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How soon we forget history... Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. - George Washington

COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES ESTABLISHED FOR NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING IN THE MATTER OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE BROADBAND ERA. (DA No. 05-2725). (Dkt No 05-271). Comments Due: 01/17/2006. Reply Comments Due: 03/01/2006, FCC, 10/18/2005
On September 23, 2005, the Commission released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 05-271 (NPRM). In the NPRM, the Commission sought comment on the need for any non-economic regulatory requirements necessary to ensure that consumer protection needs are met by all providers of broadband Internet access service, regardless of the underlying technology. A summary of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2005, triggering the cycle for comments and reply comments.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2725A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Free American broadband!, Free Press, 10/18/2005
In France, you can get super-fast DSL, unlimited phone service and 100 TV channels for a mere $38 a month. Why does the same thing cost so much more in the U.S.?
http://www.freepress.net/news/11902
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

Report: Level 3 may end peering agreement, Bizjournal, 10/18/2005
TelecomPaper, a trade publication from the Netherlands, reported Friday that Level 3 Communications Inc. is discontinuing its peering relationship with Cogent Communications Inc., a rival Internet service provider.
http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/10/17/daily5.html?from_rss=1
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

Telecoms urge FCC to impose conditions on 'mega-mergers', Denver, 10/18/2005
The group wants the merged companies to establish safeguards that prevent SBC and Verizon from blocking access to competitors' services or engaging in anti-competitive discrimination and collusion.
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/10/17/daily21.html?jst=b_ln_hl
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

Reed Hundt: muni wireless restrictions leave US at risk, Muni, 10/18/2005
The San Jose Mercury News has published a commentary by Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC, who says that state and federal restrictions on municipal wireless projects harm the ability of first responders and community wireless groups to set up communications networks in disaster-hit areas. He points out that the community wireless groups using [...]
http://feeds.feedburner.com/muniwireless?m=383
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

European Group Pushes Broadband Powerline Spec, Information Week, 10/18/2005
Backers hope the specification--due to be ready by year-end--will become a global standard.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172301877&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Power Companies Enter the High-Speed Internet Market, NYT, 10/18/2005
The idea of offering high-speed Internet service to consumers over their power lines has been around for years in Europe, but the U.S. is just now catching on.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/17/technology/17powerlines.html?ex=1287201600&en=bd3ca2ac04f70c4a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING DATE AND AGENDA OF CONSUMER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (DA No. 05-2731). CGB. Contact: Scott Marshall at (202) 418-2809 email: Scott.Marshall@fcc.gov; TTY (202) 418-0179, FCC, 10/18/2005
The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Friday, November 18, 2005, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the Commission’s Headquarters Building, Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2731A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/tac.htm

Free WiFi With Nintendo DS 'Net Launch, eweek, 10/18/2005
Nintendo and Wayport have announced a partnership to bring the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection into almost 6,000 McDonalds nationwide free of charge for the November 14th launch of the company's Nintendo DS Internet gaming service.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1872549,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Does Open-Source Software Make The FCC Irrelevant?, Forbes, 10/18/2005
Columbia Law School Professor Eben Moglen wants to destroy the Federal Communications Commission. Not as some kind of terrorist act, but because technology is rapidly making it irrelevant.
http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/10/18/open-source-software-FCC_cz_df_1018opensource.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Hot market for censorship tools, IHT, 10/18/2005
A new report from the OpenNet Initiative raises tough questions about the use of filtering technologies by autocratic governments seeking to control what their citizens see on the Web.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/12/business/burma.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm

UltraDNS unveils shield for Internet attacks, Reuters, 10/18/2005
UltraDNS introduced an Internet security shield on Tuesday that the company said would help thwart denial of service attacks against its customers and keep the Web ...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-10-18T125323Z_01_FLE846391_RTRUKOC_0_US-DOMAIN-SECURITY.xml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/dns.htm

NSF Next-Generation Cybertools Awards Go to Cornell and U. of Chicago, NSF, 10/18/2005
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first awards in its Next-Generation Cybertools program--an initiative designed to extend the boundaries of social and behavioral research and lead to fundamental advances in cyberinfrastructure--will go to research teams at Cornell University and the University of Chicago.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104477&org=NSF&from=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/

Yahoo, BellSouth Team On High-Speed Internet Access, Information Week, 10/18/2005
The two will introduce their co-branded service late next year.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172301891&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/bs.htm

EFF reveals tracking codes in Xerox printers, Globe and Mail, 10/18/2005
Documents can be traced back to you, privacy advocates warn
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051018.gtxeroxoct18/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20051018.gtxeroxoct18
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

