[Cybertel-Ann] 6.13.7 :: BPL Scrapped :: 700 Mhz :: UTrespass? :: Waiting to Hurry Up :: We Like Copper :: Google & Privacy ::

[Robert Cannon]

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"I have read with dismay your presentation “Draft
Ethernet Overview”. As I am sure you are aware,
technically or conceptually there is nothing new in
your proposal. Perhaps appropriately, you have chosen
a coined jargon utilizing discredited scientific
conceptual expression in which to frame your ideas. I
find your analysis of the proposed interconnection
lacking in technical credibility. Quantitative
statistical analysis would show that your proposed
system would be a failure."  Xerox Parc Memo from RT
Bachrach to Bob Metcalf and Dave Boggs (March 5, 1974)

Stealth Trademarks: Pop-Up Ads, Cybertelecom,
6/13/2007 
Another neat trick is the use of trademarks as
trigger-terms that result in pop-up ads (I understand
that Cerberus, the dog that guards the gates of Hades,
has been reassigned to guard a special room where
resides the inventors of pop-up...
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2007/06/stealth-trademarks-pop-up-ads.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm#pop

21% Of Support Calls Unresolved - For cable and
satellite providers...., Broadband Reports, 6/13/2007 
Just as cable outfits are busy trying to improve their
traditionally dismal showing in customer satisfaction
rankings, a new study shows that 21% of consumers
contacting cable and satellite call centers hang up
with their problem unresolved. Of...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84785
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/cable.htm

BPL Pilot Scrapped in Hawaii - Hawaiian Electric will
focus on smart monitoring, Broadband Reports,
6/13/2007 
Hawaiian Electric Company has shelved plans to expand
their broadband over powerline (BPL) trial. Instead,
they will focus solely on the smart network monitoring
functionality BPL provides. The majority of utilities
haven't been interested in..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84752
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

700 MHz Auction Update — FCC Republicans Interested In
Public Interest Proposals While Sena..., Tales from
the Sausage Factory, 6/13/2007 
Welcome once again to the topsy-turvy land of spectrum
politics. Although Republican FCC Chair Kevin Martin
shattered expectations by seeking comment on the
Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC) proposals
for the 700 MHz auction, the Senate D...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/822
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Limiting Participation in the Upcoming 700 MHz Auction
Will Increase Competition, PK, 6/13/2007 
Reply comments were due last week for the FCC’s
upcoming 700 MHz auction. As many of you know, this
auction will make some of the most valuable spectrum
available for use in providing wireless broadband
services. Many businesses and other organizations have
taken a...
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/124206162/1004
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Stacked Deck at 700 MHz Hearing, Isen, 6/13/2007 
On Thursday the Senate Commerce Science and
Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on how to
re-purpose the 700 MHz (Analog TV) spectrum. While
there are several good people testifying (most notably
Phil Weiser, from University of Colorado,...
http://isen.com/blog/2007/06/stacked-deck-at-700-mhz-hearing.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Domain Names Can’t Be Trespassed: Utube.com v.
YouTube, CircleID, 6/13/2007 
Boy, this case got a lot of attention when it was
first filed (which isn't surprising; YouTube lawsuits
usually do). You may remember the story: the plaintiff
is a dealer of used tube mills, used pipe mills and
used pollforming machines. The...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/utube_youtube_domain_names_case/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

Ethernet Will Never Work - 1974 Xerox PARC memo....,
Broadband Reports, 6/13/2007 
Blogger Bill Heyman offers up this amusing original
memo from Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
employee Robert Bachrach to Bob Metcalf and Dave Boggs
suggesting that Ethernet will just never work. The
discussion over at Reddit notes that..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84797
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/

FiOS Installs Average 9 Hours - On the east coast
anyway...., Broadband Reports, 6/13/2007 
Light Reading speaks to an anonymous Verizon insider
who says the average install of a FiOS connection on
the east coast is nine hours, compared to four hours
in the West (ex-GTE territory). According to the
report the installers in the western U.S....
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84803
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

FiOS Unphiltered, Light Reading, 6/13/2007 
Light Reading's official FiOS Tracker was kind enough
to include this cable guy in a recent call with an
executive operating deep within the Verizon
Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board) FiOS
ecosystem. The takeaway? The telco's fiber-to-the home
(FTTH) network appears sleek as a Ferrari, but it's
still a bit clunky under the hood.
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=125951
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Verizon: We're Not Neglecting Copper - Union
allegations 'unfounded' says telco, Broadband Reports,
6/13/2007 
Yesterday we mentioned how the Communications Workers
of America stated Verizon was neglecting its copper
plant in uncompetitive areas in order to focus those
resources on more lucrative FiOS deployment. Are not,
Verizon tells Ars Technica today....
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/84773
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Vietnam: Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh released,
Amnesty International, 6/13/2007 
Amnesty International today welcomed the news that
Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh has been released
from Ba Sao prison after spending almost five...
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17376
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/asia.htm

Google ramps up user privacy for EU, USA Today,
6/13/2007 
EU justice chief Franco Frattini said Wednesday that
Internet search leader Google Inc. had offered to cut
the time it retains ...
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/124512888/2007-06-13-google-privacy-eu_N.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Privacy Watchdog Tags Google Worst on Web, Ecommerce
Times, 6/13/2007 
A London-based privacy advocacy group, Privacy
International, has ranked the world's No. 1 search
engine company worse in protecting customer privacy
than any of nearly two dozen other major
Internet-based companies. "Throughout our...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57787.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Calling for A Google Ombudsman: My Response, Privacy
Clue, 6/13/2007 
I respond to Lauren Weinstein's call for a privacy
ombudsman at Google.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/privacyclue/~3/124460850/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Man gets six-year sentence for phishing, IT News,
6/13/2007 
In the first jury conviction under the Can-Spam Act of
2003, Jeffrey Brett Goodin, of Azusa, California, was
convicted of sending thousands of e-mails set ...
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=54101&r=hstory
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

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