From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Mar 3 11:47:07 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:47:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 3.3 :: a model for other states :: We're here for the free WiFi :: More Wimax; so what :: Most Admired Telecom :: Shrinking Press Corps :: Message-ID: <900296.71605.qm@web37905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ Money, it's a crime Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today -Pink Floyd ConnectKentucky a model for other states, Speed Matters As states are applying for the $7.2 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act set aside for broadband projects across the country, many are looking to Kentucky as a model. http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/connectkentucky-a-model-for.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ McDonalds customers: we?re here only for the free Wi-Fi, Muni An article in the the Guardian pointed out a very interesting phenomenon at McDonald?s outlets in the UK: people in business attire working on laptops who order only drinks. The reason: they?re at McDonald?s for the free Wi-Fi. I?ve already written about how expensive Wi-Fi access can be in the UK and in Europe. So if you don?t feel like paying the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/dVN7cWTmBEM/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm More WiMAX operators to launch service this year: so what?, Muni The WiMAX Forum estimates that at least 100 WiMAX operators will launch commercial services this year, according to an article in RCR Wireless. The same article states: ?With investments already made into WiMAX, the wireless broadband technology will be able to withstand the current economic downturn in a year that will see some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/AlJiGPU5EXU/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm New PFF Study: "Who Needs Parental Controls?", PFF I've got a new PFF paper out today entitled, "Who Needs Parental Controls? Assessing the Relevant Market for Parental Control Technologies." In this piece, I address the argument made by some media and Internet critics who say that government intervention (perhaps even censorship) may be necessary because parental control technologies http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/02/new_pff_study_who_needs_parental_controls.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Republishing Solicited Email May Not Qualify for 47 USC 230 Immunization--Woodhull v. Meinel, Tech & Marketing Law Woodhull v. Meinel, 2008 WL 5663874 (N.M. App. Ct. Oct. 24, 2008). This one just showed up... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/02/republishing_so.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm CEO of Internet oversight group to step down, CNET The president and CEO of ICANN, the nonprofit responsible for the Internet's domain name system, announced on Monday he will be stepping down from his position at the end of 2009. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10185560-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm IPv6 Floating on the Ethernet, CircleID Anything to be aware of on layer 2 when activating dual stack? IPv4 and IPv6 should after all peacefully and safely coexist on the same network as each version has a specific layer 2 ethernet type, 0x0800 for IPv4 while IPv6 responds to 0x86dd. The value of this field tells the node which layer 3 protocol follows in the ethernet frame. Is this new? Not http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090301_ipv6_floating_on_ethernet/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Obama Team Finds It Hard to Adapt Its Web Savvy to Government, Wash Post The team that ran the most technologically advanced presidential campaign in modern history is finding it difficult to adapt that model to government. WhiteHouse.gov, envisioned as the primary vehicle for President Obama to communicate with the online masses, has been overwhelmed by challenges th http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/rSPqXgwYEYc/AR2009030101745.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ AT&T Named Most Admired Telecommunications Company, ATT AT&T today announced that Fortune magazine has named AT&T the Most Admired Company in the telecommunications industry, marking 11 times in 14 years AT&T has received the top distinction. Fortune also named AT&T among the Top 50 Most Admired companies in the world - across all industries - for the second time. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AttCorporateRssFeeds/~3/QVNaHzYME-c/press-room More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm Why Is The NY Times Threatening An Aggregator For Accurately Indicating NY Times Stories?, Techdirt The NY Times was just recently involved in a intellectual property fight with newspaper publisher Gatehouse Media, over the use of Gatehouse headlines and ledes as part of an aggregator it had set up. Apparently, part of what the NYTimes learned from this episode was that it should go after other aggregators using questionable claims. It's now threatening http://techdirt.com/articles/20090226/0145203911.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm Reports of News's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated, Techdirt It has been impossible to miss the wave of stories chronicling the impending death of newspapers. Some have gone so far as to posit that a country without numerous newspapers will be a threat to original reporting because, traditionally, daily papers set much of the agenda for the rest of the media ecosystem. As newspapers go, there, too, goes much of http://techdirt.com/articles/20090225/0913553900.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Under Weight of Its Mistakes, Newspaper Industry Staggers, Wash Post Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recalls getting "a feeling in the pit of my stomach" when he learned that the Rocky Mountain News was shutting down. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/mzzkQnK8tpU/AR2009022801964.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Bloggers Can't Fill the Gap Left by a Shrinking Press Corps, Wash Post Packs of lobbyists fill two rooms outside the House and Senate chambers in Richmond every afternoon, watching the proceedings on big video screens, zapping legislators with e-mails the instant the lobbyists sense that one of their bills might be in trouble. The interest groups that hire lobbyists... http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/4o17ezipGs4/AR2009022801889.