From editor@telecom-digest.org Wed Mar 3 13:39:54 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.3) id i23Idrg10914; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:39:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:39:54 -0500 (EST) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200403031839.i23Idrg10914@massis.lcs.mit.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: massis.lcs.mit.edu: ptownson set sender to editor@telecom-digest.org using -f To: ptownson Approved: patsnewlist Subject: TELECOM Digest V23 #102 TELECOM Digest Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:40:00 EST Volume 23 : Issue 102 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson Phone Cos. to Counterattack Cable TV (Monty Solomon) Calypso's Patent Could Have an Immediate Impact on OEMs (Monty Solomon) SBC / DISH Network Rollout (Monty Solomon) Cablevision Satellite Spin-Off ; Financial Results (Monty Solomon) Comcast's Disney Bid Could Be Sign Of More Cable Deals (Monty Solomon) Court Tosses Rules for Phone Competition (Monty Solomon) PluggedIn: PC Makers Try Again With TV Computers (Monty Solomon) Re: More Re the GTE Side of Verizon (Steven J Sobol) Re: More Re the GTE Side of Verizon (John David Galt) Re: Vonage Experience (Sammy@nospam.biz) Re: Vonage Experience (Pete Romfh) Roam or Not Roam, Wireless With Verizon; How do I Really Know? (Roger) Unauthorized Bogus Charges Appear on Local Phone Bill (Joe Donaldson) Need to Block Outgoing Calls to Specific Numbers (Name Withheld) Re: Memories: Enterprise -vs- Zenith Numbers (Michael D. 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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: Monty Solomon Subject: Phone Cos. to Counterattack Cable TV Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:57:26 -0500 By BRUCE MEYERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The battle lines in the cutthroat industry known as telecommunications are about to blur even further as the nation's biggest telephone companies launch a long-promised counterattack against the cable TV industry, whose new phone services have been stealing away customers. Starting Wednesday, SBC Communications Inc. will offer DISH Network satellite cable service to all of its residential customers in the 13 states where SBC is the dominant local phone provider. Next week, Verizon Communications Inc. will begin selling DirecTV satellite cable across New England and New York state. Qwest Communications, the Denver-based local phone company for much of the Rocky Mountain and Northwest, is already selling both DISH and DirecTV. And later this month, BellSouth Corp. plans to begin selling DirecTV through its Web site in advance of a full-fledged launch in its nine-state region slated for the summer. The phone companies are betting the marketing partnerships will help them keep existing customers, while convincing them to sign up for more services. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40738871 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:00:23 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Calypso's Patent Could Have an Immediate Impact on OEMs Calypso's Patent Could Have an Immediate Impact on the Way OEMs Do Business MIAMI LAKES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004-- New technology could dramatically boost global wireless handset sales - Calypso Wireless already in negotiations with a major OEM manufacturer Calypso Wireless, Inc. (OTC:CLYW), announced today that it is in the process of contacting all major OEMs in the wireless industry to notify them of the patent that could have a significant and immediate impact on the development of the industry, as well as major implications on the way OEM's such as Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Ericsson (Nasdaq:ERICY) and Motorola (NYSE:MOT) do business. Last week, Calypso Wireless announced it had been granted U.S. Patent #6,680,923 titled "Communication system and method", which covers the seamless roaming of voice, video and data between Wide Area Network access points, such as cellular towers (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, WCMDA etc.) and short-range Internet access points (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.). Calypso Wireless is already in negotiations with a major OEM manufacturer to license its ASNAP(TM) technology. Due to the patent, even those OEM manufacturers that don't wish to license Calypso's technology at the time, but plan to create wireless devices that roam seamlessly between these networks, will have to obtain rights from Calypso Wireless. Calypso's patented technology enables mobile users to seamlessly switch between cellular and wireless IP networks via the WLAN, accelerating wireless broadband deployment. The technology could also provide significant savings to mobile carriers in additional frequency spectrum and infrastructure equipment by offloading capacity to the WLAN and IP networks while providing additional sources of revenues. Internet-ready devices, including wireless cellular phones, PDA's and notebooks - can seamlessly connect to either the mobile carriers cellular phone network or any wireless LAN, such as 802.11x (Wi-Fi). In other words, global connectivity of voice, video and data will be done through the most efficient connection point, at a lower cost to both the mobile carrier and the consumer. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40739162 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:55:29 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: SBC / DISH Network Rollout SBC Communications Adds New 'Dish' To The Menu, Launches 'Quadruple Play' Bundle With Satellite TV SAN ANTONIO & ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004-- SBC/ DISH Network offers start at $29.99; Most complete, integrated bundle of local/long distance, wireless, broadband, TV available in SBC service area for about $125/month - a $380/year savings Tune in and stay tuned. In a move expected to reshape the telecommunications and television entertainment landscape, SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) and EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) today launched SBC/ DISH Network satellite TV service across the SBC service area - 13 states and 55 million telephone lines - offering consumers new choices, significant values and unmatched convenience. With the SBC/ DISH Network rollout, the SBC family of companies becomes the first major telecommunications provider in the nation to offer TV, wireless, broadband and local/long distance service, all with one call and one monthly bill - a "strategic quadruple play" that significantly enhances customer benefits. In the future, SBC and EchoStar companies plan to develop set-top boxes that combine the features of satellite TV, digital video recording, broadband, home networking and telecommunications services -- moving to truly integrated telecommunications and entertainment services that will provide greater interactivity, features and functionality for consumers. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40738492 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:00:33 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Cablevision Satellite Spin-Off; Financial Results Cablevision Sees Satellite Spin-Off Later This Year 2 March 2004, 1:52pm ET NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Cablevision Systems Corp. Tuesday said its audit will be completed in a few weeks and reiterated its plans to spin off Rainbow DBS later this year. http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200403021852_DJB_000798 Cablevision Systems Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2003 Results http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200403021322_BWR__BW5394 VOOM'S Leadership Position In HD Content Widens With the Addition of HBO and Cinemax 26 February 2004, 12:06pm ET VOOM Lineup Now Includes over 30 HD Channels and More than 70 SD Channels Eight Turner Networks Added Including CNN, TNT, TBS, CNNfn and Boomerang http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200402261706_PRN__NYTH126 Cablevision Adds New York's WNBC and Bravo HD+ to Its Expansive High-Definition Programming Slate 23 February 2004, 12:58pm ET http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200402231758_PRN__NYM190 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:59:38 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Comcast's Disney Bid Could Be Sign Of More Cable Deals NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The specter of Walt Disney Co. ( DIS ) merging with Comcast Corp. (CMCSA, CMCSK) is reigniting interest in cable industry consolidation. Industry insiders have long seen consolidation on the horizon. But the abundance of recent merger talk could signal that more deals may be close at hand. http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=200402262229_DJB_001222 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:55:00 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Court Tosses Rules for Phone Competition By JONATHAN D. SALANT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down rules designed to foster competition for local telephone service, handing a major victory to Verizon, SBC, BellSouth and Qwest. A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the rules adopted last August by the Federal Communication Commission. The judges said the FCC acted improperly by leaving it to state regulators to decide whether to spur competition between the former Bell companies and others wanting to provide local phone service. It's the third time courts have invalidated FCC attempts to write rules for local telephone service competition. The judges decried the FCC's "apparent unwillingness to adhere to prior judicial rulings." The court put its decision on hold for 60 days to hear motions to reconsider its decision. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40737618 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:20:52 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: PluggedIn: PC Makers Try Again With TV Computers By Daniel Sorid SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 (Reuters) - Despite the best marketing efforts of big technology companies, personal computers have never felt much at home in the living room. But a new PC makeover by the likes of Intel and Gateway could soon give the home computer a central role in the way consumers watch television and listen to music. The device, which Intel calls the Entertainment PC, is designed to connect directly to the television, and will look more like a souped-up DVD player than a personal computer. Entertainment PCs could be on the shelves as early as the second half of this year, starting at $799. Controlled with a remote, the Entertainment PC can flip through and record television channels, play music and movies, and even connect to the Internet to download shows and songs not available from cable or satellite TV operators. Moreover, it can stream video from the living room to a PC elsewhere in the home, or even to a wirelessly connected handheld device. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40734376 ------------------------------ From: Steven J Sobol Subject: Re: More Re: the GTE Side of Verizon Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:45:33 -0600 Sammy@nospam.biz wrote: > I think the Palms, Springs, California area was still a GTE LATA > within a LATA when Verizon gobbled it all up. Who is responsible for Los Angeles (LATA 730)? Up here, we're all Verizon/GTE, and there are a number of GTE markets within the Los Angeles area. Anaheim, IIRC, is one of them, and I think there are some more down by LAX. JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CA Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP: C57E 8B25 F994 D6D0 5F6B B961 EA08 9410 E3AE 35ED ------------------------------ From: John David Galt Subject: Re: More Re: the GTE Side of Verizon Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:41:19 -0800 Organization: Diogenes the Cynic Hot-Tubbing Society Sammy@nospam.biz wrote: > I think the Palms, Springs, California area was still a GTE LATA > within a LATA when Verizon gobbled it all up. The Palm Springs area (an old GTE area that extends north and east to cover Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, and 29 Palms) is a separate LATA (number 973, according to NANPA) and has been that way ever since LATAs have existed. It annoys me that phone books published by SBC and SureWest give the false impression that it is part of the Los Angeles LATA. ------------------------------ From: Sammy@nospam.biz Subject: Re: Vonage Experience Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 03:26:16 -0800 Organization: Cox Communications Too bad. I've had Vonage for almost a year and it works great. Phil wrote: > I signed-up for Vonage Service. They charged my VISA for the startup > fees -- np. > I get the Motorola VT but it works only intermitantly. Support from > Vonage is non-existent, at best. I called several times, mostly > hanging-up after holding for 20 minutes. I emailed several times with > no return emails. > After a week of this crap, I called to cancel. The Vonage Rep said > that he'd have to charge $41 bucks to give me an RMA and return > address. I told him that is called extortion. He said both the startup > fee and termination fee would be refunded when the equipment was > returned. So I allowed him to charge my VISA. > I am mailing the equipment back today and will followup with > additional experience. > ALSO, beware about Vonage's Terms of Service policy. It states that > you have seven days after you recieve your credit card statement to > file a dispute. And that you must notify them before you do so thru > your credit card. According to VISA this total BS. Vonage cannot > supercede VISA policy, it is called non-compliance. > Phil > VONAGE SUCKS! > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I am truly sorry you have had such bad > experience with them. My experience has been quite good by comparison. > Have you tried the various techniques presented here in recent weeks > to get around some of the intermittent problems you have had? For > example, since I made the adjustments in my Linksys firewall/router > they recommended, I've had no further problems with loss of dialtone > or non-receipt of incoming calls. I *will* agree their customer > service holding queue is pretty outrageous at times as they begin to > learn the business a little better also. And the Motorola box they > are using now may possibly not be as good as the Cisco, I am not sure > on that. If you have not yet returned the Motorola to them, consider > trying some of the fixes described on the net and see if they help > any. Even if you decide it is not working and you must return the > equipment, *new* customers who have *not yet* sent in for/recieved > an adapter box can get a free month of whatever service package they > desire by using an e-coupon from me to start the process. The e-coupon > gets you the *second* month of service for free. Email me and ask for > it. ptownson@telecom-digest.org PAT] ------------------------------ From: Pete Romfh Subject: Re: Vonage Experience Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 07:09:12 -0600 Organization: Not Organized Phil wrote: > I signed-up for Vonage Service. They charged my VISA for > the startup fees -- np. > I get the Motorola VT but it works only intermitantly. > Support from Vonage is non-existent, at best. I called > several times, mostly hanging-up after holding for 20 > minutes. I emailed several times with no return emails. > After a week of this crap, I called to cancel. The Vonage > Rep said that he'd have to charge $41 bucks to give me an > RMA and return address. I told him that is called > extortion. He said both the startup fee and termination > fee would be refunded when the equipment was returned. So > I allowed him to charge my VISA. > I am mailing the equipment back today and will followup > with additional experience. > ALSO, beware about Vonage's Terms of Service policy. It > states that you have seven days after you recieve your > credit card statement to file a dispute. And that you > must notify them before you do so thru your credit card. > According to VISA this total BS. Vonage cannot supercede > VISA policy, it is called non-compliance. > Phil > VONAGE SUCKS! My experience with Vonage has been satisfactory for the 9 months I've had their service. I've tried calling a few times and experienced the same delays you did but my emails have been answered within a few days all three times I've sent them. I experience very few dropped calls or other interruptions mostly on international calls where the service is problematic on the non-US end of the connection. But VoIP isn't for everyone just yet. It's getting better but has a lot of growing to do before the technology and the providers are as reliable at the TDM world. Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet. promfh at Texas dot net ------------------------------ From: rogoflap@yahoo.com (Roger) Subject: Roam or Not Roam, Wireless With Verizon; How do I really know? Date: 2 Mar 2004 15:06:09 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com I have recently went from a Sony Ericson T61 phone to a Samsung A310 to a LG VX4400B. In my house, I could use the T61 with no "Roam" showing on my screen. Extended Network showed and was used. I then upgraded to the Samsung A310. It was nice, but not color. It would also not show Roam in my house. "Extended Network" was used and shown. Now I upgraded to the LG VX4400B and when calling from in my home, it shows Extended Network while dialing the number. I then stick the phone up to the ear to talk. While talking I noticed the "Roam" showing with the time moving. Why would this be the case? Also how do I know if I am roaming if the "Extended Network" is shown while dialing and ringing, but then "Roam" is shown while talking. Thanks, Rog ------------------------------ From: tryitoz@hotmail.com (Joe Donaldson) Subject: Unauthorized Bogus Phone Charges Appearing on Local Phone Bill? Date: 2 Mar 2004 15:41:16 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com My girlfriend has AOL. I have installed a firewall (Sygate lite version), SpyBot, Ad aware, and Norton Utilities. Her kids know to not answer Yes/No to pop-up ads but to "X" out of them. However I know this could also invoke a script as well. I clean her PC regularly of any spyware/malware and also immunized her PC with Spybot and the Block list at http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php So I am doing my best. Her LOCAL phone company had multiple charges on it that were not authorized nor made by her or her children. Multiple calls on multiple days. This month it was to Guyana, obviously an international call. Previous month it was somewhere else. The company that showed up on her bill was "USBI" to Guyana billed on behalf of ONE CALL COMM dba Opticom. Alltel told her that somehow her PC is authorizing these calls and someone is using her number. It does not show up on her Long Distance carrier bill but on her local bill only. She has a modem, not a cable or DSL connection. I heard this can happen but see no posts in Google/Yahoo on this (perhaps using wrong keywords.) My suggestion to my girlfriend is the following: 1. Eliminate ability to dial international calls with Alltell. Alltel can block such calls. 2. Then use an MCI or ATT card only to make long distance or European calls. Any help appreciated. Thanks so very much in advance. The charges total $120. Alltel said they would remove the charges this one time but would not do it in the future. Very strange. Alltel said they could make it so no international calls are made; but my girlfriend does need to make a few to her family and Alltel said there is no way to restrict the account. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I suggest she ask Alltel to completely restrict ALL international calls; and ALL long distance calls. In other words disallow all but purely local calls. She should also tell Alltel to put a collect/third-party billing block on the line. This means no one will able to charge anything to her phone line. She can get an 800 number from various vendors of same which is infinitly cheaper than any third party calls any time. If she has to dial '1010' plus a carrier plus the desired LD number that will help. She can also get a calling card from various carriers to use for what interna- tional calls she needs to make. Have the 800 number route into her number so if the kids are in trouble they can call home as can anyone who absolutely needs to call her on her nickel. She can use her calling card to call back from outside the house or the 1010 method to make calls at home when she is there. Combine all this with a complete cleanout of the computer looking for stealth dialers hidden it there somewhere. It also would not hurt to keep the computer unplugged from the phone line when no one is using it. Last but not least: are you *absolutely positive* the kids know nothing about any of this? What time of day/days of the week were this calls made? Any of them at a time when the kids might have been home alone? They might have very innocently (but carelessly) clicked on something going past on the screen, then forgotten about it, or been scared or embarassed to mention it later. PAT] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:33:58 -0600 From: Withheld at Users Request Reply-To: newsgroup Subject: Need to Block Outgoing Calls to Specific Numbers [PAT - In the interest of privacy, please delete my .sig and email address from this post. Thanks.] I'm looking for a way to block outgoing calls to three specific phone numbers. The problem is a relative with Alzheimer's who repeatedly calls a couple of neighbors (dozens of times a day), to the point that they're threatening to call the police. I'd like to be able to