[Cybertel-Ann] 12.17 :: Missing from the Natl BB Plan :: Disappointed :: Abandon Hope :: McWifi :: All BB, All the Time :: NetCetera :: Top Trending Wastes of Time ::

Thu Dec 17 09:14:30 PST 2009

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National Broadband Plan: Competition Policy Is Key, Free Press
Free Press today released Making the National Broadband Plan Work for America, a public interest guide that lays out the central questions that must be answered by the Federal Communications Commission in its efforts to build a National Broadband Plan for America.
http://www.freepress.net/node/75407
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadand/plan.htm

Free Press: Solutions to the 'Competition Crisis' Missing from the National Broadband Plan, Free Press
Today at its December open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission heard an update on the progress of the National Broadband Plan. Promoting competition was a promised theme of the plan.
http://www.freepress.net/node/75428
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Public Knowledge Disappointed with FCC Broadband Plan, PK
“We are disappointed at what the FCC staff said were the most critical elements of the Commission’s broadband plan. At a time when U.S. standing in the world is rapidly falling in broadband penetration and adoption, and when bold plans are called for, the Commission appears to be satisfied with taking incremental steps.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/uG8Z4uKyafs/2821
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

FCC Takes on Cable But Not Carriers With National Broadband Plan, Gigaom
The Federal Communications Commission today heard about the types of policies that need to be implemented in order to make nationwide broadband a reality as part of an update to the National Broadband Plan that’s due Feb. 17. Amid rather esoteric policies regarding pole placement and installing broadband with road construction, there were a few controversial proposals, but little dealing with the overall lack of competition in the U.S.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/BsUJ6QVAgyg/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

FCC digs into broadband controversies, CNET
A task force that is shaping a national plan to provide ubiquitous high-speed Internet access tackles the USF, wireless spectrum, and cable set-top boxes.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10416765-266.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Support the FCC Broadband Plan Policy Framework - I was Wrong to Abandon Hope, Cook
The FCC National Broadband Plan Policy Framework was issued today. Grab it read it and send ex parte comments.
http://gordoncook.net/wp/?p=329
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

McDonald's to offer free, unlimited Wi-Fi, CW
McDonald's restaurants may soon be the easiest spot to find free Wi-Fi and browse the Web for as long as you like.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142371/McDonald_s_to_offer_free_unlimited_Wi_Fi?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

FCC Alums in Germany Write About Novel Spectrum Policy Alternatives, Spectrum Talks
Two of my former FCC colleagues, Ken Carter and Scott Marcus (not a relative) have worked in WIK [Wissenschaftliches Institut für Kommunikationsdienste /Scientific Institute for Communication Services], "Germany’s leading research and advisory institute for communication service", for several years.  They have collaborated with two others on the new report pictured at left entitled "Next Generation Spectrum Regulation for Europe: Price-Guided Radio Policy".
http://spectrumtalk.blogspot.com/2009/12/fcc-alums-in-germany-write-about-novel.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Forward Progress at the FCC, PFF
Just when it was starting to look like it was "All Broadband, All the Time" at the Federal Communications Commission, a ray of light burst through: an FCC investigation begun into fraudulent billings of the Telecommunications Relay Fund has resulted in indictments brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. Broadcasting & Cable reports that DOJ has charged twenty-six people for allegedly bilking the fund out of $60 million in bogus calls.
http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/11/forward_progress_at_the_fcc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pff%2Fesbin+%28Barbara+Esbin+%3E%3E+The+Progress+%26+Freedom+Foundation+Blog%29&utm_content=FeedBurner
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

New Data on Sexting from Pew Internet, GenNetWise
Amanda Lenhart from Pew Internet & American Life Project just published a new report on teen sexting, which the report describes as sending “sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images or videos of themselves to someone else via text messaging.” Ms. Lenhart is one of the nation’s leading researchers on youth online behavior. The report differs in some ways
http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2009/12/15/new-data-on-sexting-from-pew-internet/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Parents Need to Teach Children that Cyber-Bullying is Wrong, iKeepSafe
Rather than properly disciplining their child for the act of cyber-bullying, some parents are taking the low road and suing schools for punishing their child's act of hate.
http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/parents-need-to-teach-children-that.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

More public Facebook => more careful selves (I hope), Net Family News
Don’t miss Julia Anguin's Wall Street Journal blog post about how "friending" has gone from knowing what the kid three rows back thinks about the latest celeb news to a popularity contest to, now with Twitter, a "talent show" among "followers" (who are much less complicated than "friends") – or how "to prove your intellectual prowess in 140 characters or less. But where
http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/12/more-public-facebook-more-careful.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Teens and Sexting, Pew Internet
How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Teens-and-Sexting.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Google officially and publicly slams Australia's mandator, Ars Technica
Google officially and publicly slams Australia's mandatory Internet censorship, "the first of its kind amongst western democracies."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/google-officially-and-publicly-slams.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm

