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TELECOM Digest     Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:02:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 340

Inside This Issue:                             Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Hackers Target Flawed Software (Andy Sullivan)
    Residents Fight to Keep Analog Phones (Chet Brokaw)
    Who is Standing in the Way of Inexpensive Local Internet (Steven Levy)
    Motorola PR (Monty Solomon)
    Palm Helps Commuters with New Traffic Application for Treo (M Solomon)
    France Telecom Dials in Amena Deal (USTelecom dailyLead)
    CT301 Service Manual (Doug Faunt N6TQS)
    Re: TV Telephone History (J.P.)
    Re: TV Telephone History (Lisa Hancock)
    Re: Call My SIP Phone Over the Internet? (Dean M.)
    Re: Call My SIP Phone Over the Internet? (John Levine)
    Re: Question About "Network Interface" Phone Jack (Tony P.)
    Re: Last Laugh!  Spammer, age 35,  Meets "Moscow Rules" (Robert Bonomi)

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From: Andy Sullivan <Reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Hackers Target Flawed Software
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:14:24 -0500


By Andy Sullivan

Flawed backup software has emerged as the latest target for hackers
looking for corporate secrets, according to a survey released on
Monday.

The survey by the nonprofit SANS Institute found new holes in widely
used software products, even as computer users are getting better at
patching some favorite hacker targets.

Attackers are now focusing on desktop software, like Web browsers and
media players, that might not get fixed as frequently as Microsoft
Corp.'s Windows operating system and other software widely used by
business, the cybersecurity research organization found.

More than 422 significant new Internet security vulnerabilities
emerged in the second quarter of 2005, the cybersecurity research
organization found, an increase of 11 percent from the first three
months of the year.

Particularly troubling are holes in backup software made by Computer
Associates International Inc. and Veritas Software Corp., which
together account for nearly one-third of the backup-software market,
said Ed Skoudis, founder of the security company Intelguardians.

"If you think about it, people back up information that is their most
important information, otherwise they wouldn't back it up at all,
right?"  Skoudis said on a conference call.

"By exploiting one of these vulnerabilities, an attacker can get in
there and exploit some of the most sensitive information for some of
the most sensitive organizations."

Fixes are available for all the problems outlined in the SANS report,
but many of the new flaws aren't fixed as quickly as older ones.

Administrators take an average of 62 days to fix backup software and
other software inside their firewall, compared to an average of 21
days for e-mail servers and other products that deal directly with the
Internet, said Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technical officer of
business-software maker Qualsys.

Home users typically take even longer to fix problems, said SANS chief
executive Allan Paller.

Many of the new flaws were found on products popular with home users.

Flaws in media players like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes and
RealNetworks Inc.'s RealPlayer could enable a hacker to get into a
user's computer through a poisoned MP3 file.

Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser could be
compromised simply by visiting a malicious Web site, SANS said.

Even the open-source Mozilla and Firefox Web browsers, which has
gained in popularity thanks to security concerns, had flaws as well,
Paller said.


Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.

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From: Chet Brokaw <ap@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Residents Fight to Keep Analog Cell Phones 
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:16:45 -0500


By CHET BROKAW, Associated Press Writer

Johnny Smith has a new digital cell phone, but he relies on an older
analog bag phone when he travels the wide open spaces in the western
part of the state to line up cattle for sale at a local livestock
auction.

In rural areas where cellular towers are far apart, analog phones
often work when digital models can't get a signal. With the Federal
Communications Commission pushing the move to all-digital phone
service across the country, Smith and others in rural areas are urging
the agency to wait until more towers are built to improve service.

"I carry a bag phone just because I can get so much better reception
with it," Smith said. "If you're out in the middle of no place, it's
nice to be able to call somebody."

According to current timelines set up by the FCC, wireless companies
can phase out analog service by 2008. By the end of this year, the
agency also is requiring that 95 percent of each wireless company's
customers have digital phones containing chips that allow emergency
operators to pinpoint a person's location when a call is placed to
911.

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will attempt to rally
support for a resolution seeking to suspend or modify the deadline on
location-capable phones Tuesday at the National Association of
Regulatory Utilities Commissioners meeting in Austin, Texas.

Bob Sahr, a PUC member, said he hopes the FCC will look at the
situation on a case-by-case basis to give continued support to analog
service in rural areas that need the older technology. In some areas,
it's the only kind of service that works, he said.

