[Cybertel-Ann] 7.22.7 :: Broadband Semantics :: 700, Google & Verizon :: Oops, Not Your Fault Steve :: Students Have First Amendment Rights Too! :: Mind Bending :: You Have a Greeting Card! ::

Sun Jul 22 15:19:13 PDT 2007

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“If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those
who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate
agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up
the ground. They want rain without thunder and
lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar
of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one;
or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral
and physical; but it must be a struggle.”—Frederick
Douglass

Legislation Would Force New Broadband Rates, Internet
News, 7/22/2007 
Senate Commerce Committee approves legislation
drilling deeper into broadband penetration rates.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/135511188/3689961
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

Commerce Committee Approves Inouye Broadband Data
Collection Bill, Senate, 7/22/2007 
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation unanimously approved a bill to improve
the quality of federal and state broadband data
collection and encourage initiatives that promote
broadband deployment.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248887
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

FTTH Will Top Cable in Three Years - At least globally
speaking...., DSLreports, 7/22/2007 
Global cable providers need to start worrying,
according to a new report from market research firm
iSuppli. By 2010, the firm predicts that FTTH
providers will have 413 million total broadband
customers (the majority obviously in Asia),
eclipsing...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FTTH-Will-Top-Cable-in-Three-Years-85863
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fiber.htm

TPW 21: The Battle for 700 MHz, Tech Lib Front,
7/22/2007 
Yesterday, AT&T backed away from its strong opposition
to any sort of open access regulations in the 700 MHz
spectrum auction, backing a proposal by FCC chairman
Kevin Martin to apply open access rules to one block
of spectrum while leaving the other blocks
unregulated. In this week's...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/135637527/042580.php
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

700 MHz Endgame: AT&T Reverses Course So Fast It Gets
Whiplash, Tales from the Sausage Factory, 7/22/2007 
AT&T did a full reverse thrust on Martin's proposed
open access plan. According to this USA Today piece,
Jim Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President for
Public Policy at AT&T, has nothing but praise for the
genius of Kevin Martin and the utter p...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/852
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Could Google kill the cell phone industry?, CNET,
7/22/2007 
With full leasing ownership of the 700MHz spectrum,
Google would try to effectively cripple the cell phone
industry. Before you scoff at that idea, consider the
terms under which Google would offer to buy the
spectrum.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9747799-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Google Waves $4.6B in The Face of Spectrum, Internet
News, 7/22/2007 
Search and advertising giant willing to take on
incumbent wireless carriers if FCC decides on open
access mandates.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/135686403/3690056
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Our commitment to open broadband platforms, Google,
7/22/2007 
For several years now, many Googlers have been working
to identify the obstacles that prevent the Internet
from being available to everyone on the planet. It...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/135627705/our-commitment-to-open-broadband.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

AT&T Responds to Google Wireless Bid, Gigaom,
7/22/2007 
Things are getting exciting and the mud-slinging
continues. Nothing like big companies going at each
other to make a Friday more exciting. Google intends
to be a bidder in wireless auctions for the 700 MHz
spectrum, and their new proposal doesn’t sit well with
AT&T....
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/135745151/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

More 700 MHz Auction Action, Isen, 7/22/2007 
In my previous post, I wrote:So the new scenario is
that the whole auction is priced way too high. The FCC
"does its duty" by holding the auction on time, but
golly, where are all the bidders?Now Google CEO Eric
Schmidt has told [.pdf] FCC Chairman

http://isen.com/blog/2007/07/more-700-mhz-auction-action.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Google’s Billion-Dollar Gambit Forces FCC’s Hand on
Open Access, Save the Internet, 7/22/2007 
We were encouraged on Wednesday when Google lined up
behind a real notion of an open Internet — taking a
position that consumer advocates and public interest
groups had long supported. Now, the search giant is
putting money — in the amount of...
http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/07/21/google%e2%80%99s-billion-dollar-gambit-forces-fcc%e2%80%99s-hand-on-open-access/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

700 MHz Endgame: Martin Antes. AT&T Raises. Google
Calls. Does AT&T Fold or Call?, Tales from the Sausage
Factory, 7/22/2007 
So yesterday, AT&T was extolling the virtues of the
Martin plan. Among its virtues, Jim Ciconni included:
In effect, Chairman Martin&#146;s plan faces Google
and others with a &#147;put up or shut up&#148;
opportunity. If they are serious, they will be able
to..
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/854
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

iPhone not to blame for Duke outage, CNET, 7/22/2007 
It turns out Apple's new device wasn't the culprit for
wireless network outages at Duke University, as
reports alleged earlier this week.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9748181-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Sprint Moves to Build WiMax Network, Wash Post,
7/22/2007 
Sprint yesterday mapped out more plans for its network
by announcing a 20-year partnership with Clearwire, a
three-year-old start-up that provides wireless...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071901090.html?hpid=sec-tech
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

