[Cybertel-Ann] 8.18 :: BB WSs :: Stimulus Money :: Online Safety :: RECAP PACER :: Pointless Babble :: Newspapers Fail ::

Tue Aug 18 07:34:47 PDT 2009

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"Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one." - Benjamin Franklin

Broadband Workshops Viewable At Broadband.gov - All discussions are being recorded and archived..., dslreports
Just a reminder that as the FCC moves forward with crafting our first ever national broadband plan, the Broadband.gov website is offering users free video of all of the workshops they're holding to discuss different aspects of the plan. All of the workshops are being recorded, and the website offers archived access to all
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Workshops-Viewable-At-Broadbandgov-103930
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

5 Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied boss. Same as the old heavily-lobbied boss?, dslreports
As the government continues to work on crafting our first national broadband plan, there's been a lot of talk about how that process is consumer-centric, transparent, and data-driven. The FCC has spent the last few months talking about how they might actually start using real data to make policy decisions (astounding). Uncle Sam has unveiled a
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/5-Signs-Our-Broadband-Plan-May-Already-Be-In-Trouble-103936
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

FCC Apparently Not Very Concerned About Consumer Views On Broadband, Techdirt
We recently expressed our concerns with the state of the government's attempts to increase broadband in the US. Karl Bode, over at Broadband Reports has now hit quite a homerun with his analysis of 5 signs of why the broadband plan is in trouble. The whole thing is worth reading, but I wanted to highlight number 5 on the list, because
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090814/0324115877.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Are the FCC Workshops Fair?, CircleID
The FCC has run three days of workshops on the National Broadband Plan now, for the purpose of bringing a diverse set of perspectives on broadband technology and deployment issues to the attention of FCC staff. You can see the workshop agendas here. The collection of speakers is indeed very diverse. As you would expect, the
http://www.circleid.com/posts/are_the_fcc_workshops_fair/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Public Knowledge Statement on FCC Broadband Workshops, PK
In response to the announcement by the FCC of the panelists for the workshops on deployment and technology for the National Broadband Plan, Harold Feld, Legal Director, Public Knowledge, issued the following statement.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/jNKWvpUWfpI/2598
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Flush With Cash and Fearing Tighter Rules, Major Carriers Shun Broadband Stimulus, Wash Post
The Obama administration made a national priority of spreading high-speed Internet access to every American home and offered stimulus money to help companies pay for it, but the biggest network operators are staying away from the program.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f69103729d8f632ed610ac20b21315da
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

The Stop Cyberbullying Toolkit - free for schools, Parry's Blog
The volunteers at WiredSafety have worked cyberharassment cases since 1995, 18 months after the launch of the web. Hundreds of thousands of adult and young victims of online harassment and cyberbullying have turned to WiredSafety for help. It has helped educate families on hate and bigotry online and ways to use technology safely
http://parryaftab.blogspot.com/2009/08/stop-cyberbullying-toolkit-free-for.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Another Tactic to Keep YouTube Safe for Kids: ZuiTube, Ask Mariam
In an earlier blog post, I provided some tips for making YouTube a better, safer experience for children. Despite the fine efforts of the folks at YouTube, not only is there inappropriate content on the site but misleading comments, links and tags can take your child from videos you'd approve of to content you'd never allow. We know that YouTube is the
http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Another-Tactic-to-Keep-YouTube-Safe-for-Kids-ZuiTube/ba-p/132691
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Two Interesting Internet Safety Surveys This Week, Filtering Facts
This week saw the release of two interesting Internet surveys on online safety.
http://filteringfacts.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/two-interesting-internet-safety-surveys-this-week/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Online Safety Blogosphere Roundup Aug 14, Filtering Facts
Marian Merritt talks about “Back To Cyberbullying – I mean, Back to School”
http://filteringfacts.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/online-safety-blogosphere-roundup-aug-14/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

So What's Up With That FCC Investigating Apple and AT&T Blocking Google Voice — Oh Wait, Th..., Tales from the Sausage Factory
So while I was gone, Apple and/or AT&T turned down Google's effort to get a Google Voice Application certified for the iPhone, so the FCC launched an investigation into the matter. Except they didn't. Not exactly. Which is extremely important ...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1615
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

FCC enforcing imaginary laws in P2P ruling, says Comcast, Ars Technica
Almost a year ago, Comcast pledged that it would sue the Federal Communications Commission over its Order sanctioning the cable ISP for peer-to-peer throttling. Now, the company has filed its case with the
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/08/fcc-enforcing-imaginary-laws-in-p2p-ruling-says-comcast.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Comcast Fighting FCC Throttling Ruling - Still claims agency lacked the authority to act..., dslreports
The policy statement (pdf) that guides the FCC's hand in matters of network neutrality is not law, and is intentionally vague enough to allow providers to get away with anything short of an outright traffic blockade. So when the FCC tried to sanction Comcast last year for throttling upstream P2P traffic for all users (regardless of congestion), it
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Ruling-103951
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Broadband Growth Falls Sharply in the U.S., Gigaom
After years of breakneck growth, U.S. broadband is in slowdown mode. During the second quarter of 2009, U.S. service providers added less than 650,000 new accounts, down more than 50 percent from 1.6 million additions in the first quarter. (Stats below the fold.)
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/uWkRfW-BQEU/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