"If we phase those people out, they may be in a situation where they
have this brand new, state-of-the-art digital phone with all sorts of
bells and whistles, but they're not going to be able to complete the
call in the first place," Sahr said.

The Rural Cellular Association and CTIA-The Wireless Association,
which both represent wireless companies, also support suspending the
deadline.  Companies do not want to force their customers to switch to
newer phones until it makes sense to do so, RCA executive director Tim
Raven said.

"We have instances every day in local markets where folks are rescued
because of their cell phones. It's just a matter of working up the
technology issues and obstacles," he said.

The FCC has not responded to the request, and officials said the
commission does not comment on pending matters. The agency has already
granted some companies waivers from the deadline based on local
conditions.

The National Emergency Number Association, whose aim is to implement a
universal emergency telephone number system, opposes a blanket delay
in the move to the new digital phones, said Rick Jones, director of
operations issues for the organization. However, the group is also
willing to consider requests for waivers by individual companies in
areas where a delay might make sense, he said.

As of June, less than half the nation's 911 call centers had the
capability of locating a cell phone containing one of the chips, Jones
said. The call centers with the technology covered nearly 58 percent
of the nation's population but less than 36 percent of its counties,
he said.

In many states in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, less than 20
percent of call centers are capable of locating a cell phone, Jones
said.

That number may not improve unless more funding is allocated. Jones
said Congress passed a bill authorizing $250 million a year for five
years to help call centers install the new phone-locating technology,
but the funding has yet to be appropriated.

In the meantime, residents of rural areas will continue to fight to
keep their old analog service. Emmer Hulce of Midland, S.D., said he
wants to keep his analog bag phone so he can call family members
without racking up long-distance charges.

"There's no chance of going with digital. I had digital and that
wasn't as good as the analog," the 79-year-old retired power company
worker said.

On the Net:
Federal Communications Commission: http://www.fcc.gov/
National Emergency Number Association: http://www.nena9-1-1.org/
Rural Cellular Association: http://www.rca-usa.org/content.cfm
CTIA-The Wireless Association: http://www.ctia.org

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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From: Steven Levy <newsweek@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Who Wants to Stop You From Getting Inexpensive Local Internet
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:21:09 -0500


By Steven Levy, Newsweek writer

July 18 issue -- Pete Sessions, a Texas member of the House, believes
in states' rights. But he also thinks that there are situations so
extreme that Congress must slap down state and local government
initiatives. One such case: localities that offer citizens free or
low-cost Internet service.  Idealists may view extending high-speed
Internet as a boon to education, an economic shot in the arm and a
vital component in effective emergency services. Sessions (_who once
worked for telecom giant SBC_) sees it as local-government meddling in
the marketplace -- "trying to pick winners and losers," he says -- and
thus justifies federal meddling to stop elected officials from giving
their constituents a stake in the 21st century.

The Sessions bill is only one shot in the battle over municipal
wireless, or muni Wi-Fi. In hundreds of communities, public officials
have concluded that the Internet is an essential service. They see
that their residents are either offered prices that are too high or
are not offered services at all.  They are aware that while our nation
stumbles in high-speed-Internet adoption, other countries make sure
consumers can get connected at lower prices (Japanese and South Korean
users pay about half what we do). "We are asleep at the wheel," says
Andrew Rasiej, a candidate for public advocate in New York City.

Using "mesh" networks that run on the Wi-Fi wireless standard, cities
can deliver the Internet affordably to everyone within their
boundaries. "We can cover a city for a fraction of the cost of the
traditional providers," says Ron Sege of Tropos, a company that
installs shoe-box-size devices that beam the Net from street
lamps. This enables cities like Philadelphia to launch nonprofit
efforts to make whole neighborhoods into hotspots: public spaces get
free access, and citizens who use the service at home or around town
are billed less than $20 a month. "We all have to compete in a
knowledge economy," explains Dianah Neff, the city's chief information
officer, who says the current providers focus excessively on the
affluent.

The telecom and cable giants that sell broadband Internet have
mobilized to stop or-ganizers like Neff. The likes of Verizon, SBC and
Comcast are lobbying hard and donating big. They argue that
taxpayer-funded competition makes the marketplace unfair (ironic,
since those firms owe their dominance to government-granted
monopolies). Then they claim that cities are too unsophisticated to
pull off such projects (so why are they worried?). They fund think
tanks that churn out white papers with titles like "Municipal
Networks: The Wrong Solution." And they are racking up successes -- 14
states so far have passed laws that constrain localities in muni Wi-Fi
efforts. In Pennsylvania, only a grass-roots protest from
Philadelphians forced the legislature to exempt the city from its
bill-but elsewhere in the state, cities and towns can't proceed on
plans unless they offer the deal first to SBC and phone companies,
which can stall for years before deciding.

