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What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy
families and friends, and mar the purest joys and
happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill
our hearts with hatred instead of love for our
neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this
beautiful world – Robert E Lee

Gutierrez Hails Dramatic Broadband Growth, NTIA
Gutierrez Hails Dramatic U.S. Broadband Growth: NTIA
today released the report, “Networked Nation:
Broadband in America, 2007,” that highlights the
dramatic growth of broadband in the United States. The
report shows that the Administration’s technology,
regulatory and fiscal policies have stimulated
innovation and competition, and encouraged investment
in the U.S. broadband market contributing to
significantly increased accessibility of broadband
services.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2008/NetworkedNation_013108.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Ignoring Reality, Bush Declares Broadband Mission
Accomplished, Free Press
Today, the Bush administration released a report
claiming that high-speed Internet access is now
available to virtually every American. Yet since 2001,
the United States has fallen from fourth to 15th in
the world in broadband penetration.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_whats_new/~3/226713445/release.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Bush Administration Broadband Report Distorts Reality,
PK
Today the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) released a report, “Networked
Nation: Broadband in America 2007,” that purported to
show the success of Administration policies in
bringing high-speed Internet to the U.S. The report is
available here
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/226806762/1377
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Philadelphia Makes Back-Up Plan In Case Earthlink
Bails - The city is prepared to take over if need be,
DSLreports
Terry Phillis, Chief Information Officer for
Philadelphia s Mayor s Office, has stated that the
city expects EarthLink to bail on its construction of
a citywide wireless system. He says that more will be
known within the next sixty days but the city is
making back-up plans for municipal Wi-Fi based on the
belief that EarthLink will sell (or entirely abandon)
the system.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Philadelphia-Makes-BackUp-Plan-In-Case-Earthlink-Bails-91483
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

700Mhz Auction Approaches $10 Billion - Carterfone
conditions should be applied
, dslreports
RCR Wireless News reports that the FCC could hit their
goal of $10 billion in 700Mhz auction bids by sometime
today. Bidding for the highly desirable "C block"
spectrum has hit $3.8 billion, or 83% of the FCC
reserve price of $4.6 billion. That's important, given
the fact that if the FCC didn't see the kind of money
they were hoping for, they'd likely auction off the
spectrum a second time without the open access
conditions (for what they're worth) attached.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/700Mhz-Auction-Approaches-10-Billion-91425
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Public-Safety Airwaves Have Just One Suitor, Wash Post
An effort to create a nationwide wireless network for
firefighters, police and other emergency responders
has hit a stumbling block as the Federal
Communications Commission's auction for airwaves
dedicated for public-safety use has attracted paltry
interest from bidders.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/30/AR2008013003423.html?wpisrc=_rsstechnology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Watching the C Block Spectrum Auction in Real Time:
Just Like E-Bay (if the Item was Worth about
$5,000,000,000)., Sascha Meinrath
Now that the reserve price has been met, the open
platform requirements on the C block 700 MHz spectrum
auction are a guarantee. So what's left to do? Well,
let's watch what happens:
http://saschameinrath.com/2008/jan/31/watching_c_block_spectrum_auction_real_time_just_e_bay_if_item_was_worth_about_5_000_000
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

700 MHz: Notes From The Spectrum New Hampshire
Primary, C Block Not Dead Yet, Tales from the Sausage
Factory
Everyone remember how Clinton was dead after Iowa? Now
who remembers two weeks ago, or even last week, when
analysts wrote off the 700 MHz auction as doomed due
to credit crunch? But, other than D Block's utter
failure to move (and regular reade...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1037
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Free Public Wi-Fi, Tech Liberation Front
When I've seen "Free Public Wi-Fi" ad-hoc networks, I
always assumed that it was some kind of honey pot. But
it turns out that Occam's Razor applies: it's just
Windows being retarded:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/225721966/043289.php
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Steal More Wifi!, Cybertelecom
So what about all those folk who have been busted for
stealing Wifi. You know, those nefarious dudes in long
black trench coats that congregate outside coffee
houses, checking their emails and whether their tech
stocks have tanked. Misconception for today: “You can
steal Wifi.”
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2008/01/steal-more-wifi.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Clearwire Declares Progress on Sprint WiMax Deal,
eweek
The companies agree on a common network architecture
in order to make it possible for their customers to
move between their WiMax networks. strong p ...
http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/tech/~3/226073853/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

Verizon Exec: We Don't Want to Police Content, IP
Democracy
Unlike its fellow giant telco AT&T, Verizon has no
interest in filtering its broadband customers' data
streams to identify pirated video content, Verizon's
top public policy executive said today. Speaking at
the Congressional Internet Caucus' State of the Net
conference, Tom Tauke, former congressman and current
EVP of Public Affairs at Verizon said "we really don't
want to play the role of policing the Internet" when
asked whether Verizon shared AT&T's interest in
helping Hollywood ferret out pirated content by
implementing network level filters.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2008/01/30/#002859
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

ICANN Actually Does Something About Domain Tasting,
eweek
No more free tastes at domain so registrants will go
on a diet. We have Network Solutions to thank it
seems....
http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~r/RSS/tech/~3/225984919/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