Secret Code in Color Printers Lets Government Track You, EFF, 10/18/2005
A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser printers secretly hide in every document. The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking information is part of a deal struck with selected color laser printer manufacturers, ostensibly to identify counterfeiters. However, the nature of the private information encoded in each document was not previously known.
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_10.php#004063
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

NSF Makes Cyberinfrastructure-TEAM Awards, NSF, 10/18/2005
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 11 projects for a total of over $2.6 million in the inaugural year of its Cyberinfrastructure (CI)-TEAM program. CI-TEAM signals NSF's commitment to join the national science and engineering community in preparing a cyber-savvy workforce that possesses the knowledge and skills to create, advance and exploit cyberinfrastructure.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104509&org=NSF&from=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Advisory body calls for more secure Internet banking, CW, 10/18/2005
A federal advisory body with broad regulatory powers over banks today issued new guidelines aimed at improving security in Internet-based banking and financial services
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,105519,00.html?source=x10
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

WiMAX To Be Deployed For Katrina Relief, Americas Network, 10/18/2005
A high-speed wireless networking technology that's still being tested around the world will be deployed at an evacuation shelter and other spots on the U.S. Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=180058
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/katrina.htm

N.Y. Spammer Sentenced in Closed Session, AP, 10/18/2005
A New York man was sentenced Monday for sending more than 9 million spam advertisements in online instant messages to members of a networking Web site in a hearing that was closed to the public. The sentence is under seal and the session was closed at the defense attorney's request.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051018/ap_on_hi_te/spammer_sentenced
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

FBI Thwarts Spam Tycoon, Red Herring, 10/18/2005
Authorities cripple the operations of a man alleged to be the world’s biggest spammer.
http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=14026
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm

FCC accused of doing poor job on E-Rate, Globe and Mail, 10/18/2005
Lax oversight helped waste millions of dollars in a government program that helps connect schools and libraries to Internet, investigators say
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051018.gtschooloct18/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20051018.gtschooloct18
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES ESTABLISHED FOR FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING IN THE MATTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT AND BROADBAND ACCESS AND SERVICES. (DA No. 05-2712). (Dkt No 04-295). Comments Due: 11/14/2005. Reply, FCC, 10/18/2005
On September 23, 2005, the Commission released the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in ET Docket No. 04-295 (FNPRM). In the FNPRM, the Commission sought comment on various issues related to the applicability of CALEA to providers of facilities-based broadband Internet access services and providers of interconnected VoIP services. A summary of the FNPRM was published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2005, triggering the cycle for comments and reply comments
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2712A1.doc
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News 10.14.5 :: Harold Says Golden Opportunity :: Kevin Says Quack :: Declan Says Dangerously Unprepared :: Steve Says vPod ::

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 "What, exactly, is the internet? Basically it is a global network exchanging digitized data in such a way that any computer, anywhere, that is equipped with a device called a 'modem', can make a noise like a duck choking on a kazoo" – Dave Barry

 

 Internet Access Dispute Cut Off Some Businesses, Wash Post, 10/14/2005
Last week, the computers in Barbara F. Buckley's office in the District suddenly went blind to parts of the Internet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101301988.html?nav=rss_technology

Customers Shocked By Level 3's Internet Disruption, Information Week, 10/14/2005
Level 3 Communications said it warned partners before pulling the plug on some of the pieces of the Internet backbone that it controls. ...
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172300552

OET ANNOUNCES UNITED TELCOM COUNCIL TO SERVE AS DATABASE MANAGER FOR ACCESS BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE SYSTEMS; SETS DEADLINE FOR INFORMATION SUBMISSION. (DA No. 05-2701). (Dkt No 04-37). OET., FCC, 10/14/2005
Contact: Anh Wride at (202) 418-0577, email: Anh.Wride@fcc.gov
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2701A1.doc

ARRL Calls on FCC to Shut Down Virginia BPL System, ARRL, 10/14/2005
In support of Amateur Radio complaints of interference, the ARRL today formally asked the FCC to instruct the City of Manassas, Virginia, to shut down its broadband over power line (BPL) system.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/10/13/100/?nc=1

Act now to open a window of opportunity for unlicensed!, Free Press, 10/14/2005
Members of the Senate Commerce Committee are actively considering using the DTV transition bill to open new spectrum to unlicensed access -- Harold Feld of Media Access Project explains why this is a golden opportunity.
http://www.freepress.net/news/11820

