[Cybertel-Ann] 11.1 :: Harold Calls Non-Neutrality :: Rob Struggles with Math :: Declan Ponders Bad Ideas :: And Dancing Skeletons ::

Robert Cannon rcannon100 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 1 16:20:36 PST 2007 

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U.S. Broadband Stuck in the Internet Slow Lane,
CircleID, 11/1/2007 
The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke
on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that
have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and
more of their population connected to them. What's
less clear is how badly the country that gave birth to
the Internet is doing, and whether the government
needs to step in and do something about it. The Bush
administration has tried to foster broadband adoption
with a hands-off approach. If that's seen as a failure
by the next administration, the policy may change
http://www.circleid.com/posts/us_broadband_internet_slow/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Broadband Mapping Bill Moves Forward - Markey: 'Can't
fly blind' when it comes to policy, DSLreports,
11/1/2007 
Yesterday the House Energy and Commerce Committee
approved legislation authored by Representative Edward
J. Markey (D-MA) aimed at providing better broadband
penetration data. The bill (H.R. 3919) will create a
national, searchable map that's easily accessible to
consumers (in contrast to current FCC data). It will
also authorize the issuing of grants to help bring
service to under-served regions.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Mapping-Bill-Moves-Forward-88979
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

DSL and Cable Modem Loses over 24% Market Share in One
Year??!!, TeleFrieden, 11/1/2007 
No description
http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2007/11/dsl-and-cable-modem-loses-over-24.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

The FCC's Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses - It's that
time of year again...., DSLreports, 11/1/2007 
It's that time of year again; time for the FCC to
release U.S. broadband data that's about as reliable
as a heroin addict in charge of your retirement funds.
Despite years of criticism from everyone from consumer
advocates to the GAO, the FCC continues to insist that
if one home in a zip-code has broadband, that
broadband is wired for service.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCCs-RoseColored-Broadband-Glasses-89007
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband, Internet
news, 11/1/2007 
Similar legislation is making its way through the
House, thus making way for free citywide Wi-Fi.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/177799239/3708306
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

City Wi-Fi networks get Senate panel nod, again, CNET,
11/1/2007 
But will the proposal banning restrictions on
public-sector broadband offerings pass Congress this
time around, or will it die out, as it did last year?
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9809196-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Court strikes down adult social network restrictions,
Bay Area Reporter, 11/1/2007 
Since then, Section 2257 has been amended twice, with
the Child Protection Restoration and Penalties
Enhancement Act of 1990 and the Prosecutorial Remedies
...
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=2378
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/cppa1.htm

FCC urged to stop Comcast Internet blocking, CNET,
11/1/2007 
Several Net neutrality supporters have filed a
petition with the Federal Communications Commission to
force Comcast to stop blocking peer-to-peer traffic.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9809263-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Groups Petition FCC to Stop Comcast's P2P Delays, IP
Democracy, 11/1/2007 
In a move that was all but expected, a group of
consumer advocates and scholars have asked the FCC to
force Comcast from mickeying with its customers'
ability to fully using file-sharing applications such
as BitTorrent. The Open Internet Coalition along with
professors at the Internet practices of the Yale,
Harvard and Stanford law schools are among the parties
that contend that Comcast's efforts to delay the
uploading of P2P files is a violation of the FCC's own
policies.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/11/01/#002742
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Net Neutrality Advocates Hit Back at Comcast, Save the
Internet, 11/1/2007 
Cable giant Comcast has become the poster child for
Net Neutrality — with actions to block user traffic
that make a clear-cut case for Internet protections.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/11/01/net-neutrality-advocates-hit-back-at-comcast/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

U.S. Appeals Court affirms the broadband duopoly,
Muni, 11/1/2007 
A U.S. appeals court let stand an FCC decision
allowing phone companies to refuse to share their
broadband data networks. The president of the U.S.
Telecom Association calls this "the right decision for
Americans" and says it puts "consumers in charge of
the broadband market." Don't believe him.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/178387441/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

FCC Pressed to Stop Comcast's Internet Blocking, Free
Press, 11/1/2007 
Responding to Comcast's blocking of Internet traffic,
members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition and
Internet scholars at the nation's top law schools
today filed a petition and complaint with the Federal
Communications Commission. The filings call for urgent
action to stop violations of consumers' right to
access the software and content of their choice.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_whats_new/~3/178297830/release.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

ICANN: WHOIS Back to Rathole #0, CircleID, 11/1/2007 
ICANN's GNSO council had WHOIS on its agenda for
today. The options on the table: (1) Accepting the
outcome of years of policy development processes; (2)
rejecting that outcome (again?), but calling for some
kind of fact-gathering to feed into future policy
work, in order to keep the space occupied; (3)
acknowledging that there is broad dissent in the
Internet community, and calling for a sunset on the
WHOIS clauses in current agreements, as these clauses
are not backed by community consensus any more. Not
very surprisingly, motions (1) and (3) failed; (2) was
accepted; all that after lengthy discussion, with lots
of procedural bells and whistles.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/710316_icann_whois_rathole/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/whois.htm

