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Thu Mar 1 13:43:06 PST 2007

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"As I was saying 12 years ago when I was
interrupted..."
- Congressman Ed Markey, upon returning as chair and
reconvening the House Subcommittee on Telecom and the
Internet

Verizon On Munis: 'More Power To Them' - Quite a
change in position from 2004..., Broadband Reports,
3/1/2007 
Over the years, Verizon has been no friend of
municipal broadband, lobbying for laws that derailed
community broadband, resulting in some bad press once
people woke up to what was going on. With the general
shift in muni-broadband towards...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81944
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Broadband over powerline is ready to explode, CW,
3/1/2007 
You plug a cell phone-size adapter into any electrical
outlet in your house and you've got 3M bit/sec.
Internet service. Look out, AT&T and Time Warner, here
comes the local power company.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/97878420/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Hams Demand FCC BPL Test Data - ARRL files FOIA
request on Manassas tests, Broadband Reports, 3/1/2007

Hams continue to insist that broadband over powerline
(BPL) deployments in Manassas, Virginia, are causing
local interference. The FCC investigated and dismissed
all complaints, though local RF engineers don't
believe the FCC's tests were very...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81945
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Mac Wi-Fi hijack demonstrated, CNET, 3/1/2007 
Is the book on the Mac Wi-Fi hijack saga finally being
closed? David Maynor, chief technology officer at
Errata..
http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6163285.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Berners-Lee offers thoughts on Net neutrality, DRM,
CW, 3/1/2007 
Another of the Net's founding wizards weighed in on
the Net neutrality debate this week, as Tim
Berners-Lee advocated that Congress protect Net
neutrality and questioned the value of digital rights
management tech.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/98044806/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

CDT Reiterates Call for Balanced Internet Neutrality
Policy, CDT, 3/1/2007 
In comments filed today with the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC), CDT highlighted ways in which the
FTC could play a constructive role in a broader policy
framework for Internet neutrality that benefits
consumers as well as innovators. CDT filed the..
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/974
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, January 2007,
Clickz, 3/1/2007 
Arrests, convictions rise while threats still abound
on the Web.
http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/97487402/showPage.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Egyptian Blogger Appeals Prison Sentence, Wash Post,
3/1/2007 
Lawyers filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a blogger
who was sentenced to four years in prison for
insulting Islam and Egypt's president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022700065.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/

Fair Use Bill Would Unlock DMCA, Internet News,
3/1/2007 
New legislation would allow consumers to make digital
copies for home networks.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/97550539/3662781
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Boucher Introduces FAIR USE Act, Aiming To Make The
DMCA Much Less Egregious, Techdirt, 3/1/2007 
Rep. Rick Boucher certainly looks like the digital
consumer's best friend on Capitol Hill, with his
long-running attempts to reform the DMCA as well as
his support for fair use, an idea that many
politicians hold with disdain. Boucher has again.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070227/165853.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Storm Worm variant targets blogs, bulletin boards,
CNET, 3/1/2007 
Blogs, bulletin board notices posted by victims of
Trojan horse contain links to malicious Web sites.
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6162623.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

Verizon Wireless Closes Spammer Case, Internet News,
3/1/2007 
Judgment ends 2005 Bahamas cruise text messaging spam
case.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/96857368/3662326
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/fcc.htm

PA To Overturn Muni-Thwarting Law? - Lancaster wants
citywide Wi-Fi, moves to eliminate Verizon bill,
Broadband Reports, 3/1/2007 
There was much debate in 2004 over a bill in
Pennsylvania that imposed restrictions on
muni-broadband operations. Essentially, it required
towns and cities to get Verizon's ok (a right of
refusal process that all but crushed muni-broadband in
the...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81889
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/pa.htm

iProvo FTTH Growing Pains - City struggles with cold
weather, fiber repair bills..., Broadband Reports,
3/1/2007 
Faulty fiber-optic cables in iProvo's $40 million
network are causing hiccups in high-speed service and
are threatening to create more headaches for city
finances," reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The article
paints an unflattering picture of a...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81926
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ut.htm

UN, tech leader discuss 'digital divide', America's
Network, 3/1/2007 
United Nations officials met with Silicon Valley
executives to discuss the "digital divide," the
growing gap between the world's wealthiest and most
computer literate people and the impoverished masses
without Internet access, an

http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=408136&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/dd.htm

Sen. Stevens Will Recognize E-Rate 10 Year Anniversary
on Wednesday, Senate, 3/1/2007 
Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) will join the National
Coalition for Technology in Education and Training
(NCTET) and the Education and Library Networks
Coalition (EdLiNC) to recognize the ten year
anniversary of the “E-Rate” program on Wednesday,
February 28, 2007 at 9:00AM in the Russell Senate
Office Building, Room 485.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248753
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

Daylight-Saving Time Change: Bigger than Y2K?, eWeek,
3/1/2007 
IT shops have had less notice in dealing with the time
change than they did for Y2K, and the issue doesn't
have visibility at the highest levels of an
organization as it did for Y2K.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/97074620/0,1759,2098954,00.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/year2000/

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