TELECOM Digest     Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:25:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 243

Inside This Issue:                            Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    SBC to Cut High Speed Internet to $14.95 per Month (Lisa Minter)
    EU Executive Wants Phone Logs For One Year (Lisa Minter)
    Judge Allows Enron Broadband Trial to Continue (Lisa Minter)
    SBC Trims Price for DSL Service (Telecom dailyLead from USTA)
    Re: 25 cps Power, was: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange (H Leighton)
    Re: 25 cps Power, was: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange (Lisa Hancock)
    Re: 25 cps Power, was: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange (Mike Riddle)
    Re: 25 hz Power, was: Tie Lines (Lisa Hancock)
    Re: Do Not do Business With Sprint PCS ! (Steve Sobol)
    Re: Neat New Satellite Map Program (Brad Houser)

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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: SBC to Cut High Speed Internet to $14.95 per Month
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:17:42 -0500


SBC Communications Inc. , the second-largest U.S.  telecommunications
company, plans to slash its price for high-speed Internet service by
25 percent, upping the ante in its rivalry with cable competitors.

SBC said on Wednesday it would offer broadband service for $14.95 per
month to new customers who sign up online, $5 less than its previous
lowest price.  The deal, which requires a one-year contract, makes SBC
competitive with many dial-up Internet services and is among the
lowest prices for broadband in the United States.

Executives at SBC say they have a two- to three-year window to add as
many digital subscriber lines as possible, before cable companies
complete their rollout of telephone services and pursue SBC customers
with voice, video and data packages.

"It's about market share," said SBC Chairman and Chief Executive
Edward Whitacre in an interview last Thursday with Reuters. "The
sooner we get there and the bigger piece of market we get, the better
off we are. It's essentially us and the cable companies vying for
that."

SBC added 504,000 DSL lines in the first quarter of this year, a
record increase for the company, but Whitacre had asked executives if
it was possible to add 1 million a quarter, a level he says is
probably not realistic today.

While its first-quarter growth was a record, SBC's 5.6 million DSL
lines are equal to about 11 percent of its total phone lines.

"What we find is if you sell DSL, the customer just doesn't churn,"
said SBC Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson in an interview
last week, referring to the rate of customer turnover.

"Once you get them, you've got them," Stephenson added. "It's very
important to us to get out ahead of the game and get broadband
deployed to every household we can get it deployed in."

Cable companies hold about 59 percent of the U.S. broadband market,
due to an earlier start in launching high-speed Internet services to
consumers. But telephone companies have been closing the gap over the
past year, using lower prices and bundled discounts to add more
broadband customers.

Most U.S. cable broadband services cost at least $30 per month, but
are usually sold with three- or six-month introductory offers of $20
per month.  Those cable lines typically offer higher download rates
than competing DSL service.

"While we do not expect this pricing strategy to be implemented across
the industry, SBC's move may force the cable (companies) to get more
aggressive," UBS analyst John Hodulik said in a research note.

SBC offers DSL service to about 80 percent of the homes in its
territory, and Stephenson said the company would try to reach 90
percent within the next 12 to 18 months. SBC executives said the sales
push would not necessarily compress margins on DSL service, as
handling orders online lowers costs.

Banc of America analyst David Barden said SBC has been the most
aggressive of the Baby Bells in pricing, targeting market share gains
at the expense of some short-term profits.

"The strategy has led SBC to generate faster (long distance) and DSL
sub gains, and faster revenue growth than peers, but at the cost of
the lowest margins in the sector," Barden said in a note.

Shares of SBC fell 8 cents to $23.30 in midday trading on the New York
Stock Exchange.


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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This suggestion by SBC that they may
lower their DSL rates is all well and good, but can they be trusted
to actually hold to the new rates and not do some gimmicks with a
few months of lower prices then dramatic increases a few months
later?  My past experiences with SBC have not been at all favorable.
They give you a lot of double-talk and their bills are _very_
confusing with all the added fees they put in. I'll probably just
stick with cable which has always worked out very well.   PAT]

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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: EU Executive Wants Phone Logs for One Year
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:19:04 -0500


A bill for mandatory logging of emails, phone calls and other
electronic communications to combat terrorism and fraud will limit
data storage to a year at most, the European Commission said on
Wednesday.

Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, said a
similar proposal put forward by four member states in 2004 wanted data
to be stored for three to four years, which she said would impose a
costly burden on phone and internet companies.

France, Ireland, the UK and Sweden made their proposal in April last
year in the aftermath of the Madrid train bombings, which killed 191
people. The seizure of phone records was credited with helping police
make quick arrests.