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Cablevision To Charge Access To Newsday - Tries to buck the trend of free, ad-supported news content..., dslreports Apparently fearing the fate of newspapers such as the Rocky Mountain News, Cablevision has decided to buck the trend of free news content and start charging Newsday readers for online content. The cable provider purchased the paper last May for $650 million, and apparently wants to make the news content a value-addded service to their cable http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cablevision-To-Charge-Access-To-Newsday-101111 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Where's The New FCC Boss? - Everybody's waiting on Genachowski announcement..., dslreports It was widely reported that Obama's Harvard pal Julius Genachowski was all set to become the new boss of the FCC, though the announcement still hasn't been made, and Democrat Michael Copps is still running the FCC in the interim. According to Broadcasting Cable, the reason is political: the President's staff is looking for a replacement for the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wheres-The-New-FCC-Boss-101167 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Obama Proposes Millions for Cybersecurity, Internet News Security experts are praising the new administration's increased spending on national network security efforts. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/vP1g1QPij_k/3807421 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Bush Administration Claimed Fourth Amendment Did Not Apply to NSA Spying, EFF In an October 23, 2001, Office of Legal Counsel memo released today, the Bush Administration concluded that "the Fourth Amendment does not apply to domestic military operations," including "intercepting electronic or wireless communications" by "employing surveillance methods more powerful and sophisticated than those available to law http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/bush-administration-asserted-fourth-amendment-did- More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm Everybody Get Your DUNS! And Why Grants.Gov Needs An Extreme Makeover., Tales from the Sausage Factory I have no doubt it seemed like a good idea at the time. The official OMB Guidance to Federal agencies on how to handle stimulus money requires everyone to go through the federal grants portal Grants.gov. Given that the same guidance also requi... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1473 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/funding.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 5 07:46:13 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:46:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 3.5 :: NAB sues FCC over White Space :: DOCSIS 3.0 Dropped :: ZillionTV :: Genachowski :: Lost e-votes :: Message-ID: <722422.10021.qm@web37905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it. - Edward R. Murrow NAB Sues FCC Over White Space Broadband - Dolly Parton not available to comment on ramifications..., dslreports Last year, the National Association Of Broadcasters (NAB) did everything in their power to derail White Space broadband, from declaring the technology would inherently create interference armageddon (something not supported by FCC testing) to trotting out celebrities like Dolly Parton to feign interest. While White Space broadband can cause http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NAB-Sues-FCC-Over-White-Space-Broadband-101191 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/white.htm Senators Pryor and Hutchison Applaud FCC Action to Protect Children from Indecent Content on TV, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=c2721f12-a03c-4780-9f9c-05e22a591a90 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Obama names D.C. official as federal CIO, CNET President Obama on Thursday named Vivek Kundra, Washington, D.C.'s chief technology officer, to the position of federal chief information officer. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10189097-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ Comcast Drops DOCSIS 3.0 On Bay Area - Faster 22Mbps and 50Mbps service arrives, dslreports Comcast this afternoon announced that they're bringing their faster DOCSIS 3.0 speeds to the Bay Area. As we've discussed ad nauseum, upgraded DOCSIS 3.0 Comcast markets see the company's $42.95 "Performance" 6Mbps/1Mbps tier become 12Mbps/2Mbps, while their $52.95 "Performance Plus" 8Mbps/2Mbps tier become http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Drops-DOCSIS-30-On-Bay-Area-101184 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm ZillionTV Streams TV Content, Lets Viewers Choose Ads, Ecommerce Times A new streaming video startup, ZillionTV, has entered the crowded digital television sector. The Sunnyvale, Calif., startup, which is backed by Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, Disney, Fox, Visa, Sierra Ventures, Concept Ventures and http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/66383.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ DTV Countdown Down For the Count, CommLawBlog What a difference a couple of weeks make! Remember a week or two ago, when the FCC came out with new orders and proposals changing the DTV consumer education rules that had been in place for a year? And remember how the new approach included the http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/06EKfTLOuy8/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/dtv.htm Obama picks Net neutrality backer as FCC chief, CNET President Obama on Tuesday nominated Julius Genachowski as the nation's top telecommunications regulator, picking a campaign advisor who has divided his career between Washington, D.C., political jobs and working as an Internet executive. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10187067-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm President Obama Announces More Key Appointments, White House President Obama Announces More Key AppointmentsWASHINGTON ? Today, President Obama announced his intent to http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2009/03/president-obama-announces-more-key.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm FCC finally gets a new chief, Werblog President Obama officially nominated Julius Genachowski today to be the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. This won?t be a surprise to anyone following telecom policy, but it?s great that the nomination finally made it through the process. http://werblog.com/2009/03/fcc-finally-gets-a-new-chief/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Obama?s FCC Pick Another Good Sign for Open Media, Save the Internet As anticipated, Julius Genachowski has been tapped by President Barack Obama to head the Federal Communications Commission. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2009/03/04/obama%e2%80%99s-fcc-pick-another-good-sign-for-open-media/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Net Neutrality Advocate Tapped As FCC Head, Consumer Affairs Genachowski expected to support Internet openness http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/03/genachowski_fcc.