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House Leaders Oppose Telecom Immunity

2008-02-09 23:15:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
House leaders send a letter to fellow lawmakers saying they strenuously oppose handing amnesty to telecom companies that helped the government's secret, warrantless wiretapping program
 
Tags: house leaders, strenuously oppose, telecom companies, fellow lawmakers, government, letter, secret, program, amnesty
 
 
 
 
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Long Island Proposal Snags Again, on Poles

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2008-07-28 11:07:26 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...telecom and paying less than $10 per year for pole placement, but instead must pay the all-comer rate of $50 per year This is a critical distinction. Telecoms are covered under the Telecom Act of 1996 that requires non-discriminatory access to utility poles to avoid incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and utilities from being...
 
Tags: telecom act, telecom act deal, telecom, proposal, island proposal, e-path, networks, represents e-path, municipal networks
 
 
 
 
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Toronto Hydro Sheds Fiber, Wi-Fi Network to Cable Operator

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2008-06-16 11:04:38 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...telecom division to Cogeco Cable: The Toronto utility, itself created as a kind of above-board financial shell game to move money around in the city's budget, can't proceed on telecom plans through its Toronto Hydro Telecom division due to rules that disallow capital investment from electricity revenues Toronto Hydro has a very well-built...
 
Tags: network, toronto, toronto hydro, well-built network, fiber-optic network, toronto utility, consistent bandwidth network, distribution network, cogeco
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #71: VLAN Hopping, SIP Digest vulnerability, VoIP security hype, Skype security, Google's latest moves, listener comments and much more...

2007-12-17 19:59:44 by HASH0x89e9d58 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...Telecom Junkies episode about VLAN Hopping Network World: VoIP security notices show security remains a multi-vendor issue also TechRepublic article about VoIP Hopper Network World: VoIP security industry: Guilty as charged (Plus, 10 nasty questions to ask your VoIP supplier VoIP-News.com: Vonage Security Problems May Be Just the Start The...
 
Tags: voip, voip security hype, online voip, voip supplier, voip-news, voip security news, security, voip security industry, skype security
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #71: VLAN Hopping, SIP Digest vulnerability, VoIP security hype, Skype security, Google's latest moves, listener comments and much more...

2007-12-02 13:58:15 by Dan York in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...Telecom Junkies episode about VLAN Hopping Network World: VoIP security notices show security remains a multi-vendor issue ??? also TechRepublic article about VoIP Hopper Network World: VoIP security industry: Guilty as charged (Plus, 10 nasty questions to ask your VoIP supplier VoIP-News.com: Vonage Security Problems May Be Just the Start...
 
Tags: voip, voip security hype, online voip, voip supplier, voip-news, voip security news, security, voip security industry, skype security
 
 
 
 
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Toronto Columnists: City Owned Exclusive Broadband a Good Deal

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2008-03-31 13:50:27 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...telecom division, which includes its well-engineered but limited One Zone service (6 sq km of downtown This op-ed recommends that the city buy the division, and have it build service, which they estimate at about $100 per household, which could save $300 to $400 per household per year for those with broadband. But that means that they prefer...
 
Tags: city, broadband, city budgets, city departments, city-wide fibrewireless network, broadband options, implement universal broadband, network, broadband firm
 
 
 
 
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European Commission Moves Forward on In-Flight Mobile Plan

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2008-04-07 12:21:42 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...telecom/spectrum regulator to have permission to use the service throughout the EC. The EC's other measure details the technical requirements for the equipment--picocells--to be used on aircraft so that frequency licensing isn't in conflict between ground and in-flight operation Airworthiness is a separate measure that's been addressed by the...
 
Tags: mhz, mhz band, mhz frequencies, mhz bands, pan-european telecom rules, rules, in-flight service, service, ground stations
 
 
 
 
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MetroFi Plans Market Exit: Sale or Shutter

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2008-05-15 21:47:12 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...telecom firm. Each company had made a unique network hardware choice--MetroFi, SkyPilot; Kite, Strix; and EarthLink Tropos plus Motorola--and each had a sort of specialty. Interestingly, a fifth firm, BelAir powers Toronto (a small but super-fast Wi-Fi network) and Minneapolis (the only putatively completed large-city Wi-Fi network), and will...
 
Tags: metro-scale wi-fi, wi-fi, large-city wi-fi network, wi-fi providers, wi-fi network, york wi-fi plan, city, city dollars, super-fast wi-fi network
 
 
 
 
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AT&T management information on stolen laptop

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2008-06-08 18:28:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...telecom also says that it is "in the process of encrypting devices," but that may be small comfort to those whose data were on the stolen laptop Evan] Sheesh, hundreds if not thousands of breaches involving lost and/or stolen laptops affecting millions of people and now AT&T is "in the process of encrypting devices"? To AT&T's credit, they do...
 
Tags: information, employee, att employee, personal information, laptop, att, store confidential information, actual att correspondence, information security
 
 
 
 
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