[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 2.12

[Marianne Granoff]

FYI.


>Let's Be Clear: ISPs Don't Want Accurate Public Broadband Data - 
>They want public data that paints a rosy picture & keeps government 
>at bay..., dslreports
>New York Times tech columnist Saul Hansell, who only a few weeks ago 
>called broadband coverage gaps "hooey," pens a piece today reminding 
>us that $350 million of the broadband stimulus package passed 
>yesterday will go toward mapping broadband coverage. That's 
>incredibly important, since we have absolutely no idea who has broadband.
> 
>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Lets-Be-Clear-ISPs-Dont-Want-Accurate-Public-Broadband-Data-100815
>
>
>Judge Seeks Further Briefing on Constitutionality of Telecom Immunity, EFF
>Today Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of 
>California federal court asked for further briefing on a key 
>constitutional question in the litigations brought against AT&T and 
>the other telecommunications carriers for their involvement in the 
>NSA's warrantless wiretapping. The Court noted that the FISA 
>Amendments Act, the law passed by
>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/judge-seeks-further-briefing-constitutionality-tel
>More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm