[Cybertel-Ann] 3.27 :: A Policy of Neglect :: TAC BACK :: Easy & Inexpensive :: No YouTube in China - Day 3 :: Marginalized Cybersecurity ::

Fri Mar 27 09:37:34 PST 2009

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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

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