Disaster area becomes wireless test-bed, Globle and mail, 10/14/2005
Geek cavalries turn post-Katrina landscape into wireless lab
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051006.gtkatrinaoct6/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20051006.gtkatrinaoct12

Looming struggle over Internet control could put network's, Seattle Times, 10/14/2005
Next month, world diplomats will travel to Tunisia to tackle a topic so dense that it normally clears a room in seconds: how the Internet is governed.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002559913_internet14.html

The Beneficiaries of the Internet Break-Up, ECT, 10/14/2005
By Naseem Javed. How ridiculous is this issue? Imagine if a few printers around the globe got together and jointly decided to replace ...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/E1gLe91L7FGhmn/The-Beneficiaries-of-the-Internet-Break-Up.xhtml

The US has got an image problem when it comes to the internet, EygptElection, 10/14/2005
It is seen as arrogant and determined to remain the sheriff of the world wide web, regardless of whatever the rest of the world may think. ...
http://egyptelection.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=463

Feds Bust Massive Piracy Scheme, Internet news, 10/14/2005
Indictments follow DoJ raids in Texas and California targeting large-scale operations.
http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3556071

Peer-to-peer Litigation Summit planned for Chicago on November 3, 2005, Internet Cases, 10/14/2005
If you're interested in the legal issues surrounding file-sharing in a post-Grokster world, and will be in Chicago on November 3, be sure to attend the First Annual P2P Litigation Summit scheduled to take place at Northwestern University School of Law. Here's an announcement from attorney Charles Lee Mudd Jr., one of the event's primary organizers:
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2005/10/peertopeer_liti.html

New iPod will play TV shows, IHT, 10/14/2005
Having conquered the world of portable digital music, Steve Jobs has set his sights on television, announcing an Apple iPod that can play video.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/13/business/apple.php

Apple unveils video iPod, new iMac, PK, 10/14/2005
All that speculation that Apple Computer would unveil a video iPod on Wednesday was right.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/news/breaking/archive/2005/10/12/apple-unveils-video-ipod-new-imac

Podcasters prepare to launch video era, MSNBC, 10/14/2005
Podcasting is on the verge of setting off a video revolution and users of Apple's new video iPod can expect a deluge of outspoken commentary, religious sermons and pornography.
http://g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9687978/&&CE=3032117

Chief Information Officers: Responsibilities and Information Technology Governance at Leading Private-Sector Companies. GAO-05-986, GAO, 10/14/2005
GAO Report
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-986

PODCAST: Is U.S. dangerously unprepared for cybersecurity disasters?, NPR, 10/14/2005
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been sharply criticized for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina. Now, some critics say the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division could next. In a report on CNET News.com, reporter Declan McCullagh looks at growing concerns over the U.S. government's ability to respond to a cyber attack that would knock out the Internet or other ciritcal networks.
http://cdn.npr-podcasts.speedera.net/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/4788725/510014/PUB_4957367.mp3

WiMAX To Be Deployed For Katrina Relief, Americas Network, 10/14/2005
A high-speed wireless networking technology that's still being tested around the world will be deployed at an evacuation shelter and other spots on the U.S. Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=180058

Police blotter: Patriot Act wins a round, CNET, 10/14/2005
In this week's episode, library group loses emergency appeal to U.S. Supreme Court related to FBI's demand for Internet records.
http://news.com.com/Police+blotter+Patriot+Act+wins+a+round/2100-1028_3-5895424.html?part=rss&tag=5895424&subj=news

Massachusetts Hits "Internet Spam Gang" With $37 Million Fine, Information Week, 10/14/2005
To collect, the state's Attorney General is looking for Leo Kuveyev, the leader of the spam ring, who's believed to be in Russia.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172301006&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news

Internet Telephony Attracting Mainstream Users, NPR, 10/14/2005
Internet telephony, known as "voice over Internet protocol" or VOIP, has grown to be a mainstream application that could someday replace traditional phone service. The market for VOIP is broadening to include regular households who don't care how it works but are attracted by the low cost.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4956468&ft=1&f=1019

EBay completes acquisition of Skype, Reuters, 10/14/2005
EBay Inc. has completed its acquisition of Internet-based telephone services firm Skype, paying $2.5 billion plus up to $1.4 billion in potential performance-based consideration.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051014/wr_nm/skype_dc

VoIP, Inc. Launches Private Network VoIP 911 Service, Americas Network, 10/14/2005
VoIP, Inc., a global provider of advanced communications services utilizing Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) as its core technology, announced today the release of the industry's first private network 911 service for broadband and packet communications. The private network 911 service is provided by VoIP, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary VoiceOne Communications LLC.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=179734

PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS' PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING REGARDING INTERCARRIER COMPENSATION FOR IP-ORIGINATED CALLS. (DA No. 05-2680). (Dkt No 05-283). Comments Due: 12/12/2005. Reply Comments Due: 01/11/2006., FCC, 10/14/2005
WCB. Contact: Jennifer McKee at (202) 418-1530, email: Jennifer.McKee@fcc.gov
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2680A1.doc

Access Charges for IP-Transported Calls, Fed Reg, 10/14/2005
This document seeks comment on petitions for declaratory ruling filed by SBC and VarTec. SBC seeks a declaratory ruling that wholesale transmission providers using Internet protocol (IP) technology to transport long distance calls are liable for access charges. VarTec seeks a declaratory ruling that it is not required to pay access charges to terminating local exchange carriers (LECs) when enhanced service providers or other carriers deliver calls directly to the terminating LECs for termination. VarTec also seeks a declaratory ruling that such calls are exempt from access charges when they are originated by a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider and do not cross metropolitan trading area (MTA) boundaries. VarTec also seeks a declaratory ruling that terminating LECs are required to pay VarTec for the transiting service VarTec provides when terminating LECs terminate intraMTA calls originated by a CMRS provider.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-20527.htm

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act— Broadband access and services compliance,, Fed Reg, 10/14/2005
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts a rule establishing that providers of facilities- based broadband Internet access services and providers of interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services--meaning VoIP service that allows a user generally to receive calls originating from and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network (PSTN)--must comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). This new rule will enhance public safety and ensure that the surveillance needs of law enforcement agencies continue to be met as Internet-based communications technologies proliferate.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-20606.pdf

Quack!, Werblog, 10/14/2005
Jeff Pulver bangs his head against the wall as he realizes the FCC's order requiring certain VOIP services to comply with wiretapping requirements could sweep in far more than anticipated. This is the problem with the FCC's current approach to VOIP, which comes dangerously close to, "If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck." The problem is that inevitably turns the whole Internet into a collection of waterfowl.
http://werbach.com/blog/archives/2005/10/quack_1.html

FCC Finalizes VOIP/Broadband Wiretapping Rules, CDT, 10/14/2005
The Federal Communications Commission this week finalized its August 5 decision to force broadband Internet access and "interconnected VoIP" services to be designed to make government wiretapping easier, under the terms of the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The rule officially took effect October 13, when the FCC published it in the Federal Register. CDT and others are very likely to challenge the FCC's order in court, arguing that the decision exceeds the terms of the statute, imposes undue burdens on innovation and threatens the privacy of Internet users.
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/824

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"Oh, so they have internet on computers now!" – Homer Simpson

 

FCC Launches Obscenity Info Site, Internet news, 10/11/2005
With indecency complaints soaring, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a new site to educate the public about laws governing the public airing of obscene, indecent and profane material.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3555166
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

P: Barbara van Schewick , Towards an Economic Framework for Network Neutrality Regulation, SSRN, 10/11/2005
Over the past years, the merits of network neutrality regulation have become a hot topic in telecommunications policy debates. Repeatedly, proponents of network neutrality regulation have asked the Federal Communications Commission to impose rules on the operators of broadband access networks that forbid network operators to discriminate against third-party applications, content or portals (independent applications) and to exclude them from their network. These proposals are based on the concern that in the absence of such regulation, network operators may discriminate against these products and that this behavior may reduce innovation by providers of these products to the detriment of society.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=812991
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Nations squabble over internet management, Register, 10/11/2005
Delegates at a meeting in Geneva on Monday failed to reach an agreement on who should control the internet's addressing system. ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/11/enews_net_governance/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/wgig.htm

Net power struggle nears climax, BBC, 10/11/2005
It is seen as arrogant and determined to remain the sheriff of the world wide web, regardless of whatever the rest of the world may think. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4327928.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/wgig.htm

Winery law's unconstitutionally tangled vines, Pioneer Press, 10/11/2005
Imagine that Amazon.com was allowed to sell books on the Internet and to inform customers that the books could be shipped anywhere but Minnesota law prohibited ...
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/12846865.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/alcohol.htm

Speedier Internet in schools, South Bend Tribune, 10/11/2005
Students at Plymouth Community Schools will soon be able to supercharge their cyberspace experience, with a plan to bring high-speed Internet access to all schools in the district.
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/10/11/local.20051011-sbt-MARS-B1-Speedier_Internet_in.sto
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/education.htm

