From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Oct 1 10:39:46 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:39:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 10.1 :: Halfway done :: US Relaxes Grip :: Voice is Dying :: The Internet Has Never Been More Dangerous :: Cyber Hygiene :: Message-ID: <625609.55763.qm@web37906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ FCC: We're Halfway Done With National Broadband Plan - It could cost between $20 and $350 billion to get job done, dslreports With 141 days left until the FCC is scheduled to unveil their national broadband plan before Congress, the agency today issued a statement and a 168 page slide show examining what they've accomplished at the halfway point. According to the FCC, they've conducted 26 workshops and hearings, where 230 different witnesses testified. 41,000 pages of written http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Were-Halfway-Done-With-National-Broadband-Plan-104715 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm FCC Panel: Cybersecurity Needs Incentives, Internet News Cybersecurity experts warn FCC of market challenges to shoring up broadband networks. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/aJgY4kagiBA/3841706 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm John Palfrey testifies on cyberbullying before the House Subcommittee on Crime..., Harvard No description http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5671 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm EPIC to FTC: "Parental Control" Software Firms Gather Data for Marketing, EPIC EPIC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Echometrix, the developers of parental control software that monitors children?s online activity. Echometrix analyzes the information collected from children and sells the data to third parties for market-intelligence research. The EPIC complaint alleges that Echometrix engages in unfair and deceptive trade http://epic.org/2009/09/epic-to-ftc-parental-control-s.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Cyberbullying Hearing Yesterday: Education, not Criminalization or Intermediary Deputization, Tech Lib Front The House Judiciary Committee?s Crime subcommittee yesterday held a hearing yesterday on the painful issues of cyberbullying (webcast). Rep. Linda S?nchez (D-CA) talked about her bill, the ?Megan Meier Cyber Bullying http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/brBMjoh6iHk/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Government Internet safety group hears from students & experts, Safekids Last year Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, which established the Online Safety Technology Working Group (OSTWG), a panel of 29 representatives from Internet companies, academia, non-profits and government to study and report on how to best protect online kids. In April, the U.S. Department of Commerce?s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the appointments. http://www.safekids.com/2009/09/29/government-safety-commitee-gets-an-earful/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Mr. Cerf?s Post on Net Neutrality and My Response, Verizon Last week, the Chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski, discussed some proposals regarding net neutrality and some policies he believes need to be adopted to protect consumers and competition.???We expected the Chairman would initiate this discussion at some point and look forward to providing the facts the Chairman asked for during his speech. A wide http://policyblog.verizon.com/BlogPost/672/MrCerfsPostonNetNeutralityandMyResponse.aspx#When:09:39:23 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Why NPR Hates Network Neutrality: 21st Century Payola?, Sascha This morning I awoke to a www.BroadbandforAmerica.com sponsorship of National Public Radio. Broadband for America is an industry-funded front group -- its general goal is to create confusion about what consumer and public interest groups support when it comes to telecommunications reform. Later this morning I got an e-mail from a good friend: http://saschameinrath.com/2009/sep/29/why_npr_hates_network_neutrality_21st_century_payola_0 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Editorial: "Network neutrality" or "network neutering"?, Ars Technica Win the words, win the war? That's the thinking of some network neutrality opponents, who are on a campaign to rebrand the concept as "net neutering." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/editorial-network-neutrality-or-network-neutering.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Why Do Content Companies Want Net Neutrality?, Tech Lib Front Last Wednesday, Holman Jenkins penned a column in The Wall Street Journal about net neutrality (Adam discussed it here). In response, I have a letter to the editor in today?s The Wall Street Journal: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/RIHSRlLXXfg/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Free Press debunks 10 net neutrality myths, Muni Free Press has published a PDF debunking the top ten net neutrality myths. For instance, the myth that net neutrality rules will discourage investment: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/n3WZfU0Lop0/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm U.S. Online Video Consumption Grows Considerably Year-over-Year, Clickz U.S. users streamed 41 percent more video content in August 2009 than they did during the same period in 2008. http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/snOMh0xiQNM/3635128 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ US relaxes grip on the internet, BBC The US loosens its control over how the internet is run after it signs a new agreement with net regulator Icann. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8283310.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm ICANN, US Government Affirm Private Sector Lead in Domain Name Governance, CDT The US government today agreed to loosen the sway it has long held over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the private, non-profit body that oversees administration of the Internet?s addressing system. Allowing an 11 year old and much revised ?Joint Project Agreement? between the Commerce Department and ICANN to lapse, the two signed an http://blog.cdt.org/2009/09/30/icann-us-government-affirm-private-sector-lead-in-domain-name-governance/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm U.S. Moves to Lessen Its Oversight of Internet, NYT Washington wants to give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in an organization that oversees the Internet. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9783a00084235d99ea5ae304596240d3 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm NTIA and ICANN Sign Accord on Internet DNS, NTIA NTIA announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that establishes a long-lasting framework for the technical coordination of the Internet?s domain name and addressing system (DNS). http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/ICANN_Affirmation_090930.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm Rockefeller Commends NTIA and ICANN Partnership, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=a492dc3e-dce2-44ae-867f-833f2e76deb5 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm ICANN cuts cord to US government, gets broader oversight, Ars Technica The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is breaking free of the US Department of Commerce. The many-times-amended Memorandum of Understanding between the two groups was replaced today with http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/icann-cuts-cord-to-us-government-gets-broader-oversight.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm Google invites users to join Wave, BBC Google is unleashing its communication tool which it hopes will reinvent e-mail and instant messaging. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8280864.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO, Gigaom Verizon Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch said today that in the coming years, wired broadband will likely be sold in packages based on the amount of data a person wants to consume, much like wireless broadband is sold today. In comments made to press at the 2009 Fiber to the Home Conference Expo in Houston, Lynch stressed that he wasn?t http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Fh3bWJn91HU/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm FTC Seeks Public Comments on the Future of the News Media in the Internet Age, FTC The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments in advance of upcoming workshops that will explore the Internet?s impact on the news media, including the new avenues for innovation and the financial challenges that it has created for the industry. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/media.shtm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Professional North American Sports League Sites Draw Attractive Audiences from Around the Globe, comscore comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world today released a study of the visitor profiles for the four largest professional team sport Web properties in the U.S. The four leagues included in this study, Major League Baseball (MLB.com), the National Basketball Association (NBA.com), the National Football League (NFL.com) and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/comscore/~3/_BEML6qDRbI/Professional_North_American_Sports_League_Sites_Draw_Attractive_Audiences_from_Around_the_Globe More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm Senate passes Resolution 285 supporting awareness on the eve of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Michael Kaiser On the eve of National Cyber Security Awareness Month the Senate passed Resolution 285 supporting efforts to make the citizens more aware of how to secure the Internet and in support of national Cyber Secuirty Awareness Month. http://www.staysafeonline.info/blog/senate-passes-resolution-285-supporting-awareness-eve-national-cyber-security-awareness-month More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ iKeepSafe to support NCSA launch of Cyber Security Awareness Month, iKeepSafe Thursday morning iKeepSafe President Marsali Hancock will help ring in National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) in Washington D.C. http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/09/ikeepsafe-to-support-ncsa-launch-of.