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Broadband Now: Rural Adoption, USTelecom With seven billion dollars committed to speeding broadband deployment, President Obama?s stimulus package makes clear that increasing U.S. broadband adoption is a legislative priority. Crucial to this national goal, our latest edition of Broadband Now takes a look at rural connectivity, focusing on the status of rural access and solutions to speed http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/03/04/broadband-now-rural-adoption/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/dd.htm No Surprise Here: Lost Votes In Last Election Due To Faulty Diebold Equipment, Techdirt Back in December, we pointed to yet another (in a long line) of stories about lost votes on an e-voting machine in an election in California. The machines in question were from Premier Election Solutions, the shiny coat of paint put on the e-voting unit of Diebold, whose name had been tarnished for a long history of defective, highly vulnerable e-voting http://techdirt.com/articles/20090303/1749093974.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Mar 10 07:08:59 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 3.10 :: More Content-Blocking Gizmos :: Slowest Broadband Year Ever :: NTIA Broadband Initiative Kick Off :: Betting Ban May Get Nixed :: Message-ID: <593248.15894.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ Although the world is very full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. -Helen Keller Broadband connects sick children with classrooms, Speed Matters At Speed Matters, we have highlighted the benefits of high speed Internet for the economy, education, health care, the environment, public safety and closing the digital divide. However, several new broadband-based programs are helping solve another problem: allowing ill children to be kids. http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/broadband-connects-sick.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Dialogue: the future of online obscenity and social networks, Ars Technica When the Communications Decency Act (CDA) was enshrined into law with the passage of the historic Telecommunications Act of 1996, it contained a number of controversial provisions that covered "obscene or indecent" online content. But at the behest of ISPs and others concerned http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/a-friendly-exchange-about-the-future-of-online-liability.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Group Reveals There Are Ways To Fight Child Porn Other Than Useless Web Filters, Techdirt There has been something of a stink made in the UK after some children's charities complained that some ISPs weren't implementing web filters designed to stop people from accessing child pornography. While trying to stop child porn is certainly an admirable cause, the problem here is twofold: first, the filters simply don't work, and often do more to block access to legitimate content than to stop access to undesirable or illegal material. Second, simply thinking filters will solve the problem focuses only on catching consumers, rather than working to stop http://techdirt.com/articles/20090304/1642283992.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm FCC: more content-blocking gizmos needed, Ars Technica Lovers of parental control capabilities will be pleased as punch at the Federal Communications Commission's latest Notice of Inquiry, which asks for public comment on ways to disperse "advanced blocking technologies" across the digital landscape. http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/03/fcc-more-content-blocking-gizmos-needed.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm U.S. Lobbyists Working on Europe's Net Neutrality Debate in Order to Influence U.S. Outcomes, CircleID As European lawmakers debate how to keep access to the Internet free and equal?so-called network neutrality?they are being bombarded, not unsurprisingly, by lobbyists? http://www.circleid.com/posts/us_lobbyists_europe_net_neutrality_debate/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Social sites eclipse e-mail use, BBC Social sites such as Facebook and MySpace are more popular than e-mail with web users, finds a report. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7932515.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ Leichtman: 2008 Slowest Broadband Year Ever - Subscriber additions down as new trends emerge..., dslreports While not too surprising given a saturated market and the financial situation, the latest numbers from Leichtman Research indicate that the 5.4 million new broadband subscribers in 2008 were down from 8.5 million in 2007, and a peak of 10.4 million in http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Leichtman-2008-Slowest-Broadband-Year-Ever-101276 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ Active Home Internet Users by Country, November 2008, Clickz Active home Internet users increased in all but one country tracked. http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/PInhftaqc_c/3632781 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ Top U.S. Parent Companies and Stickiest Brands on the Web, January 2009, Clickz A look at the brands that get visitors and keep users engaged the longest both at home and work. http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/ykId0yrDBnQ/3632899 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ NTIA Roundtable: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Broadband Initiative Kick Off, PK The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Office of Rural Development, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host a public meeting on March 10, 2009, in connection with the Broadband Initiatives funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law No. 111-5. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/vkq0ZdUTaOg/2023 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dd/fundingdoc.htm U.S. Online Gambling Ban May Get Nixed, Internet News Rep. Barney Frank said he's planning to push for the end of legislation that he says has hurt the nation's trade. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/UpwU-5vTbhs/3809041 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm Comcast's Massive Public Image Makeover - A kinder, friendlier Comcast..., dslreports Comcast's public image has taken quite a beating the past few years, for things like their technicians' tendency to make bad headlines and their throttling of BitTorrent, to their use of consumer stand ins at a net neutrality hearing and the "hammer granny" episode. It's pretty clear that 2009 not only involves serious DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades, but Comcast attempting to http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcasts-Massive-Public-Image-Makeover-101275 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm Former Qwest CEO Nacchio Finally Heads To Jail - Six years at minimum security facility in Pennsylvania, dslreports Nearly seven years after he resigned under a cloud of accusations, former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio will soon be headed to prison to begin serving his six year sentence for insider trading and cooking the books. As of March 23, Nacchio's new home will be the minimum security Schuylkill http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Former-Qwest-CEO-Nacchio-Finally-Heads-To-Jail-101231 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/qwest.htm Virginia Blogger Invokes Reporter's Privilege to Challenge Subpoena Seeking Anonymous Commenters, Citizen's Media Waldo Jacquith, the Virginia blogger targeted with an outrageously broad subpoena back in January (see my previous post), filed a brief last week arguing that he should not be required to turn over the IP addresses of those who viewed and commented on an article posted to his blog, as well as his email correspondence relating to the article. Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen, Josh Wheeler of the Thomas Jefferson Center, and Rebecca Glenberg of the ACLU of Virginia filed an excellent brief on behalf of Jacquith, arguing that the requested http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/7sjFevIvfUM/virginia-blogger-invokes-reporters-privilege-challenge-subpoena-seeking-anonymous-commente More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ ZillionTV tempts net neutrality gods with prioritized video, Ars Technica In the current US Internet climate, it takes a gutsy company to sign deals with ISPs and ask them to guarantee quality of service for its video content. It's about the least "neutral" thing someone could possibly imagine, but it appears to be ZillionTV's new business strategy. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/zilliontv-tempts-net-neutrality-gods-with-prioritized-video.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Hearing Announcement: Cybersecurity - Assessing Our Vulnerabilities and Developing An Effective Defense, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=7bf5658f-6ad7-4cc9-858b-3b23de331f73 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Top US Federal Cybersecurity Official Resigns, Criticizes NSA Takeover, CircleID Rod Beckstr?m, the Department of Homeland Security's controversial cyber-security chief, has suddenly resigned amid allegations of power grabs and bureaucratic infighting. http://www.circleid.com/posts/top_us_federal_cybersecurity_official_resigns/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ A Struggle Over U.S. Cybersecurity, Wash Post The resignation of the federal government's cybersecurity coordinator highlights a power struggle underway over how best to defend the government's civilian computer networks against digital attacks. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/s43YZEwM3bc/AR2009030901213.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 12 06:46:08 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:46:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 3.12 :: Everthings Fine :: Filtering Wont Stop :: Net Surfing is NIST Goal :: Giant Privacy Leap :: Message-ID: <402613.38332.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ FCC promises open process on national broadband strategy, Ars Technica Interim Federal Communications Commission Chair Michael Copps was clearly feeling his oats on Tuesday at the government's "kickoff" of its national broadband campaign. "The years of broadband drift and growing http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/fcc-promises-truly-inclusive-process-on-national-broadband-strategy.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ U.S. Broadband Is Fine, Nothing To See Here - The New York Times methodically fixing all broadband issues.., dslreports Saul Hansell of the New York Times has been writing a series of reports the past few months that all have the same basic theme: U.S. broadband really isn't as bad as many grumpy pundits (and, apparently, the facts) would have you believe. He recently argued that broadband coverage gaps were "hooey," since cable providers would quickly deploy http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US-Broadband-Is-Fine-Nothing-To-See-Here-101295 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Report: 'Net filtering won't stop online extremism, Ars Technica Like just about everyone else, political extremists with the potential for violence have gone online. Everything from diatribes by known terrorists to recruitment videos make their first appearances on websites, leading http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/report-net-filtering-wont-stop-online-extremism.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm Safer Net Surfing Is Goal of NIST Domain Name Security Experts, NIST Computer scientists at NIST are playing a major role in making sure that, when entering Web addresses in your browser, what you type is what you get. A draft update of NIST's guidelines for DNS (Domain Name System) security is now available for public comment. http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2009_0310.htm#dns More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/dnssecurity.htm Google's Ad Preference Manager: One Small Step for Google, One Giant Leap for Privacy, PFF Google's new "Interest Based Advertising" (IBA) program represents the company's first foray into what is generally called "Online Behavioral Advertising" (OBA): In order to deliver more relevant advertising, Google will begin tailoring ads delivered through AdSense on the Google Content Network (GCN) and YouTube.com (but not Google.com). This http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/03/googles_ad_preference_manager_one_small_step_for_g.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm The Guardian Follows The NY Times In Making News A Platform, Techdirt A bunch of folks have been sending in the wonderful news that the Guardian, in the UK, has opened up an API and is sharing data in such a way that others can build programs on top of the news. This is fantastic -- and follows on a similar move last month by the NY Times. It appears that both the NY Times and the Guardian really are pushing the http://techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0106204067.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ House politicians search for DHS cybersecurity fix, CNET t's easy to criticize government failures. But as the U.S. Congress is learning in the case of the executive branch's cybersecurity efforts, fixing problems and crafting improvements is a little more difficult. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10194459-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm NTIA and RUS seek comments on broadband grant applications, Muni The NTIA and the RUS, two agencies given the authority to make grants for broadband projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, are public comments on how to administer the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) including grant selection criteria, the role of the states in the grants process, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/EiJHMVZ76t4/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/funding.htm Google turns voicemail into email, Wash Post Google Inc is seeking to blur the line between the telephone and the computer even further with the introduction of Google Voice on Thursday. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/plAbnxvZLaA/AR2009031200367.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Comcast Now Third Largest Phone Company - Passes Qwest with explosive digital voice growth..., dslreports Sure, we've given Comcast some grief over the years, but one thing that can't be denied is the speed at which the company absolutely dominated of the VoIP (sorry, Digital Voice) market. Today Comcast reached out to us to note that they're now the third largest residential phone company in the United States, only behind AT&T and Verizon. As of the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Now-Third-Largest-Phone-Company-101317 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. 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Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, 1605 Telcos Resisting Broadband Stimulus Because They're Worried It Might Force Them To Compete, Techdirt We've had a lot of concerns about the broadband stimulus package, since it was shaping up to look like little more than a handout to incumbent operators who have a long history of grabbing public money, then not living up to the promises they made to get it. The real problem underlying most issues having to do with broadband in the US is a http://techdirt.com/articles/20090317/1315084155.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ NTIA and RUS Public Meetings to Help Shape American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Broadband Initiatives, pk Individual meeting dates and locations follow: http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2031 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Should the FTC look at AT&T?s 3G woes?, Muni The lingering, won?t-go-away question about whether or not AT&T?s wireless networks are up to snuff reached a bit of a critical mass this past weekend, first with a critical story in the New York Times that was followed by reports of iPhone Disconnectus at SXSW. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/koR3cqRQeks/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w3g.htm First rule of Internet censorship: Hide the block list, Ars Technica Australia's telecom regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has the authority to blacklist Internet sites, authority used almost exclusively to address childhood sex pictures (children's http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/first-rule-of-internet-censorship-hide-the-block-list.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Children work round web controls, BBC Parents need to do more to find out how long their children are online and what they do, suggests research. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7948187.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies for Video or Audio, Fed Reg This document implements the Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007, S. 602, 110th Cong., adopted December 2, 2008, which directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding to examine ``the existence and availability of advanced blocking technologies that are compatible with various communications devices or platforms'' and can be used by http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-03-17-E9-5635 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Web Host/Kiddie Porn Impresario Isn't Entitled to CDA 230 Immunity, Techlaw A very interesting case involving online publisher immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act came out of Michigan earlier this month in the case of People v. Gourlay, No. 271214 (Mich. Ct. App. March 3, http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/03/web-host-charged-with-child-porn-wasnt-entitled-to-cda-230-jury-instruction.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm A Record Year for Cybersquatting, Internet News Celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and companies like Google and Nestle, filed claims against so-called cybersquatters in 2008. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/KQ9mXdSfLgo/3810461 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/acpa.htm Cyber-safety, or global censorship?, IGP ICANN has encouraged new constituencies to get involved in the GNSO. Now it has got what it asked for. This month, Cheryl Preston filed a petition with ICANN to form a new ?Cyber-safety Constituency.? It turns out that this constituency is nothing more than an extension of the CP80 Foundation. CP80 is devoted to systematic, global http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/dKikVaimypg/4125801.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm Woz survives to dance another day, CW Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak survived the first cut on Dancing With the Stars Tuesday as he and his partner won a dance-off to remain on the reality show. http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=61cae5de69372168cf7b59b38f6a3271 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/ A Step-by-Step Guide to Webcaster Royalties, CommLawBlog There's been a lot of talk about the agreements reached by SoundExchange, Inc. with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that provide substitute royalty rates and playlist reporting requirements for eligible webcasters who elect to participate in these deals. http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/k7QnqqSHgIA/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm Public Hearing on DMCA Exemption to Prohibition of Circumvention - Washington, DC, pk The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress will be holding public hearings on the possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. In accordance with the Copyright Act, as amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Office is conducting its http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2030 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm What if a TV station went online only?, Lost Remote The Seattle PI?s transition to the web this week has me thinking: what if a TV station did the same? After all, many in the industry now concede that some markets can only sustain two or three TV stations in the near future. For those who can?t survive, what if they shut down the station and re-emerge as a lean-and-mean local media company with a focus on non-linear video? Clips would be published to the web, mobile and cable/satellite VOD. http://www.lostremote.com/2009/03/17/what-if-a-tv-station-went-online-only/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Is the Internet killing the news media?, CW The latest Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism report on the state of the U.S. news media makes for sobering reading for anyone eyeing a career in journalism or already in the field. The bottom line is that the business is toast, http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=99550ad35320b303feb1b3e459c1008f More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ A nervous FCC announces game plan for new DTV day, Ars Technica The Federal Communications Commission on Friday laid out the rules for the remainder of the DTV transition, which will conclude on June 12. To some extent the rules reflect agency jitters about how prepared the http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/a-nervous-fcc-announces-game-plan-for-new-dtv-day.