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FCC Insider Levin Calls for Citizen Participation, Internet News
Obama's broadband policy chief asked knowledgeable people to participate at the FCC works out its national broadband plan.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/eLlPU_HU0jQ/3828071
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm
U.S. Government Launches New Broadband Website - 226 Days until we actually have a broadband plan..., dslreports
Broadband.gov has launched as the centerpiece of the government's effort to figure what to do to resolve our thoroughly mediocre showing when it comes to broadband speed, price and penetration. The (beta) website notes there's 226 days until the plan's finalized, and offers a timetable for the various workshoups, discussions and
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US-Government-Launches-New-Broadband-Website-103277
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm
One Last Warning Before America Screws Up Broadband Mapping - Connected Nation poised to nab $350 million in taxpayer dollars, dslreports
Last year, consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge penned a piece that was by and large ignored by the Steve Jobs-obsessed technology media. In it, Art Brodksy exposed broadband mapping group Connected Nation as little more than a policy front group for AT&T and Verizon. The group was created, Brodsky notes, to gloss over the
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/One-Last-Warning-Before-America-Screws-Up-Broadband-Mapping-103305
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm
NTIA/RUS NOFA Released, CommLawBlog
On July 1 the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the Department of Agriculture released their initial "Notice of Funds Availability" (NOFA) with respect to two broadband-related programs
http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/zUQoBg-3upE/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm
Online Safety Blogosphere Round Up July 7 2009, Filtering Facts
iKeep Safe sounds off about, "Lori Drew Judge Dismisses MySpace Cyber-bullying Conviction based on Terms of Use Violation"
http://filteringfacts.org/2009/07/06/online-safety-blogosphere-round-up-july-7-2009/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm
Will Section 230 Protect Bloggers From the FTC?, Info/law
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed to mandate disclosure of connections between bloggers and advertisers (those selling stuff) under its Section 5 authority, which enables the Commission to prohibit "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" in commerce. In short, the FTC seeks to hold advertisers and endorsers (those would be the bloggers) liable for 1) false or unsubstantiated statements made in endorsements, and 2) failure to disclose
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/07/05/will-section-230-protect-bloggers-from-the-ftc/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm
DOJ Investigation of Telecoms: Not Your Father's Antitrust., PK
Although the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) has not confirmed it, the Wall St. Journal reported that DOJ is internally considering whether or not companies "such as AT&T and Verizon" have abused their market power. Most traditional antitrust lawyers I've seen quoted don't think it likely the telcos have market power —
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/o8GJrjMOBEU/2521
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm
ARIN Deploys DNSSEC Zone Signing, ARIN
No description
https://www.arin.net/announcements/2009/20090701.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm
The Future of Education: Technology and How People Learn, Palfrey
No small issue on the agenda here at Aspen Ideas Festival — the future of education, technology, and how people learn — but the panel assembled is in fact up to the task. Connie Yowell (MacArthur Foundation, whose brainchild is the $50 million Digital Media and Learning initiative), Howard Gardner (Harvard Graduate School of Education),
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2009/07/04/the-future-of-education-technology-and-how-people-learn/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/education.htm
Tales of the Sausage Factory: I Have Fun On CNBC: "Antitrust Is the Best Stimulus.", Tales from the Sausage Factory
I got tapped this morning to do Power Grid on CNBC's Power Lunch as a follow up on my quote in the Wall St. J. and my blog post from yesterday. I think it went reasonably well, as these talking head debates go. We each made our points and followed...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1588
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/antitrust.htm
Regulators eye Google book deal, BBC
US anti-trust regulators are to examine Google's $125m deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues, reports say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8132291.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm
New FiOS Speeds A Little Faster Than Promised - 25/15 really 25/25, while 35/20 really 35/35...., dslreports
Last month we were the first to report on a slew of new Verizon pricing tiers, many of which came with faster speed -- but at a higher price. Sometimes broadband users report getting considerably less than their advertised speed -- but many customers in our Verizon FiOS forum say they're getting a little more from the tiers than advertised.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-FiOS-Speeds-A-Little-Faster-Than-Promised-103282
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm
Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting', BBC
Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8131095.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm
As Jammie Thomas Seeks New Trial, RIAA Claims (Incorrectly) That She Distributed 1,700 Songs To Millions, Techdirt
This will come as a surprise to just about no one, but Jammie Thomas' lawyers have pointed out that the $1.92 million verdict against her is excessive, and is asking the judge to either throw out the award, lower it to the statutory minimum or grant a new trial. That was pretty much expected. What's odd, however, is the note at the very bottom of
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090706/2348035462.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm
Bad Assumptions Made By American Press Institute Will Stop It From Helping Newspapers, Techdirt
Last month, we wrote about the problems with the American Press Institute's "plan" to help save newspapers, which seemed really misguided. Steve Yelvington has now gone through the report and does a great job explaining why the report is so far off: it's basic assumptions are all wrong. He lists out each assumption and explains why it's
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090706/0149165451.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm
Judge Says Blogs Not Legitimate News Source; No Shield Protections, Techdirt
Back in May we wrote about a lawsuit questioning whether or not a blogger could use journalism shield laws to protect a source who sent her info she used for a blog post. The company the info was about is suing her for slander (which is odd, since slander is usually spoken, while libel is written). The woman, Shellee Hale tried to claim that she
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090704/1355045441.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm
Rise of Internet Video, Isen
We've seen it coming for a decade. It's not quite here yet, but the New York Times reports that CommScore reports that 150 million U.S. Internet users now watch an average of 97 videos per month with an average duration of 3.4 minutes per video.
http://isen.com/blog/2009/07/rise-of-internet-video.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm
First ABC show appears on Hulu: A few episodes of Grey's..., Lost Remote
First ABC show appears on Hulu: A few episodes of Grey's Anatomy have appeared on Hulu, just over two months after Disney joined the NBCU-Fox joint venture. ABC says other shows will begin appearing on the site over the next couple weeks.
http://lostremote.com/post/136567887
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm
Study Proves that SSNs Are Terrible Authenticators, CDT
Perhaps we finally have the last piece of evidence to help everyone admit that, in regards to the use of social security numbers as an authenticator, the emperor has no clothes.
http://blog.cdt.org/2009/07/06/study-proves-that-ssns-are-terrible-authenticators/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy.htm
Social Security Numbers Guessable, Study Finds, Wash Post
Researchers have found that it is possible to guess many -- if not all -- of the nine digits in a person's Social Security number using publicly available information, a finding they say compromises the security of one of the most widely used consumer identifiers in the United States.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070603786.html?wprss=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/
NSA Shields Government Networks With More Secret AT&T Rooms, Wired
A NSA monitoring box is being set up in telecoms to track data to and from government networks. Critics worry it might vacuum in more than government data.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/painMiAxJPY/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm
DHS Cybersecurity Plan Will Involve NSA, Telecoms, Wash Post
The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070202771.html?wprss=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm
Datacenter Fire Grounds Bing's Travel Site [and Geocaching!], Internet News
A fire and subsequent power outage in Seattle over the holiday brought down Microsoft's Bing Travel and other sites.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/nDkbQ5hpkFM/3828391
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/reliability.htm
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