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Security Audits Worthwhile But Infrequent: Survey, Internet News Most companies hire outside firms to audit network security procedures. But where's the follow-up? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/orrnOI7_rLE/3841676 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ US urges 'cyber hygiene' effort, BBC The US government urges all internet users to play their part in protecting the network from cyber attack. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8279867.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Techniques Used By Fraudsters On Social Networking Sites, IC3 No description http://www.ic3.gov/media/2009/091001.aspx More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Botnets Tighten Their Grip on the Broadband Infrastructure, Gigaom How much of a drag is spam putting on the global broadband and messaging infrastructure, and where is it coming from? According to Symantec?s newly released 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report, spam is a huge burden: In September, the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources was 86.4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bb-QbPtO5g0/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ The Internet Has Never Been More Dangerous - latest research from the APWG, Halping Families Today, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) released their Phishing Trends Report for the 1st Half of 2009. Consumers and small business should be aware of the newest web-based threats that are out there and growing. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/liviaweb/~3/WNNp2eoV_9g/internet-has-never-been-more-dangerous.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm Verizon: Voice is Dying, CircleID Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon CEO, saying "voice is dying" is a defining moment in telecom history. He didn't use those words, but his comments at Goldman Sachs are clear "we have to pivot and make a shift from the voice business to the data business and eventually to the video business. ... we must really position ourselves to be an extremely potent video-centric http://www.circleid.com/posts/verizon_voice_is_dying/ 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 Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Oct 13 09:11:11 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:11:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 10.14 :: FCC Dives :: Public Missing :: Kick Him Off the Net :: Upset Fans :: Last Refuge of Scoundrels :: Message-ID: <920897.91417.qm@web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ ?Fail, and Fail Often? FCC Dives Deep on Broadband Economics, Nextgenweb The FCC took its deepest dive yet into the economics of broadband today. An all-star line-up of prominent university and government economists and competition experts took the field today. Here are a few key takeaways: http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/fcc-dives-deep-on-broadband-economics More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm The Second and Middle Mile Challenge, FCC Many of you may be familiar with the telecom term the ?last mile??the connection between your home (or wireless device) and your broadband service provider.? Somewhat less familiar, however, are the terms ?second mile? and ?middle mile,? the connections between your broadband service provider and the Internet.? A Public Notice (PN) tha http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=563 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Public Missing from FCC Broadband Workshops, Free Press Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will attend a hearing Thursday morning in San Diego to help shape the agency?s national broadband plan. The public event, which is focused on ?the transformational change that is resulting from the http://www.freepress.net/node/73336 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Pro-telecom group misses out on first broadband stimulus $$$, Ars Technica Broadband stimulus money watchers and recovery plan tea leaf readers are cheering news of the first winners of the Department of Commerce's grants program for broadband mapping projects. They're pleased that the http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/pro-telecom-group-misses-out-on-first-broadband-stimulus.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm FCC to investigate "gating" role of middle-mile access lines, Ars Technica A boatload of smaller telcos and bigger broadband users are cheering yet another probe launched by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday?this one on the impact of "special access" rates on http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/fcc-to-investigate-gating-role-of-middle-mile-access.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Connected Nation Misses Out On Early Mapping Money - A sign of things to come, or just early coincidence?, dslreports The first round of NTIA grants doled out to states to map U.S. broadband were notable more for who wasn't chosen than who was. Most consumer advocates have been talking about the fact that telco-tied Connected Nation wasn't among the first round of grant recipients. The group has been under fire for several years for being an ingenious http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Connected-Nation-Misses-Out-On-Early-Mapping-Money-104940 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm FCC Chair Takes Open Internet Message to CTIA, Internet News Genachowski unveils mobile broadband agenda to safeguard open Internet, advance spectrum policies. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/r4zUrfYPkeU/3842776 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Top 25 Parent Companies/Divisions at Home and Work, August 2009, Clickz The sites consumers are visiting on the Web, and average length of visits. http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/iqklJd3XGHQ/3635178 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ Nicolas Sarkozy Caught Mass 'Pirating' DVDs; Time To Kick Him Off The Internet, Techdirt Why is it always the adamant defenders of silly policies like kicking people off the internet for copyright infringement who are later found to be mass infringers themselves? French President Nicolas Sarkozy, of course, was the first major politician to support the concept of kicking people off the internet for copyright infringement (more commonly http://techdirt.com/articles/20091008/2344176470.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Washington Redskins Won't Let Washington Post Blogger Show Photos Of Upset Fans; WaPo Caves, Techdirt We've already discussed how ridiculous it is that any mainstream publication agrees to the NFL's policies that effectively set rules for how they can report on sporting events. How can a publication claim to have journalistic integrity after agreeing to specific rules on what they will and won't report on concerning a news event? On top of http://techdirt.com/articles/20091009/0110566471.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm F.T.C. Proposes Problematic Regulation of Online Free Speech, EFF The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published vague new advertising rules that require online writers to disclose whether they've been compensated for product endorsements. The rules are full of ambiguities and double-standards, many of which are summed up on this article in The Atlantic Wire. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/ftc-regulation More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials, FTC Changes Affect Testimonial Advertisements, Bloggers, Celebrity Endorsements http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ A Fuller Explanation of Why the FTC Endorsement/Testimonial Guidelines Violate 47 USC 230, Tech Marketing Law Last week?s release of the FTC's new Endorsement and Testimonial Guidelines has generated a significant amount of... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/10/a_fuller_defens.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Facebook Market Share Soars Nearly 200%, Internet News Twitter is trending north, too, according to latest Hitwise data. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/QIfGIXm-3Ok/3843326 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm Cyber Terrorism Demands New Tactics: Study, Internet News RAND Corporation says fighting online threats to national security requires nontraditional tactics, immediate attention. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/OCU0blO0a2g/3843136 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Lawmakers Cave to FBI in Patriot Act Debate, Wired Senate lawmakers are caving to FBI concerns that proposals to add privacy protections into the Patriot Act could harm national security. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said "threats against American safety are real and continuing." Just last week, the powerful senator proposed limiting the FBI's http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/EJt6YGSvMoc/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm PATRIOT Act: Last Refuge of Scoundrels, Center for Internet and Society ?Patriotism,? as Samuel Johnson famously said, ?is the last refuge of a scoundrel.? In that sense, perhaps the USA PATRIOT Act is appropriately named after all. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6299 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm The Ghost of Patriot Past, CDT It seems like the debate over health care reform has sucked all the oxygen out of the public dialog, as if nothing else were happening here in Washington. Think again. Perhaps one of the most significant ?behind the scenes? actions happened late last week when the Obama Administration failed to support significant changes to the Patriot Act that http://blog.cdt.org/2009/10/12/the-ghost-of-patriot-past/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm Obama Sides with Republicans; PATRIOT Act Renewal Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee Minus Critical Civil Liberties Reforms, EFF Well, it looks like most of the Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee weren't swayed by this morning's New York Times editorial, which cited this morning's Committee meeting to consider USA PATRIOT Act renewal as a "critical chance to add missing civil liberties and privacy protections, address known abuses and trim excesses that http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/obama-sides-republicans-patriot-act-renewal-bill-p More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm F.B.I. Arrests Dozens for ?Phishing? ID Theft Scheme, NYT The F.B.I. is arresting dozens of people in the U.S. and overseas to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands of people. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9cd3468b5f5cd65f9fe0e7e8845aed99 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm Operation "Phish Phry" Nets 100 Cybercriminals in Global Ring, Ask Mariam A two-year FBI investigation into phishing, or cybercrime efforts to gain access to bank accounts via fraudulent emails, has resulted in a sting operation against 100 people in the US and Egypt. The phishing scam stole approximately $1.5 million from at least 5,000 customers of at least two U.S. banks (Bank of America and Wells http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Operation-quot-Phish-Phry-quot-Nets-100-Cybercriminals-in-Global/ba-p/158894 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm Comcast to Put Botnet Cops on the Security Beat, Gigaom Botnets ? autonomous and automated collections of compromised computers that spew spam all around the globe ? have become a scourge on the communications infrastructure. As we covered a few days ago, Message Labs, a division of Symantec that tracks over 3.7 billion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/TSgPlLHz1Ns/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm AT&T to Allow VOIP on iPhone to Run on 3G Network, Wash Post AT&T's move is a big one, and it comes as debate gets underway over proposed net neutrality rules at the Federal Communications Commission that would prohibit network providers from blocking applications such as Skype. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6f3fc5fe79274e08b25927e0aca33698 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ FCC Boss Praises AT&T's Skype About Face - 'Encouraged' by AT&T suddenly seeing the light..., dslreports As we noted yesterday, AT&T has announced that they'll finally let Skype work over their 3G network, after the FCC started investigating anti-competitive practices in the wireless industry. New FCC boss Julius Genachowski, for one, is pleased. "When AT&T indicated, in response to the FCC s inquiry, that it would take another look at http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Boss-Praises-ATTs-Skype-About-Face-104860 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ AT&T CallVantage Shuts Down November 17 - AT&T focuses on U-Verse VoIP and mystery BYOB service, dslreports In the summer of 2008 we noted that AT&T was no longer taking new orders for their Callvantage VoIP service. The company of course wanted to begin pushing their U-Verse Voice VoIP product a little harder, but employees also hinted to us that AT&T was cooking up a new bring your own broadband (BYOB) VoIP offering as well. That BYOB http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-CallVantage-Shuts-Down-November-17-104896 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Sex, conference calls, and outdated FCC rules, Google Last month AT&T complained to the FCC about our policy of restricting outbound Google Voice calls to phone numbers in a small number of "rural" areas, just as other Internet applications do. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/Ul5apV65bwg/sex-conference-calls-and-outdated-fcc.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm FCC Investigating Google Voice, Gigaom Well the wheels of regulatory justice are certainly spinning a lot faster these days. The Federal Communications Commission has decided to investigate Google?s refusal to connect its Google Voice callers to certain numbers in rural areas. The agency has stepped in after AT&T two weeks ago complained that if Google http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bgXs3DwehoM/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm Public Knowledge Statement on FCC Inquiry into Google Voice, PK ?The FCC?s Wireline Competition Bureau today asked some very legitimate questions about the nature of Google Voice, beginning an inquiry that PK Legal Director Harold Feld on Oct. 1 urged the Commission to undertake. In trying to determine how the service works, and what place it has in telecommunications law, the Commission is http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/iQ2pz2wYT98/2694 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Oct 15 10:03:39 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:03:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 10.15 :: Scaring Children and Puppies :: Flame On :: Thanks for Nothing :: Google is the Enemy of Nuns :: Message-ID: <102963.5229.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ "It's theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing the programming."? Jamie Kellner, Cableworld Interview on the subject of ad-skipping A National Broadband Clearinghouse, FCC It?s not just the FCC that?s interested in figuring out the best way to use and deploy broadband.???We?ve learned that lots of organizations: towns and cities, state governments, small businesses, non-profits, and others are also looking at the question. Several parties have suggested that an online clearinghouse of broadband data and best practices would make http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=572 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Connected Nation Applauds Diligence of NTIA's Broadband Stimulus Review Process, Connected Nation Today, Connected Nation participated in a call with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to discuss Connected Nation?s broadband mapping applications for the State Broadband Data and Development (SBDD) http://connectednation.com/in_the_news/the_blog/2009/10/connected-nation-applauds-diligence-of.php More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm Can You Go to Jail for Cyberbullying?, Netsmartz After retiring from Arizona?s superior court in 2008, former judge Tom Jacobs began a site called askthejudge.info to help teens understand legal issues. Below, he applies his expertise to the issue of cyberbullying and its possible legal consequences. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Netsmartz/~3/J3hHCQELXAw/can-you-go-to-jail-for-cyberbullying.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Exaflood Pseudo-Scientists Need A New Gimmick - Scaring children and puppies is getting tired..., dslreports Nemertes co-founder Johna Till Johnson has done a particularly stellar job consistently writing editorials for Network World that sound scary, but aren't based in any perceivable real world science. Her latest unscientific screed attempts to argue that network neutrality laws would result in the collapse of entirely unrelated peering arrangements, something we argued made little to no sense. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Exaflood-PseudoScientists-Need-A-New-Gimmick-104968 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Flame On: FCC Launches Its Net Neutrality Web Site, Gigaom The Federal Communications Commission today launched a site where engineers, consumers, ISPs or anyone with a stake in the game (or an opinion) can comment on the plans to codify six principles that would ensure ISPs can?t block or favor certain types of traffic on wired or wireless networks. As it considers how to implement these so-called net neutrality rules (it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/s_7bcu_zDQQ/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralfcc.htm Verizon Continues Layoffs - Over 16,000 employees to be cut in two years..., dslreports Verizon has already cut 8,000 jobs in the last twelve months, and during the company's second quarter earnings conference call announced they'd be laying off another 8,000 employees during the second half of this year. While some of the layoffs are because of the housing market and Verizon's slowly dying residential phone business, the company is also making a very http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Continues-Layoffs-104956 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm Dear CRB: Thanks for Nothing, CommLawBlog After years of proposals and deliberations and interim policies, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has at long last published ?final rules? dictating the playlist reporting requirements for webcasters. But like so many things in this day and age of fast-paced technological and http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/n1scnif51dk/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm Smart Use Of Facebook By College Helps Students, Techdirt Earlier this year, a study claiming that students who used Facebook had lower grades got a lot of attention, with the typical fear mongering and moral panics coming out of the woodwork. But, of course, correlation does not mean causation, and Facebook is just a tool. For schools that use it in a smart way, perhaps it could do good. Reader Ben Ketteridge points us to http://techdirt.com/articles/20091014/0245066526.