SBC's Purchase of AT&T May Curb Competition, ECT, 10/11/2005
SBC Communications' planned purchase of AT&T is still awaiting government approval, but it already appears to be reducing competition in a way that may cost taxpayers. Before the acquisition was announced in January, SBC was aggressively and prominently preparing to bid for a mammoth contract to provide federal agencies with a wide array of phone and data services. SBC quietly and abruptly pulled the plug on those plans not long after agreeing to buy AT&T, a far more seasoned player in the government services market.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/46635.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/att.htm

BellSouth, Sprint Nextel Plan Business Data Service, Information Week, 10/11/2005
The nationwide service, to be launched next year, is aimed at organizations with broadly distributed office locations.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172300044&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/bs.htm

EarthLink aims to evolve, CNET, 10/11/2005
Trying to shed its dependence on cable and phone companies, the ISP courts broadband customers by diversifying in a big way.
http://news.com.com/EarthLink+aims+to+evolve/2100-1034_3-5892671.html?part=rss&tag=5892671&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/earthlink.htm

Two kinds of Internet video, Werblog, 10/11/2005
Om Malik distinguisheds IPTV and "television over IP." The former, essentially the phone companies' latest resurrection of video dialtone, gets most of the mainstream press, but it's the more distributed form of IP video that will have the greatest impact. On the other hand, the regulators are much better prepared to deal with IPTV than with video over IP. This is going to be a problem.
http://werbach.com/blog/archives/2005/10/two_kinds_of_in.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Yahoo is betting podcasts will sizzle, Silicon, 10/11/2005
A year ago, few Internet users had ever heard the word ``podcast,'' let alone listened to one.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/sv/20051011/tc_siliconvalley/_www12871562
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/rss.htm

Users want ISPs to filter spyware, Register, 10/11/2005
I don't know what it is but get rid of it
http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/11/spyware_survey/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/spy.htm

P: Susan Crawford, First do no Harm: The Problem of Spyware, SSRN, 10/11/2005
Over the last few years, there has been enormous U.S. interest in legislating rules governing spyware. This Article provides a comprehensive overview of the bills that have been proposed (and passed) in the states and on the federal level. It argues that because spyware is impossible to define, these legislative efforts may do harm to the extent they either are focused on design mandates or are attempts to require notice for electronic interactions. Only a technical approach-and only a particular kind of technical approach at that-will work in addressing spyware. Technical actors need to take an immune system approach to spyware, dividing their efforts and experimenting in the field the same way immunity networks do. If we think of the legal system as a medical expert operating on this difficult disease, our first priority must be to wait to allow these already-emerging immunity networks to take effect, and to do no harm in the interim. This is a time for patience, not for the knife.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=804524
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/spy.htm

Massive Botnet Disrupted by Police, ECT, 10/11/2005
Dutch authorities last week arrested three individuals accused of running one of the largest-ever hacker botnets, comprising over 100,000 zombie PCs. The network is one of the largest ever detected, prosecutors claimed. The suspects will be charged with computer hacking, destroying automated networks and installing adware and spyware.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/46641.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

AT&T solves VoIP's 911 issue, USA Today, 10/11/2005
AT&T says it's solved a problem that has dogged Internet-based phone service: how to provide emergency 911 to people who use VoIP - short for Voice over Internet Protocol - on the road. AT&T's nomadic solution, called Heartbeat, uses its Internet network to track the location of users.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051011/tc_usatoday/atamptsolvesvoips911issue
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Dispute threatens to snarl Internet, Boston Globe, 10/7/2005
Internet connections could be disrupted for millions of people in Europe and North America as the result of a pricing spat between the world's two major service ...
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/10/07/dispute_threatens_to_snarl_internet
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

Finding a solution to the ISP wars, ZDNet, 10/7/2005
A war is raging on between Level 3 communications and Cogent Communications for since Wednesday and no resolution is in sight while customers of both ISPs ...
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=113
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

Hissy fit brings down large chunk of the net, Inquirer, 10/7/2005
A ROW between two large service providers left large portions of the worldwide wibbly web unable to connect. The spat, between Level ...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26766
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm

