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Tue Apr 15 18:27:50 PDT 2008

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â€œWhen you fly, you are inspected quite thoroughly
â€“ where as the plane itself is, perhaps,
occasionally vacuumed.  You see, with this
Administration, if a passenger blows up a plane, it is
a failure in the war on terror.  But if the plane just
blows up itself, mâ€™eh itâ€™s the market self
regulating.â€  - John Stewart, April 2008

Connect Kentucky Disconnected At Home, PK
While Connected Nation is expanding around the
country, it hit a big snag at home. Kentucky Gov.
Steve Beshear (D) Monday let the world know what his
administration thinks of the controversial Connect
Kentucky program. He vetoed $2.4 million in funds for
the organization, which was founded under his
predecessor, Republican Ernie Fletcher. Background on
the program is here.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/270281522/1521
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Corpus Christi poised to take over EarthLink muni
Wi-Fi network, Muni
The city council of Corpus Christi, Texas is voting
this week on an agreement with EarthLink that would
transfer ownership of the municipal Wi-Fi network back
to the city. EarthLink agreed to buy the network last
year from the city for over $5.3 million. However,
because EarthLink is leaving the municipal wireless
business, it has decided to give the network back to
Corpus Christi. In exchange, EarthLink does not have
to pay the remaining $1.59 million it owes to the
city. No one knows what the city plans to do with the
public access part of the network. Will the city hire
another ISP to operate it? The city will continue to
use it for wireless automated meter reading.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/270456814/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Wi-Fi on public transport is suddenly hot, muni
I donâ€™t know why these articles seem to come
together in bunches but this week, Wi-Fi Planet has a
long piece written by Daniel Casciato about Wi-Fi as
an amenity for commuters and USA Today pointed out
that more cities are offering Wi-Fi to bus passengers.
The Wi-Fi Planet article goes into greater depth (I
was interview for the piece), covering Wi-Fi on buses
in the UK and transit authorities in Montreal,
Massachusetts, Chattanooga, Nevada, and Stockholm â€”
emphasizing that Wi-Fi isnâ€™t just for the passengers
but also for the transit authoritiesâ€™ operations and
the safety of the bus drivers.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/269654445/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

St. Louis downtown Wi-Fi network goes live, muni
AT&Tâ€™s Wi-Fi network in downtown St. Louis is up and
running. AT&T had initially planned a citywide Wi-Fi
network, but could not get it done because the light
poles on which the wireless access points are to be
mounted, do not have electricity 24 hours a day. So
they opted instead for a smaller, more focused
network.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/269674926/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Why you can't split D Block and PSST, Tales from the
Sausage Factory
Unsurprisingly, folks are now proposing to split the D
Block from the public safety spectrum, auction the
commercial spectrum, and use the money to build a
separate public safety network. This got a bunch of
attention at today's House Subcommitte...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1152
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

WiMAX Supporters Try To Suppress Case Study About
WiBRO Troubles, Techdirt
Tempers flared at the WiMAX show in Singapore last
week when the WiMAX Forum apparently moved to suppress
a report issued by one of their media sponsors,
Telecoms Korea. The Telecoms Korea report, prepared
with the expectation of distribution at the event,
apparently included a case study regarding KT's
deployment of WiBRO in South Korea, including relevant
facts about the rocky start the service has had. Well,
apparently "rocky start" isn't on the agenda at the
WiMAX
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080410/225950819.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

WiMax Subscriptions on the Rise - But will growth last
into the 4G future?, dslreports
The WiMax market has taken some hits in recent months
with Sprint s Xohm network delayed indefinitely and
Australia s first WiMax network losing support even
from its CEO. In spite of these problems, the global
Broadband Wireless Access/WiMAX subscriber base grew
over twenty percent in the last quarter of 2007 and
appears to be continuing on its rise. An emerging area
for the market is mobile WiMax with a recent boost
from a Motorola demonstration of the first public
handoffs between WiMax access points. Debate rages as
to whether WiMax will manage to co-exist
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiMax-Subscriptions-on-the-Rise-93530
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