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper, CW Cyber-crime just doesn't pay like it used to. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139398/With_botnets_everywhere_DDoS_attacks_get_cheaper?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ AT&T Presses FCC To Crack Down on Google Voice, Wash Post AT&T stepped up its campaign for greater federal scrutiny of Google's voice service, reasserting in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that the search giant's Web phone application violates both telecom and net neutrality laws. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=42b3c5a15907d58904297b3c1c04a123 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm AT&T to FCC: Rules must apply to Google too, CNET AT&T has taken off the boxing gloves in its fight against the Google Voice service and proposed changes to Net neutrality rules. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10375732-94.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm AT&T: Google Is The Enemy Of Nuns - Wait, what?, dslreports As we've been exploring, both AT&T and Verizon absolutely despise Google. Why? Because the company represents an Internet future where phone companies are relegated to "dumb pipe" network operators, where more innovative and adaptable companies wind up making a killing in the content and service business. Given their interest in protecting their http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Google-Is-The-Enemy-Of-Nuns-104996 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm AT&T Attacks Google Voice Again ? This Time With Nuns, Gigaom AT&T today countered Google?s claims that it?s blocking Google Voice calls to rural areas because they?re directed to free conference call lines and sex hotlines engaged in the dubious practice of so-called traffic pumping by trotting out a convent of Benedictine Nuns who apparently can?t receive, or make, Google Voice calls, either. That?s hardball. I see your sex lines and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LTJkdYXfqgw/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm Google Shakes Up The Phone System, CommLawBlog An FCC letter shows why new phone services like Google Voice must soon trigger a regulatory overhaul. http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/ZcnkmXIT94g/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm AT&T's Ridiculous Argument Against Google Voice, Techdirt We've been covering the ridiculous attempt by AT&T to sic the FCC on Google for deciding to block certain calls via Google Voice. AT&T is being misleading and incredibly disingenuous. While there are some issues with Google's decision to block certain calls, the issue there has nothing to do with net neutrality -- as AT&T aims to tweak Google for supporting net http://techdirt.com/articles/20091015/0038246541.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 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Put all of these together, and even if you don't win, how can you lose?"? - Jesse Owen Comments Sought On Broadband Study Conducted By The Berkman Center For Internet And Society, FCC GN Docket Nos. 09-47, 09-51, 09-137 Comment Due:? November 16, 2009On July 14, the Commission announced in a press release thatHarvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society wouldconduct an expert review of existing literature and studies about broadband deployment and usage throughout the world to inform the Commission's development of a National Broadband Plan. A draft of the http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2009/10/comments-sought-on-broadband-study.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Berkman Center Releases Broadband Study for FCC, Says Open Access Key to Competition, Performance, CircleID The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University today announced the release of its 232-page study commissioned by the FCC examining global broadband deployment and usage. The draft of the study titled, "Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband Internet transitions and policy from around the world," has now been posted for public comment. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20091015_berkman_center_releases_broadband_study_for_fcc/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Don't be a Cyberbully, MSISAC Cyberbullying refers to the new, and growing, practice of using technology to harass, or bully, someone else. Cyberbullying can range in severity from cruel or embarrassing rumors to threats, harassment, or stalking. It can affect any age group; however, teenagers and young adults are common victims. http://www.msisac.org/daily-tips/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm FTC's Net Cetera Gives Parents Tips to Help Children be Safe Online, iKeepSafe The FTC has created an excellent booklet for parents: Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Online. This guide encourages parents to reduce risks to Internet safety and security by talking to their children about how they communicate online and offline. http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/ftcs-net-cetera-gives-parents-tips-to.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Technology Chief Reaffirms Net-Neutrality Support, Wash Post The nation's chief technology officer on Friday reaffirmed the White House's support for rules that would prevent Internet providers from acting as gatekeepers over Web content, wading into an increasingly contentious debate over net-neutrality regulations. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d36551cee5245428b351468b33729c9b More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm In letter to Federal Communications Commission, top tech firms push for open Internet rules, Wash Post A number of Silicon Valley titans and early technologists of the Web on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with new rules to prevent Internet providers from favoring one application over another. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=7ff51fa450e66cedcacd6c42ff557e27 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Fred von Lohmann on Net Neutrality, Nextgenweb The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado recently held a conference on the rise of broadband video and the future of digital media. During the conference, a panel of experts discussed public policy implications for several broadband-related issues, including net neutrality. Fred von Lohmann, http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/fred-von-lohmann-on-net-neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm CTIA Response to Internet & Tech Companies CEOs & Founders on Net Neutrality, CTIA In response to a letter from 24 CEOs and founders from some of the leading Internet and technology companies to the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, I issued the following statement: http://www.ctia.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/19/CTIA-Response-to-Internet--Tech-Companies-CEOs--Founders-on-Net-Neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Big Telecom Foments Hill's Net Neutrality Hysteria, PK Mount Indignant has erupted, spewing torrents of molten lava off of Capitol Hill, flowing down in angry, boiling rivers to the doorstep of the nondescript office building housing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Congressional Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and progressives are sending hostile letters to the FCC all http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/nDR17oDPgfk/2702 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm U.S. ISPs Increasingly Requesting More IPv6 Addresses, Fewer IPv4 Addresses, CircleID U.S. ISPs are requesting more IPv6 addresses and fewer IPv4 addresses than ever before?a sign that carriers are investing in the future amidst one of the deepest recessions in modern history. The shift in IP address requests shows that North American carriers are getting ready for the long-anticipated upgrade of the Internet's main communications http://www.circleid.com/posts/us_isp_increasingly_requesting_more_ipv6_addresses_fewer_ipv4/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Barry Manilow Highlights 'Three Strikes' Law Stupidity - ISP argues assumed guilt by IP isn't too smart..., dslreports In the UK, the government is still working toward the entertainment industry's goal of booting heavy P2P users off of the Internet, should they be caught transferring pirated material three times. As we've covered at length, this is a bad idea for a number of reasons. Piracy technology detection systems are unreliable, expensive to implement, require http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Barry-Manilow-Highlights-Three-Strikes-Law-Stupidity-105019 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Ad group: FTC blog rules unfairly muzzle online media, Ars Technica The Federal Trade Commission's new "blogger rules" may be unconstitutional, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The IAB, one of the Internet's largest advertising organizations, published an open letter to the FTC Friday urging it to rescind the rules because of their http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/ad-group-ftc-blog-rules-unfairly-muzzle-online-media.