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TELECOM Digest     Mon, 9 May 2005 23:30:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 204

Inside This Issue:                            Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Naval Cybercafes Help Sailors/Soldiers/Marines Stay in Touch (L. Minter)
    Cell Phone Taxes (Lisa Minter)
    Free Municipal WiFi for Castro Area GLBT People (Lisa Minter)
    Spyware ... Ugh (bob@coolgroups.com)
    3rd International Conference on Mobile Systems, Apps (Danielle Young)
    Re: SprintPCS Lousy Web Interface (Steve Sobol)
    Re: Who Gets to See the E-mail of the Deceased? (Robert Bonomi)
    Re: Phone Line on cat 5 10-Base-T Ethernet? (Robert Bonomi)
    Re: 1A2 Help Requested (Tim@Backhome.org)

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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Naval Cyber Cafes Help Sailors/Soldiers/Marines Stay in Touch
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 20:11:23 -0500


By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer Mon May 9, 1:27 PM ET

CHARLESTON NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, S.C. - Since the Navy began setting up
"Internet cafes" for soldiers overseas to keep in touch with their loved
ones, almost 200 of the high-tech tents have sprung up in war zones.

Two years ago, civilians working for the Navy started the $20 million
program to set up communications systems -- basically tents with 20
laptop computers and eight telephones -- as a morale boost for Army
soldiers stationed in Iraq.

Now there are 183 of the sites in Iraq, four in Afghanistan and even
two aboard oil platforms in the Persian Gulf that are manned by the
U.S. military, said project manager and retired Marine Steve Rhorer.

"I manage it all from here," he says, opening his arms wide during a
recent interview in his small office cubicle at the military base just
a few miles up the river from historic downtown Charleston.

Rhorer is part of the Navy's research and development arm known as
SPAWAR, which designs and installs communications gear and maintains
other high-tech items for many government agencies that involve
gleaning battlefield intelligence, surveillance information or support
for military aircraft control towers.

The mobile communication stations were developed here. Each unit is
contained in a 640-square-foot tent outfitted with printers, air
conditioning, generators and satellite communication sets. Each site
is designed to serve about 1,000 soldiers.

Rhorer said his unit hopes to begin sending smaller tents to more
remote areas of Iraq and Afghanistan to serve groups of 400 to 500
soldiers. "We want to expand. We are looking at half-size cafes," he
said.

The cyber cafes' No. 1 enemy isn't insurgent attacks; it's the dust,
Rhorer said. "The dust is just a killer. You are involved in constant
preventive maintenance," he said.

Showing how the Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol system works, Rhorer
dialed up a co-worker in Iraq, Troy Caffey, a civilian with 31 years
in the Navy.

Caffey, who spoke from a site north of Baghdad, said he's pleased the
systems have helped soldiers stay in contact with their families and
friends.

"In all the years I was in the Navy, there was a lot of separation
anxiety.  I don't feel any of that here at all," he said.

In recent years, e-mail communication has become easier for sailors on
some larger ships and at some high-tech military bases around the
world, but it was not available to most soldiers in the field.

Caffey said the cafe at his base is very busy. Even at 4 a.m.,
"there's always someone here. ... This place is in constant use 24
hours a day," he said.

The e-mail service is free and phone calls cost about 4.7 cents a
minute.  Soldiers can pay by credit card or families can prepay for
them.

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Some long time readers will recall that
the time I moved from Chicago back home here to Kansas I had a job for
a few months as a civilian employee for the U.S. Army in Junction City,
Kansas working at Fort Riley where I was teaching some guys _how_ to
operate/maintain cybercafes. This was in 1999, or prior to the most
recent conflict. Even back then, the Army wanted to make the transition 
to email/internet where the soldiers were concerned. The Army wanted 
some 'internet experts' (I guess they thought I was one) to teach the
guys what to do, so they in turn could show new recruits in overseas
bases, etc. Then my brain had to blow apart in November of that year,
sort of like the exploding frogs in Belgium last month, so that ended
my role in it.    PAT]

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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: City, State Cell Phone Taxes on the Rise
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 20:12:43 -0500


By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY Mon May 9, 6:20 AM ET

Cell phone users are being hit by new taxes as state and local
governments scramble to replace declining tax revenue from traditional
phones.

