policies and actions on issues which concern
citizens across the EU – such as climate change,
energy or immigration" said Margot Wallström,
Vice-President for Institutional Relations and
Communication Strategy.
http://www.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/974&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

Is It Copyright Infringement To Embed An Infringing
YouTube Video On Your Blog?, Techdirt, 7/5/2007 
While there has been a great deal of discussion (and a
few lawsuits) concerning the legality of YouTube
hosting infringing videos, one question where we
haven't seen very much discussion is the legal
liability for people who embed infringing...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070703/144358.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

New DMCA anticircumvention case filed, Internet Cases,
7/5/2007 
And this one adds a secondary liability twist.
DeVry/Becker Educational Development Corp. is keeping
its copyright lawyers busy these days, having filed a
John Doe infringement action based on a novel theory
of "counterfeit orders" just a couple of weeks ago....
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/06/new_dmca_antici.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Another Court in 2d Cir. Says Buying Keyword Ads Isn't
TM Use in Commerce--FragranceNet.com v.
FragranceX.com, Technology & Marketing Law Blog,
7/5/2007 
FragranceNet.com, Inc. v. FragranceX.com, Inc., 2007
WL 1821153 (E.D.N.Y. June 12, 2007) This case shows
the deepening...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/06/another_court_i.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/search.htm

Can-Spam Act Leads to Conviction, Citizenlink,
7/5/2007 
Two men who sent millions of unsolicited e-mail
messages containing hardcore pornographic images have
been convicted under the federal Can-Spam Act. They
...
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000004962.cfm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

June 2007 Quick Links, Technology & Marketing Law
Blog, 7/5/2007 
Spam cases are coming at a regular clip, and it's
tricky divining the latest state...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/07/june_2007_quick.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

Rockville, Maryland, to deploy free wireless downtown
network, MuniWireless, 7/5/2007 
Free wireless Internet access is coming to a new Town
Square development in Rockville, Maryland's town
center. The city granted a license and right-of-way
agreements to Advanced Engineering & Planning
Corporation, Inc., and its partner Ricochet, to...
http://www.muniwireless.com/article/view/6173/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/md.htm

Internet-Phone-Service Provider Drops a Fourth of Its
Staff, Wash Post, 7/5/2007 
SunRocket, an Internet-phone-service provider in
Vienna, laid off about a quarter of its workforce --
about 30 employees...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/02/AR2007070201805.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

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