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/blogs.htm IAB Takes On FTC Over Silly Blogger Disclosure Rules, Techdirt While more disclosure is generally a good thing, the FTC's new guidelines for blogging disclosure have some pretty massive problems, and probably aren't legal. As more and more people are recognizing this -- and interviews with the FTC folks in charge of this suggest they either haven't put very much thought into this issue or they don't quite know http://techdirt.com/articles/20091016/0244516559.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/blogs.htm IAB's Brilliant Open Letter to the FTC on Blogger Rules, PFF Three cheers for Randall Rothenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) for having the guts to send this splendid open letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz about the agency's new disclosure rules for bloggers. Rothenberg's http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/10/iabs_brilliant_open_letter_to_the_ftc_on_blogger_r.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/blogs.htm Crovitz on FTC Blogger Rules, Tech Lib Front Another great column by the Wall Street Journal?s Gordon Crovitz, who is quickly becoming my favorite tech policy columnist. In today?s column, ?Bloggers Mugged by Regulators,? he comments on the FTC?s new disclosure rules for bloggers, which I discussed here over the weekend.? Crovitz focuses on the enforcement challenges associated with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/8ctWWnc7Fy0/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/blogs.htm President Obama Promotes NCSAM in YouTube Video, iKeepSafe In this video President Obama speaks about our shared responsibility to keep the Internet safe and secure. He also provides specific cyber security tips. http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/president-obama-promotes-ncsam-in.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ Social Network Members Increasingly Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks, Ask Mariam Among my social networking friends, I know of at least two whose accounts have been hacked and many more who have experienced attempts. One of these exploits turned painful when his friend fell for the pleas of the criminals and wired money to help out his stranded ?friend?. The other friend managed to notify many of her online friends to be http://community.norton.com/t5/Ask-Marian/Social-Network-Members-Increasingly-Vulnerable-to-Phishing/ba-p/162749 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm Phishing attack reveals poor Hotmail passwords, CW A security researcher says many recently stolen Hotmail passwords -- such as 1234567 -- are easy to guess. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/344407/Phishers_Reveal_Poor_Passwords?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Oct 22 11:14:10 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:14:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 10.22 :: a little chilling :: unfamiliar with Sec. 230 :: Astrosufring :: Rips :: Statements on Statements :: FCC Trojan Horse :: Message-ID: <442217.93984.qm@web37908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ "Every now and then, a technology [the Internet] comes along that is so profound, so powerful, so universal, that its impact will change everything. It will transform every institution in the world. It will create winners and losers, will change the way we do business, the way we teach our children, communicate and interact as individuals."? ???Lou Gerstner, Chairman, IBM, 1996 Sweeping parental-control product for phones, NetFamily News Tell me if you can possibly think of a feature not covered in this new parental-control app for Windows, Symbian, and BlackBerry phones (but especially Windows ones, its creators say). It's actually a little chilling, if a parent were to try to use MyKidIsSafe surreptitiously (though kids would probably figure it out). Features include Text Message Monitoring (scans for approximately 1,500 "words," "slang," and "lingo" and http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/10/sweeping-parental-control-product-for.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm iKeepSafe Distributes Cyber Safety Packets to All Utah Elementary Schools, iKeepSafe iKeepSafe Founder and Chair Jackie Leavitt distributed educational packets to all 556 Utah elementary schools last week during the Utah Department of Education's annual Safe and Drug-Free Schools meeting. http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/ikeepsafe-distributes-cyber-safety.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Finkel v. Facebook: Court Rejects Defamation Claim Against Facebook Premised on "Ownership" of User Content, Citizen's Media Back in February, Denise Finkel, a 2008 graduate of Oceanside High School on Long Island, sued four of her former high school classmates and their parents after the students created a private Facebook group called "90 Cents Short of a Dollar," which allegedly contained false and defamatory statements about her. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/9vmGR5JW5yE/finkel-v-facebook-court-rejects-defamation-claim-against-facebook-premised-ownership-user- More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Craigslist Eludes Sheriff Dart, Thanks to CDA Section 230 Immunity, Techlaw A federal district court in Chicago yesterday summarily dismissed Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart's lawsuit alleging that online classified ad service Craigslist facilitated prostitution and created a public nuisance through the operation of the "adult" (formerly "erotic") services section of its website. http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/10/craigslist-eludes-sheriff-dart-thanks-to-cda-section-230-immunity-.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Craigslist Isn't Liable for Erotic Services Ads--Dart v. Craigslist, Tech Marketing Law Dart v. Craigslist, Inc., 09 C 1385 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 20, 2009) Yesterday, Judge John F. Grady... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/10/craigslist_isnt.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Court Teaches Cook County Sheriff About Section 230, Dismisses Case Against Craigslist, Techdirt Earlier this year, we noted that Cook County (Illinois) sheriff Thomas Dart appeared to be totally unfamiliar with the law when he sued Craigslist for prostitution. As was pretty clear at the time, Craigslist is the service provider and is quite obviously protected by Section 230 immunity. Besides, law enforcement officials who actually care about dealing with prostitution, rather than just generating headlines have figured out that it http://techdirt.com/articles/20091021/1224316622.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm AT&T accused of 'astroturfing' on net neutrality, CW An AT&T executive asked employees to post opposition to net neutrality rules being considered by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on an FCC Web site using their personal e-mail addresses, prompting accusations of unfair advocacy by an opposing group. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139639/AT_T_accused_of_astroturfing_on_net_neutrality?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Verizon chief rips net neutrality, CW With the Federal Communications Commission due to vote on new net neutrality rules, Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg warned the commission not to pass rules barring carriers from favoring certain types of content. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139696/Verizon_chief_rips_net_neutrality_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Vint Cerf on the importance of keeping the Internet open, Google "The issue is nondiscrimination against applications and against consumer choice. That should be clear by the letter from my colleagues, and by others, that the fundamental concern is that the provider of broadband service not be able to take advantage of that to act in an anticompetitive fashion against others that are trying to provide competitive applications using the same broadband facilities." http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/JpTDO5NFXws/vint-cerf-on-importance-of-keeping.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm CTIA Statement on Net Neutrality from Free Press, CTIA It is troubling that we are debating a filing on investment and job creation from an organization such as Free Press. The industry I represent directly or indirectly employs more than 2.4 million Americans and contributed over $140 billion in direct economic benefit to the U.S. economy over the last three years. An illustration of the gaps in the Free Press filing is that counter to their own conclusions, they based their ?analysis? on http://www.ctia.