[Cybertel-Ann] [News] 9.8.9 :: Happy BDay Doraemon! :: Lower Bars :: Benchmarks :: Big Ideas :: Selling Kids Data :: No Doesnt Mean No :: Dont Credit Blogs ::

Tue Sep 8 14:53:57 PDT 2009

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Nigeria: New Submarine Internet Cable Lands in Lagos, Global Voices
The arrival of the GLO-1 submarine cable in Lagos this weekend has West African bloggers excited. GLO-1 connects Nigeria and 13 other West African countries to the global telecommunications system via Europe, bringing new bandwidth to the region.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/07/nigeria-new-submarine-internet-cable-lands-in-lagos/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

Big-League ISPs Press FCC to Lower Bar on 'Broadband', Ecommerce Times
Several telephone companies have suggested to the FCC that it change its definition of broadband. Verizon, AT&T and Comcast are asking the government to define broadband transmissions as anything over 768 Kbps downstream and 200 Kbps upstream. They were
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/68051.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Broadband Helps Provide 3.1 Million Jobs, USTelecom
Great blog entry over at NextGenWeb, talking about how broadband is helping to stimulate the economy: “New Study Finds 3.1 Million Jobs Thanks to Internet!”
http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/03/broadband-helps-provide-31-million-jobs/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Study Reveals Student Gains From Online Learning, USTelecom
Is the world of online learning on par with classroom instruction?  “Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning,”a report prepared by SRI International for the Department of Education, reveals just how effective broadband-powered education is proving to be.
http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/09/04/study-reveals-student-gains-from-online-learning/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

FCC Workshop Explores Broadband Benchmarks, Nextgenweb
This week, the FCC broadband workshop series examined the important issue of benchmarking broadband.  Panelists representing industry, consumers, minorities and more, discussed the various metrics needed to assess where we are now and chart progress moving forward.
http://www.nextgenweb.org/home/fcc-workshop-explores-broadband-benchmarks
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

5 Minutes with Harold Feld: "Benchmarks and Broadband Ecology", PK
This week, both Harold and Gigi participated in the FCC’s ongoing broadband workshops, providing the Commission with suggestions regarding how to craft a National Broadband Plan that will increase both access to and utilization of broadband infrastructure in the United States. During a break in the benchmarks workshop, Harold found the time to briefly explain the
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/aWp_VX1ri9k/2625
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Big Broadband Ideas, Benton
On September 3rd the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan workshop included two distinguished panels of academics and policy experts to focus on "Big Ideas," specifically the future of the Internet and broadband video content. The moderator, John Peha, the Chief Technology Officer of the FCC, framed the panels as
http://www.benton.org/node/27650
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

The Apps and Devices Workshop, FCC
Last Thursday, August 27th the FCC helped moderate two workshops on technology, applications and devices, which provoked some fascinating discussions around the current and future state of broadband in America.
http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=206
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Virtually There? The Telework Public Notice, FCC
Telework isn’t just about providing a benefit to employees.  Rather, telework seems to benefit workers, employers, and society as a whole.  Case studies from the Government Accountability Office and the Patent and Trademark Office suggest that telework provides needed flexibility for an organization and its staff in emergencies while being greener for the
http://blog.broadband.gov/?p=225
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Parental control company sells data on what kids say, safekids
A software product sold to protect children from predators, cyber bullying and visiting inappropriate websites is also collecting information about what the kids are saying and is selling that data — in aggregate form — to other companies for marketing purposes. In an interview, Echometrix CEO Jeffrey Greene said that the company doesn’t collect or report the
http://www.safekids.com/2009/09/04/parental-control-company-sells-data-on-what-kids-say/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Apple to FCC: "No Answer" Doesn't Mean "No", CommLawBlog
We reported here on the FCC’s requests to Apple and AT&T, the iPhone maker and service provider, asking why Apple had rejected an iPhone App called Google Voice. This provides access to a range of advanced voice features free of charge, in some instances bypassing
http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/gSstuUm6I9o/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm

U.S. Broadband Growth Continues to Slow, Gigaom
The number of new broadband subscribers continues to slow in the U.S., according to data gathered by UBS Research, driven primarily by market saturation. The Wall Street firm estimates that there are 67 million broadband subscribers in the U.S., or roughly 60 percent of the nation’s households and about 70 percent of those with a PC.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YNNPMpiNruQ/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

2010 could be the last year for IPv4 as we know it, Ars Technica
We've known we would run out of IPv4 addresses since 1981, when the Internet Protocol was standardized. The numbers dictate that there will never be more than 4,294,967,296 different IPv4 addresses. (4 billion and change being the number of combinations that can be made with IPv4's 32 address bits). Before 1993,
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/09/2010-could-be-the-last-year-for-ipv4-as-we-know-it.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

.EDU to Implement DNSSEC by the End of March 2010, CircleID
Mehmet Akcin writes: "EDUCAUSE and VeriSign have announced the initiation of a project to enhance Internet reliability and stability. By the end of March 2010, the project will deploy a security system known as Domain Name Security Extensions
http://www.circleid.com/posts/edu_to_implement_dnssec/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm

Cuba: Filtering Connections, Global Voices
Yoani Sanchez ruminates on the many changes September brings, including this surprise: “Since last Friday it is impossible to [connect] to Voces Cubanas from the Island. They have applied to it the same slow filter they use to block the connection to desdecuba.com for users in Cuba with very slow speed Internet connections.” Meanwhile, diaspora blogger Uncommon
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/03/cuba-filtering-connections/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/lamericas.htm

Improving DMCA Takedowns at Blogger, Flickr, EFF
In the past couple weeks, two major online service providers, Blogger and Flickr, announced improvements to their DMCA takedown policies. EFF had a hand in both: Blogger contacted us to discuss their improvements, and we contacted Flickr to raise some concerns we had. We're glad to see these improvements, which make the process more transparent for users
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/improving-dmca-takedowns-blogger-flickr
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

NY Post Reporter Admits That It's Company Policy Not To Credit Blogs Or Other Sources, Techdirt
Remember that Washington Post reporter last month who got all sorts of attention for claiming that a Gawker writer "ripped off" his story, despite linking to it multiple times? Many mainstream press folks sided with Shapira, in using this as an example of how blogs "parasite" newspapers. Yet, as the actual numbers show, the real relationship is quite symbiotic, with
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090904/0416086107.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm

Japan: Happy birthday, Doraemon!, Global Voices
Only for today (September 3rd) google.co.jp's logo is dedicated to Doraemon (ドラえもん), one the most popular Japanese characters. According to Slashdot [ja], the blue and white cat will be born on this day in 2112.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/09/03/japan-happy-birthday-doraemon/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

Privacy Advocates Take On Behaviorally-Targeted Ads on News Sites, Poytner
One of the few financial bright spots for the newspaper industry this year has been the quick growth of online display advertising that is targeted to users based on what they read.
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=169649&sid=26
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

5 Things We Learned From the Gmail Outage, Gigaom
It may have only lasted 100 minutes, but the Great Gmail Outage of last week generated discussion that endured for days. It started with panic attacks on Twitter and took some bizarre turns, such as sparking talk of lawsuits. But in the end, the fact of the outage wasn’t nearly as interesting as what it said about
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/NdyahTPbELA/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/email.htm

Diebold impeaches e-voting unit, sells it off for $5 million, Ars Technica
Diebold announced on Thursday that it has sold its voting machine division to Election Systems & Software (ES&S), a former competitor. Diebold's unceremonious departure from the electronic voting machine business will be welcomed by critics of the company's controversial direct-recording electronic
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/diebold-elects-to-get-out-of-the-voting-machine-business.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

Diebold gives up on voting machines, Tech Futures
Diebold has thrown in the towel on its troubled voting machines business. It has sold the whole division to its competitor, ES&S. Diebold electronic voting machines have been plagued with problems, and the company says it is writing off tens of millions in losses, due primarily to lawsuits from disgruntled local governments who bought the machines only to find out they are a security nightmare.
http://www.designnine.com/news/node/1384
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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