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Fri Jan 8 12:18:08 PST 2010

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"If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside." -- Robert Cringely

CTIA Statement On FCC's Request for Additional Time to Submit National Broadband Plan, CTIA
"The Commission has a difficult task of developing the national broadband plan. We know the FCC has and is working diligently to complete the plan, and believe it is more important that the Commission get it right. If they need more time to get it right, then Congress should allow it."
http://www.ctia.org/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/7/CTIA-Statement-On-FCCs-Request-for-Additional-Time-to-Submit-National-Broadband-Plan
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

National Broadband Plan - Worth the Wait, Comcast
Like many policy wonks, technology leaders, advocacy groups, and just plain interested citizens, we’ve been looking forward to February 17, when the Federal Communications Commission was scheduled to submit the National Broadband Plan to Congress. Given the mammoth task the FCC was assigned by Congress, they’ve asked Congress for another month to complete the plan. We support that.
http://blog.comcast.com/2010/01/national-broadband-plan-worth-the-wait.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

The Star Trek Guide to the National Broadband Plan, PK
“To boldly go.” There may be no more famous split infinitive than the one used to introduce the voyages of the starship Enterprise through the more than 40-year history of the Star Trek franchise. Whether it was “to boldly go where no man has gone before,” in the original series, or “to boldly go where no one has gone before,” in the Next Generation, the sentiment was clear. Bold is better.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/M3Xk_jaacfw/2835
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

Public Knowledge Statement on Delay of Broadband Plan, PK
“We are pleased that the FCC has decided to take the extra time it needs to complete the National Broadband Plan. This is a very complex undertaking that will be crucial for the development of the American economy.
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/Ge6dbIUUZTI/2836
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

FCC's underwhelming-looking broadband plan also tardy, Ars Technica
The plan, due to be presented to Congress next month, now looks to be delayed by a month. Like a tardy student going to a professor, the FCC has written Congress to ask for a four-week extension on its "big paper." Perhaps the agency can use the extra time to ensure the plan contains some of that "change" we've heard so much about.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/fccs-underwhelming-looking-broadband-plan-also-tardy.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

National Broadband Plan Deadline Moved Back Four Weeks, CommLawBlog
Maybe now the FCC will look at requests for extensions of deadlines more sympathetically.
http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/pOpQEMHm_ZA/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm

NTIA and RUS Announce Online Tool for Prospective Broadband Stimulus Applicants, NTIA
NTIA and RUS announced the launch of BroadbandMatch, a new online tool to facilitate partnerships among prospective applicants to the agencies’ broadband grant and loan programs. BroadbandMatch allows potential applicants to find partners for broadband projects, helping them to combine expertise and create stronger proposals.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2010/BBMatch_20100107.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

First looks from CES: Google Nexus One and Motorola Backflip, CW
Two new smartphones demonstrated at the CES show this week offer a glimpse into some of the fascinating features to come to Android devices.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143378/First_looks_from_CES_Google_Nexus_One_and_Motorola_Backflip?source=rss_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

iKeepSafe Attended Kids at Play Summit in Las Vegas, iKeepSafe
iKeepSafe President Marsali Hancock attended the Kids at Play Summit in Las Vegas today, where she moderated a panel that discussed Internet Safety. The conference was held at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
http://ikeepsafe.blogspot.com/2010/01/ikeepsafe-attended-kidsplay-summit-in.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Announcing Safe Eyes 6 Family Internet Manager, Internet Safety
Today at CES we announced Safe Eyes 6, which will be available for purchase later in the month. Safe Eyes 6 Family Internet Manager is a big leap forward in both protection and focus, shifting from “control” to managing online activities.
http://blog.internetsafety.com/2010/01/07/announcing-safe-eyes-6-family-internet-manager/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

The decade of the social Web (fixed & mobile), Net Family News
The '00s were when Web 2.0 hit – the increasingly mobile social Web, from desktops to laptops to gameplayers and smartphones, that spelled a media makeover as radical as the printing press did nearly 500 years ago. Why so radical? Well, maybe people felt the realtime one-on-one conversations of the telephone were just as radical in their time, but now we're
http://www.netfamilynews.org/2010/01/decade-of-social-web-fixed-mobile.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Safe Eye 6 announced with Internet TV Filtering, Inside Internet filtering
Today I am excited to announce the latest revision of Safe Eyes, which includes another industry first.  Safe Eyes 6 is able to filter online TV sites on a show by show basis.  This means that you no longer have to block or allow an entire website like Hulu, but instead you can allow specific shows based on the TV rating for that show (TV-G, TV-PG, etc).
http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2010/01/safe-eye-6-announced-with-internet-tv-filtering/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/fcc.htm

Julius Genachowski at CES on digital literacy, Crawford
This is a time of unprecedented challenge around kids and media and unprecedented opportunity.  The world is a different place now.  When I was a child, my parents had to worry about one TV in the basement and they had rules that worked.  Parents today have a very different experience. There’s still a TV, but many different channels - and many other sources.
http://scrawford.net/blog/julius-genachowski-at-ces-on-digital-literacy/1290/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/fcc.htm

Virtual Banishment and the First Amendment: Estavillo v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Cybertelecom
I saw this case in the excellent National Association of Attorneys General publication Cyber Crime e-newsletter . Many of us host or sponsor online communities of one form or another. On occasion, this means we must engage in moderation of the discourse in that community, and, as chance may arise, on occasion, we must give some chap the boot from the community for violating the AUP or the TOS
http://cybertelecom.blogspot.com/2010/01/virtual-banishment-and-first-amendment.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

New Voices Question Net Neutrality, Nextgenweb
In case you missed it, two additional thought leaders added their perspectives this week to the broadband dialogue, both voicing concerns about the impact of net neutrality regulations.
http://www.nextgenweb.org/news-and-blog-clips/newvoicesantinetneutrality
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Comcast, FCC take net neutrality dispute to court, Globe and Mail
Regulator hopes to use dispute with nation's largest cable TV, Internet provider to establish legal authority to adopt regulations
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/uFexMvwbLjg/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

Comcast, FCC Head To Court Over Net Neutrality - Comcast still argues FCC had no authority to 'sanction' carrier for throttling.., dslreports
Back in May of 2007, a user posted to our forums highlighting his discovery that Comcast was forging user packets to throttle upstream bandwidth for all users, all of the time. The user didn't know it at the time, but that single post literally began a multi-year adventure that would culminate in national press attention and an FCC investigation into how Comcast managed
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-FCC-Head-To-Court-Over-Net-Neutrality-106299
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm

IPv4 Safe for Now, but Address Shortage Looms, Internet News
The new year has barely started, but at least one dire prediction about 2010 isn't going to come to pass.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/eoWorJL9XY8/3857231
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

France could tax Google to subsidize music, CNET
A government report says Google and other online-ad companies are "profiting without any consideration" for music artists and book publishers. What comes next?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10428434-261.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

TV on the Go - Once Again, NYT
LG introduces the first digital TV that works even while you're in motion.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=098fbcb10591df45dde051905afac68a
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm

Y2K Redux? Vendors Coping With Y2K10 Bugs, Internet News
Cisco, Symantec and Apache aim to shut out a handful of glitches caused by the new calendar year.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/CNjntIIWypY/3857146
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/year2000/

CES 2010, BBC
A look at some of the best stuff in the hi-tech show
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8448859.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/

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