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Tue Jul 15 19:45:31 PDT 2008

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Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. - HAL

Austin, Minnesota citywide Wi-Fi launches in October 2008, Muni
Austin, Minnesota (pop. 23,000, 28 square km) is finally offering wireless broadband service, more than one year after issuing a public tender. The city is working with Austin Utilities, a non-profit community owned public utility. The cost of the network is $1.2 million.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/335714703/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

EBay wins major victory in trademark dispute with Tiffany, CW
A federal judge rules that Tiffany, and not eBay, is responsible for monitoring the eBay Web site for counterfeit Tiffany goods.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/335378797/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

StubHub Denied 230 in Hannah Montana Ticket Scalping Case--Hill v. StubHub, Tech & Marketing Law
Hill v. StubHub, 07 CVS 11310 (N.C. Superior Ct. July 14, 2008) [note: I believe this is...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/07/stubhub_denied.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Myth of the Bandwidth Hog, PK (Noah Pepper)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been quick to blame problems with service quality on so-called “bandwidth hogs.” According to AT&T, the top 5% of their Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) subscribers use 46% of the consumed bandwidth, and the top 1% of subscribers use 21%. But it is unclear what these figures mean, and if congestion problems could even be caused by those who use the network the most. These figures would seem to be describing the bandwidth consumption totals at the end of some designated time period (day, week, month). If this is the case, then 5% of subscribers using 46% of bandwidth consumed is not necessarily cause for alarm.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/335275034/1653
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Bandwidth limits make a comeback, CW
The network neutrality war continues as service providers test tiered service plans, in which customers pay a variety of rates based on speed and monthly download limits.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/336191511/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Don't Fear The Bandwidth Apocalypse - Cable industry lobbies the FCC with some epic distortions…, dslreports
A good rule of thumb: when someone claims the Internet is facing bandwidth armageddon, it's usually because they're in the business of designing and selling traffic shaping hardware, trying to justify new and frequently unjustifiable broadband pricing models, or trying to scare politicians into doing what they want. The guys actually working in the network operation centers will generally tell you that congestion can almost always be handled with smart design and capacity upgrades.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Dont-Fear-The-Bandwidth-Apocalypse-96115
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

FCC and Comcast: Reasonably Vague, CircleID
So, the FCC will recommend that Comcast be "punished" or receive "sanctions" for its peer-to-peer throttling practice. And the network neutrality debate goes on, as does its ambiguities and vagueness. Even if you hate Comcast and agree with the net neutrality argument and the FCC's decision, one thing Comcast is correct in saying is that "reasonable network management" specified by the FCC in network neutrality policy set in 2005 is vague. Actually, the term "network management" by itself is broad before you even try to interpret what is meant by "reasonable", and it is not exactly correct in its application here..
http://www.circleid.com/posts/891411_fcc_comcast_reasonably_vague/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Rep. Culberson Finally Admits The Problem Is The Existing House Rules, Techdirt
Last week, we were among the first to point out that Rep. John Culberson was wrong in trying to paint a picture of a group of nefarious Democrats trying to block him from posting to Twitter or Qik. The problem wasn't the Democrats -- but existing house rules. We pointed this out both in the blog post and in a direct Twitter to Culberson. He responded to each, but his comments continued to insist that the problem was the new proposal from a few Democrats rather than the existing rules. That made it into something of a partisan fight, with a bunch of political blogs jumping in and supporting "their side."
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080713/1649211660.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Senate panel to hold hearing on Google-Yahoo search ad deal, CW
A Senate panel is holding a hearing on the search advertising deal between Google and Yahoo.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/335402816/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

Congressional hearings on online competition and our ad agreement with Yahoo, Google
With all the twists and turns in the online advertising space since the beginning of this year, it's no surprise that Members of Congress would be interested in looking at the issue of competition in that space.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/336026163/congressional-hearings-on-online.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft/Icahn Search and Restructuring Proposal, Yahoo!
No description
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=321697
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/yahoo.htm

Friday Court Hearing in YouTube Video Battle, EFF
San Jose - On Friday, July 18, at 9 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge in San Jose to protect the free speech and fair use rights of mother who posted a home movie of her son dancing to Prince on YouTube.
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/07/15
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/fair.htm

If You Block Your P2P App From Sharing Files, Are You Still Guilty Of Making Files Available?, Techdirt
Contrary to popular opinion (partly due to a misunderstanding press that will often repeat this myth), the various lawsuits regarding file sharing have never been about an individual downloading unauthorized copyright-covered works, but in uploading or sharing them. Amusingly, there are some legal experts who point out that a clear reading of copyright law in the US actually suggests that uploading is perfectly legal, while downloading may not be. Either way, the entertainment industry has focused on going after people for uploading (specifically: distributing) unauthorized materials.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080714/1444301672.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

Open letter urges Craigslist to help newspapers, Lost Remote
Steve Outing has written an open letter to Craigslist on behalf of the newspaper industry. He’s not suggesting that Craigslist save newspapers, because he admits print is an outdated model. But he is asking that Craigslist help save journalism. Outing’s suggestions:
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/14/open-letter-urges-craigslist-to-help-newspapers/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

In Which We Consider the History of Unlicensed Wireless Broadband, Cybertelecom
In this post, we consider the history of unlicensed radio spectrum, sometimes known as Part 15 Spectrum. This is a radio service that most of us are familiar with, but perhaps few have appreciated what a significant paradigm shift it represents. Unlicensed Part 15 Spectrum is found in garage door openers, remote control toys, and WiFi Internet Access. Traditionally, the FCC doles out the
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-which-we-consider-history-of.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/history_wireless_unlicensed.htm

San Francisco IT worker arrested in hijacking of city network, CNET
Disgruntled city worker in jail on $5 million bail after allegedly locking administrators out of the city's wireless area network.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-9991769-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Disgruntled SF City Tech Worker Takes Over City's Computer Network, Techdirt
Every few years or so, we see a story about some disgruntled tech worker who has planted some sort of trojan in a computer network that lets him shut down or destroy the network. The latest just happens to be an employee from the city of San Francisco, and the computer system happens to be its new multi-million dollar system. Even though the guy is now sitting in jail, he's apparently refused to hand over the administrative password needed to regain control over the system. Right now, it appears that he's been able to lock other top administrators out of the system, and officials are afraid that he's actually opened up access to someone else (though that might just be fear mongering). As for what's on the system? "Officials' e-mails, city payroll files, confidential law enforcement documents and jail inmates' bookings" among other things. Just a reminder that while insiders may not be the biggest threat to computer networks, they can still be a threat.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080715/1138381689.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Study Shows Greater Voting Errors With E-Voting, Techdirt
Whenever we point to problems with e-voting systems, there are always some who respond by pointing out (correctly) that there are problems with the old paper ballot system as well, and the e-voting system must be better. Not so far. Jose Luis Campanello writes in to let us know that a study in France found that when compared to traditional paper ballots e-voting systems showed more errors. There were definitely voting discrepancies in both cases, but it was significantly more
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080713/1801021665.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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