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/21/CTIA-Statement-on-Net-Neutrality-from-Free-Press More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm FCC Net Neutrality Proceeding Supports Public Interest, CDT CDT and a large group of public interest advocates today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski commending him and the Commission for launching a proceeding later this week to closely examine the issue of Internet neutrality. The proceeding is aimed at ensuring that broadband service providers cannot act as gatekeepers over Internet websites and services, and that the Internet retains its open and http://blog.cdt.org/2009/10/21/fcc-net-neutrality-proceeding-supports-public-interest/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Major U.S. Consumer Groups Support FCC Action on Net Neutrality, Free Press 28 major U.S. consumer and public interest groups, including Free Press, signed on today to a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski in support of stronger Net Neutrality rules. The FCC is releasing proposed new rules at a meeting on Thursday. http://www.freepress.net/node/73726 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Is Net Neutrality a FCC Trojan Horse?, EFF On Thursday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski is expected to unveil draft rules aimed at imposing network neutrality obligations on Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In the excitement surrounding the announcement, however, many have overlooked the fact that the this rulemaking is built on a shoddy and dangerous foundation ? the idea that the FCC has unlimited authority to regulate the Internet. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/net-neutrality-fcc-perils-and-promise More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm National Organization for Women Supports Net Neutrality, Save the Internet The National Organization for Women (NOW) urges you to stand with us in support of Network Neutrality, the principle that protects choice of content and equal opportunity on the Internet. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/10/21/national-organization-women-supports-net-neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Google and Verizon Wireless Find Common Ground on Net Neutrality, CircleID In a joint statement released today by Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, and Lowell McAdam, President and CEO of Verizon Wireless, the two companies have expressed their support for making existing 'net neutrality' principles enforceable. The joint statement was published as a blog post late Wednesday on both Google and Verizon policy blogs which starts off with the following paragraph: http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_and_verizon_wireless_find_common_ground_net_neutrality/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Public Interest Groups Support FCC on Net Neutrality, PK The undersigned public interest groups write to express our strong support for your recent announcement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin a public proceeding that will ensure an open and nondiscriminatory Internet. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/10/21/public-interest-groups-support-fcc-net-neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Verizon CEO: We've Never Provided 'Dumb Pipes', Internet News At Supercomm, Verizon announces new SDK for developers wanting to build on broadband services and denounces Net neutrality. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/wVvtMAQMVCI/3844906 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Now On Sale At the AT&T Store -- Anti Net Neutrality Propaganda, PK The sales force at AT&T stores has a lot to do these days. http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.publicknowledge.org%2Fpublicknowledge-main More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm AT&T Boss Asks Employees to Fake It, Save the Internet AT&T has "asked' its employees to fake it in the fight against Net Neutrality. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/10/20/att-boss-asks-employees-fake-it More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm FCC Will Probe Managed Services As Part of Net Neutrality Push, Gigaom Both the telecommunications industry and proponents of a free and open Internet have put the rhetoric machine into overdrive in the run-up to the release of a series of proposed rules on network neutrality by the Federal Communications Commission tomorrow.? Telecommunications firms are even getting their employees involved (a fairly common tactic with AT&T). http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ngxvWNuZFTA/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm How We Use The Internet? Key Findings of a Cisco Study, Gigaom Households worldwide consume 11.4 GB of data per month over their residential broadband connections, with most of that traffic occurring during the peak hours of 9 p.m. through 1 a.m. in local time zones, Cisco? discovered in data it put out today tracking web traffic over the third quarter of the year. The data also hints that? today?s top broadband users are less likely the evil, P2P file-seeding misfits that ISPs like to blame http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/xXfHGz0O5IE/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ FTC to Bloggers: Drop that Sample!, Center for Internet and Society The Federal Trade Commission has announced plans to regulate the behavior of bloggers. Unfortunately, not their terrible grammar, short attention spans or inexplicably short fuses. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/6314 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/blogs.htm As The FTC Goes After Bloggers, Doctors Making Millions Promoting Drugs With Little Oversight, Techdirt Clay Shirky points us to a column from a few months back by Marcia Angell, which explains why clinical research on drugs isn't even remotely trustworthy, as it all-too-often seems to involve doctors who have serious conflicts: http://techdirt.com/articles/20091019/0251036578.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/blogs.htm Where does news come from?, OJR Time after time again, people who want to save newspapers claim that newspapers are the primary source of news. But is their claim actually founded on anything other than self-importance? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ojr-full/~3/TBbJZa7v4KU/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Oct 27 08:43:11 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:43:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 10.27 :: Faceplant :: a terrible idea :: Prize for Failure :: You've Got Powell :: Bogus :: Message-ID: <787024.12030.qm@web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ In the old days [in drug busts], we'd get a search warrant, kick in the door, and if we did our job right, there would be white powder and currency and a little black book. And you opened up that little black book and you find names, dates and amounts. Well, now you kick in the door and you find the powder and the currency and a stand-alone PC. -- Scott Charney (Chief of the Dept. of Justice Computer Crimes Unit, March 1995) Jon Stewart on Network Neutrality http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-26-2009/from-here-to-neutrality Hula?s R-rated Movies Lack Parental Controls, Filtering Facts Hulu is a great video site that offers free streaming TV shows and even some feature-length films.? While the broadcast TV content is what you?d expect from broadcast TV, Hulu features a number of graphic R-rated movies such as the Killing Zoe, Strictly Sexual, There?s Something About Mary and the ultra-gory Dawn of the Dead. http://filteringfacts.org/2009/10/25/hula%e2%80%99s-r-rated-movies-lack-parental-controls/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/fcc.htm FCC's New Notice on "Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape", PFF On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a new Notice of Inquiry entitled, "Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape" (MB Docket No. 09-194). The purpose of this investigation is to: http://blog.pff.org/archives/2009/10/fccs_new_notice_on_empowering_parents_and_protecti.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/fcc.htm Yet Another Plaintiff Faceplant, Thanks to Section 230, Citizen's Media I am constantly impressed with plaintiffs' hapless charges against the nearly impenetrable immunity that is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (?Section 230?).? Time and time again, angry plaintiffs bring http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/GWyIRj83Sfg/yet-another-plaintiff-faceplant-thanks-section-230 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Google chief favors net neutrality but is wary of government regulation of Web, Wash Post Google chief executive Eric Schmidt favors net neutrality, but only to a point: While the tech player wants to make sure that telecommunications giants don't steer Internet traffic in a way that would favor some devices or services over others, he also believes that it would be a terrible idea fo... http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=83ae87b7a75dccd95f056839d61b1495 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm CTIA Statement on the FCC's NPRM on Net Neutrality, CTIA I issued the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission?s (FCC) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on net neutrality: http://www.ctia.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/10/22/CTIA-Statement-on-the-FCCs-NPRM-on-Net-Neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnot.htm McCain introduces bill to block FCC's net neutrality rules, CW U.S. Senator John McCain has introduced legislation that would block the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from creating new net neutrality rules, on the same day that the FCC took the first step toward doing so. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139784/McCain_introduces_bill_to_block_FCC_s_net_neutrality_rules?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses, CW Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139830/Net_neutrality_could_lead_to_inexpensive_high_quality_broadband_services_for_businesses?