Internet via power lines trial to start in India, Asia Times, 10/7/2005
With most of the technical problems in delivering Internet connectivity over electric power lines addressed, Intel Corporation is planning to start user trials of the technology in India in the next few months.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GJ08Df02.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Bring on the Third Battle of Manassas, PPF, 10/7/2005
Now, Manassas, nestled in the Virinia countryside a mere stone's throw or two from the Washington Beltway, is the scene of another potentially important skirmish. The Washington Post reports in an "Internet Carried On Power Lines" article that Chantilly, VA-based Communication Technologies, Inc. has completed city-wide installation of a broadband-over-powerline system in Manassas and "will step up marketing to Manassas's 12,500 households."
http://blog.pff.org/archives/2005/10/the_third_battl.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Microsoft, Time Warner resume AOL-MSN talks, Reuters, 10/7/2005
Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have restarted discussions about forming an alliance of their Internet units, America Online and MSN, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051007/wr_nm/timewarner_microsoft_dc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/aol.htm

Two Singaporean bloggers jailed for anti-Muslim remarks, AFP, 10/7/2005
Two ethnic Chinese men became the first bloggers in multi-racial Singapore to be punished under the city-state's tough anti-sedition legislation for posting anti-Muslim remarks on the Internet.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051007/tc_afp/singaporeinternetpoliticsreligion
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/intlasia.htm

Yahoo as a Media Slayer, PPF, 10/7/2005
In past years, when debating media issues and media power at various events, a lot of critics use to laugh or scoff at me whenever I suggested that new media operators like Google and Yahoo were forces to be watched since they really could start to eat into the power of traditional media companies.
http://blog.pff.org/archives/2005/10/yahoo_as_a_medi.html
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Court rules in favour of anonymous blogger, Globle and mail, 10/7/2005
Internet service provider doesn't have to disclose identity of blogger who targeted local elected official, U.S. court says
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051006.gtblogoct6/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20051006.gtblogoct6
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Further Thoughts on the Delaware Ruling Protecting Anonymous Bloggers, EFF, 10/7/2005
It's important that in yesterday's Doe v. Cahill decision, yet another court has ruled that the Constitution requires that plaintiffs meet a standard showing they have a case before unmasking an anonymous online speaker.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004045.php
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Feds Point Finger at US Spyware Operation, ECT, 10/7/2005
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission took action against spyware this week by asking a U.S. District Court Judge to halt an operation that allegedly plagued users who clicked for free file-sharing software with performance-slowing, private-information-gathering software that also altered search results for victims. The FTC said Odysseus Marketing and principal Walter Rines lured consumers to its free software, billed with statements such as, "Download Music Without Fear" and "Don't Let the Record Companies Win."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/46568.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/spy.htm

FTC Testifies on Spyware, FTC, 10/7/2005
Serious and Growing Problem is Causing Harm to Consumers and the Internet, Agency Says
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/10/spyware.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/spy.htm

The Robust Yet Fragile Nature of the Internet, ITU, 10/7/2005
The paper concludes that the Internet is not as vulnerable to specific attacks on major hubs as is often claimed.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/The+Robust+Yet+Fragile+Nature+Of+The+Internet.aspx
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Phishers Plant Fake Google Toolbar, Internet Week, 10/7/2005
Phishers are flooding IM and IRC with messages that lead to a download of a bogus Google toolbar.
http://www.internetweek.com/171203786?cid=rssfeed_pl_inw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/phish.htm

China purges spam SMS, Register, 10/7/2005
'Hidden dirt' for the off
http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/07/china_sms_spam/
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United States Cell Phone Network Vulnerable To Attack, Information Week, 10/7/2005
Attackers could exploit weaknesses in text messaging to crash voice and data service on an entire cell phone network, resarchers say.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171203726&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
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Congress skeptical of FCC's Katrina proposal for schools and, WXXA, 10/7/2005
Some lawmakers are concerned that a federal plan to help Gulf Coast schools and libraries reconnect to the Internet could shortchange poor kids at schools elsewhere.
http://www.fox23news.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=8F78F297-E233-4347-ABA2-A05CCD724334
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Clearwire decides what traffic types are acceptable, isen.blog, 10/7/2005
I'm tracking down Ray Gifford's blogged statement that Clearwire has explicitly declared its "right" to block third-party applications like Vonage. Indeed, even after Madison River, Clearwire apparently did actually block Vonage VOIP calls for a time, according to News.com.
http://isen.com/blog/2005/10/clearwire-decides-what-traffic-types.html
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PODCAST: The hardcore offline, NPR, 10/7/2005
New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that about one in five Americans don't use the Internet. Pew researcher Susannah Fox calls this group the "hardcore offline."
http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense

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Volunteers Use Mesh, WiMax, Wi-Fi in Katrina-Hit Regions, Wifi Networking News, 10/5/2005
Great AP rundown of how good samaritans used cutting-edge tech to bring voice and data to areas hit by Katrina:
http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005910.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/katrina.htm