AT&T Outage: 3G and Edge - At least eighteen states
have been affected, dslreports
Users in our forums began reporting this morning that
they were experiencing outages with their AT&T
service. The Consumerist points out that there are
conflicting reports as to who has been affected. It
appears that both 3G and EDGE users have experienced
problems with Internet connectivity.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Outage-3G-and-Edge-91479
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

Opt Out Of Comcast Arbitration - Assuming you enjoy
having your legal rights
, dslreports
AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile were recently slapped down
by the courts for trying to bury language in your
terms of service that would limit your legal rights.
The companies have tried to force consumers to take
place in mandatory arbitration instead of having their
grievances heard in a court of law. Not surprisingly,
arbitration almost always rules against you.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Opt-Out-Of-Comcast-Arbitration-91421
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

Verizon Faces Largest-Ever Class Action - Those early
termination fees will get you every time, dslreports
As a result of its early termination fees, Verizon
Wireless is facing what is being called the largest
class action lawsuit ever . The case has been building
for four years but reached a milestone victory
recently when it appeared in front of the American
Arbitration Association in New York and was given the
green light to proceed. The lawsuit could result in
refunds of $1 billion across the 70 million people who
have been affected by Verizon s $175 ETF.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Faces-LargestEver-Class-Action-91448
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Yahoo to cut 1,000 jobs, Lost Remote
As expected, Yahoo announced job cuts that add up to 7
percent of its workforce. The company’s Q4 profit was
$206 million, down from $269 million a year ago.
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/01/29/yahoo-to-cut-1000-jobs/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/yahoo.htm

Myanmar Arrests Blogger, Watchdog Says, NYT
Nay Myo Latt was taken into custody after writing
about the suppression of freedoms following last
fall’s crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations,
Reporters Without Borders said.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Myanmar-Internet.html?ex=1359522000&en=9a580451ec29b35d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/asia.htm

Internet Disrupted in Egypt and India, NYT
A breakdown in an international undersea cable network
disrupted Internet links to Egypt, India and Gulf Arab
countries on Wednesday, and Egypt said it could take
days to return to normal.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-internet-disruption.html?ex=1359435600&en=b57853830c5646e4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Internet cut hurts India's call centres, Globe and
Mail
Cuts in two undersea cables cut the nation's bandwidth
in half
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/226563977/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Outage Cripples Internet Connection to North Africa,
Asia, Internet News
The cause of the shutdown hitting several countries is
unknown.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/226633413/3725096
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Crippling Mideast Internet Blackout Could Last Two
Weeks, Ecommerce Times
Severe Internet and phone service outages hit Egypt
and India Wednesday after two submarine cable
communication lines were severed. Submarine cable
lines are the main connection lines for Internet
service providers and telephony companies.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/61471.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm

Congresswoman: Let ISPs probe for pirates, CNET
Rep. Mary Bono Mack says Congress shouldn't get in the
way of Internet service providers that want to detect
illegal sharing of copyrighted material.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9861240-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

U2 manager blames ISPs, CNET
Paul McGuinness blames ISPs for the precipitous fall
in sales of recorded music and proposes a mandatory
filtering system.
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13526_1-9861165-27.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

U2's turn for Internet thrashing, CNET
One of the world's most popular bands comes under fire
from bloggers angered by antipiracy comments made by
group's manager.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9861701-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Savage v. CAIR: Another Year, Another Attempt to
Misuse Copyright Law to Silence a Critic, EFF
This week, along with our co-counsel, EFF filed a
motion for judgment on the pleadings asking a U.S.
District Court judge to throw out a copyright
infringement suit brought by talk show host Michael
Savage against the Council on American-Islamic
Relations. Savage sued CAIR in December, alleging that
CAIR infringed the copyright in his show when it
posted on its web site brief excerpts from Savage's
radio program in order to criticize Savage's remarks.
Savage also added a federal racketeering claim
stemming from that alleged copyright infringement.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/another-year-another-attempt-misuse-copyright-law-silence-critic
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

Amazon to Buy Audiobook Seller for $300 Million, NYT
Amazon.com, which has been rapidly adding digital
downloads to its vast Web store, will bolster those
offerings with Audible, the largest online seller of
audiobooks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/technology/01amazon.html?ex=1359522000&en=a55598b6e24de319&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Congress extends surveillance law another 15 days, CW
The U.S. Congress has granted a temporary 15-day
extension to a controversial law that allows the
government to conduct telephone surveillance on
suspected terrorists without first obtaining a court
warrant.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/226043150/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

Have The Senate Democrats Finally Learned?, Tales from
the Sausage Factory
With the Protect America Act (aka FISA on 'roids) set
to expire at 12:01 a.m. Friday, and the Senate
deadlocked on the question of immunity for telcos, the
Administration once again tried to employ its favorite
strategy. Rather than support any k...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1030
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

Three Plead Guilty in Nigerian Spam Scheme, NYT
Three people have pleaded guilty to charges related to
spam e-mail that promised U.S. victims millions of
dollars from an estate and a lottery, the U.S.
Department of Justice announced.
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18852573E000750D52.html?ex=1359435600&en=062bf978fc801ec7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

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