Education Groups Praise Stevens Legislation to Protect
Children Online, Senate, 11/1/2007 
No description
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248979
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/education.htm

Wikipedia becomes a class assignment, Globe and Mail,
11/1/2007 
No description
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/178240342/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/education.htm

Broadband and Greenhouse Gases Event, Verizon,
11/1/2007 
Yesterday’s roundtable at the National Press Club in
Washington, D.C on the environmental benefits of
broadband and consumer electronics was a good start to
a conversation that we should have. (See, if you
subscribe: “Expected Energy Savings From Broadband
Critiqued” in the Oct. 31, 2007, issue of National
Journal’s Technology Daily.) Steve Pociask, an
economist with TeleNomics, examined, at our request,
the literature on the impact of ubiquitous broadband
on greenhouse gas emissions
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/KathyBrown9/393/Broadband-and-Greenhouse-Gases-Event.aspx#When:17:01:37
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/environment/

FiOS Fact Sheet: Q307 Edition, Verizon, 11/1/2007 
Here are some of the specific numbers about Verizon’s
100% fiber network -- FiOS.  The full fact sheet is
below, but here are the highlights: FiOS•         At
the end of September 2007, Verizon had passed about
8.5 million homes and businesses – installing more
than 457 million feet of fiber in parts of 16 states. 
•         Verizon expects to continue passing some 3
million premises annually through 2010, when the
company expects to have passed about 18 million homes,
or over half the homes it...
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/CZBlogger1/391/FiOS-Fact-Sheet-Q307-Edition.aspx#When:18:14:29
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Visitors to U.S. newspaper websites rise, Globe and
Mail, 11/1/2007 
Study shows number of online readers rose 3.7%
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/177728811/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

CNN opens bureau in Second Life, Lost Remote,
11/1/2007 
Reuters did this a long time ago, and now CNN is
opening a bureau and a bunch of kiosks in Second Life
in an effort to solicit more user content for iReport.
Just about everyone I know who created an avatar on
Second Life have moved on, but I think virtual spaces
have tremendous merit as the technology improves —
especially if merged with Facebook or an Xbox Live
environment.
http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/31/cnn-opens-bureau-in-second-life/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Trick or Treat at the FCC, future of Music Coalition,
11/1/2007 
Today's FCC hearings on localism in media featured
stellar testimony from a panel of witnesses nearly
united in their belief that diversity in media
ownership and community-centric broadcasting are of
enormous public value. The hearings took place on
Halloween, and, judging from the response of concerned
citizens to the possibility of further consolidation,
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin should be spooked.
http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2007/10/trick-or-treat-at-fcc.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

FTC urged to regulate Internet user 'tracking', FTC,
11/1/2007 
Center for Digital Democracy and U.S. Public Interest
Research Group call for new set of online-privacy
rules, with a focus on social-networking and
child-oriented sites.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9808978-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

The FTC's advertising town hall, and our new privacy
channel, Google, 11/1/2007 
The rapid growth of the Internet -- and the promise of
future growth -- has been driven primarily by online
advertising. Web sites and search engines are able to
provide valuable services to consumers for free due in
large part to advertiser funding. Like commercials on
television and ads in newspapers and magazines, online
ads have become staples of the Internet medium.
Without them, many web sites would either have to
charge subscription fees or would simply cease to
exist.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/177872042/ftcs-advertising-town-hall-and-our-new.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Why an FTC 'Do Not Track' list is a bad idea, CNET,
11/1/2007 
As the Federal Trade Commission begins its two-day
meeting about Internet advertising, new suggestions
for regulation are surfacing. Here's why some of them
may go too far.
http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9809195-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Privacy Groups Seek 'Do Not Track' List, eweek,
11/1/2007 
Based on the FTC's Do Not Call list, consumers could
opt out of behavioral advertising regimes.
http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/tech/~3/177822735/0,1759,2210389,00.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

F.T.C. to Review Online Ads and Privacy, NYT,
11/1/2007 
A coalition of privacy groups asked the government to
set up a mandatory do-not-track list for the Internet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/technology/01Privacy.html?ex=1351656000&en=c18d979b4f88a46d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Agencies Issue Final Rules on Identity Theft Red Flags
and Notices of Address Discrepancy, FTC, 11/1/2007 
The Federal Trade Commission and the federal financial
institution regulatory agencies have sent to the
Federal Register for publication final rules on
identity theft “red flags” and address discrepancies.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/10/redflag.shtm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/idtheft.htm

Dancing Skeletons are Latest Storm Botnet Trick,
eweek, 11/1/2007 
Halloween-themed spamming is leading users to a
dancing skeleton game that installs a Trojan and gains
remote access to victims' PCs.
http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/tech/~3/177822736/0,1759,2210376,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worm.htm

Stevens Praises FCC for Easing Number Portability,
Senate, 11/1/2007 
No description
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248980
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/numbers.htm

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