[Cybertel-Ann] 6.26.8 :: With One Feld Swoop :: Why Deploy FTTH When You Can Pretend You Do? :: FCC AWS Proposal Mandates Internet Filters ::

Thu Jun 26 08:47:01 PDT 2008

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Online Everyone: The Internet for Everyone, a new public/private coalition, Peerflow
Google's Vint Cerf, ZIPcar's Robin Chase, FCC's Adelstein: Internet for Everyone, a public/private coalition for getting everyone online:
http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/06/online-everyone-the-internet-for-everyone-a-new-publicprivate-coalition.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Cogent Becomes Transit-Free, Renesys
Cogent (AS174) has established a direct connection to the America Online Transit Data Network (ATDN) (AS1668). This long-awaited connection completes Cogent's effort to directly connect with every transit-free network in the world and qualifies them, for the first time, as being transit-free.
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/06/cogent_becomes_transitfree.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

Questionable cable ads blast IPTV, Lost Remote
Sure, IPTV services like FiOS are taking forever to roll out, which means limited service areas. But some cable companies are getting a little too aggressive in their ad campaigns. “We already have a fiber-optic network serving ALL our homes,” says one Comcast ad. Technically, cable TV networks are fiber only up to a point — coax cables make the last stretch to the home. But just wait, the cable-IPTV wars are just beginning.
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/06/25/questionable-cable-ads-blast-iptv/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/cable.htm

Why Deploy Fiber To The Home When You Can Pretend You Do? - Cable operators pretend that having fiber in a network is the same as FTTH...., dslreports
One trick up cable's sleeve in their battle against FiOS has been to try and confuse customers who don't know the difference between fiber to the home (FTTH) and hybrid fiber/coaxial networks. For cable operators that are taking a half-hearted approach to deploying DOCSIS 3.0 and competitive speeds, tricking their customers is clearly cheaper than actually upgrading their network.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Why-Deploy-Fiber-To-The-Home-When-You-Can-Pretend-You-Do-95578
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fiber.htm

Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2155-2175 MHz, and 2175-2180 MHz, Fed Reg
In this document, we seek comment on service rules for licensed fixed and mobile services, including Advanced Wireless Services (AWS), in the 19151920 MHz, 19952000 MHz, 21552175 MHz, and 21752180 MHz bands. We seek comment on rules for licensing this newly designated spectrum in a manner that will permit it to be fully and promptly utilized to bring advanced wireless services to American consumers. Our objective is to allow for the most effective and efficient use of spectrum in this band, while also encouraging development of robust wireless
http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-06-25-E8-14423
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/waws.htm

The FCC Stumbles Into Internet Filtering, Circle ID
What could be bad about free wireless Internet access? How about censorship by federally mandated filters that make it no longer "Internet." That's the effect of the FCC's proposed service rules for Advanced Wireless Service spectrum in the 2155-2180 MHz band, as set out in a July 20 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Acting on a request of M2Z Networks, which wants to provide "free, family-friendly wireless broadband," the FCC proposes to require licensees of this spectrum band to offer free two-way wireless broadband Internet service to the public, with least 25% of their network capacity. So far so good, but on the next page, the agency guts the meaning of "broadband Internet" with a content filtering requirement.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/86257_fcc_internet_filtering/

Confusing Fact and Fiction at Techdirt, Tech Liberation Front
Mike Masick over on Techdirt yesterday decried the “amount of misinformation flying around” on the retention marketing issue.  Unfortunately, however, his attempt to clear things up actually added to the airborne debris.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/319913038/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

After Charter's Decision To Drop NebuAD, Will Other ISPs Follow? - Embarq, CenturyTel, WOW, Knology, Broadstripe, Bresnan still use technology…, dslreports
Customer backlash, fears that the technology could violate several privacy and wiretap laws, and the threat of Congressional investigation caused Charter this week to suspend their trials with behavioral advertising firm NebuAD. But what about the companies who were tinkering with the technology long before Charter? Embarq tells the Washington Times that "We are not currently using behavioral targeting tools and have not decided whether to move forward with them, either through NebuAd or with any other vendor." Their privacy policy still references such systems:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/After-Charters-Decision-To-Drop-NebuAD-Will-Other-ISPs-Follow-95596
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