The fight isn't over. As people learn what's at stake, they are less
likely to tolerate efforts that make it illegal for local officials to
serve them.  Tech companies like Dell are beginning to exert lobbying
pressure on the other side. And Sens. John McCain and Frank Lautenberg
responded to the Sessions bill by introducing the Community Broadband
Act, which stops states from banning muni Wi-Fi. Those yearning for
affordable broadband-or any at all-should let their representatives
know which bill they prefer. And if you live in Colorado, Florida,
Pennsylvania or any other state where legislators have roadblocked
cheap wireless, you might check out whether your local rep supported
the telcos -- or you the citizen.

Copyright 2005 Newsweek, Inc.
Copyright 2005 MSNBC.com

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8524609/site/newsweek/

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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: SBC's attitude seems to be that small
towns like ours 'do not need to offer services like that since we
(SBC) already offer DSL and all you need to do is subscribe to our
phone service (which if you were not an idiot you would do already) 
and you will get DSL (in connection with your SBC phone service.) What
a deal, eh ?   PAT]

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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:14:04 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Motorola PR


     Motorola and Oakley Announce Launch of RAZRWIRE(TM) With Cingular
     Wireless
     - Jul 25, 2005 11:49 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50663197

     Motorola Showcases New 'Whoa' Products, Partnerships and
     Technologies for Second Half '05
     - Jul 25, 2005 08:00 PM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50673701

     Motorola Challenges College Students to Imagine the Future of
     Seamless Mobility
     - Jul 25, 2005 08:00 PM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50673708

     Introducing 'Q' from Motorola
     - Jul 25, 2005 08:00 PM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50673715

     'One Video Message Is Worth 1000 Voicemails' - Motorola Launches
     Video Mail for the Ojo(TM) Personal Video Phone
     - Jul 25, 2005 08:00 PM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50673722

     MultiVu Video Feed: Motorola Showcases New 'Whoa' Products,
     Partnerships and Technologies
     - Jul 26, 2005 01:30 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50674651

     Motorola Showcases New 'Whoa' Products, Partnerships and
     Technologies
     - Jul 26, 2005 04:30 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50675219

     Motorola and Yahoo! Announce Plans to Bring Consumer Applications
     to the Mobile, Auto, and Home
     - Jul 26, 2005 09:00 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50680659

     Smart and Connected - New Motorola A910 with WiFi, A728, and A732
     - Jul 26, 2005 09:00 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50680688

     Motorola Technology Helps GM Corvette Race Team Take Top Honors
     at 24 Hours of LeMans
     - Jul 26, 2005 09:00 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50680806

     Motorola to Develop Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Enterprise Seamless
     Mobility Solution With Cisco
     - Jul 26, 2005 09:00 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50680836

     Motorola and Vonage(R) Team Up to Bring New Full-Featured
     Voice-over-IP Solution to Consumers
     - Jul 26, 2005 09:00 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50680911

     MultiVu Video Feed: Motorola Showcases New 'Whoa' Products,
     Partnerships and Technologies
     - Jul 26, 2005 11:30 AM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50684605

     Motorola Accelerates Development of WiMAX End-to-End Solutions;
     Introduces Moto Wi4 Product Portfolio
     - Jul 25, 2005 08:00 PM (PR Newswire)
     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50673693

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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:03:54 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Palm Helps Commuters with New Traffic Application: Treo Smartphones


SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2005--

Drivers Can Make Informed, Timely Decisions with Graphical Maps and
Incident Details

For Treo(TM) customers who need help navigating traffic-jammed
commutes, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced Traffic for Treo
Smartphones. The wireless traffic application helps users make commute
decisions quickly with interactive maps and incident information
located conveniently on their Palm(R) Treo 600 or Treo 650
smartphones.(1) Traffic for Treo Smartphones debuts in 10 of the most
traffic-congested markets in the United States: Atlanta, Baltimore/DC,
Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San
Francisco and Seattle.