Introducing RECAP: Turning PACER Around, Freedom to Tinker
With today's technologies, government transparency means much more than the chance to read one document at a time. Citizens today expect to be able to download comprehensive government datasets that are machine-processable, open and free. Unfortunately, government is much slower than industry when it comes to adopting new
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/harlanyu/introducing-recap-turning-pacer-around
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Egypt: Limited Internet is Unlimited Backwardness, Global Voices
In a previous post, Tarek Amr captured the initial reactions to TE-Data's fair usage policy (FUP) , followed by more adverse reactions hitting the Egyptian blogosphere. Then the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology changes its mind.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/08/16/egypt-limited-internet-is-unlimited-backwardness/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/africa.htm

Stop the presses! 40% of tweets are 'pointless babble', CW
The most surprising -- or not -- finding of a study by Pear Analytics is that 40.55% of tweets are 'pointless babble.' At least it's not a higher percentage
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136645/Stop_the_presses_40_of_tweets_are_pointless_babble_?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

The Original Sin Of Newspapers: Not Innovating, Techdirt
There's this concept out there in the newspaper world, pushed by Alan Mutter more than any other, that the "original sin" of the newspaper industry was failing to charge when they put their content online. This is simply wrong. Many did try to charge, and they failed, because no one paid. However, Steve Buttry has a post making a much better
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090817/0141545897.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

Extra! Extra! FTC Announces Revised Schedule for Workshop: "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?", FTC
The Federal Trade Commission today announced December 1 and 2, 2009, as the dates on which it will begin a series of workshops titled "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?" The workshops previously were scheduled to begin on September 15, 2009.
http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/08/news2009.shtm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

Why Newspapers Are Failing (Hint: Failure To Get Users To Pay Is NOT The Reason), Techdirt
A bunch of folks have been submitting two separate stories about why the newspaper business is failing. Much of the stories cover ground that we've covered before, but they do so in such a nice, well-argued package, that I wanted to mention them here. The first, by Bill Wyman, gives five reasons why newspapers are failing. The list is
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090814/0402125881.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

Neighborhood blogs drive participation in city planning: The..., Lost Remote
The city of Seattle has been encouraging residents to fill out a survey to provide their feedback on the growth plan for each of their neighborhoods. And surprise, when the city created this graph (above) that showed how many surveys have been completed by neighborhood, the top
http://lostremote.com/post/162224821
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

AT&T Shuts Down Broadband TV Service, Gigaom
AT&T is shutting down its broadband TV service on Sept. 1, leaving users with a little over two weeks to continue watching live TV streamed to their PCs. AT&T launched the service in 2006. When it comes to streamed television over the Internet, several new entrants — Hulu and Netflix, for instance — have offered a better
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/crA92lWbwNE/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm

Major News Stories Drive June Surge in U.S. Online Video Viewing to Record 157 Million Viewers, comscore
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released June 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that more than 157 million U.S. Internet users viewed video online during the month, the largest audience recorded for a single month. The surge in video viewing is primarily attributable to
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/comscore/~3/SMSa49_FakU/Major_News_Stories_Drive_June_Surge_in_U.S._Online_Video_Viewing_to_Record_157_Million_Viewers
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm

Anonymization FAIL! Privacy Law FAIL!, Freedom to Tinker
I have uploaded my latest draft article entitled, Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization to SSRN (look carefully for the download button, just above the title; it's a little buried). According to my abstract:
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/paul/anonymization-fail-privacy-law-fail
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Georgia cyberattacks linked to Russian organized crime, CW
The cyberattacks against Georgia a year ago were conducted in close connection with Russian criminal gangs, and the attackers likely were tipped off about Russia's intent to invade the country, according to a new technical analysis, much of which remains secret.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136719/Georgia_cyberattacks_linked_to_Russian_organized_crime?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dos.htm

Georgia, Russia: More on DDOS Attacks, Global Voices
More on the recent DDOS attacks
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/08/18/georgia-russia-more-on-ddos-attacks/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dos.htm

Twitter withstands second DDoS attack in a week, CW
Twitter withstood yesterday's distributed denial-of-service attack far better than it handled a similar attack last week.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136600/Twitter_withstands_second_DDoS_attack_in_a_week?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dos.htm

Undersea Internet cables undergoing repairs after typhoon, CW
Some undersea fiber-optic cables that carry Internet and communications traffic to parts of Southeast Asia and China have already been repaired while officials continue to assess damage to others, a spokesperson for Chunghwa Telecom said Friday.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136658/Undersea_Internet_cables_undergoing_repairs_after_typhoon?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/reliability.htm

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