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Mon Oct 29 03:56:01 PST 2007

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Long Past Due for Broadband Maps, Cisco, 10/29/2007 
During the years that we all have been debating
whether we have enough broadband or fast enough
broadband, one interesting little detail has always
been true -- we really don't know where broadband is
available nor do we know what speeds are available.
Remarkably, we've been flying blind in analyzing
broadband policy in the absence of this basic data.
Although the FCC provides some data on broadband
availability, it is universally recognized -- even by
the FCC itself -- that the data is inadequate. The FCC
data does not specifically indentify locations where
broadband is not available, nor does it differentiate
based on the speed of services.
http://blogs.cisco.com/gov/2007/10/long_past_due_for_broadband_ma.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Blogger Wins Lawsuit Over Gripe Post--BidZirk v.
Smith, Tech & Marketing Law, 10/29/2007 
BidZirk, LLC v. Smith, 2007 WL 3119445 (D.S.C. Oct.
22, 2007) I have previously blogged about BidZirk...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/10/blogger_wins_la.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Senators Raise Concerns about Content Blocking -
Asking for congressional inquiry into regulation,
DSLreports, 10/29/2007 
There has been a lot of news lately about cable and
phone companies stifling (or, um, delaying ) costumer
communication. In addition to the traffic shaping
problem with Comcast, there have been consumer
complaints about AT&T s TOS (now changed) and Verizon
s temporary refusal to allow NARAL communication.
Apparently, this news is getting the attention of
politicians. Two senators have spoken out, asking for
a congressional hearing to investigate these reports.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Senators-Raise-Concerns-about-Content-Blocking-88895
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

A Net Neutrality investigation in Congress?, Open
Left, 10/29/2007 
Yesterday, Matt discussed major  conversions on net
neutrality among columnists.  Today, the AP is
reporting that two senators are calling for committee
hearings:
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2090
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Leaked Comcast Memo on Traffic Shaping - Customer
service rep was just doing her job, DSLreports,
10/29/2007 
Earlier this week, we reported on an email received by
a Comcast customer in response to questions about the
company s traffic shaping practices. An internal
Comcast memo published by The Consumerist shows that
the customer service rep who called the issue a web
rumor was probably just trying to keep her job. The
memo shows the talking points that Comcast has said
employees are to use when asked about BitTorrent
throttling.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Leaked-Comcast-Memo-on-Traffic-Shaping-88853
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

IPv6 Deployment: A Very Complex Time Bomb with an
Uncertain Trigger Date, CircleID, 10/29/2007 
I did a 2 hour interview on October 23rd with John
Curran, Board Chair of ARIN the North American
Regional Internet Routing Registry for the last
decade. I now understand what is at stake with IPv6.
Outside of a key core group of network engineers I
think darn few people do understand.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/710261_ipv6_deployment_complex_time_bomb/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

IPv6 Factsheet, ICANN, 10/29/2007 
No description
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26oct07.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

AT&T Charging Fire Victims For Toasted Satellite Dish,
Consumer Affairs, 10/29/2007 
San Diego couple didn't grab their dish as they
evacuated.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/10/att_fire.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Africa waiting for net revolution, BBC, 10/29/2007 
More than a third of Africans should have access to
broadband internet by 2012, a conference will hear.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7063682.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/africa.htm

Public Knowledge Calls Penalty on Fox’s Copyright
Play, PK, 10/29/2007 
The Fox News Channel has ordered the presidential
campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to take down a TV
commercial using a clip of the candidate at a recent
debate. The following should be attributed to Sherwin
Siy, Public Knowledge staff attorney.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/175552473/1247
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

FEMA fakes press conference (can you believe this?),
Lost Remote, 10/29/2007 
This is stunning. On Tuesday, FEMA gave reporters a
15-minute notice that it was throwing a press
conference about its response to the California fires.
How it improved since Katrina. Because of the late
notice, reporters called in to a conference pool, but
there were also people in the audience who asked
questions to the man at the podium, Deputy
Administrator Harvey Johnson. Questions like, “Are you
happy with FEMA’s response so far?” Turns out, the
people in the audience were FEMA’s own public affairs
personnel!
http://www.lostremote.com/2007/10/26/fema-fakes-press-conference-can-you-believe-this/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/emergency.htm

US tops "dirty dozen" of spam-relaying countries by a
landslide, Ars Technica, 10/29/2007 
Critics of the inadequacy of antispam legislation like
the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act have more tinder ...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071026-us-tops-dirty-dozen-of-spam-relaying-countries-by-a-landslide.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Cellphones, spam's got your number, Dallas, 10/29/2007

While computer e-mail spam is just a pain, unsolicited
cellphone text messages can be costly – 10 cents or
more per message. The problem is so new that ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-cellspam_29bus.ART.State.Edition2.420a1fc.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/fcc.htm

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