According to the 2005 Urban Mobility Report, traffic congestion occurs
for longer portions of the day and delays more travelers than ever
before -- in 2003, 51 urban areas experienced more than 20 hours of
delay per rush-hour traveler.(2) Informing drivers about their options
can contribute to more efficient travel. Unlike most traffic
information sources, Traffic for Treo Smartphones gives users both
visual and textual information when they want it, on the routes that
matter to them and updated as often as every five minutes.

     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50710136

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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:58:58 EDT
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: France Telecom Dials in Amena Deal


USTelecom dailyLead
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* Siemens tightens bond with General Bandwidth
* Sprint reports earnings
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* 3G Wireless with WiMAX and Wi-Fi
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* Ten technologies every CEO should know about
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From: Doug Faunt N6TQS <faunt@panix.com>
Subject: CT301 Service Manual
Date: 26 Jul 2005 18:34:58 -0400
Organization: at home, in Oakland, California


These might be of interest to someone here -- I have run across the
Service Manuals for a Radio Shack CT301 "brick" cell phone, for which
I have no use.  It's got schematics and parts lists, theory of
operation, and other interesting information and dates from 1988.

I may actually have the 'phone around, too.

Please contact me if you're interested in this as a relic of a bygone
age.

73, doug,

Who was actually using a "bag" phone a couple of weeks ago.

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From: J.P. <jp@jpnearl.com.nospam>
Subject: Re: TV Telephone History
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:50:24 -0400
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com


Paul Coxwell wrote:

>> While watching TV Land, I realized I could learn about the
>> phone-wealth of various TV families.

> I think there were four phones in the Stevens household in Bewitched
> -- One in the kitchen, one in the bedroom, one in Darrin's den, and a
> green WE 500 set which normally sat atop the TV in the living room.

For a while on Bewitched (1969, I believe), there was a white WE 
touch-tone set with only ten buttons (missing * and #).

J.P. Wing

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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: TV Telephone History
Date: 27 Jul 2005 06:53:35 -0700


John L. Shelton wrote:

> While watching TV Land, I realized I could learn about the
> phone-wealth of various TV families.

Just last night TV Land showed the first episode of "The Jeffersons"
(a spinoff of All in the Family.)  I noticed the kitchen had a rotary
desk phone while the living room had a Touch Tone phone.  When Touch
Tone came out, in our area it was a flat $1.50 monthly fee regardless
of how many extensions you had, and all extensions were converted to
TT.  [I miss Isabel Sanford, what a wonderful actress.  She gave so
much warmth to those shows.]

BTW, the Bunker home in All in the Family had a 302 set, which was the
older 'art deco' set that came out in 1938.  By 1970 they were
relatively rare; I think they stopped being installed in the early
1950s in favor of the modern 500 set.* I suspect such an older set was
chosen to give the home an older/poorer look to it.  Much later in the
series they got a Touch Tone phone.  People who had lived in their
houses for a great many years without changing their phone service
would have 302/354 sets.  Many new houses were built in the late 1940s
and of course all would get 300 type sets.

*Bell had a big inventory of 302 sets.  They repackaged them in a
modern case that looked somewhat like a 500 set and called it the
5302, but it was still a 302 set internally.  They had kind of a squat
look to them.

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Subject: Re: Call My SIP Phone Over the Internet?
From: Dean M. <cjmebox-telecomdigest@yahoo.com>
Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:48:42 GMT


On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:01:40 -0700, timeOday  
<timeOday-UNSPAM@theknack.net> wrote:

> At home I use Vonage for phone service, so my phone is attached to the
> Internet.

> Finally my question, can I get SIP on my laptop, and call home,
> bypassing the POTS (and for that matter, Vonage) entirely?  (I realize
> I could do PC-to-PC calling to my home computer from my laptop, but it
> will never work unless my wife can just pick up the normal phone).

If you don't mind not using SIP and just need a way to make a call
from your laptop which will ring a phone, why not try
http://www.dualphone.net/ (or something like it) in combo with skype?
Alternatively just get "skype out" on your laptop and call your Vonage
line from that. Rates are pretty low.

-Dean

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Date: 26 Jul 2005 21:24:19 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
Subject: Re: Call My SIP Phone Over the Internet?
Organization: I.E.C.C., Trumansburg NY USA


> Finally my question, can I get SIP on my laptop, and call home,
> bypassing the POTS (and for that matter, Vonage) entirely?

I doubt it.  There used to be a gateway between Pulver's Free World
Dialup (see http://www.freeworlddialup.com/) and Vonage, but the FWD
web site now says "SHUT OFF BY VONAGE!!!"