Web Usage Grows Internationally, Clickz, 10/5/2005
Around the world, the Internet population continues to grow.
http://feeds.clickz.com/clickzstats?m=4
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/subscribers.htm

Population Explosion!, Clickz, 10/5/2005
ClickZ Stats has updated its list of the global online populations, with some new figures for the number of Active Internet Users.
http://feeds.clickz.com/clickzstats?m=5
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/subscribers.htm

Broadband Adoption Reaches Plateau, Clickz, 10/5/2005
Broadband adoption will slow now that motivated Internet users have already installed high-bandwidth connections at home
http://feeds.clickz.com/clickzstats?m=7
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Sprint Nextel Sues Vonage, Others In VoIP Patent Dispute, Information Week, 10/5/2005
The patents cover technology related to the processing and delivery of voice and data packets used in Internet telephony.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171203120&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

First Federal Indictment from Katrina Internet Scam Announced -, Newsinferno, 10/5/2005
A federal grand jury has returned the first indictment for Internet fraud associated with relief efforts to aid victims of hurricane Katrina.
http://www.newsinferno.com/storypages/10-05-2005~006.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/katrina.htm

Travel industry gets its own dedicated domain on Internet, Taipei Times, 10/5/2005
Airlines, theme parks, restaurants, tourism offices and others in travel and tourism are eligible for Web sites and e-mail addresses ending in ".
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/10/05/2003274569
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

Text Hackers Could Jam Cellphones, a Paper Says, NYT, 10/5/2005
Hackers could take down cellular networks by inundating their popular text-messaging services with the equivalent of spam, computer security researchers said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/technology/05phone.html?ex=1286164800&en=8bdc4f2443dfaa38&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/wormwireless.htm

Internet challenges television networks, IHT, 10/5/2005
The Web site of a new television series called RThe Strand of Venice,R will not only promote the series, but will also be the place where people watch it.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/04/business/video.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Earthlink to build Philadelphia wireless network, Reuters, 10/5/2005
Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. plans to build a city-wide wireless network for Philadelphia to provide residents and businesses with Internet access, according to the company.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051004/wr_nm/telecoms_philadelphia_wireless_dc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Newest Supreme Court Pick Represented Microsoft In MS-DOS Case, Information Week, 10/5/2005
Harriet Miers defended Microsoft in a class-action suit in the mid-1990s.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171203004&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/ms.htm

House Eyes FCC E-Rate Program In Gulf Coast, Telecomweb, 10/5/2005
The US House of Representatives is planning another communications-related public hearing in the wake of hurricane damage in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1128447986.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

Empty Pipes (42% Broadband Adoption), emarketer, 10/5/2005
A report from Nielsen//NetRatings says that about 42% of the US population has broadband access at home, but this includes many people who don't use the Internet actively.
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003612
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

Free WiFi plan attracts Google, IHT, 10/5/2005
Google has submitted a proposal to offer a free wireless Internet service to the city of San Francisco.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/02/business/google.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Internet users say debate over control misses point, IHT, 10/5/2005
Groups representing Web surfers complained that the dispute between the U.S. States and the rest of the world over administration is overshadowing more important issues.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/30/business/net.php
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/wgig.htm

Baby Bell antitrust lawsuit is allowed to proceed, Free Press, 10/5/2005
A federal appeals court Monday said an antitrust lawsuit against several of the nation's largest telecommunication providers over whether they conspired to exclude competitors from their geographic markets should be allowed to go forward.
http://www.freepress.net/news/11674
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/anti.htm

The $100 laptop, Susan Crawford, 10/5/2005
It's a great story, and it's even true. The MIT Media Lab is launching an initiative to get tens of millions of inexpensive laptops into the hands of children in developing nations around the world. We like the details, like the handcranked power and the instant mesh networks that the ...
http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/3/1278032.html
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WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR SEVEN BOARD MEMBER POSITIONS ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (DA No. 05-2648). (Dkt No 96-45 , 97-21) Nominations Due: October 28, 2005. WCB. Contact: Sheryl Todd at (202) 4, FCC, 10/5/2005
FCC Seeks Nominations
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-2648A1.doc
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/

FTC Seeks to Halt Illegal Spyware Operation, FTC, 10/5/2005
The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court judge to halt an operation that secretly installed spyware and adware that could not be uninstalled by the consumers whose computers it infected.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/10/odysseus.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/spy.htm