Sprint, Clearwire to Build National WiMax Network,
eweek, 7/22/2007 
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire plan to build a U.S.
nationwide mobile broadband network using WiMax
technology that will be five times faster than current
wireless networks and cost less.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/135398658/0,1759,2160561,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

Ten years since Supreme Court upheld Internet freedom
of speech, arc technica, 7/22/2007 
Ten years since Supreme Court upheld Internet freedom
of speechArs Technica,MA- Jun 26, 2007The
Communications Decency Act was passed in 1996. The
goal was to protect children from harmful content on
the Internet, which sounds great in theory, ...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070626-tenth-anniversary-of-supreme-courts-first-internet-ruling-today.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/cda-up.htm

Judge Finds Suspension of Student for Myspace Parody
of School Principal Unconstitutional, ACLU, 7/22/2007 
Hermitage School District violated the First Amendment
free-speech rights of a student when it punished him
for creating a parody profile of his principal on the
MySpace.com website because the District failed to
show that the profile - which was created off-campus -
caused any disruption to the school day, a federal
judge ruled late yesterday.
http://www.aclupa.org/pressroom/judgefindssuspensionofstud.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Roommates.com Amicus Brief, Technology & Marketing Law
Blog, 7/22/2007 
The EFF, Lycos and I have filed an amicus brief in the
Fair Housing Council v. Roommate.com...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/07/roommatescom_am.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

AT&T Endorses Martin's Carterfone Plan - While Verizon
still opposes it...., DSLreports, 7/22/2007 
Contrary to reports that they might sue, AT&T says
they support Kevin Martin's leaked plan to attach
Carterfone (unlocked devices, unhindered content
access) restrictions upon 700Mhz spectrum. Note the
plan hasn't been released yet, but we'll assume...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATampT-Endorses-Martins-Carterfone-Plan-85899
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

MPAA Says Net Neutrality Would Hamper Its Anti-Piracy
Efforts, Techdirt, 7/22/2007 
If you were on the fence about net neutrality, this
might just push you over: the MPAA has sent a letter
to the FCC saying that net neutrality regulations
shouldn't be implemented because they might interfere
with filtering technologies and foster...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070719/100256.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Aiming at the Wrong Target, Verizon, 7/22/2007 
A new study released by Save the Internet coalition
focuses on “debunking” what it claims is an effort by
telcos to “shoot the messenger” when it comes to the
much quoted OECD report which ranks broadband
penetration rates globally.  The report...
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/LinkHoewing9/331/Aiming-at-the-Wrong-Target.aspx
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

Why we need to wipe out internet pet trade, Scotsman,
7/22/2007 
Why we need to wipe out internet pet
tradeScotsman,United Kingdom- 9 hours agoLuckily for
Barry, he was alerted to the fact that the royal
python he thought he had purchased was in fact a more
dangerous species, and he was prompted to warn
Evening...
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1140752007
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/

Verizon-Broadcom deal allows EV-DO imports to
continue, CW, 7/22/2007 
In the wake of a patent battle between Broadcom and
Qualcomm, a Verizon deal with Broadcom enables it to
continue to import certain devices work with its 3G
EV-DO network.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/135610076/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Africa, Offline: Waiting for the Web, NYT, 7/22/2007 
About 75 percent of African Internet traffic is routed
through Britain, or even the United States, making it
the least connected region in the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/business/yourmoney/22rwanda.html?ex=1342756800&en=83f0d24da11aabd1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

Net radio negotiations hit snag over DRM, CNET,
7/22/2007 
Large Webcasters and the music industry are butting
heads over a compromise to heightened fees that would
require Net radio operators to implement
anti-streamripping technology.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9746681-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Sony CEO Accuses Steve Jobs Of Being Greedy, Techdirt,
7/22/2007 
Speaking on a recent panel, Sony CEO Howard Stringer
lashed out at Steve Jobs, calling him greedy and
accusing him of wanting a world where only he gets to
make money. Considering the relative performance of
Sony and Apple of late, Stringer's...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070720/131423.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Mind-bending legal trouble, Philadelphia Inquirer,
7/22/2007 
Uri Geller became a 1970s superstar and made millions
with an act that included bending spoons, seemingly
through the power of his own mind.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/tech/8515562.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Google, Viacom Lawyers Square Off on DMCA, Internet
News, 7/22/2007 
Does Viacom want Google to do the impossible? How hard
can it be to spot Evan Almighty among the Diet Coke
and Mentos stunts?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/135773858/3690166
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

University of Kansas Adopts 'One Strike' Copyright
Infringement Policy, Slashdot, 7/22/2007 
University of Kansas Adopts 'One Strike' Copyright
Infringement PolicySlashdot- 16 hours agoWouldn't
all/most of these innocent things violate the DMCA?
wouldn't that be enough to get you royally screwed? by
DodgeRules (854165) on...
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/21/0611207
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

