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Kevin Martin Defends Shoddy Broadband Record - You
apparently have to put his failure in full
context...., dslreports
Good 'ole Walt Mossberg gives FCC boss Kevin Martin a
bit of a talking to yesterday at the Wall Street
Journal D6 conference for his failure to help our
broadband fortunes. After Walt highlights the fact
that we pay more for less than a long list of
countries, the Kev-meister shows off his political
chops, and swiftly talks his way out of trouble (see
video part 1 and part 2). When questioned about why
the FCC considers 256kbps to be broadband, Martin
tells Walt they just bumped that definition to 768kbps
(something two commissioners voted against).
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Kevin-Martin-Defends-Shoddy-Broadband-Record-94857
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Scuse Me Whilst I Pause to Savor the Irony — Wall St.
J Writer Blames Kevin Martin For Slo
, Tales from the
Sausage Factory
So Wall St. Journal Technology Review Walt Mossberg
blames Kevin Martin for our ridiculous slow broadband
speed. Here's the dialog:Mossberg: “You are the head
of the FCC. How have you allowed this to happen? I AM
DEAD SERIOUS. HOW HAVE YOU ALLO...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1208
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

If Joe Freeloader Checks His Email over an Open Wifi
Connection, Is He a Felon? A Survey of State Computer
Crime Law, Cybertelecom
This post was researched for the academic purpose of
contrasting state legal approaches to authorized
access, and their potential applicability to use of
open WiFi networks. I seek to get at least a
superficial answer to the following made up fictitious
scenario: Joe Freeloader stumbles upon an open WAP and
seeks to use the Internet connection in order to
engaged in some
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-joe-freeloader-checks-his-email-over.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

FCC considers offering spectrum for free wireless
Internet, CW
The FCC is expected to vote on June 12 on a proposal
to auction more spectrum and require the winner to
offer some free services.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/300811632/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

7 Tower Deaths In 5 Weeks - Three of which were on
AT&T projects
, dslreports
Tower climbing is one of the world's most dangerous
professions (in terms of death rate per 100,000
employees), something a recent body count spike only
highlights. Last month I noted that five climbers died
in a one week period. Two more deaths this month
brings the total to seven deaths within five weeks and
has brought even greater attention to industry safety
practices. Three of the accidents occurred on AT&T
projects, but AT&T is quick to claim it's not because
of their HSUPA upgrades:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/7-Tower-Deaths-In-5-Weeks-94803
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Centurytel Tells Users Their Browsing History's For
Sale - Trial may move into full NebuAD launch starting
in July
, dslreports
Louisiana-based DSL provider CenturyTel was one of the
first ISPs I'd heard was tinkering with NebuAD's
behavioral advertising technology. As I explored in
discussions with NebuAD's CEO, ISPs track and sell
user browsing data to NebuAD, so that NebuAD can
provide customers with more tailored ads. Most ISPs
have been burying their use of such systems in their
privacy policies and fine print.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Centurytel-Tells-Users-Their-Browsing-Historys-For-Sale-94829
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Report: State of Broadband According to Akamai, Gigaom
Akamai Technologies’ new State of the Internet report,
released today and likely every quarter has some
interesting findings about the state of the broadband
around the world. (Related Posts: OECD report.)
http://gigaom.com/2008/05/27/report-state-of-broadband-according-to-akamai/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

State Broadband Speeds Compared - Who knew that
Delaware was a broadband juggernaut?, dslreports
Akamai today released their first ever "State of the
Internet Report," which covers a number of topics
including broadband penetration, broadband speeds,
security, and more. Of particular note to me was their
measurement of speed, with the report examining not
only the fastest countries, but the fastest States.
According to Akamai, they consider anything 2Mbps or
greater to be "broadband," with anything 5Mbps or
greater to be "high broadband."
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/State-Broadband-Speeds-Compared-94832
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

EU calls for net address upgrade, BBC
Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net's
new addressing system, Brussels warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7427360.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

European Commission Pushes IPv6 Forward, CircleID
The European Commission has released a communication
on IPv6, in time for the IPv6 Day in Brussels next
30th May. It goes in the same direction as the report
presented at the OECD Ministerial meeting on "Future
of the Internet Economy", that was held in Seoul,
Korea earlier this month. At the same time, the
Commission committed to make its own web services
available on IPv6 by 2010. It is good to see that
intergovermental organizations take the lead on this,
after 10 years of failure of the private sector to
actually deploy IPv6.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/85288_european_commission_pushes_ipv6/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