FCC Hires Law Professor Who Believes Broadcast Indecency Laws Are Unconstitutional, Techdirt
There are many people out there who are greatly troubled by the way the FCC "enforces" efforts against broadcast indecency -- with some even questioning whether or not it's even constitutional for the FCC to act as a public arbiter of indecency. It looks like the FCC has just hired one such person, in the form of Duke telco law professor Stuart Benjamin.
http://techdirt.com/articles/20091211/1600077319.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Cybersafety Booklet for Parents and Kids Now Available, FTC
FTC, Department of Education, Federal Communications Commission Officials Present Free Booklet at D.C. Middle School
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/netcetera.shtm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/literacy.htm

CTIA Wants Exemption From Net Neutrality, Internet News
Head of the wireless trade group thinks it plays by different sets of rules which require different kinds of regulation.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/ssRTkjbTWcI/3853626
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

CTIA Debated Public Interest Group on Net Neutrality, CTIA
After the net neutrality debate with Public Knowledge this morning at the National Press Club, we issued the following release. CTIA's Chris Guttman-McCabe participated in the debate and highlighted the industry’s concerns of the rules and their unintended consequences and why wireless networks are different.
http://www.ctia.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/15/CTIA-Debated-Public-Interest-Group-on-Net-Neutrality
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

Public Knowledge Statement on AT&T Net Neutrality Letter, PK
Earlier today, AT&T filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) offering the company’s views on Net Neutrality.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/ZLysxiP7-os/2819
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

MAP President to FCC: Net Neutrality Rules Would Protect the Public's First Amendment Rights, MAP
Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project, testified at a Federal Communications Commission workshop this afternoon in support of network neutrality. At the workshop, entitled “Speech, Democracy and the Open Internet,” Schwartzman emphasized that the Commission should implement policies to promote
http://www.mediaaccess.orghttp//www.mediaaccess.org/press-room/map-president-to-fcc-net-neutrality-rules-would-protect-the-publics-first-amendment-rights
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

FCC Enters Parallel Universe on First Amendment & Net Neutrality Issues, PFF
Today I visited the Federal Communications Commission meeting room to attend a workshop on "Speech, Democratic Engagement, and the Open Internet." Honestly, I think I was stuck in the Twilight Zone, because from what the speakers at this ridiculously one-sided panel had to say: (1) the First Amendment means something entirely different than what the
http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/12/fcc_enters_parallel_universe_on_first_amendment_ne.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm

Top Twitter Trends of 2009, TWITTER
My name is Abdur and I'm part of the Research team here at Twitter. As Chief Scientist, it's my job to interpret data so we can understand and appreciate how Twitter is constantly evolving. Since it's the end of the year, we thought it would be interesting to review the topics and issues that captured global attention over the year. In 2009, Twitter’s Trending Topics
http://blog.twitter.com/2009/12/top-twitter-trends-of-2009.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

What You Watched and Searched for on YouTube in 2009, Youtube
This year has been the biggest yet for online video, and for the first time we're sharing our official Most Watched lists and some of the fastest-rising search terms on YouTube. Some moments were big (President Obama's inauguration), some small (a Minnesota wedding party erupts into dance), some expected ("New Moon"), some surprising (Susan Boyle) — but all
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/gWP3zFxirVo/what-you-watched-and-searched-for-on.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/statapps.htm

Georgia Gets Ready for IPv6 With Help From Cisco, CISCO
Cisco and the Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association (GRENA) today announced the opening of the first laboratory for training and research in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in the Caucasus region. Cisco donated the lab's networking and communications equipment. Located in the Georgian capital Tbilisi and ...
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_121609b.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Press+Releases+and+Features&vs_p=News@Cisco:+Press+Releases+and+Features&vs_k=1
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Will 2010 be the year of IPv6?, CW
Despite significant growth in 2009, IPv6 still represents less than 1% of all Internet traffic.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142404/Will_2010_be_the_year_of_IPv6_?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

The White House Open Government Dashboard: Seeking Your Input, OSTP
On Tuesday, the Open Government Initiative published the new Open Government Directive. The Directive is not the first – only the latest – in a long timeline of open government milestones during the course of the last year.  Since the President signed the executive memorandum on Transparency and Open Government as his first executive action, [...]
http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/12/16/the-white-house-open-government-dashboard-seeking-your-input/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Public Knowledge Disappointed With White House 'Piracy' Meeting, PK
“We were extremely disappointed to learn of the White House meeting to be held later today on the issue of intellectual property and ‘piracy.’ It is unclear why three cabinet officers, several subcabinet officers, the directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service are needed to tend to the worries of the big media companies, particularly the
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/HHrB8RqroiI/2817
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

No! to newspaper bailouts, OJR
There will always be a need for the reporting of current events, but because of the Internet, journalism is undergoing revolutionary change in terms of how news is distributed and accessed. Conventional newspapers are thus in crisis, and there are some who propose a Federal bailout. No way!
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ojr-full/~3/mQ5PioBVbv8/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

NIST Seeks Comments on Cryptography Standards Publication, NIST
NIST has released for public comment a new revision of one of its key computer security documents, a set of information processing standards governing the use of cryptographic modules by civilian federal agencies and government contractors.
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2009_1215.htm#fips
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crypto.htm

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