Duke University Tries To Shut Down Lacrosse Players'
Blog, Techdirt
It would appear that officials at Duke aren't
particularly familiar with The Streisand Effect. As
you may have heard, a few years back there was a case
that got a ton of media attention, with some Duke
lacrosse players being accused of rape. Eventually,
after fanning the flames in the media, prosecutors had
to drop the case for lack of any actual evidence --
and the prosecutor who led the charge was disbarred.
The lacrosse players are striking back, suing the
University and the city of Durham. As the case moves
forward, they've put up their own blog, at
DukeLawsuit.com. However, the university and the city
aren't too happy about it and have tried to get the
court to force the blog offline -- which, of course,
is only drawing a lot more attention to it.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080414/021119836.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Defining Net Neutrality Internationally, PK
A constant complaint of net neutrality naysayers is
that no one knows what net neutrality is. Lacking an
agreed-upon definition, the debate swirls into a
maelstrom full of red herrings, as various ISP
spokespeople talk about how net neutrality threatens
legitimate network management, or will interfere with
quality of service.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/270128559/1519
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Canadians Arenâ€™t Buying Into Net Neutrality,
CircleID
The Tyee, an independent on-line magazine based in BC
wrote a story about net neutrality more than a year
ago, noting that most Canadians are sleeping through
the debate. They followed up again last week. Despite
what is called a "perfect storm of events that may
crystallize the issue for consumers, businesses,
politicians, and regulators," there hasn't been an
overwhelming outcry, despite extensive press coverage
of the most recent network activities. There are a
number of voices who present a conspiracy theory on
traffic shaping in Canada..
http://www.circleid.com/posts/84148_canadians_net_neutrality/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

California Democrats Embed Net Neutrality in Party
Platform, Open Left
Net neutrality is now in the California Democratic
Party platform courtesy of blogger and platform
committee member Dante Atkins.
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5135
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Help Spread the Word about Stanford, Save the Internet
As we increasingly turn our attention the the April 17
hearing at Stanford, weâ€™ve gotten a few requests to
produce some art for folks to display on their blogs,
facebook profiles, etc. to get the word out.
http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/04/11/help-spread-the-word-about-the-upcoming-hearing/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Commerce Committee to Explore the Future of the
Internet, Commerce Committee
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation announces a Full Committee hearing on
The Future of the Internet to be held April 22, 2008,
at 10 a.m.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=fc70d90a-f6e8-4dac-a44a-210207e3eb5a
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Public Knowledge Calls Comcast-Pando Proposal
'Ludicrous', PK
Comcast and Pando, a company working on a more
efficient method of distributing peer-to-peer content,
announced today they will work on a â€œbill of
rightsâ€ for P2P users and Internet Service
Providers. The following is a statement from Gigi B.
Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge:
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/270995733/1524
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Comcast wants â€˜bill of rights' for file-sharers,
ISPs, Globe and Mail
Announcement expands on company's new policy toward
file-sharing; document would codify â€˜best practices'
for Internet providers to deal with file-sharing
traffic
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/270956805/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

comScore Releases March 2008 U.S. Search Engine
Rankings, comScore
comScore today released its monthly comScore qSearch
analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. March 2008
saw Americans conduct 10.8 billion core searches,
representing a 9-percent increase versus February.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/comscore/~3/270981032/release.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Results of ARIN/CAIDA IPv6 Penetration Survey, ARIN
No description
http://www.arin.net/announcements/20080415.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

"Trademark Use in Commerce" Revisited, Tech &
Marketing Law
You may recall my repeated discussion about the
trademark use in commerce doctrine. A quick recap:
the..
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/04/trademark_use_i.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/trademark.htm

NYC Finally Accepting Verizon FiOS Proposal - Now if
they can just get FiOS working in the apartments
there, dslreports
Back in January, FiOS deployment in New York City was
stalled as the result of closed-door negotiations
between Verizon and the city. At the time, Verizon
said that they believed negotiations would be complete
by the end of March. Seems like they were fairly close
to their time table as an announcement has come that
the company is moving forward with its plans in all
five boroughs where it has been installing (or trying
to install) FiOS for months. The city has finally
agreed to increase competition for the city s current
provider, Cablevision, by accepting proposals from new
cable TV providers, a step that s been more than a
year and a half in the making. Although any company
can file a proposal for a franchise in the area, it is
believed that only Verizon will do so.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NYC-Finally-Accepting-Verizon-FiOS-Proposal-93519
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Citizen news site under fire for proposed ad-policy
changes, CNET
Helium.com, a hub for citizen journalists and writers,
draws heat for saying it wants to reward only its more
active participants.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9918389-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

The Day the YouTube Died, Renesys
At the recent Global Peering Forum I performed a spoof
song based on the recent YouTube hijacking. (I'm told
that video will eventually be available, at which
point I'm sure I'll have to go into hiding at an
undisclosed location.)
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/04/the_day_the_youtube_died_1.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/reliability.htm

Think Tank Tells Missouri to Let VoIP Be - Warns that
regulation and taxation are bad for the state's
economy, dslreports
The state of Missouri has been notoriously tough in
its regulation of both telcos and cable operators
which has caused some issues with the development of
VoIP technology in the state. The Institute for Policy
Innovation has issued a press release which tells the
state that they need to minimize regulation and taxes
on VoIP so that the technology has the potential to
grow.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Think-Tank-Tells-Missouri-to-Let-VoIP-Be-93621
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Presidential campaigns clueless about Net threats, CW
The 2008 presidential campaigns are apparently
clueless about cyberthreats that could harm the
candidates' reputations and fund-raising or disclose
sensitive information, a security researcher said
Friday.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/268773430/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm

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