[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 12.4

[Marianne Granoff]

 From another list.  FYI

>FCC Ponders Moving From PSTN To IP Voice - Wants input on how to 
>make it happen..., dslreports
>The FCC has issued a public notice (pdf) requesting input on 
>precisely what it would take to migrate the nation from its legacy 
>circuit-switched phone systems to an all-IP voice network. "In 
>identifying the appropriate areas of inquiry, we seek to understand 
>which policies and regulatory structures may facilitate, and which 
>may hinder, the efficient
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>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Ponders-Moving-From-PSTN-To-IP-Voice-105791
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>Latest Consumer Reports Survey Not Kind To AT&T - Company ranked 
>dead last for wireless satisfaction in 19 of 24 cities, dslreports
>Straight off of AT&T and Verizon's multi-week network quality snark 
>fest, Consumer Reports has issued their latest survey of wireless 
>carriers and phones, and it probably won't make AT&T particularly 
>happy. The survey itself is available to subscribers only, but we 
>can tell you that the findings generally mirror other recent surveys of the
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>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Latest-Consumer-Reports-Survey-Not-Kind-To-ATT-105739
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>New study calls for cybersecurity overhaul in U.S., CW
>The U.S. government and private businesses need to overhaul the way 
>they look at cybersecurity, with the government offering businesses 
>new incentives to fix security problems, the Internet Security Alliance said.
> 
>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141762/New_study_calls_for_cybersecurity_overhaul_in_U.S.?source=rss_news
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>Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spying Records Would 'Shock,' 'Confuse' Consumers, Wired
>Verizon and Yahoo oppose a FOIA request for the companies' menus of 
>surveillance prices and services it offers the government, like 
>wiretaps and pen registers.
>  http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/ahgADkfrdl0/wiretap-prices
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>Graduate Student Unveils Sprint's GPS Sharing With Feds - Eight 
>million 'pings' to user tracking database in 13 months..., dslreports
>Blogger Christopher Soghoian is raising eyebrows this week with a 
>recording of a Sprint executive at a conference exploring how Sprint 
>has been using a new portal to give user GPS data to law enforcement 
>agents an astounding 8 million times over a thirteen month span. The 
>disclosure of course immediately raised questions over what kind of
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>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Graduate-Student-Unveils-Sprints-GPS-Sharing-With-Feds-105749
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>FCC Aims To Expand USF - But again, they probably should bother to 
>fix it first...., dslreports
>For years we've discussed how the Universal Service Fund (USF) is 
>perhaps one of the worst examples of government dysfunction and 
>corporate abuse, even by the government's own admission. The fund, 
>which customers have poured billions in fees into over the least 
>decade -- is designed to help bring phone service (not broadband) to
>  http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Aims-To-Expand-USF-105752