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FCC extends disability provisions of Communications Act to VoIP

Late Thursday, The Federal Communications Commission extended the disability access requirements of Sections 225 and 255 of the Communications Act, which currently apply to traditional phone services, to providers of interconnected VoIP services and to manufacturers of equipment used to provide those services.Section 255 of the...

Tags: Regulatory

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Open spectrum can close the broadband gap

Open spectrum can close the broadband gapOf course more is neededThere's no end of spectrum needs. Not to sound flippant, I happen to agree that more open spectrum is absolutely required in order to have ubiquitous wireless services. More to the point, unless there is spectrum...

Tags: Federal government, Communications Act, spectrum, auction, broadband

Discussion threads 2007-05-11

Annoyance isn't against the law, but, wait, it is now!

Declan McCullagh catches a ridiculous new change to federal telecommunications laws: It is now illegal, after President Bush signed H.R. 3402, the "Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005," to harrass someone by posting an anonymous comment on their blog.This is a law open to...

Tags: C

Blog posts 2006-01-09

Powell: New phone competition rules soon

Powell: New phone competition rules soongood thing the spintworlcom merger was stoppedlol, the market was dying and everyone was trying to stay a float, now looks like mergers will happen, and this time the gov will not get in their way - ma bell here we comeCommunications Act of 1996The...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Mergers & Acquisitions, phone competition, Communications Act, telecommunications, Powell, phone

Discussion threads 2004-07-13

Additional Resources

FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously today to move forward on a process - expected to take 120 days - that could lead to Net Neutrality regulations.  The vote came after the two dissenters on the commission - Republicans Robert McDowell and Meredith Attwell Baker - went on the record...

Tags: FCC, Net Neutrality, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

AT&T to FCC: Close loopholes and write rules that apply to Google, too

AT&T has taken off the boxing gloves in its fight with Google over the Google Voice service and proposed Net Neutrality rules. In a letter to the FCC PDF this week, AT&T went on the attack to portray Google as a big powerful company that's trying to fool the FCC...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Federal Government, Telephony, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Salesforce.com Plays In the Enterprise - Again

Back in 1999, I was a salesforce.com user and at that time, it was a rather kludgy sales force automation application that didn't do much right - for example if I tried to export a .CSV file it gave me an .XLS file and vice versa.  I read something by Marc...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Accounting, Financial, Sales Force Management, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice

How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Darkmane, ATT, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, network

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate

Do any of you realize that analysts get paid to GUESS about things?So here we have a bunch of idiot analysts GUESSING what might, or might not, happen regarding Verizon and the Palm Pre. Give me a break.It's like the report I heard in Bloomberg TV the other morning. The...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Federal government, WebOS, Verizon Communications Inc., Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

The 10 smartphones that emit the most radiation

BT rulesBut one cannot text wehn driving!How many of your thoughts can be expressed with 160 characters?HTC Touch Pro for me!:)I love it! :)Hmm... I wonder how much the HTC Touch Pro2 will emit the radiation? :)RE: The 10 smartphones that emit the most radiationWhen I first got my phone...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, radiation, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Apple and AT&T asked to explain denial of Google Voice app

If you hadn't heard, Apple denied Google's iPhone app for Google Voice -- the most interesting, and buzz-worthy Google product in a long time. This development is concerning to iPhone users, developers, and even the FCC. In a letter to both Apple and AT&T, James Schlichting...

Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Federal Government, Smart Phones, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-07-31

FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps (full text of letters)

The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry over AT&T and Apple's rejection of Google Voice and related applications. The FCC sent letters to all three companies (Techmeme, FCC site). The crux of the inquiry revolves around whether and how AT&T was consulted on the matter. The...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Section, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Letter, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

File format blues

File format bluesTry to educateWhen I receive a *x file, I usually respond with a note to the sender that the file is unreadable, and would he/she please check the program's default format settings and then re-send as .doc, .xls, etc.As others have noted, most of the time the sender...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Word processors, Microsoft Office, File format blue, WordStar, job

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Pigs are flying low: Why Microsoft open-sourced its Linux drivers

Pigs are flying low: Why Microsoft open-sourced its Linux driversgpl2 forced them to free the source code In my opinion they need to kill virtualbox, vmware or kvm (redhat/ubuntu) so it's doesn't matter to throw some lines of code to the linux kernel via the novell proxy programmers Here is...

Tags: Federal government, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., FCC, Linux Drivers, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?No.Govt. sponsored research is only a big edge for products where the government is the customer (nuclear bombs, stealth jets, tanks, etc.)When the market decides that green products and tech is desirable, then a market with less government baggage will produce...

Tags: COMPANIES, green technology, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Judge puts kibosh on YouTube copyright damages dogpile

Judge puts kibosh on YouTube copyright damages dogpileMuch hangs in the balanceCongress has tried to protect service providers with two laws: Section 512 of the DMCA which provides "safe harbor" for providers from users who upload copyright content; and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which again, provides...

Tags: YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Rumors

I do my best to keep my ear to the ground to learn what's happening in the market. I'm sure that position has lead to my need for chiropractic therapy from time to time.  Most of the time, I ignore the rumors if I can't find multiple sources to support...

Tags: Venture, Rumor, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Channel Management, Virtualization, Marketing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Mac OS X malware posing as fake video codec discovered

Mac OS X malware posing as fake video codec discoveredThe Apple dilemmaApple is actively using the perceived security lack of attacks in their PR campaign. Publicly admitting that OSX is far from immune to malware will muddle the simplistic PR message that ?macs don?t get virus?.They are unscrupulously balancing that...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Desktops, video, malware, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, video codec

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Leveraging Broadband Stimulus for IPTV Services in Lower-Density Markets

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ARRA represents a unique opportunity for network operators to upgrade their networks and greatly enhance their service delivery capabilities. IP video is a key component for serving communities, and IPTV, in particular, represents essential next-generation services which open up valuable revenue opportunities...

Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Recovery, Network, IP Television, Broadband, Alcatel, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications

White papers 2009-06-09

Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking software

Censorship.exe? China reportedly requires PC makers to include content blocking softwareThis applies to Red Flag?Does this apply to Linux PCs?What do you expect?Do you really expect an oppressive country to have the same rules of commerce as a free country?So you can either stand by your ideals and not make...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, content blocking software, Censorship.exe, blocking software, PC company, software

Discussion threads 2009-06-08