NTT To Impose Upload Broadband Limits, Michael Geist
NTT, a leading Japanese ISP, plans to establish a new daily upload limit for subscribers.  The limit?  30 gigabytes per day.  There is no cap on downloads.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MichaelGeistsBlog/~3/320473314/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

With One Feld Swoop, Hands off the Internet
Our friend and strong Net neutrality proponent Harold Feld is out with this ringing endorsement of the FCC’s existing legal authority to protect consumers’ online rights. Good for him, though we’d add that we’ve been making much the same “existing protections” argument for two years.
http://handsoff.org/blog/regulation/with-one-feld-swoop/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Charter Communications Realizes People Don't Like Having Ads Injected Into Websites, Techdirt
Last month, cable broadband provider Charter Communications said it was going to test the clickstream tracking/behavioral ad injection service NebuAd, claiming (hilariously) that snooping on you as you surf in order to present ads to you enhances your web surfing experience. It turns out that many Charter customers did not agree -- and they weren't made any happier when independent research into NebuAd's system discovered many, many problems with it, including the fact that you couldn't really opt-out. Also, Congress got involved, asking Charter to explain itself. That's never a good sign.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080624/1650511503.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Comcast CTO: P2P Uses Half of Upstream Capacity, IP Democracy
Although regulators and consumer advocates suspect that cable operators had ulterior anti-competitive motives for messing with P2P traffic, cable's top technologists characterize the distributed computing protocols as pure and simple network hogs. During a general session here at the Society of Cable Television Engineers' CableTec Expo, Comcast CTO Tony Werner was asked why Comcast chose to implement a bandwidth management system that only targeted P2P.
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2008/06/25/#003018
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Broadband Draws Entertainment Traffic, clickz
Summer heightens Internet use and increases consumption of entertainment-related content.
http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/320548397/showPage.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

Cox: DOCSIS 3.0 Upgrades By Third Quarter - Albeit only 'in a limited fashion...' Probably Northern Virginia…, dslreports
While Comcast continues their plan to have 20% of their network upgraded with 50Mbps pre-cert DOCSIS 3.0 speeds by the end of this year, most cable operators won't be seriously upgrading until late 2009 or later. Cox CTO Chris Bowick says that Cox will be upgrading to DOCSIS 3.0 "in a limited fashion" by the third quarter of this year, though he isn't specifying where or in precisely what volume. Bowick says Cox will launch the speeds in "very strategic markets that require those kinds of speeds." That's of course code for anywhere Cox faces FiOS competition (their Northern Virginia markets are the most likely location).
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cox-DOCSIS-30-Upgrades-By-Third-Quarter-95585
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing, NYT
Advocacy groups and legal experts told Congress that it was unreasonable for federal officials to search the laptops of United States citizens when they re-enter the country from traveling abroad.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/washington/26airports.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm

Vote On Immunity Appears Imminent, But Anything Could Happen, EFF
There have been rumors that the Senate's vote on final passage of the FISA Amendments Act might be delayed until after next week's Congressional recess. Anything could happen, as the Senate is simultaneously rushing to complete two other controversial bills — one to address the mortage crisis, and another to fund the Iraq war — as quickly as possible. At this moment, though, it still appears very likely that the Senate will vote on the bill sometime on Thursday. Many expect that the bill will pass if voted on this week, despite newspaper editorials from across the country condemning the so-called "compromise" bill.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/vote-immunity-seems-imminent
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

Senators Dodd and Feingold Stand Strong Against Immunity, EFF
The Senate is once again arguing whether to pass The FISA Amendments Act, a deeply flawed and unconstitutional surveillance bill.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/senators-dodd-and-feingold
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm

More on "Obama weasels on FISA", Isen
Many of the comments on the previous post have the flavor of, "Politican bad, whadaya expect."
http://isen.com/blog/2008/06/more-on-weasels-on-fisa.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm

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