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/dtv.htm FTC questions cloud-computing security, CNET Federal regulators on Tuesday met to hear about whether the benefits of cloud computing justify increased regulation, as privacy activists claim, or whether such an approach would do more harm than good. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10198577-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Pentagon Official Warns of Risk of Cyber Attacks, Wash Post The head of the Pentagon's Strategic Command warned Congress today that the United States is vulnerable to cyberattacks "across the spectrum" and that more needs to be done to defend against the potential of online strikes, which could "potentially threaten not only our military networks, but als... http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/ddWj9Sn8RoI/AR2009031702715.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Mar 24 06:02:02 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:02:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 3.24 :: Child Safety before Congress and ICANN :: You Can Do a DMCA Takedown :: ENUM? :: RIAA in P2P Suit :: Understanding the Internet :: Message-ID: <258653.14563.qm@web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ "Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me." President Franklin D. Roosevelt FOSI Hosts ?Online on Wednesday? Hill Panels to Promote a New Culture of Responsibility, FOSI The Family Online Safety Institute today hosted the first of a series of online safety panels on Capitol Hill to educate policy makers, legislators, educators and Industry representatives on pressing online safety issues. The panels, titled 'Online on http://www.fosi.org/cms/index.php/news/43-pr-2009/347-fosi-host-online-on-wednesday.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Just Because You Can Do A DMCA Takedown Doesn't Mean You Should... , Techdirt Many lawyers are taught (or learn from experience) to approach any legal issue by going to an extreme position, on the assumption that eventually there will be a negotiation with opposing counsel and a settlement will get worked out somewhere in the middle. That often made the most http://techdirt.com/articles/20090319/2239464192.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm Big Network Providers Throw FUD at Broadband Stimulus Roundtable, PK There weren?t any great surprises at today?s National Telecommunications and Information Administration roundtable discussion of the non-discrimination and interconnection requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (better known as the stimulus bill). The http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/tyN3r2IZw2s/2046 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm A Closer Look At How The Takedown Process Is Widely Abused, Techdirt Last week, we wrote about how, in a filing over the proposed three strikes rule in New Zealand, Google had filed a report pointing to widespread abuse of the DMCA takedown process. Plenty of others have noted the same thing, but some of the entertainment industry's lawyers are http://techdirt.com/articles/20090321/1321414205.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm Will ENUM Deliver?, CircleID ENUM (E.164 NUmber Mapping) is a technology that has been around for a little while that has promised much and, so far, delivered little to the average user. As Nominet has recently been awarded the contract to administer the UK 4.4.e164.arpa delegation, I thought it was time that I http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090323_will_enum_deliver/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/enum.htm Hulu a Big Gainer in Latest comScore Stats, Internet News February stats show tax prep and Valentine's Day a key driver for some sites. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/q1XDAqVT1JQ/3811516 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Obama administration sides with RIAA in P2P suit, CNET The Obama administration has sided with the recording industry in a copyright lawsuit against an alleged peer-to-peer pirate, a move that echoes arguments previously made by the Bush administration. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10201831-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm Skype to run beta of VoIP service for business over SIP, IP switches, CW Skype Technologies announced a beta version of its popular voice-over-IP service for businesses that have IP-based switches running on the Session Initiation Protocol. http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=805609b1f015ec479e7a4982bf50f4ad More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Holdren Confirmed as Director of OSTP, OSTP No description http://www.ostp.gov/galleries/press_release_files/holdren_confirmation_release_3-20-09.pdf More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ Save the children? ICANN opens debate on CyberSafety charter, Ars Technica ICANN has been soliciting a lot of comments on its governance and future of late, including one petition to form a CyberSafety Constituency (CSC) within the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group. (NCSG). http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/save-the-children-icann-opens-debate-on-cybersafety-charter.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Buggy Whip Newsprint Maker Looks To Avoid Bankruptcy, Techdirt It's common to point to "buggy whip" makers as an example of a business that was eventually (mostly) destroyed by a new technology -- though, to be fair, the buggy whip makers were secondary victims. It was the horse-carriage industry that was knocked out by automobiles. The http://techdirt.com/articles/20090320/1139014197.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Realistic Topology Modeling for the Internet BGP Infrastructure, CAIDA Presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computers and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2008). http://www.caida.org/publications/papers/2008/realistic_topology_modeling/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm IPv6 Topology Dataset, CAIDA The IPv6 Topology Dataset contains information useful for studying the IP- and AS-topology of the IPv6 Internet. The focus of this measurement is on discovering topology and not on finding responding destinations. A globally distributed set of Archipelago (Ark) monitors has continuously collected this data since December 12, 2008. http://www.caida.org/data/active/ipv6_allpref_topology_dataset.xml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Tales of the Sausage Factory: Adelstein To Go To RUS, But When?, Tales from the Sausage Factory In a not entirely unexpected move, FCC Commissioner Jonathon Adelstein will shift over to the RUS program. One would be hard put to think of anyone better qualified to oversee spending to stimulate rural broadband deployment (granted, as regular ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1491 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Mapping Broadband and Understanding the Internet, Pew Internet John Horrigan will participate in a roundtable on "Mapping Broadband" at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration. This is part public outreach for the Commerce Department's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/9--Mapping--Broadband-and-Understanding-the-Internet.aspx More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. 