FCC’s E-rate Plans to Assist Gulf Coast Recovery: Ensuring Effective Implementation Hearing by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:00 PM 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, House Commerce, 10/5/2005
erate
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/10062005hearing1674/hearing.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/erate.htm

London Event Showcases NGN Future: Focus Group Announces Next-Generation Network Standards, ITU, 10/5/2005
ITU, together with sponsors BT, Cisco, Motorola, Nortel and Siemens, is holding a one day event to mark a new milestone in ITU’s work on next-generation networks (NGN)
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2005/Advisory-08.html
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[Cybertel-Ann] FCC WCB Seeks Nominations for USAC Board of Directors

05-2648
Released: October 3, 2005

Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Nominations for
Seven Board Member Positions on
Universal Service Administrative Company Board of
Directors

CC Docket Nos. 97-21, 96-45

Nominations Due: October 28, 2005

Pursuant to section 54.703(c) of the Federal
Communications Commission’s rules, the Wireline
Competition Bureau seeks nominations for the following
Board member positions on the Board of Directors of
the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).

• Representative for competitive local exchange
carriers (position currently held by Jonathan Askin)

• Representative for low income consumers (position
currently held by Karen Buller)

• Representative for incumbent local exchange carriers
(other than Bell Operating Companies) with annual
reporting revenues of $40 million or less (position
currently held by Edwin Eichler)

• Representative for rural health care providers that
are eligible to receive discounts (position currently
held by Alison Hughes)

• Representative for interexchange cariers with annual
operating revenues of $3 billion or less (position
currently held by James Jackson)

• Representative for schools that are eligible to
receive discounts (position currently held by Brian
Talbott)

• Representative for commercial mobile radio service
providers (position previously held by Diane Cornell)

Except for Ms. Cornell, who resigned her position on
the USAC Board of Directors effective August 27, 2005,
the terms of the Board members listed above will
expire on December 31, 2005. On behalf of the
Commission, we thank each of the Board members listed
above for their diligent efforts and dedicated service
on the USAC Board.

Pursuant to section 54.703(c)(1) of the Commission’s
rules, only members of the industry or non-industry
group that a Board member will represent may submit a
nomination for that position (e.g., only cable
operators may submit nominations for the Board member
who will represent cable operators). In order to
expedite the appointment process, members of the
relevant industry or non-industry group are encouraged
to nominate a single candidate who possesses
substantial experience in, and knowledge of,
telecommunications issues. If members of the relevant
industry or non-industry group fail to reach consensus
on a candidate to serve on the Board, or fail to
submit a nomination for the particular Board member
seat, the Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission will select an individual from that
industry or non-industry group to serve on the Board.

Pursuant to section 54.703(c)(2) of the Commission’s
rules, each nomination must be captioned: “In the
Matter of: Nomination for Universal Service
Administrator’s Board of Directors, CC Docket Nos.
97-21 and 96-45.” An original and four copies of
each nomination must be filed, in accordance with Part
1 of the Commission’s rules, with the Commission’s
Secretary, Marlene H. Dortch, Office of the Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street,
S.W., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In
addition, two copies of each nomination shall be
submitted to Sheryl Todd, Telecommunications Access
Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room
5-B540, Washington, DC 20554. Each nomination shall
specify the position on the Board of Directors for
which such nomination is submitted and shall be
accompanied by the nominee’s professional and
biographical information, such as a résumé or
professional biography. Nominations received prior to
the release of this public notice will be considered
and do not need to be resubmitted. All nominations
must be filed with the Office of the Secretary by
October 28, 2005.

Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we
continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal
Service mail). The Commission's contractor, Natek,
Inc., will receive hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's
Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite
110, Washington, D.C. 20002. The filing hours at this
location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand
deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or
fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before
entering the building. Commercial overnight mail
(other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and
Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service
first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail
should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20554. All filings must be addressed
to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

Nominations filed through the ECFS can be sent as an
electronic file via the Internet to
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Generally, only one copy
of an electronic submission must be filed. If multiple
docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of
this proceeding, however, parties must transmit one
electronic copy of the filing to each docket or
rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In
completing the transmittal screen, parties should
include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing
address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking
number. Parties may also submit nominations by
Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions, filers
should send an e-mail to ecfs@fcc.gov, and should
include the following words in the body of the
message, "get form ." A sample form and directions
will be sent in reply.

Please note that you are not required to respond to a
collection of information sponsored by the Federal
government, and the government may not conduct or
sponsor this collection, unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number. This collection has been assigned an
OMB control number of 3060-0876.

For further information, contact Sheryl Todd,
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