[Cybertel-Ann] 8.25 :: BB WS :: Connected Nation :: WiMax's Future :: Internet Dangers :: AppleGoogleATT :: Twitter from a Game; Get an Invoice ::

Tue Aug 25 09:23:48 PDT 2009

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Broadband Opportunities for People With Disabilities, FCC
I just joined the broadband team last week to help out on the disability access policy issues. When Cheryl King, the workshop coordinator, told me that we were going to conduct a 90-minute town hall meeting with well over 100 participants which would cover 16 sets of questions and would allow for participation via the Internet and a phone
http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=105
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Broadband Opportunities for Disadvantaged Businesses, FCC
On August 18, the FCC conducted its Broadband Workshop on “Opportunities for Disadvantaged Businesses, which examined whether small and disadvantaged businesses are ready to take advantage of new and existing broadband technologies.
http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=103
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm 

Broadband Over Power Line Systems, Fed Reg
This document addresses certain issues from the Commission's Report and Order on rules for broadband over power line systems and devices (BPL Order) that was remanded by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In the BPL Order, the Commission established technical standards, operating restrictions and
http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-08-24-E9-20336
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Kentucky Cable Companies Oppose Connected Nation, PK
Connected Nation is coming under increased pressure at its birthplace in Kentucky, with the cable industry and municipal utilities raising opposition to the telecom-based organization and Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear (D) asking Connect Kentucky (CK) to respond to the municipal organization’s concerns about CK.

http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/SpjfDTyEiCU/2605

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

Broadband Giants Stay Neutral on Network Funding, CircleID
It looks as if the big boys like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast are passing on the stimulus money. The official reason is that they don't need it, that they enough cash on hand to build out their networks on their own. Fair enough. Perhaps the funding should be reserved for those more in need, those that just need a boost to fund a new business model or

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090824_broadband_giants_stay_neutral_on_network_funding/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

Connected Nation and ESRIs partnership to benefit state-based broadband initiatives, Connected Nation
On Monday, ESRI issued a news release about its BroadbandStat, the company’s new Web application that provides tools for mapping broadband coverage and
http://connectednation.com/in_the_news/the_blog/2009/08/connected-nation-and-esris-partnership.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

WiMAX’s Future Is in Emerging Markets, Gigaom
WiMAX, the wireless broadband technology that is vying with Long Term Evolution to become the standard for the next generation of higher-speed wireless networks, draws either delight or derision, depending on whom you ask — its champions or detractors.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gHO_O2eJgGw/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm

Internet Dangers - A Week's Roundup, Ask Mariam

Filthy, dirty websites to avoid; Cyberbullying leads to jailtime for one UK girl and legal trouble for a Missouri woman; Freedom of speech versus internet slander; Hotelier data breach, and first US center for web addictions. These are some of the topics in our headlines across a variety of Internet safety topics. Let's break it down:

http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Internet-Dangers-A-Week-s-Roundup/ba-p/137216

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Online Retailer Isn't Liable for User Comments--Cornelius v. DeLuca, Technology & Marketing Law
Cornelius v. DeLuca, 2009 WL 2568044 (E.D. Mo. Aug. 18, 2009) DeLuca runs
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/08/online_retailer_1.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Critics call shenanigans after Apple, AT&T letters to FCC, Ars Technica

All responses are in to the Federal Communications Commission's query asking why Apple put Google Voice for its iPhone on ice. But chances are that the answers that the FCC has received from Apple and AT&T will only provoke more questions.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/08/critics-call-shenanigans-in-wake-of-apple-att-fcc-replies.ars

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

Apple Denies It Rejected Google Application for iPhone, NYT
Apple told the F.C.C. it is still studying the iPhone application, in part because of privacy concerns.

http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dcc77eaa8a972a7f6f00a57bd7a5282e

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

Apple Pulled Google Voice App, Not AT&T, Gigaom
Apple pulled the Google Voice iPhone application from the iPhone, according to letters the company filed in response to an inquiry by the Federal Communications Commission. Apple says that it has not outright rejected the Google Voice app, but is merely studying it. Problem is,

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/39VHVcHWc2c/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

AT&T Statement on Letter to the FCC Regarding Apple App Store, AT&T
On July 31, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued letters to Apple, AT&T and Google with a series of questions about the Google Voice app and Apple's App Store approval process. AT&T today responded to the questions raised in the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau letter. The following

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AttCorporateRssFeeds/~3/Yy6Tm-VC-rM/press-room

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

AT&T says it didn't block Google Voice, CW
Apple is still reviewing the Google Voice iPhone application, and AT&T has not played any role in that review process, the companies told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137002/AT_T_says_it_didn_t_block_Google_Voice?source=rss_news

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

ISOC's Mat Ford Discusses IPv6 Deployment at IPv6ActNow.org, ISOC
Mat Ford Discusses Moving to IPv6 at IPv6ActNow.org
http://www.ipv6actnow.org/info/video/

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

IPv6 for Community Networks -- A Proposal Whose Time Has Come!, Sascha
My colleague, Josh King, and I have been working since 2005 to get IPv6 (Internet addresses) for community networks and everything may come down to the next few weeks. We're asking ARIN to create a process for allocating address space to local broadband networks and could use your support for this proposal. A brief e-mail to

http://saschameinrath.com/2009/aug/22/ipv6_community_networks_proposal_whose_time_has_come

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Federal Courts Sound The Alarm Against RECAP; Worried About PACER Profits, Techdirt

We've been excited to see what would happen with the RECAP Firefox extension, which is being used to help free up public domain court documents that have been locked up behind the PACER paywall. However, there were also questions about how the folks who run and/or benefit from PACER would react. We now have at least part of the

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090824/0452165974.shtml

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People, NYT

Founded on the concept that anyone could change its content, the online encyclopedia is requiring reviews on articles about living people after embarrassing incidents.

http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a416050f8b38d6d6dd25ddf411b73d8b

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Wisconsin Sports League Sends Newspapers Invoices For Live Blogging, Techdirt

The NY Times checked in with its own version of the story about sports leagues restricting what fans can do in the stands to share their experience -- a story that we've already covered. However, Romenesko points us to a little tidbit down at the bottom of the NYT article, talking about other leagues that have tried to do something similar,

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090821/0311335953.shtml

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

And Another One: CNN Found 'Ripping Off' Others' Reporting, Techdirt

Remember a few weeks back when a Washington Post reporter claimed that Gawker was "ripping off" his reporting, despite the fact that the Gawker piece linked back to the original article three times? Since then, we've noted how common it is for the mainstream press to do much worse to bloggers, quite often giving them no credit at

http://techdirt.com/articles/20090823/1712315969.shtml

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

Debate Over Journalism's Financial Future Offers Some Hope, Poytner

As another week of furious debate draws to a close without any clear path to journalism's financial future, I find myself feeling strangely optimistic.

http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=168806&sid=26

More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

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