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm Net Neutrality: When is Network Management "Reasonable"?, Freedom to Tinker Last week the FCC released its much-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on network neutrality. As expected, the NPRM affirms past FCC neutrality principles, and adds two more. Here's the key language http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/net-neutrality-when-network-management-reasonable More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm Defining Network Neutrality, Info/law The net neutrality fight is on, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski?s proposal for new rules moved on to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Now, the two sides are digging in: AT&T, telcos, and unions on one side; Google and content providers on the other. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/10/26/defining-network-neutrality/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm AT&T Operations Chief Warns on Internet Regulation, Nextgenweb John Stankey, President and CEO of AT&T Operations, delivered the first keynote of the day at SUPERCOMM today, bringing even more attention to one of the most pressing industry issues ? the impact of new Internet regulation on broadband investment and innovation. http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/att-operations-chief-warns-on-internet-regulation More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm TIA Issues Statement on Release of FCC?s Proposed Rules to Preserve an Open Internet, TIA TIA submitted a statement in response to the release of proposed rules by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today related to the issue of network neutrality. TIA recommended that rules be crafted in a way to promote investment and innovation in new products and services. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TiaNews/~3/QEPMAbfnu4k/PR-1022_TIA_Issues_Statement_on_Release_of_FCC_s_Proposed_.cfm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm FCC Begins Examination of Potential Internet Regulation, Comcast Yesterday, the FCC under the leadership of Chairman Julius Genachowski, took the first steps in a proceeding which aims to craft new federal rules for the public Internet. Chairman Genachowski first announced he would undertake this effort in a speech last month at the Brookings Institution and I wrote about that here. http://blog.comcast.com/2009/10/fcc-begins-examination-of-potential-internet-regulation.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm Chairmen Rockefeller and Waxman Statement on FCC Open Internet Rulemaking, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=1faa5f23-b53a-4f33-aced-3a9a0af7337e More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm McDowell Forgets He Already Voted That FCC Has Authority To Enforce NN Rules., PK I recently complained that no one else ever seems to follow the record on the network neutrality stuff. But Commissioner McDowell took the prize for failure to remember what he had previously voted for in this very proceeding back in March 2007 when the Commission voted out the Notice of Inquiry that started this whole thing. Mind you, McDowell should not feel http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/OFTsW-4pXvc/2719 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm 20% of U.S. Adults Use Twitter, Says Pew, Clickz New research from Pew Internet and American Life Project finds 45 percent of adult U.S. Web users use social networks, and 19 percent use Twitter or similar services. http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/zcUFpnahc4U/3635448 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/statapps.htm Former FCC Chair Michael Powell joins AOL board, Wash Post A soon-to-be independent AOL said Monday that former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell would serve on the company's board. http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f53d35e26200450cfd42e1cb839fa893 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm FiOS Growth Slows - Wireless hot, DSL and landlines not..., dslreports Verizon unveiled their third quarter earnings this morning, and as suspected, wireless service continued to be the company's biggest growth engine. Verizon Wireless added 1.2 million net new customers, bringing their wireless subscriber total to 89 million. Data revenues in particular jumped a whopping 48.1 percent thanks to increased smartphone adoption and the the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FiOS-Growth-Slows-105151 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm Verizon revenue up slightly in third quarter, CW Verizon Communications reported revenue of $27.3 billion for the third quarter of 2009, up 10.2% from a year earlier, but up only 0.6% if revenue from the January acquisition of competitor AllTel is taken out. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139897/Verizon_revenue_up_slightly_in_third_quarter?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm Latest Bogus DMCA Takedown Sent By NPR?, Techdirt You wouldn't normally associate NPR with sending bogus DMCA takedowns, but via the EFF we learn that NPR has sent a DMCA takedown to YouTube over a commercial that uses a clip from NPR. The commercial is from a group that opposes same-sex marriage, so there's likely http://techdirt.com/articles/20091026/0353226673.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm U.S. Chamber of Commerce uses the DMCA to silence critic, PK Copyright owners have often used the DMCA?s notice and take down procedure to silence criticism instead of preventing copyright infringement. A recent DMCA take down involving the group Yes Men is yet another example of this phenomenon. On October 22, a website created by the Yes Men which parodied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?s stance on a climate http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/zAK_7DlAHLE/2721 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm Hulu May Start Charging In 2010 - 'Time to get paid,' declares News Corp, NBC execs..., dslreports "It s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online," proclaims News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey, who this week indicated that Hulu would probably start charging for access in 2010. Of course Hulu's fate may not be in Carey's hands but with Comcast, who's looking to merge with Hulu owner NBC Universal. That merger could result in Comcast taking action http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Hulu-May-Start-Charging-In-2010-105125 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm Don't Be a Victim of Cyber Crime!, MSISAC The term "cybercrime" is usually referred to as any criminal offense committed against or with the use of a computer or computer network. A cyber crime incident can lead to loss of business and consumer confidence, financial loss, productivity loss, and even loss of intellectual property. For something to be considered a crime, however, requires a law to denote it as http://www.msisac.org/daily-tips/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ U.S. gov't cybersecurity spending to grow significantly, study says, CW U.S. government spending on cybersecurity will grow at a compound rate of 8.1 percent a year between 2009 and 2014, outpacing general IT spending, according to the government analyst firm Input. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139833/U.S._gov_t_cybersecurity_spending_to_grow_significantly_study_says_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 is Off-the-Record. Otherwise play nicely. Cybertelecom? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Oct 29 08:14:43 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:14:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 10.27 :: No YouTube For You! :: Notoriously Difficult to Define :: Disconnected :: Internet Hating CEO :: More and More Cautious and Equivocal :: Is LinkedIn Dead? :: Message-ID: <410830.56276.qm@web37906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ ? ? ? ? ? ???CyberTelecom News? ? ? ? Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ I don't think people ought to believe only one news medium. They ought to read and they ought to go to opinion journals and all the rest of it. I think it's terribly important that this be taught in the public schools, because otherwise, we're gonna get to a situation because of economic pressures and other things where television's all you've got left. And that would be disastrous. We can't cover the news in a half-hour event evening. That's ridiculous. -- Walter Cronkite, quoted in ``The Boys on the Bus,'' 1973 Three sneezes and you are out, Net Effect If, like many Americans, you've got H1N1 and are reading this at home, turn off your computer NOW. Even better, take a pair of scissors and cause irreparable damage to your Internet cable. If you are really addicted to the Web and can't even contemplate doing this, well, try to ration your daily surfing: turn off loading of images in your browser and don't even think of downloading that new episode of your favorite soap-opera. http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/27/three_sneezes_and_you_are_out More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Can the Internet handle traffic in an H1N1 pandemic?, CW GAO report says workers and students who have to stay home could stress capacity. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139973/Can_the_Internet_handle_traffic_in_an_H1N1_pandemic_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Home With the Flu? No YouTube for You!, Gigaom The U.S. Government? Accountability Office yesterday released a report outlining the effect that a swine flu epidemic might have on our broadband infrastructure. It appears to be an effort to goad the Department of Homeland Security to come up with some way to ensure that the Internet keeps functioning for essential communications and financial transactions if a large chunk of the country calls in sick or is ordered to stay home. Turns out that H1N1-related illness will lead to network congestion, according to the hysterical report out from the government watchdog agency. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/eiEKB6MK7gg/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Telecommuters fearing swine flu may clog Web networks, GAO says, Wash Post As the spread of the H1N1 flu keeps more Americans away from work and school, a federal report warns that all those people logging on to the Web from home could overwhelm Internet networks http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=0c58ac1a35dc14092f6d731d61e5c494 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own, Ars Technica Regional telco TDS Telecommunications last week issued a press release announcing a major milestone for the company: 50Mbps service over fiber optic cable to residents of Monticello, Minnesota. The Minneapolis suburb became one of the few non-FiOS communities in the country to experience full fiber-to-the-home deployment, and subscribers will all receive a free upgrade from 25Mbps service to the new 50Mbps tier. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/want-50mbps-internet-in-your-town-threaten-to-roll-out-your-own.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm NTIA, RUS to award grants in December 2009, Muni The NTIA and RUS have extended the review of grant applications to December 2009, one month later than earlier announced. The first round of funding of the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program and the Broadband Initiative Program has generated thousands of applications. Lawrence Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at NTIA, says that they need more time to review the applications and that the first grants will be announced most likely in the middle of December. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/vS4RncJ6_Xg/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm NTIA Testimony on the Recovery Act and Broadband, NTIA Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, NTIA, before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/presentations/2009/HSBC_Broadbandhearing_20091028.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm event notice: ?Media, Kids & The First Amendment? (11/2 at Noon), Tech Lib Front Interesting lunchtime forum taking place this coming Monday, Nov. 2nd about ?Media, Kids, and The First Amendment.?? It?s being co-hosted by Georgetown Law Center and Common Sense Media. Here?s the event description: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/dugUhilUrz8/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Net stimulates the brain: Study, NetFamily News A study presented this month at the Society for Neuroscience found that Internet training "could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults," ScienceDaily.com reports. Researchers at University California, Los Angeles, worked with two groups of "neurologically normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 78." Everything else being pretty equal, one group was made up of regular Internet users, the other had very little online experience. The latter group "performed Web searches while http://www.netfamilynews.org/2009/10/net-stimulates-brain-study.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Is a neutral net within the power of the FCC?, CW Questioning whether new FCC network neutrality rulemaking process produces a legally supportable set of rules http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140044/Is_a_neutral_net_within_the_power_of_the_FCC_?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm How to Solve the Net Neutrality Issue, Tech Lib Front I was stunned last week when I saw many prominent tech VCs and CEOs from Silicon Valley sign letters endorsing the FCC?s move towards Net Neutrality, since, if the rule making goes ahead, it will mean regulating the Internet.? I happen to know a bunch of these folks, so I decided to call them to see if they really were endorsing regulations for the Net or if something else was going on.? Something else was going on.? Because the term ?Net neutrality? is notoriously difficult to define, and is often put in terms of ?free and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/7BwZxAmWMoU/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Sandvine: P2P Now Just 20% Of Internet Use - While video use continues to explode...., dslreports A new report by Sandvine Corporation confirms what other reports this month from Cisco and Arbor Networks also suggested: P2P's share of overall capacity is down, and video use of all kinds is exploding. The study tracked traffic from 20 carriers and 24 million subscribers, mirroring much of what Cisco recently reported. Namely, that Internet "prime time" is later than TV prime time, and live video use is surging. Sandvine says that 26.6 percent of total traffic is "real-time entertainment traffic" (video, gaming, music), http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sandvine-P2P-Now-Just-20-Of-Internet-Use-105194 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/statapps.htm Net pirates to be 'disconnected', BBC The Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says UK will introduce a three strikes policy for persistent illegal file-sharers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8328820.stm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Internet Hating Sony Pictures CEO Insists Piracy Is Killing Movie Business; But Facts Show Otherwise, Techdirt Ah, remember Michael Lynton? The Sony Pictures CEO who earlier this year insisted that nothing good had come from the internet at all. When everyone started mocking him for this statement, rather than back off, he doubled down and insisted it was true, using examples that were easily debunked. Apparently, he hasn't learned his lesson. He's back at it, pushing for the UK (and others) to pass laws kicking people off the internet (so-called "three strikes" laws) while insisting that due to piracy there's less money to make http://techdirt.com/articles/20091027/1255556697.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm A Chat with FCC Chief Genachowski, MAP This interview with FCC Chairman Genachowski is most notable for what he does not say. It seems as if he has become more and more cautious and equivocal as time goes on. http://www.mediaaccess.orghttp//www.mediaaccess.org/roadmap/a-chat-with-fcc-chief-genachowski More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm 40 Years Later, Internet's Co-Creator Pushing Ahead, Internet News On the Internet's anniversary, Lawrence Roberts is still hard at work on what's next. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/7CVmHpH40mc/3846056 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet_history.htm One out of Every Six Minutes Online Spent Social Networking, iKeepSafe The blog IP Carrier recently reported that social networking accounted for 17 percent of all Internet use in August 2009. In other words, one out of every six minutes spent online was with social media and blogging. http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-out-of-every-six-minutes-online.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm Is the LinkedIn Platform Dead?, Gigaom LinkedIn, the business social network, hopped on the platform bandwagon this time last year by opening up its network to developers. It was a move I was excited to see Reid Hoffman?s crew make. LinkedIn, unlike some of the other professional networks that came before it, is actually very useful. It?s a great way to reach people within large companies, and an even better tool for recruiting and finding like-minded business people. Any extension of such a platform, therefore, was great news in my book. So how has it fared thus far? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Gt3dKGH7Ctk/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/socialnetworks.htm Spammers Continue To Abuse The Names Of Top Government Executives By Misusing The Name Of The United States Attorney General, IC3 No description http://www.ic3.gov/media/2009/091027.aspx More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/ Sprint Says They'll Play Nice With Google Voice - Won't charge Google Voicemail users forwarding fee..., dslreports Earlier this month we explored how despite the fact that not everybody can see it yet, Google Voice could bring significant change to the wireless industry. How? While Google Voice is the first somewhat clunky iteration of this concept, the application takes the actual calling and service mechanism out of the hands of the phone companies, and embraces the idea of everything -- voice included -- being simply data. In time, you should have complete freedom to choose not only your smartphone, its apps and the network -- but the actual calling, voicemail and SMS (IM) mechanisms and applications you use to communicate. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprint-Says-Theyll-Play-Nice-With-Google-Voice-105202 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/ Our response to the FCC on Google Voice, Google In our response today to the FCC's inquiry about Google Voice, we announced that our engineers have developed a tailored solution for restricting calls to specific numbers engaged in what some have called high-cost "traffic pumping" schemes, like adult chat and "free" conference call lines. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/xq6mK4lQ9CM/our-response-to-fcc-on-google-voice.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/fcc.htm Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool, CW Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140018/Internet_phone_systems_become_the_fraudster_s_tool?source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/security.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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