I would suggest getting Skype and using Skypeout which costs about
2 cents/minute, no monthly fee or minimum.

R's,

John

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From: Tony P. <kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net>
Subject: Re: Question About "Network Interface" Phone Jack
Organization: ATCC
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:32:02 -0400


In article <telecom24.338.4@telecom-digest.org>, 
wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com says:

> After living in the same place in New York City for years, I recently
> moved to another place (also in New York City).  The room I moved to
> has an existing phone jack but it looks different from the old
> square-ish ones I'm accustomed to.  (The old ones consisted only of 4
> terminals inside the case).  This new one is rather rectangular and
> has a label on the outside that says:

>   Network Interface
>   *Caution
>     Disconnect plug from this jack during installation and repair
>     of wiring.
>   *Testing
>     Plug working phone directly into this jack. If phone operates,
>     fault is in wiring. If phone does not operate, call repair
>     service.

> When I opened the case, I noticed that the red and green wires (the
> only ones that will be actually used by the telephone itself) are also
> connected to a little circuit board whose most conspicuous component
> is a yellow cylinder-shaped object (about 3/4" long and about 3/8"
> diameter) with the following markings ...

>   250V
>   TI
>   0.47 MFD
>   +/- 10%

> * What is the purpose of this circuit board?
> * Is it really necessary? (How come the old-fashioned jacks
>   didn't have this?)
> * What if I were to disconnect it?

> Also, when I looked inside the jack itself (the hole where you would
> plug the phone into), I noticed there's some strange-looking gunk
> inside.  It's clear-colored and has the consistency of rubber cement.

> * Is this something that's supposed to be there?
> * What is it used for?

The capacitor is probably part of an RF shield on the jack. The goo as
an anti-corrosive gel. Copper and brass and all sorts of metals
corrode over time. This prevents the jack from getting gunked up.


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From: bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi)
Subject: Re: Last Laugh!  Spammer, age 35,  meets "Moscow Rules"
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:25:18 -0000
Organization: Widgets, Inc.


In article <telecom24.339.17@telecom-digest.org>, TELECOM Digest
Editor introduced Danny Burstein  <dannyb@panix.com> message by
noting:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Does anyone remember the old parlor
> game we used to play as kids? I think the name of the game was
> 'Murder' 

"Clue", perhaps?  As in: 'The butler did it, with the ice-pick, in the
parlor'

> and it was about this wealthy, rich old geezer who had been
> murdered in his home, which was a mansion-like place. Using cards and
> dice, and moving tokens around on a board accordingly, we kids had to
> use logic and the process of elimination to guess the three cards
> hidden from view: (1) who murdered the old gentleman, (2) the way his
> murder was committed, and (3) the room of the house it happened in. By
> looking at your cards, the tokens on the board and thinking about
> previous incorrect answers, we junior detectives had to announce to
> the other players out loud, "I suggest that (victim) was murdered with
> (weapon: gun, knife, candleobera or other blunt instrument) in the
> (room: kitchen, parlor, library, den, bedroom, etc) by (criminal: the
> butler, the cook, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. Green, others). The person who
> made the right choices won of course, but a wrong choice got the
> player eliminated. Today's 'Last Laugh' is brought to us by Danny
> Burstein who tells us the true story of the victim (Vardan Kushnir)
> who was murdered in his apartment, apparently with a blunt instrument,
> but police have not been able to figure out _who_ the perpetrator was.
> Personally I doubt they are looking very hard either. PAT]

>          ===================================

>      Russia's Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment

> Created: 25.07.2005 13:14 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:24 MSK,

> MosNews

> Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen
> of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow
> apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering
> repeated blows to the head.

> Kushnir, 35, headed the English learning centers the Center for American
> English, the New York English Centre and the Centre for Spoken English,
> all known to have aggressive Internet advertising policies in which
> millions of e-mails were sent every day ...

>  	http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/07/25/spammerdead.shtml

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Funeral arrangements have not been
> announced; they are still pending. That, you see, is how spammers in
> Russia are dealt with; a good, effecient dispatch of their rotten
> souls if I do say so myself. A prompt cremation of his earthly remains
> and all his spam with him should follow and assure he burns in Hell
> forever in his special, reserved spot. PAT]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Yes!! 'Clue' is the name of the game,
either from Parker Brothers or Milton Bradley. A wonderful game which
I still remember.  PAT]

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