The new charges are adding $2 to $10 or more a month to cell phone
bills on top of existing federal and state taxes and fees for
emergency 911 communications. Examples:

 . Thirty-two of Virginia's 39 cities have levied cell phone taxes since the
Legislature approved the tax in 2003. Most recently: Alexandria approved a
$3-a-month tax last week.

 . Baltimore added a $3.50 monthly tax in September.

 . Oregon's Legislature is considering a 5% tax, the Missouri Legislature a
3% or 4% tax.

Many state and local governments consider new cell phone taxes
necessary to recoup money lost from a drop in the number of standard
wired phones. The number of wired phone lines nationwide fell from 167
million in 2000 to 132 million in 2004, the

Federal Communications Commission reports that cell phone subscribers
rose from 109 million to 182 million during that time.

The wireless industry says cell phones are already taxed heavily and
often unfairly. The industry is funding a Web site --
www.stopaddingtomybill.com -- as part of its lobbying effort to
squelch the new taxes.

"People can just look at their cell phone bill and see the taxes are
already excessive," says Joseph Farren, spokesman for CTIA - The
Wireless Association, an industry trade group. He says taxes accounted
for about $9 of the average $51 monthly cell phone bill last year.

Farren says the "watershed event" that started the new round of
taxation was Pennsylvania's approval of a 5% cell phone tax in
2003. Other state and local governments have followed suit or are
considering it.

State and local governments have long taxed land-line telephones, but
cell phones had escaped most of these taxes. An exception: In
California, about 160 local governments have cell phone taxes,
including 10% in Los Angeles and 7.5% in San Francisco.

"The question is, does it make sense to treat one phone differently
from another?" asks Ken Fellman, mayor of Arvada, Colo., a Denver
suburb, and head of a telecommunications committee for the National
League of Cities.

Wireless companies say they shouldn't be treated the same as old phone
companies because they are not monopolies and do not use public rights
of way for phone lines. "The wireless industry has never been a
utility and shouldn't be treated that way," Farren says.

But local governments are changing tax laws to reflect changes in the
economy. cell phone revenue grew from $56 billion in 2000 to $102
billion in 2004. During that time, land-line revenue dropped from $228
billion to $197 billion, the Telecommunications Industry Association
says.

Independence, Missouri will collect $1.75 million in taxes next year from
land-line phones, down from a peak of $2.4 million in 2002. "A phone
is a phone is a phone," city councilman Jason White says. "A cell
phone company doing business in our community should pay the same
taxes."

Cell phone taxes earmarked for emergency services are rising quickly,
too.  West Virginia last week doubled the state's 911 service fee on
cell phones to $3 per month.

Copyright 2005 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.

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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: The Castro Goes Wireless 
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 19:29:33 -0500


By Ryan Wylie, 365Gay.com

Waiting for an email from Mr Right?  Want to check out the latest news
from 365Gay.com? Want to do it while you shop or sip a latte in the
Castro?

Now you can.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and AnchorFree Wireless have unveiled
a free wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) hotzone in the heart of San
Francisco's Castro District, the world's famous gay and lesbian
community.

Consumers can access the Internet wirelessly at no cost indoors and
outdoors along the commercial segment of Castro Street.

"We are pleased to support the efforts of AnchorFree to bring all
citizens access to free wireless broadband services," said Mayor Gavin
Newsom. "This new service will certainly benefit citizens, visitors
and businesses in the Castro further encourage technology innovation
in San Francisco."

"San Francisco's Castro area is an ideal location to blanket with free
wireless Internet access", said David Gorodyansky, President of
AnchorFree Wireless. "It is a tech-savvy district with lots of foot
traffic and is filled with vibrant cafes, restaurants and bars. We are
delighted to have our presence in such a well known community."

AnchorFree has completed Intel's Centrino mobile technology
compatibility testing through the Intel Wireless Verification Program
(WVP), helping to ensure consumers can enjoy the productivity and
lifestyle advantages of Wi-Fi technology within AnchorFree's Wi-Fi
hotzones.

