[Cybertel-Ann] 6.19.7 :: Bandwidth Good :: Secret $10 DSL :: That's a Lot of YouTube :: Clogs (Corporate Blogs) :: What?! We Have Privacy?! :: Houston, We Have an eVoting Problem ::

Tue Jun 19 10:32:57 PDT 2007

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"TV won't be able to hold on to any market it captures
after the first 6 months. People will soon get tired
of staring at a plywood box every night." - Darryl F.
Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox, 1946 

It is Still True, More Bandwidth is Better, Verizon,
6/19/2007 
BBR reports on a republication of a hypothesis in
Business Week stating that there can be too much
bandwidth.  I didn’t blog about it then, but since
this thought is still out there, here goes: The idea
that there is such a thing as too much...
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/CZBlogger1/312/It-is-Still-True-More-Bandwidth-is-Better.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

AT&T Promised To Offer $10 DSL; It Didn't Promise To
Tell Anyone About It, Techdirt, 6/19/2007 
At the end of December, AT&T proposed a bunch of
"concessions" to the FCC in order to get approval for
its merger with BellSouth. While there was a last
minute protest, as a few people noticed that the fine
print contained a few surprising...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070618/104023.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm

House Commerce Hearing: Images Kids See on the Screen
June 22, House, 6/19/2007 
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Hearing
10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

By Ten to One, Public Urges FCC to Protect Net
Neutrality, Save the Internet, 6/19/2007 
America can return to the forefront of Internet
services by restoring the fundamental principles of
open and neutral networks, SavetheInternet.com members
told the FCC in a filing submitted to the agency on
Friday. Dear FCC: The Public Wants a...
http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/06/18/by-ten-to-one-public-urges-fcc-to-protect-net-neutrality/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

HTTP Overtakes P2P Traffic - And YouTube use is 10% of
all Internet traffic, DSLreports, 6/19/2007 
Contrary to recent claims by NBC Universal, Ellacoya
examined the Internet usage data of one million North
American broadband users and notes that HTTP traffic
has once again overtaken p2p traffic and continues to
grow (pdf). HTTP accounts for...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85022
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

What Prevents IPv6 Deployment in Europe, CircleID,
6/19/2007 
ZDNet UK has an article on IPv6 and what may slow down
its deployment. Jay Daley, from Nominet points out to
the fact that the current IPv6 allocation policy used
by RIPE NCC is geared towards ISPs. This is a
complaint I have heard time and time...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/what_prevents_ipv6_deployment_europe/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Is the time RIPE for a signed DNS root?, IGP,
6/19/2007 
The European IP address registry, RIPE, has formulated
a formal request to ICANN to sign the DNS root as soon
as possible. This proposition obtained unanimous
support from RIPE members. A formal letter of request
was sent to ICANN June 12. You can...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/125206543/3022582.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Quietly, AT&T Discounts DSL to Meet Merger Demands,
Wash Post, 6/19/2007 
Companies usually like to promote their best deals.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/18/AR2007061801611.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Yahoo’s Chief Resigns, and a Founder Takes Over, NYT,
6/19/2007 
Terry Semel will hand over the reins to Jerry Yang in
Yahoo’s latest attempt to regain investor confidence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/technology/19yahoo.html?ex=1339905600&en=0456aa37f072d22e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/yahoo.htm

Corporate Blogs: The New Editorial Page?, Tech Lib
Front, 6/19/2007 
Google’s public policy shop today officially joined
the blogosphere, joining Cisco (February 4, 2005),
Global Crossing (November 7, 2005), and Verizon
Communications (October 2, 2006), each of which
already have corporate policy blogs. The maiden post,
by Andrew...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/125912432/042490.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Feds Need A Warrant To Search Email, Techdirt,
6/19/2007 
Remember just last week we were looking at a court
case that was trying to work out whether social
networking messages were more private than email?
Well, now a federal appeals court has strengthened the
privacy of good old email as well. It...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070618/182802.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ecpa.htm

Email Protected by 4th Amendment, Court Says, Freedom
to Tinker, 6/19/2007 
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday, in
Warshak v. U.S., that people have a reasonable
expectation of privacy in their email, so that the
government needs a search warrant or similar process
to access it. The Court’s decision...
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1170
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ecpa.htm

Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches,
EFF, 6/19/2007 
Landmark Ruling Gives Email Same Constitutional
Protections as Phone Calls San Francisco - The
government must have a search warrant before it can
secretly seize and search emails stored by email
service providers, according to a landmark ruling...
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_06.php#005321
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ecpa.htm

Spam Up, Annoyance Down?, Verizon, 6/19/2007 
All of us have experienced the frustration, annoyance
and potential dangers of spam.  Recent surveys
demonstrate that spam has even convinced some people
not to use email and some studies suggest that
substantial amounts of email today is in the...
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/LinkHoewing9/307/Spam-Up-Annoyance-Down-.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

IP-ENABLED SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTIONS 255
AND 251(A)(2):
ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND
CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT BY PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES; ET AL., Report and Order, FCC, 6/19/2007

Extended the disability access requirements that
currently apply to
telecommunications service providers and equipment
manufacturers under
section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934. (Dkt
No.  92-105
, 96-198). Action by:  the Commission. Adopted: 
05/31/2007 by R&O. 
(FCC
No. 07-110).  CGB
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-110A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ada.htm

Qwest Accuses Comcast of VoIP Blockade - Comcast: just
a rare technical glitch..., DSLreports, 6/19/2007 
Qwest has accused Comcast of blocking their VoIP
customers from accessing Qwest customer service in
Washington in Oregon, in turn blocking them from
signing up for landline service (assuming they
actually wanted to do that):"Two Vancouver
residents...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85026
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/blocking.htm

Why your vote isn't secure, Houston Chronicle,
6/19/2007 
Study, experts call for tests, paper trail, yet our
local leaders ignore them
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/4895213.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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