Under the member states' proposal, the actual content of
conversations, text messages or emails would not be kept. Records are
currently kept for three months by telephone companies for billing
purposes.

"It will certainly not be three to four years but a maximum of one
year and I hope even less," Reding told reporters.

Reding said legal advisers for the member states have concluded that
such a bill should be proposed by the Commission rather than member
states.

For bills proposed by the Commission, joint agreement between member
states and the European Parliament is needed for it to become law, a
process that would be more transparent and consider issues wider than
fighting terrorism, Reding said.

"We have to balance the security issue and the issue of privacy and
commercial considerations," Reding said.

"That is why it's essential to start with a solid impact assessment
before the Commission will put the proposal on the table," Reding
said.

On Tuesday, EU diplomats said justice and interior ministers may agree
their own proposal when they meet in Luxembourg this week if they
agree on some outstanding issues such as how long data should be
stored.


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From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Judge Allows Enron Broadband Trial to Continue 
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:20:35 -0500


A federal judge on Wednesday allowed a majority of the case to
continue against five former Enron Corp. Internet executives, ruling
that prosecutors have done enough to prove their case at trial.

U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore dropped one wire fraud charge
against two former Enron Broadband Services (EBS) finance executives,
Kevin Howard and Michael Krautz.

She also considered dropping two money laundering charges against two
other defendants.

"I will certainly take a look at that some more and figure out if
there is any basis in granting those (dismissals) at some later point
in time," Gilmore said outside of the jury's presence Wednesday
morning.

The rest of the government's case -- including the underlying
conspiracy charge -- remained intact as the defense began calling
witnesses on Wednesday. The trial had been estimated to end by late
June but could drag into July.

All five are charged with fraud in addition to conspiracy. Former EBS
co-Chief Executive Joe Hirko and ex-technology executives Rex Shelby
and Scott Yeager also face money laundering and insider trading
charges.

The government has said Enron lied to analysts at a meeting in January
2000 by falsely claiming the company's software could control
broadband Internet traffic on its network.

The defense has contended the executives had high hopes for the unit
and honestly believed it would become the next big thing for the
Internet, although ultimately it lost hundreds of millions of dollars
before collapsing in the summer of 2001.

Enron Corp. declared bankruptcy in December 2001 as a crushing wave of
accounting scandals decimated the Houston company.

Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling is scheduled to face
criminal trial in January 2006 alongside former Enron Chairman Kenneth
Lay and former Chief Accounting Officer Richard Causey.


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Subject: SBC Trims Price For DSL Service


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Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:27:54 -0600
From: hudsonl@skypoint.com (Hudson Leighton)
Subject: Re: 25 cps Power, was: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange Lines


In article <telecom24.242.5@telecom-digest.org>, Paul Coxwell
<paulcoxwell@tiscali.co.uk> responded to TELECOM Digest Editor:

>> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: One of my earliest terminal monitors
>> was the H-19 from Heathkit (also known as Z-19 if you bought it
>> already put together from Zenith. There as a little switch on the
>> back which allowed you to 'default into' 50/60 cps, and you could also
>> switch between 50/60 cps mode using keystrokes.    PAT]

> I have a couple of H-89/90 CP/M systems stashed away in a cupboard.
> If I recall correctly, the terminal section within these is identical
> to the H/Z-19.

And the story was that the H/Z-89s came with green phosphor screens
so that the Zenith suits could tell the difference between a computer
and a monitor. <grin>

-Hudson



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Actually I had two Z-19's; one had a
green phosphor screen, the other one was an amber phosphor screen. The
green one came first; by the time I got the amber one, Zenith and
Heathkit had added a wee bit of intelligence to the units, such as the
time/date function, and a couple 'pages' of history and a few 'pages'
for current work, etc.  Or maybe those chips making all that possible
came from outside vendors. I just do not remember.   PAT]

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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: 25 cps Power, was: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange Lines
Date: 1 Jun 2005 08:41:35 -0700


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Answer: because there were no
> airplanes to speak of, certainly no commercial and commonplace air
> travel. _Everyone_, politicans included, traveled by rail.

In the 1940s, Philadelphia was a popular place for political
conventions.  It's Conventional Hall was located somewhat close to the
city's main intercity railroad station known as "30th Street".

The construction of a downtown railroad tunnel allowed room to build a
new Convention Center.  The politics involved in who gets to run it
and the terms of the union workers who staff it would put Chicago
politics to shame.  The former Reading Terminal was rebuilt as an
grand entrance hall to the center and it came out nice.