"As a participant in Intel's wireless verification program, AnchorFree
has tested its Wi-Fi service for compatibility with common
configurations of notebook PCs based on Intel Centrino mobile
technology, Intel's premier technology for wireless mobile computing,"
said Karen Regis, director of marketing programs for Intel's Mobile
Platforms Group. "By providing consumers with free wireless Internet
connectivity in San Francisco's Castro District, AnchorFree helps
enhance the 'unwired' experience for Intel Centrino mobile technology
users, connecting them back to their work place as well as their
family and friends."

In April of 2005, AnchorFree launched twin Wi-Fi hotzones in San
Francisco's Marina District. The Marina area is located approximately
5 miles from the Castro District.

Copyright Gay.com 2005

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From: bob@coolgroups.com
Subject: Spyware ... Ugh!
Date: 9 May 2005 15:46:45 -0700


I just got infected with some evil spyware that keeps going to
http://www.clicksearchclick.com/free.php

Does anyone know how to get rid of this thing?  I can't find any info
on it on Google or any search engine.  It's killing me ...

Adaware and Spybot both did nothing against it.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You might check out what I use in such
an emergency: Google for something called 'Hijack This'.  I have used
'Hijack This' a couple times and it works pretty well. You have to 
download it from the net and install it, then on your request, it puts
up a list of your program files and their associated entries from the
Windows Registry. On your command, it takes the files involved and
pulls them out, then rebuilds your registry. Did Adaware or Spybot
even find it (but then ignore it) or not find it at all?  Even if you
find and erase some of that stuff, if it is in the registry it may
well come to life again after a reboot. So, let 'Hijack This' snatch 
it out of the registry totally. 

By the way, that program 'Hijack This' should not be used carelessly
or casually. Truth be told, it scares the hell out of me. You can also
use the Windows program 'regedit' (type that at a command prompt in
DOS) if you know for certain what files you want and how to use
it. You should _never_ get into the Windows registry without
professional guidance as needed, and always be prepared for the worst
when you do such an emergency procedure. You've been warned. Of
course, a _real-man_ would know how to deal with the registry, and
anyway, 'no one on the net (or so a _real-man_ would tell you), want
any changes made on the Internet to eliminate the folks who write
those spyware things' ... 'Its an anarchy, you know' they proudly proclaim
as most of us struggle to keep up and running most days.  PAT] 

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Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 15:20:24 -0700
From: Danielle Young <danielle@usenix.org>
Subject: 3rd International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications,


MobiSys '05

Join us in Seattle, June 6-8, 2005, for innovative, significant
research in the area of mobile and wireless systems. MobiSys 2005 will
bring together engineers, academic and industrial researchers, and
visionaries for 2.5 exciting days of sharing and learning about this
fast-moving field. The conference will feature refereed paper
presentations, a poster and demo session, a keynote address by Rick
Rashid of Microsoft Research, and a plenary session with Alfred
Spector of IBM Research.

Workshops:

MobiSys 2005 is co-located with two workshops for highly focused 
discussions of new and emerging topics:

	=    EESR '05: Workshop on End-to-End, Sense-and-Respond
	     Systems, Applications, and Services

	=    WiTMeMo '05: International Workshop on Wireless Traffic 		 
Measurements and Modeling:

Both workshops will take place Sunday, June 5, 2005. Registration for
workshops is separate from MobiSys 2005 registration. To ensure a
productive workshop environment, attendance will be limited.

------------------------------

From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Subject: Re: SprintPCS Lousy Web Interface
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 16:10:44 -0700
Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com


D. M. Hendricks wrote:

> Yeah, I think this is wrong too.  Good to hear I'm not the only one ;)

> I didn't know Cingular printed incoming calls on your statement.  I'll
> hafta check them out when my plan expires.  However, I've had my fair
> share of problems with SBC and AT&T in the past, so we'll see ...

I was corrected a while ago ... according to someone else, T-Mobile
does too.  Everyone *should.* :)


JustThe.net - Apple Valley, CA - http://JustThe.net/ - 888.480.4NET (4638)
Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / sjsobol@JustThe.net / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED

"The wisdom of a fool won't set you free"
     --New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"

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From: bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi)
Subject: Re: Who Gets to See the E-mail of the Deceased?
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 00:37:12 -0000
Organization: Widgets, Inc.