Top EU Court Bruises Music Industry in P2P Case,
Ecommerce Times, 7/22/2007 
Music file sharers and ISPs in Europe were triumphant
after an advisor to the European Union's Court of
Justice said Wednesday that, in civil cases,
telecommunication companies in Europe are not required
to provide data on clients thought to...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58423.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

AT&T is the Terminator 1000 - From breakup to
reconstitution, DSLreports, 7/22/2007 
A simple diagram reminds us all how a very large
telecoms corporation in America does not want to
remain in itty bitty little pieces. The diagram
att=1192092 The Terminator 1000 model, reconstituted
after being broken up by Arnie. att=1192093 11...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATampT-is-the-Terminator-1000-85962
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/att.htm

Ark. court orders review of whether employee's e-mails
are public, Pine Bluff, 7/22/2007 
The county had claimed the e-mails were personal in
nature and aren't public just because they were on a
county-owned computer. ..
http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2007/07/20/ap-state-ar/d8qgdlm00.txt
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Net criminals shun virus attacks, BBC, 7/22/2007 
Hi-tech criminals are turning away from viruses to
mount the most serious attacks, warn security experts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6908064.stm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Witness Panel Announced for Protecting Children on the
Internet Hearing, Senate, 7/22/2007 
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation released today a witness list for a
full Committee hearing on Protecting Children on the
Internet. The witnesses are listed below.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248888
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

FBI: Expect more spam prosecutions, Infoweek,
7/22/2007 
FBI: Expect more spam prosecutionsInfoWorld,CA- Jul
12, 2007The US Congress passed the Controlling the
Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing
(CAN-SPAM) Act in 2003, and there's still debate over
whether ...
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/12/Expect-more-spam-prosecutions_1.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ecpa.htm

Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace., CSTB,
7/22/2007 
A broad research agenda that includes traditional,
problem-specific studies as well as unconventional
ideas is necessary to combat current and future
cybersecurity threats. The report examines the
vulnerabilities of the Internet and offers a strategy
for future research aimed at countering cyber attacks.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/pub_safercyberspace.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/protection.htm

Explosion Cuts Manhattan Internet Service, eweek,
7/22/2007 
Major Verizon switches underground were not affected,
the company says.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/135145843/0,1759,2160274,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/reliability.htm

Symantec Bats Botnets With New Tool, eweek, 7/22/2007 
Symantec hopes customers accept AntiBot as a
complimentary layer to the company's other security
offerings.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/135823858/0,1759,2161088,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

US, China top quarterly Sophos list of spam-relaying
countries, CW, 7/22/2007 
The quarterly Sophos report on the world's top
spam-purveying countries is out, and the chants of
U!S!A! rise once again. That's not a positive thing.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/135261240/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Former spammer: 'I know I'm going to hell', CW,
7/22/2007 
Conceding he is "what people hate about the Internet,"
a 22-year-old retired spammer predicts that the
problem of unsolicited e-mail will only get worse,
aided by faster broadband speeds and consumers who
respond to spammers and buy their products. ...
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/135070929/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Spam About to Get Worst, Says Former Spammer in New
Book, CircleID, 7/22/2007 
A spammer who goes by the name "Ed" (and sometimes
SpammerX ), has gotten out of the business and written
a book, "Inside the Spam Cartel: Trade Secrets from
the Dark Side". The book, which has had a particular
level of interest in the law...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/former_spammer_tells_all_book/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Spam Spread Goes Global, Emarketer, 7/22/2007 
Does the US like the taste of spam?
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1005176
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

(Don't) Open Your Online Greeting Card - It's not from
your neighbor or family member, DSLreports, 7/22/2007 
Hopefully you haven t been tricked into opening any of
the spam email cards that have been flooding people s
inboxes this month. But you wouldn't be the first;
Postini has reported that their normal 700,000 daily
viral emails has increased to 35...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Dont-Open-Your-Online-Greeting-Card-85951
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Can-Spam Act Leads to Convictions, Citizenlink,
7/22/2007 
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

Net Phone Offers Free Calls for Life, Ecommerce Times,
7/22/2007 
A new company called "Ooma" is introducing a
peer-to-peer Voice over Internet Protocol network that
will result in free domestic calling for its
customers, a concept it says will revolutionize home
telephony. The Silicon Valley company,...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/58402.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Ooma Promises 'Free' Voice - Assuming you think $399
+landline is free, and assuming it works...,
DSLreports, 7/22/2007 
SunRocket customers stumbling about in shock with
Gizmo in hand may not be quite ready for another
upstart just yet, but the talk of the industry this
morning is the launch of Ooma Inc. Ooma is a new
startup founded by Andrew Frame and Ashton...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Ooma-Promises-Free-Voice-85860
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

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