Ironically, when Phila hosted the 2000 Repub convention, much of it
took place in the city's sports arena.  I think nowadays there are
more press reporters than actual delegates in the past, yet today the
conventions are a done deal.

The classic Convention Hall, a beautiful building, is no longer needed
and is being torn down.  Medical research from the nearby university
will take its place.

Ironically, after the closure, they finally built a railroad station
(for commuters) just behind the site.  It would've been very helpful
to have such a station in the heydey years.

> It was my privilege to meet Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, who
> were traveling to Washington, DC for some event from their home in
> Independence, MO.  They naturally took the Santa Fe to Chicago,
> where they switched trains (but of course) to the B&O train to go on
> to Washington, DC.  PAT]

Ironically, now you're living near Truman's old home in Independence.

Truman liked to travel.  While very fond of the train, he also liked
to drive.  One of his earliest political accomplishments was building
a good county road system.  Unfortunately, the ever-increasing demands
of the automobile became a hardship for Truman.  Traffic past his home
grew and the noise became a nuisance.  Every morning he had to get up
(in his 80s now) and clean up litter from cars thrown in his yard.
(My elderly mother had to do the same thing in her house).  The
automobile encouraged the flight of commerce from downtown -- where
Truman loved to walk and meet and greet people -- to the suburbs where
walking wasn't so easy.

BTW, in our era of very well paid politicians, the Trumans never had
much money.  While Truman got a nice salarly for being president, at
that time he was personally responsible for a great many of the White
House expenses so his net take home pay was very little*.  He had no
pension and he had to pay all his post-presidency office expenses.
After writing his memoirs he did get money for that, but it was
heavilly taxed.

*The White House switchboard tracked toll calls and people had to
pay for them (per Grace Tully's book on FDR).



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You stand corrected on one important
thing: President Truman lived in Independence, _Missouri_, one of the
Missouri suburbs around Cupcake Land -- err -- Kansas City, MO. I live
in Independence, _Kansas_, about 300 miles south and west. No
connection between the two, other than the similar name. The Missouri
version is beginning to see the crime and gangs and drugs which have
become more prevalent in Cupcake Land, which have not hit us yet. Down
here, the police complain that 'meth' is the big thing. The Missouri
version is also home/headquarters to the Reorganized LDS. The rather
degragatory term 'Cupcake Land' generally applies to the Kansas
suburbs of the KCMO area; places like Mission Hills, Overland Park,
etc, very wealthy communities with strange ideas on everything.  PAT]

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From: Mike Riddle <nospam@ivgate.omahug.org>
Organization: Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish & Short
Subject: Re: 25 cps Power, was: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange Lines


Robert Bonomi wrote:

> La Salle station (as the name at least), a rebuilt, greatly reduced
> facility, still exists, and has commuter service (only) running out of
> it.  Tracks terminate a bit south of Congress Ave.

> 'Central Station' also nominally still exists; in use by electrified
> inter-urban (Illinois & South Shore Rwy) to Gary-Hammond.

> All long-distance passenger rail (AMTRAK) is out of Union station,
> With commuter rail out of Union and Northwestern stations, as well as
> the aforementioned La Salle and Central stations.

And what about Dearborn Station?  (I remember when there used to be a
subway exit-only almost in front of the station, but IIRC it was
closed more than 20 years ago because without an attendant of some
sort in residence it apparently became too dangerous to use.)

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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: 25 Hz power Re: Tie Lines was Re: Foreign Exchange Lines
Date: 1 Jun 2005 13:46:47 -0700


> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I still recall how Chicago Transit
> Authority used to switch between 'third rail' and overhead (catenary)
> wires north of Howard Street on the Evanston line and the Skokie
> line. Train would pull out of the station (using third rail), get a
> short distance up the track, coast to a stop and while they were in
> the process of hoisting the catenary pole into place, one or more of
> the clerks would walk through the cars like the proverbial train
> bandits of old times, telling the passengers "five cents more to
> continue your ride, please". People would get in their purses to find
> a nickel to hand over, but thoughtful passengers who made the trip
> each day and knew what to expect had already paid their five cent
> surcharge at the station where they boarded the train and instead of
> a nickle for the clerk would produce a a scrap of paper instead which
> I think was entitled 'proof of payment' and hand that over to the
> clerks instead. PAT]

I got burned with that.