In article <telecom24.203.11@telecom-digest.org>,
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:

> Robert Bonomi responded to Lisa Hancock:

>>> The e-mail should be treated no differently than any other personal
>>> belongings and they revert to the next of kin or recipients specified
>>> in a will.

>> "Not exactly."  ALL the property and "personal belongings" of the
>> deceased belong to the ESTATE of the deceased.  Until properly
>> distributed to the inheritors -- either in accordance with a
>> distribution schedule specified in a will, or according to statutory
>> specifications.

> My point was that it be handled like any other personal effects, not
> the fine points of estate law.  I was disagreeing with those web
> enthusiasts as described in the original post who didn't want the
> email released at all.

> Keep in mind that many estates are settled without probate and court
> orders.  Getting that stuff is expensive and not worth it if the
> estate is small, such as often in the case of a young person.

(A) That stuff is _not_ expensive. court costs are generally in the very
    low 3 figures, _at_most_.

(B) "informal" settlement works *ONLY*IF* nobody objects.  As soon as
    any 'involved party' raises an objection, or demands the formal
    procedures, the informal techniques are no longer a viable option.
    Those who insist on employing them in the face of opposition, are
    _personally_ legally liable for not using the formal procedures.

    If the objection comes from a beneficiary of the estate, or a
    creditor thereof, those who take property from the estate "without
    benefit of formal procedure" can find themselves subject to
    criminal action (for 'theft'), as well as civil suit to recover
    the value of the stolen property.

>> All that had to happen was for the _executor_ of the estate to contact
>> the Internet company, providing the *COURT*AUTHORIZATION* that (a)
>> certifies that the person *is*, in fact, deceased, and (b) gives  them,
>> _as_executor_, access to any/all property belonging to the deceased.
>> The family did _not_ have such documentation, when the original
>> request was presented.

> I would presume the family presented a death certificate which is
> normally issued upon death.

Which doesn't prove "boo" as regards who is the authorized agent of
the estate, and the only party legally entitled to access to the
property of the decedent.

> As I mentioned above, going to court for probate and documentation is
> expensive.  For a person without any significant estate this could be
> a waste of money.

>> Eureka!  That's right.  But it was *not* the _executor_ that made the
>> request to the Internet company.  Hence the "difficulties".

> If there is no will, the next of kin (as defined by law) becomes
> by default the executor.  I would suspect military documentation
> provided that information.

FALSE TO FACT. Statute prescribes who (defining 'kin' relationships)
is the _inheritor_ of the proceeds of the estate of an intestate (that
means 'died without leaving a will') decedent.

Statute does _not_ define a 'default' executor.

>> As the parents did *NOT* present a claim that they were acting 'on
>> behalf of' THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED, *their* request -- made in
>> their own persona -- was properly denied.

> Do we know that for sure?  I would agree that if the parents
> just merely showed up with no documentation that their request
> should be denied.  However, I presume there is official military
> documentation stating next of kin and so forth and they could've
> presented that.

Any such presentation of documentation to anyone outside of that
military organization would be greeted with (effectively) laughter.

Such a designation means *absolutely*nothing* to anyone other than the
party _to_whom_ that designation was made.

When a member of the military designates, _to_that_military_, whom
they wish that organization to consider to be their 'next of kin',
that designation applies *ONLY* to actions involving that military
organization.  As in, "who should be notified in an emergency", "who
should be consulted for certain kinds of decisions, if/when you are
unable to make them", etc.

Such a designation has *NOTHING* to do with who obtains _ownership_ of
any physical property that belongs (belonged) to the decedent.  The
_only_ document that specifies that is a "will" -- and which may, or
may *not*, take precedence over statutory specifications.  (In some
states, a wife, for example, may "elect against the will", and get the
statutory share of the estate, regardless of express provisions in the
will.)

The only means for formally transferring ownership of property that
belonged to the decedent is 'probate'.  Something as simple as
ownership of a car requires probate -- to get the owner's name on the
title straightened out.

