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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) Telecom and VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Digest for the Internet. All contents here are copyrighted by Patrick Townson and the individual writers/correspondents. Articles may be used in other journals or newsgroups, provided the writer's name and the Digest are included in the fair use quote. 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Geoffrey Welsh =========================== See the bottom of this issue for subscription and archive details and the name of our lawyer; other stuff of interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. NOTE: For more telecom/internet/networking/computer news from the daily media, check out our feature 'Telecom Digest Extra' each day at http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/more-news.html . Hundreds of new articles daily. [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] ------------------------------ 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. NOTE: For more telecom/internet/networking/computer news from the daily media, check out our feature 'Telecom Digest Extra' each day at http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/more-news.html . Hundreds of new articles daily. *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This Internet discussion group is making it available without profit to group members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of literary, educational, political, and economic issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. I believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner, in this instance, Gannett/USA Today. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ------------------------------ 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 NOTE: For more telecom/internet/networking/computer news from the daily media, check out our feature 'Telecom Digest Extra' each day at http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/more-news.html . Hundreds of new articles daily. Also see http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/gaynews.html for more gay.com articles. *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This Internet discussion group is making it available without profit to group members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of literary, educational, political, and economic issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. I believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner, in this instance, Gay.com For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ------------------------------ 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] ------------------------------ 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" ------------------------------ 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] ------------------------------ TELECOM Digest is an electronic journal devoted mostly but not exclusively to telecommunications topics. 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