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Roosevelt Broadband in America: A Policy of Neglect is Not Benign, Center for Internet and Society With a change in administration, this is a key moment in policymaking with respect to broadband in America. The market fundamentalists, whose liassez faire policy of the last eight years has led to the precipitous fall of the U.S. in broadband leadership, are desperate to expalin away the http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6138 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Federal Advisory Committee Act; Technological Advisory Council, Fed Reg In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the purpose of this notice is to announce that a Federal Advisory Committee, known as the ``Technological Advisory Council'' (hereinafter the ``TAC'') is being reestablished. http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-03-26-E9-6463 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/faca.htm NATOA, NACO File Comments Discussing Rural Broadband Strategy, NATOA NATOA, joined by the National Association of Counties (NACo), has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission discussing issues the Commission should consider in crafting a rural broadband strategy.... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/natoa-news/~3/Ldpz2WIybqk/natoa-naco-file-comments-discu.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm This Week in Broadband Stimulus Funding, Cable Talk Since this has been a busy week, it seemed like a good time to provide an update on the broadband stimulus implementation process. I?ll refer you back to this earlier video from NCTA President & http://www.cabletechtalk.com/ncta-actions/2009/03/26/this-week-in-broadband-stimulus-funding/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm Debate Over Net Neutrality and Networks Built With Broadband Stimulus Money Heats Up, CircleID Carriers and net neutrality proponents found themselves at odds Monday during a discussion on whether to place strict net neutrality conditions on any broadband network built using economic stimulus money. http://www.circleid.com/posts/net_neutrality_broadband_stimulus_money/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm TVGuardian fans pack FCC content filtering proceeding, Ars Technica Here's one Federal Communications Commission comment cycle that's getting off to an interesting start. The agency's Notice of Inquiry on the state of content filtering is being flooded by brief http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/tvguardian-fans-pack-fcc-content-filtering-proceeding.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Tales of the Sausage Factory: Comcast & AT&T Apparently Smart Enough To Resist RIAA Invitation to Slit Own Throats., Tales from the Sausage Factory As I've observed before, the IP Mafia have absolutely the worst judgment imaginable when it comes to their agenda. Now, the people who tried to kill the VCR, have just about killed internet radio, and who have sued dead people and sick children, ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1496 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm IPv6 Backwards Compatibility for IPv4 Most Critical Mistake, Developers Admit, CircleID In conjunction with the 74th IETF Meeting, on Tuesday Internet Society held a panel discussion on IPv6 adoption during which Internet engineering community pointed out that the biggest mistake in developing IPv6 is its lack of backwards compatibility with the existing Internet http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv6_backwards_compatibility_ipv4_mistake/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Google at IETF Meeting: IPv6 Deployment Was Easy and Inexpensive, CircleID Google engineers say it was not expensive and required only a small team of developers to enable all of the company's applications to support IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_ietf_ipv6_deployment_easy_inexpensive/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Charter Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Charter CEO: Good news, everybody!, dslreports As expected, Charter Communications this morning filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a restructuring effort the company says will reduce their $21.7 billion debt load by $8 billion. The company had previously stated they'd be filing before April 1. Charter CEO Neil Smit says http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Charter-Files-Chapter-11-Bankruptcy-101592 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/charter.htm YouTube Outage in China Enters Third Day, Internet News Google's video site remains blocked in China after a video depicting police beating protesters in Tibet surfaced. Chinese officials call the video "a lie." http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/Z7bONqtcL7o/3812176 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm YouTube Takedowns Offer a Chilling Look at What a Filtered Web Could Look Like, PK If you happened to page through this week's Sunday edition of The New York Times, you might have noticed something unusual about the front page of the business section. Instead of leading with a story about AIG's transgressions or the latest eco-tech startup, this week's Sunday http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/F-jmhuH3Yzw/2051 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm AT&T Not Sold On Booting P2P Users...Yet - Comcast, AT&T insist they're not, dslreports Yesterday it was broadly reported that AT&T is already testing a new system of warning and scolding AT&T customers who have been transmitting pirated material. While the entertainment industry has been pushing ISPs to terminate the service of repeat offenders via some kind of "graduated response" (aka "three strikes) program, AT&T tells us that they're not yet ready to sign off on such an idea. As of right now, Cox http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Not-Sold-On-Booting-P2P-UsersYet-101573 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm White House cyber adviser--more questions than answers, CNET The comprehensive cybersecurity legislation currently in development in the Senate aims to bring high-level government attention to the serious problem of cybersecurity by giving one White House official oversight of critical network infrastructure. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10203622-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Creation of White House cybersecurity office remains uncertain, CW It's unclear whether a report being prepared for the president on federal information security preparedness will support recent calls for the creation of a new cybersecurity office within the White House, two lawmakers said today. http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=fd6a70b10e8d43ee6e69abfbe8ae7c90 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Senate committee demands DHS explain alleged lack of support for cybersecurity office, CW The Senate Homeland Security Committee is asking DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to explain why the National Cyber Security Center, set up within the department last year, has seemingly been marginalized by the agency. http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=b0db0ba6aa70c55a09eb6ad450becbf2 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Mar 31 11:38:55 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:38:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 3.31 :: Recession Driving Dialup?? :: Wikia Search Dead :: Strickling to Head NTIA :: The WOZ Stinks :: Disulu :: Conficker :: Message-ID: <269633.56778.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ How to Answer a Telephone Call: Remove the hand telephone from the hook and say "Here is Main 297" (or whatever your number may be). The party calling should say "Here is main 298," (or whatever the number may be). Much friction and annoyance will be avoided if this simple plan is carried out. From the August, 1906 Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company directory for San Francisco, California . . . Telephone Tribute No, The Recession Is Not Driving People To Dial-Up - But it is apparently giving Earthlink lots of free advertising..., dslreports Earlier this month we noted how the press seems enamored with the idea that the recession is driving people back to dial-up, even if they lack a shred of data to support the idea. The articles (be they from the Associated Press, Tampa Tribune or Chicago Tribune, who love the idea so http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/No-The-Recession-Is-Not-Driving-People-To-DialUp-101628 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dialup.htm 2.5 Million U.S. and Canadian Households ready to buy an Internet-connected TV, PARK ASSOC International research firm Parks Associates reports that approximately 2.5 million broadband households in the U.S. and Canada are ready to purchase an Internet-connected TV if priced at a $100 premium over regular TVs. http://newsroom.parksassociates.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5146 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ IPv4 exhaustion research agenda, qty 1., CAIDA A few policy questions on which the RIR-community should funnel address-registration tax dollars into peer-reviewed research: http://blog.caida.org/best_available_data/2009/03/29/icannrir-research-agenda-writ-large/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Obama Moving Appointments Along in Telecom ? Strickling Named, Genachowski & Adelstein Like..., Tales from the Sausage Factory The Obama Administration has nominated Larry Strickling for the post of Administrator of the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA). While long anticipated, the nomination was delayed until Commerce actually had a Secretary ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1498 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ Wikia Search Dead, Infothought Wikia Search dead, says CNET: http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001423.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/ Wozniak stinks, says Dancing judge, CW Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak last night shot back with 'I'm still standing' after being blasted by the 'Dancing With the Stars' judges for a performance that one said 'really stunk.' http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=f6f11884ef4d234d4de941c82acbd020 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/ Comcast Sues Maryland WISP for Bandwidth Theft - Man uses 35 residential accounts to fuel wireless business..., dslreports According to the Maryland Daily Record (via Telecompetitor), Comcast is suing a Gambrills, Maryland-based ISP for stealing service and then reselling it to others. Last week, the cable giant filed suit against Frank Clark and his company, OceanNet, which advertises itself on their website http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Sues-Maryland-WISP-for-Bandwidth-Theft-101616 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/comcast.htm Disney?s TV Unit Will Make Short Videos Available on YouTube, NYT Disney will sell and control advertising for its video clips, but split the revenue with YouTube. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7cd5e110ef94307ea96212d52bef7868 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Disney courting both Hulu and YouTube, Lost Remote PaidContent reports that Disney is in talks to become an equity partner of Hulu, joining NBCU and Fox in the joint venture. (Full disclosure: I work for msnbc.com, which syndicates video to Hulu.) http://www.lostremote.com/2009/03/27/serious-talks-between-disney-and-hulu/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries, NYT Researchers said that the spying, which infiltrated the offices of the Dalai Lama, was controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5a09fb9a47581d78ea656893e93e1f9c More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm FAQ: Conficker clock ticks toward April 1 deadline, CW Is it hype or one heck of a worm? Get answers to some of the pressing questions about Conficker, one of the biggest computer worms in years, and its looming deadline. http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=53e17955f19ee764c21ba76c6ffaa7f4 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm Conficker Worm Targets Microsoft Windows Systems, US CERT No description http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#conficker_worm_information More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm Don't fret about the Conficker virus, Globe and Mail All that's needed to protect against the malware is some routine software updates http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/dyl95A6-GU8/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm Skype Available on Apple App Store, aboutskype Free application enables millions of iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide to take their Skype conversations with them http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AboutSkype/~3/Q3Ge1Fs-Eqg/skype_available_on_apple_app_s.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. 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