Note: it is _entirely_ within the realm of reason for an individual to
designate several *different* persons as 'next of kin' in different
contexts.  It happens _fairly_frequently_ in the real world.

------------------------------

From: bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi)
Subject: Re: Phone Line on cat 5 10-Base-T Ethernet?
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 00:56:32 -0000
Organization: Widgets, Inc.


In article <telecom24.203.6@telecom-digest.org>,
<paul@robinson-telephone.com> wrote:

> I'm a little bit new to the actual specifications of hardware
> operations so this is something I wanted to ask because it seems to be
> the case according to what I've read.  (I've been primarily a software
> person myself.)

> I understand that standard 4-pair wire (cat 5) running data at 10mbps
> does not use the blue/white and blue pair (wires 4 and 5), which is
> typically the standard color for running a phone line along an
> ethernet wire.

Correct.

> If this is correct, is it possible to run a standard analog phone line
> over cat 5 ethernet sold in hardware or computer stores, simply by
> connecting to the blue & blue/white pair and using that?  Since the
> wire is typically twisted pairs, I had the impression this was
> possible without crosstalk between either the ethernet and the phone
> line.

Yup.  This is *expressly* part of the original design.

> Also, if the network cards being used are of the typical 10/100 type
> that sell these days for $20 or less, or are included on the
> motherboard of the user's PC, does that mean you can't do this because
> 100mbps will use all 4 pairs, or is it that you can run 100mbps
> service over the other pairs and it won't really use the inner
> blue-blue/white pair?

Nope.  Standard 100mbit Ethernet uses the same 4 wires, and those four
wires only.  There are some early 'non-standard' 100mbit
implementations that did use all 8 wires.  Most common was one with
'VG' as the last part of the protocol name.  Also, beware of
"100Base-TX".  that trailing 'X' is signficant.

> The things I have read indicate there are two types of 100mbps
> service, 100Base-T, 100Base-T4 and 100Base-T8, where 100base-T8 uses
> all of the wires in a 4-pair ethernet cable, and 100-Base-T4 uses only
> two of the pairs.  How would I know which is being used in ordinary
> connections?

Virtually everything 100mbit on the market (in recent history) uses
only the standard 4 wires that plain old 10mbit Ethernet uses

Note: _gigabit_ Ethernet,  aka "1000mbit Ethernet" is a different story.
it _does_ use all 8 wires.

As far as I know anything that advertises itself as 10/100mbit
Ethernet will use only the 4 wires used by 10mbit.

> This also seems to imply that the other pair (wires 7 & 8) is also
> available for use as phone service, conceivably implying you can run
> 100mbps ethernet and two analog phone lines on the same 4-pair cable
> without problems or interference.  I'd like to know if this is the
> case.

Yes.

------------------------------

From: Tim@Backhome.org
Subject: Re: 1A2 Help Requested
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 18:16:36 -0700
Organization: Cox Communications


TELECOM Digest Editor noted in response to the original query:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I can tell this much; no one,but no
> one tampers with or tries to rewire the inside of a 1A2 phone. The
> wiring is just too complex. All the rewiring is done in the box on
> the wall where there is room to move your arms and fingers, _not_
> in the phone itself.   PAT]

No doubt.  No one ever changed the wiring within a 1A2 or 10A2 set, with
the expection of installing a buzzer for intercom.  But, that wasn't
really rewiring; rather loosing a couple of screws to overlap
u-connectors.

And, no one in the field re-wired a 1A2/10A2 KSU, other than to
restrap the tie down wiring to change features, etc.

Ain't computers great?!

TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I really do not think anything much can
be done inside those phones without a lot of grief that cannot be done
better and quicker at the punchdown block on the wall. I've done
'stuff' inside those phones but mainly things like remove or
re-arrange the ball-bearings under the push buttons so I could get two
or more buttons to stay down at one time. And once I converted a five-
line six-button phone with a hold button into a three line phone with
three associated hold buttons by using two of the line strips for each
line, so that three buttons merely put a short on each of the
associated three lines, and re-arranging the ball-bearings as
needed. This was circa 1975. It was not a fun project. That was the
day I vowed never to take one of those 1A2 phones apart again.  PAT]

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