simply disallow calls to those numbers. Obviously we don't want to interfere with her ability to call 911, or call friends or family members. We really only need to shut down these three specific phone numbers. And yes, we're also taking steps to get her to stop trying to call these people in the first place. I'm pretty sure telco can block _incoming_ calls _from_ a certain number, and this might be an option -- I could offer to pay for this service on the neighbors' lines. But I'd rather handle it on the originating end if possible. I plan to call telco tomorrow and see if they offer an outbound-blocking feature. Barring that, is there a piece of hardware that can do this? I didn't see anything on sandman.com. Mike's got some restrictors but they look to be too general for what I want to do; I want to allow everything EXCEPT three specific phone numbers. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I think Mike has 'toll restrictor' devices which are programmable. Ask him for specific details. If they are programmable -- to a deep enough level -- at least seven or eight digits -- you can accomplish this. If they can restrict all the way, then you have it made. If they can only restrict any six digits, then percievably you could catch those three numbers but *maybe* a 'good' number she calls might get caught as well. Also, consider a mechanical dialer to set next to the phone with eight or ten or twelve or more numbers (NOT the ones she is offending) then go inside the phone and disconnect the touch tones, so she has to use the dialer device to make all her calls. I do not think telco will disallow specific local numbers. You can reach Mike's office on 630-980-7710. I'd suggest yo ask Mike in confidence for details. Ask him how to program the toll restrictors to do what you need to have done. PAT] ------------------------------ From: Michael D. Sullivan Subject: Re: Memories: Enterprise -vs- Zenith Numbers Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:33:59 GMT In article , hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com says: > While we're on the subject of strange geography, there's a little > island off New Foundland, St. Pierre IIRC, that is completely part of > France with no connection to Canada. Two islands, in fact: St. Pierre and Miquelon. They are a Department of France (equivalent of a state). They are not part of the North American Numbering Plan, use the French country code and from points in North America must be dialed internationally via France, even from a few miles away in Newfoundland. > What I find peculiar is looking at a road map of Nevada, with > numerous areas outlined and marked "danger zone", but no explanation > of what the danger is or how one should stay safe and clear. Munitions test ranges, including nuclear. One stays safe and clear by staying on the public highway and not going into the "danger zone". > As to "Rhode Island and Planataions", could someone explain > that name? The official name of the state known as Rhode Island is "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." http://www.state.ri.us/ Michael D. Sullivan Bethesda, MD, USA Delete nospam from my address and it won't work. ------------------------------ From: elitra@rock.com (Eli) Subject: A Quick Technical Question Date: 2 Mar 2004 23:52:19 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hello all, VoIP sounds to have settled already a stable framework. A question sparkled into my mind regarding video-stream transfer: Is there or will there be blue-prints for "Video over IP" framework? I mean in terms of networking protocol and compression algorithms. Thanks in advance for throwing some ideas. Eli PS Forgive my English :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:18:10 EST From: TELECOM Digest Editor Subject: Archive Addition/Correction I am pleased to announce a new addition to the Telecom Archives, in the history section. Bill Caughlin, the SBC Archivist who wrote the very interesting book 'Timelines' dealing with the history of Ameritech 1876 through 1999 has contributed a paper to our archives on the Evolution of Chicago telephone numbers from the earliest days through the 2L-5D days. It is very interesting reading. It should make a valuable research tool for persons studying the history of telephone numbers/names in the earliest times. Pick up your copy from http://telecom-archives.org in the history department. Look for 'Chicago Number History'. Thanks very much Mr. Caughlin! The other item is a correction or addendum to the Western Union Tech review files, in our technical section of the Archives. In the top directory of Western-Union-Technical-Review look for the revised contents file, contents2.pdf . Mr. Haynes, who originally made the WUTR archives available to us, recently sent along this additional part which had been left behind by accident orginally. So, if you had copied this WUTR section for your own archival material, please go fetch this latest correction installed just today. And in case you did not order your copy of Caughlin's book when it was reviewed here during February (volume 23 issue 87) here is another copy of the coupon to use: The SBC Archives and History Center is pleased to offer the book entitled, Snapshots in Time: A Photographic History of Ameritech. This 192-page soft-cover book chronicles the evolution of telecommunications in the SBC Midwest (former Ameritech) five-state region through select historical images. 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