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"There are two giant entities at work in our country,
and they both have an amazing influence on our daily
lives . . . one has given us radar, sonar, stereo,
teletype, the transistor, hearing aids, artificial
larynxes, talking movies, and the telephone. The other
has given us the Civil War, the Spanish-American War,
the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean
War, the Vietnam War, double-digit inflation,
double-digit unemployment, the Great Depression, the
gasoline crisis, and the Watergate fiasco. Guess which
one is now trying to tell the other one how to run its
business?" – Sign in AT&T Buildings, 1983
DSL price drop steepest in 4 years, Network World,
8/11/2006
The second quarter saw the average worldwide price for
DSL entry-level services fall by 9.3%, the biggest
price cut in DSL services in almost four years,
according to Point Topic Research.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/080906-dsl-price.html?fsrc=netflash-rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm
French Wi-fi bunny hopes to conquer America, Reuters,
8/11/2006
In the Darwinian evolution of electronic companions,
first came the speaking doll, then the Tamagotchi
virtual pet, then Sony's short-lived AIBO dog.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=13143517&src=rss/technologyNews
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm
What WiMAX was waiting for, Telephony, 8/11/2006
The WiMAX sector got what it was waiting for, the
decision by Sprint to deploy Mobile WiMAX over other
technology contenders. But, it also got what it really
wanted most--a big U.S. mobile carrier stepping up to
a microphone
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TelephonyNews/~3/10888044/wimax_waiting_081006
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm
AWS Auction Update - DirectTV, Echostar & T-Mobile top
dogs so far, Broadband Reports, 8/11/2006
The FCC s auction of AWS broadband spectrum began
yesterday, and as Business Week and Reuters report, it
was essentially a slugfest between media giants like
Cablevision's Charles Dolan, News Corp.'s Rupert
Murdoch, and Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77163
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm
Telcos Continuing Fake Consumer Group Campaigns - Net
neutrality fight spawned more sophisticated astroturf,
Broadband Reports, 8/11/2006
After issuing a report on bogus consumer advocacy
outfits run by incumbent cable and telephone companies
last spring, Common Cause has issued a new report
exposing the latest round of such outfits.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77176
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm
Shady industry practice exposed again, Common Cause,
8/11/2006
Common Cause is exposing a new crop of "Astroturf"
lobbying and other front groups posing as grassroots
in the TV net neutrality ad wars. In reality, these
groups are industry-funded operations with a big
business agenda. It's a shady practice that's bad for
democracy because it misleads citizens and even
lawmakers.
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=2007877&auid=1871905
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm
'Blogosphere' expands 100-fold in three years: study,
AFP, 8/11/2006
Fifty million blogs -- online multi-media journals --
were tracked on the Internet last month, a 100-fold
increase over three years, according to a new study
published online.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060811/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/statapps.htm
VoIP subscriber base grows 21% in second quarter --
report, America's Network, 8/11/2006
The number of subscribers to Internet-based telephone
services grew 21% to 6.9 million in the second
quarter, with cable TV companies expanding their lead
in market share compared with Vonage and other
pure-play providers.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=364860&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/voip.htm
Online gamblers left hanging, MSNBC, 8/11/2006
Since BetOnSports PLC started accepting wagers online,
gamblers played the odds on plenty of sporting events.
But they also gambled on whether U.S. prosecutors
would one day target the Costa Rica-based company for
possibly violating federal law.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14290978/
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm
Search Engines Censured for Censorship, BWO, 8/11/2006
Activists want Yahoo!, Google, and Microsoft to do
more to disclose to Chinese users how and why their
searches are being censored
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2006/gb20060810_220695.htm?chan=tc&campaign_id=rss_tech
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm
Western Internet firms "act as censors" in China, USA
Today, 8/11/2006
A New York human rights group is urging Internet
search giants to resist censorship pressure from the
Chinese government
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/11054258/2006-08-10-western-censorship_x.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm
A Fundamental Look at DNSSEC, Deployment, and DNS
Security Extensions, CircleID, 8/11/2006
In looking at the general topic of trust and the
Internet, one of the more critical parts of the
Internet's infrastructure that appears to be a central
anchor point of trust is that of the Domain Name
Service, or DNS.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/dnssec_deployment_and_dns_security_extensions/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dns.htm
U.S. Warns PC Users of Flaw in Windows, NYT, 8/11/2006
The flaw would make it possible to install malicious
programs or to change or delete data.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/business/10warn.html?ex=1312862400&en=4f646d6cd4faacff&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm
Lafayette Hits Another Roadblock - Proposed muni fiber
bumps into 3rd Circuit Court...again, Broadband
Reports, 8/11/2006
The city of Lafayette, LA has hit yet another
roadblock in its drive to create a fiber optic
network. An appeal to the 3rd Circuit Court by
resident Elizabeth Naquin, resulted in the LUS bond
ordinance being found in violation of the state's
Local Government Fair Competition Act. R
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77199
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/state/la.htm#mun
Malden, Massachusetts gets Proxim wireless grant,
Muniwireless, 8/11/2006
Malden (pop. 58,000, 4.8 square miles or 12 square
kilometers) received a $50,000 grant from Proxim
(called the Wireless Community Access Networks Grant)
consisting of Wi-Fi mesh equipment.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/11183699/1316
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/state/ma.htm#mun
Wi-Fi comes to Corona citywide, Press Enterprise,
8/11/2006
Corona, California (pop. 150,000; 35 square miles) has
signed a deal with MetroFi for citywide Wi-Fi service.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_C_cwifi10.27ee3bd.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/ca.htm#mun
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