[Cybertel-Ann] 5.5 :: Cost O Providing BBand :: Neutrality at Risk? :: EU Blasts US Links to ICANN :: Urgency of DNSSEC Adoption :: FCC Reform ::Nebraska VoIP Decision ::

Tue May 5 07:18:59 PDT 2009

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Cost Of Providing Broadband Dropping - It's the television market where margins are tight..., dslreports
Saul Hansell of the New York Times keeps poking the cable industry's numbers, finding that Time Warner's claims that flat-rate billing isn't viable remains unjustified. Hansell notes that at Time Warner Cable, the cost of providing broadband services dropped 18% in Q1 from a year ago. Overall Capex costs also dropped, while the price of
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cost-Of-Providing-Broadband-Dropping-102253
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Taking stock of the nation's airwaves, Google
When you're walking around town chatting on your cellphone, or sitting in a cafe surfing the Web over Wi-Fi, do you ever wonder how wireless signals travel through the airwaves around you? Most of us probably don't give it much thought -- and yet use of these airwaves is precisely what makes many of our modern communications
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/SSRBm4XmA2Y/taking-stock-of-nations-airwaves.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

President Obama Putting Net Neutrality At Risk?, Open Left
There is a disturbing possibility that President Obama has put his excellent open media and network neutrality platform at risk with his latest--and last--Democratic FCC appointment, Mignon Clyburn.
http://www.openleft.com/diary/13133/president-obama-putting-net-neutrality-at-risk
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

EU Blasts U.S. Links to ICANN, Internet News
A top European commissioner calls for the U.S. Department of Commerce to cede control over the Internet authority.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/j2VE-8Xw_84/3818531
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

EU Calls For Full Privatization of ICANN, Commissioner Calls Sept 30 Moment of Truth, CircleID
In a video posted on her website this morning, Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, has called for greater transparency and accountability in Internet Governance. She outlines a new Internet Governance model which includes a fully private and accountable ICANN, accompanied by an independent judicial
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090504_eu_calls_for_full_privatization_of_icann/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

Another Attack, Another Reason for the Urgency of DNSSEC Adoption, CircleID
News broke this week about an attack in Puerto Rico that caused the local websites of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Coca-Cola, PayPal, Nike, Dell and Nokia to be redirected for a few hours to a phony website. The website was all black except for a taunting message from the computer hacker responsible for the attack. These attacks were
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090501_another_attack_another_reason_for_dnssec/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Minnesota ISP Gambling Ban Going Nowhere Fast - Though lawmaker considers new law just in case..., dslreports
Last week we noted that Minnesota alcohol and gambling regulators have decided to try and force ISPs in the state to block user access to online gambling websites. It's unlikely the effort will succeed, given it's technically almost impossible and legally dubious. The state wants to force ISPs to adhere to inapplicable "common carrier" laws,
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesota-ISP-Gambling-Ban-Going-Nowhere-Fast-102263
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm

Board Ties at Apple and Google Are Scrutinized, NYT
The two companies share two directors, and several people briefed on the Federal Trade Commission inquiry say the agency is studying whether this is an antitrust violation.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1c4fbcb8a28f1ef364aa06e451b7ff36
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

Another Bogus Copyright Takedown: Can't Protest A Viacom Movie With T-Shirts, Techdirt
Boing Boing points us to the news that someone who was trying to protest the fact that a new Viacom animated movie was hiring Caucasian actors to play Asian or Inuit characters found that the t-shirts she was selling via Zazzle were taken down due to a claim that they violated Viacom's intellectual property. It's difficult to see what the
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090504/0420244738.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Perez Hilton Sends DMCA Takedown Over Anti-Gay-Marriage Ad, Citizen's Media
The blogosphere is buzzing about Perez Hilton's recent foray into copyright bullying. Last week, the celebrity blogger, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, sent a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube, claiming that a new advocacy ad from the National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") which was posted on the video-sharing site
http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/perez-hilton-sends-dmca-takedown-over-anti-gay-marriage-ad
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Pai and Dunn for FCC, Tech Lib Front
President Obama intends to nominate Mignon L. Clyburn to the Federal Communications Commission. Clyburn is a good pick. She has been a member of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina since 1998. She chaired the South Carolina commission from 2002 to 2004, is a past chair of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/M_CTSgg1I8M/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Republican Bill To Reform FCC Not A Bad Place To Start Discussions., Tales from the Sausage Factory
There's an old saying that goes “when it rains, can't fix the roof; when it don't rain, the roof don't need fixin.'” That rather sums up most efforts at government reform. When you're out of power, you can't really do anything about it...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1525
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

Hackers Break Into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom, Wash Post
Hackers last week broke into a Virginia state Web site used by pharmacists to track prescription drug abuse. They deleted records on more than 8 million patients and replaced the site's homepage with a ransom note demanding $10 million for the return of the records, according to a posting on...
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/94Sui8EDqJw/BL2009050403105.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/hacker.htm

Court Says VoIP Is Not A Telco Service; States Can't Tax It As One, Techdirt
In recent years, various state regulators, desperate to dredge up extra tax income, have targeted VoIP providers, using the infamous "like a duck" test, to say that since they look like a traditional telephone service, they need to pay taxes like one -- despite the fact that they don't make use of the same infrastructure (which is part of the
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090504/0228114732.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ne.htm

Half of Tennessee on wrong side of digital divide, Speed Matters
The lack of broadband access and adoption in Tennessee -- as elsewhere -- creates a significant disadvantage for state residents and businesses, reports The Tennessean.
http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/half-of-tennessee-on-wrong-side-of-digital-divide.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/tn.htm

GAO Report Long Term Strategic Vision Would Help Ensure Targeting of Erate Funds to Highest Priority Uses, GAO
Requests for E-rate funding consistently exceed the annual funding cap, and increased commitments for telecommunications and Internet services,
combined with significant undisbursed funds, limit funding for wiring and components needed for data transmission.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09253.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

GAO: FCC school/library computer fund a pit of mystery, Ars Technica
A new study issued by the Government and Accountability Office this week concludes that a Federal Communications Commission program that subsidizes school and library Internet, telephone, and computer
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/gao-fcc-schoollibrary-computer-fund-a-pit-of-mystery.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

State Efforts To Regulate VoIP Thwarted Again - VoIP carriers win USF debate in Nebraska, dslreports
A few years ago several states noticed that they were losing tax revenue as users ditched their second (or sometimes first) landlines. To try and make up for this shortfall, a number of them (like Minnesota) tried to exert their regulatory authority over VoIP providers, even if those providers had no actual physical presence in that
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/State-Efforts-To-Regulate-VoIP-Thwarted-Again-102274
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm

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