I was joyriding the Evanston Line to the end and decided to stay in
the station to avoid paying another fare to get back in.  The train
left and stopped as you said.  The conductor had this heavy belt with
a series of fare registers (counters) for various fare types.  I ended
up paying a full fare anyway.  If I had paid at Evanston that cashier
would've given me a reciept for the conductor.  Apparently the little
stations in between are unmanned.

If I knew that operation I would've gotten off and checked out the
ancient station and surroundings and got a few pics.

The Evanston Line is 3rd rail all the way but AFAIK the manual
fare collection continues.

I've heard the Skokie Swift line will convert to all 3rd rail.
That had an automated home-made pantograph conversion.

BTW, the NYC subway has a light line in Staten Island ("SIRT") where
they did away with most fare collection.  Most passengers are riding
to the ferry terminal at St. George.  At St. George one must pay a
fare to leave or enter the SIRT line, but no fares are collected
anywhere else on the line.  So, if you are travelling between any
station except St. George you ride free.  Some psgrs get off one
station early before St. George and walk about a mile to avoid the
fare.  Since fare collection was all manual, they saved two crewmen
for each train who didn't have to swing through collecting cash or
tickets.

At one time SIRT had a nice bucolic flavor to it but now it seems like
any other subway, just with a lot less people.  A recent station
rebuilding replaced quaint wood shelters and platforms with heavy
steel and concrete.  More durable but not as attractive.  SIRT was
originally a branch of the B&O RR.

www.mta.info (go to NYC Transit and Staten Island Rapid Transit).


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Evanston is now third-rail entirely,
but many years ago it was catenary for most of its distance.  PAT]

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From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
Subject: Re: Do Not do Business With Sprint PCS !
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23:40:05 -0700
Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com


Steven Lichter wrote:

> Last month my ear piece jack went out, the phone was less then a year
> old and I do carry the replacement insurance on it, but in my case it
> made no difference.  They replaced my phone no questions asked, the
> tech reprogrammed my phone directory; which they do, but he also moved
> all my ring tones and other stuff from the phones browser.  I had
> little trouble with them when the phones went bad, but moved when the
> merger went through because I had had major problems with GTE
> Moblenet, and at the time I was with GTE California.  I got so made at
> them, I told the rep I was talking to, I wanted to speak to the
> President of the company, what was strange is they transfered me and
> was talking to him.

Which company? GTE (which is now Verizon) or Sprint?

And what makes you think you were talking to *the* President? At best
you were talking to a regional president. But I don't believe you were
talking to someone that high up at all.

> I told him my problem and he fixed it, but I still dumped the service.

Dumped which service? Your post isn't exactly clear.


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

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From: Brad Houser <bradDOThouser@intel.com>
Subject: Re: Neat New Satellite Map Program
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:45:15 -0700
Organization: Intel Corporation
Reply-To: bradDOThouser@intel.com


On Wed,  1 Jun 2005 00:38:02 EDT, TELECOM Digest Editor wrote:

> I have been using Google Maps when I wanted to locate places, etc but
> when my brother was here over the holiday weekend he turned me on to
> a _really neat_ service from a company called 'Keyhole', which I have
> been told is being / has been acquired by Google. 

I have been using Keyhole for about a year. Google did acquire them
and when you use Google maps, you can click on a link that is the
latest satellite view in their database. They are renaming the product
Google Earth, and it will include the ability to show restaurants,
hotels, and other points of interest on the image.

> It consists of streaming realtime video captured by satellites as they
> fly around everywhere. 

Not exactly, Pat. The images are not live (try looking at night or on
a cloudy day and you will get the same image). You are getting them
from their server, so it is not limited by what can be stored on a CD
or DVD.  You can look on the Keyhole.com site for the date and
resolution of the images. Most are within the last 2 years.

> I did not have the luck yet with it my brother had, but get this: he
> put in his home address and zip code; we see the 'satellite' flying
> through the sky, closing in on _your house_ (or whatever address you
> choose) and by changing the camera's 'zoom' and its 'tilt' I
> actually saw a close up of his front door and a car on the street in
> front of his house.

The cool thing about Tilt is you can turn on "Terrain" and it will adjust
the 3D views so hills and valleys look very realistic. Unfotunately, only
the ground elevations work, so buildings, trees, bridges, etc. are flat.

Brad Houser


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I found that out today also, that the
images are stored away. But I have to wonder how many hundreds of 
thousands of images do they have stored away considering the multiple
ways you can angle/tilt/zoom in with the 'camera' you are using. I
also found out the price is $29.95 _per year_ to use the poor man's
version of the program.   PAT]

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