NASA employee suspended for political blogging, CW
A NASA employee was suspended for 180 days for
"numerous" blog posts about politics, sending
"partisan e-mails," as well as soliciting for
political contributions.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/299998957/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Comcast Domain Name Hacked, Website Breached for
Several Hours, CircleID
Shortly before 11 p.m. EDT yesterday, Comcast users
began noticing that Comcast.net had been hacked. More
technically, early indications are that someone hacked
Comcast's registrar account at Network Solutions,
changing the authoritative DNS servers for Comcast.net
-- rerouting portal visitors to IP addresses in
Germany or elsewhere. The front page of Comcast.net
was replaced with a note saying the hackers had
"RoXed" Comcast, according to postings at
BroadbandReports.com.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_domain_name_hacked/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

It's Nice WhenThe FCC Listens — Sorta. Why I like The
Proposed Resolution Of Comcast's Com
, Tales from the
Sausage Factory
Back in February, I blogged about Comcast's complaint
against Verizon for its “retention marketing”
practices. That's Verizon's practice that, when they
get a request from another carrier to terminate voice
service and transfer the ph...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1174
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm

China and U.S. lead in Internet attacks, CNET
A new study from Akamai shows that more than 30
percent of all Internet attacks originate from China
and the U.S.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9955344-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Microsoft: It's Not The Broadcast Flag, It's A
Different Flag, Techdirt
After certain NBC TV shows wouldn't record on
Microsoft's Vista Media Center a few weeks ago,
Microsoft admitted that Media Center includes
broadcast flag technology, while NBC Universal
admitted that it accidentally set the flag. However,
now Microsoft is trying to clarify, claiming that it's
not actually the broadcast flag that it included, but
an entirely different flag, called CGMS-A. NBC
Universal concurs, saying that the mistake it made was
in setting the CGMS-A flag. Of course... the real
question is why does this matter at all? If the impact
is identical (Microsoft willing to let TV networks
declare a show un-recordable), then what does it
matter which annoying copy protection scheme is used?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080529/0258571254.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/flag.htm

“Well, the FCC issued a regulation”, Susan Crawford
And so even though the DC Circuit said the FCC didn’t
have the jurisdiction to adopt that regulation, and
Congress hasn’t acted to change that conclusion,
Microsoft still apparently thinks its Media Center
should acknowledge broadcast flags - preventing users
from copying over-the-air digital broadcasts.
http://scrawford.net/blog/well-the-fcc-issued-a-regulation/1182/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/flag.htm

Watching ‘The Daily Show’ on TV vs. online, Lost
Remote
Comedy Central said it will soon start streaming full
episodes of The Daily Show, Colbert Report and South
Park. As you might imagine, this raises some eyebrows
with cable companies, in this case, Time Warner. “They
can’t have it both ways,” said a Time Warner
spokesperson. “If they put content they ask cable
companies to pay for online for free, they are making
it less valuable and we should be expected to pay less
for it.”
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/30/watching-the-daily-show-on-tv-vs-online/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Is It Fraud If You Collect One Penny Legally Over And
Over Again?, Techdirt
If you've ever needed to associate your bank account
with some online service (such as PayPal), you know
the drill: you provide the necessary info to the
service, and a few days later, it makes two small
deposits into your account (usually between 1 and 5
cents or so). You then have to report back the amount
of the deposits to prove you own that account. It's a
relatively cheap way for the services to confirm the
account details. However, to one man, it was also an
opportunity to make some cash. He set up automated
scripts to basically use just such a system to open
thousands of accounts and collect approximately
$50,000 of these micro-transactions.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080528/0134101246.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fraud.htm

Economics of malware: Security decisions, incentives
and externalities, OECD
While originating in criminal behaviour, the magnitude
and impact of the malware phenomenon is also
influenced by the decisions and behaviour of
legitimate market players. This working paper is based
on qualitative empirical research into the incentives
of market players when dealing with malware.
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34223_1_1_1_1_1,00.html?rssChId=34223#40722824
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

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