From editor@telecom-digest.org Mon Mar 22 02:45:35 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.3) id i2M7jY411377; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:45:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:45:35 -0500 (EST) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200403220745.i2M7jY411377@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 #132 TELECOM Digest Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:45:00 EST Volume 23 : Issue 132 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson Watch Your Mouth (Monty Solomon) Shredder Sales Soar in U.S. in Era of ID Theft (Monty Solomon) Forget TV Phones, US Mobile Industry Fixing Basics (Monty Solomon) Re: Strange Call (Steven J Sobol) Re: Strange Call (Gary Breuckman) U.S. Government Attack on Internet and First Amendment (From VOIP News) CALEA Petition Concerns VOIP Proponents (From VOIP News) Broadcom Introduces New IP Phone Chips Targeted (From VOIP News) Industry Fears Wiretap Plan Could Chill Innovation (From VOIP News) Western Union Clocks (Mike Riddle) SS7 MTP: Qs on Changeback (Swami) Re: Seeking any Advice on 5.8 GHZ Phones (SELLCOM Tech support) Re: Telephone Switchbox (Carl Navarro) Re: Telephone/Engineer Tool Kit For Sale (William Warren) Re: Google Local is Cool (Wesrock@aol.com) Caller ID Printer Mechanism on Ebay (stbann) Re: Lawsuit Regarding Excessive Prison Phone Charges (R Schaffrath) Re: Phone Sex (Gary Novosielski) DSL Without Dialtone (Ernest Young) All contents here are copyrighted by Patrick Townson and the individual writers/correspondents. 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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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 03:20:57 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Watch Your Mouth In its Thursday ruling against Bono and Howard Stern, the FCC announced that a new day of language policing has dawned. By Eric Boehlert March 19, 2004 | Taking on its new role as the indecency hanging judge, and doing it with a vengeance, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday levied a fine against Howard Stern, America's most notorious radio talk show host, and ruled that U2 frontman Bono had been indecent and profane for using the word "fucking" in a Golden Globes telecast. The moves were just the latest in what the FCC suggests will be a string of penalties. Under pressure during an election year from politicians and grass-roots groups to clean up the airwaves, the bipartisan commission, which for years was all but dormant on the topic, has launched an unprecedented campaign to battle indecency on the airwaves. http://salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/19/fcc/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:50:44 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Shredder Sales Soar in U.S. in Era of ID Theft By Michael Flaherty NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - Yuri Fernandez discovered recently that a stranger could snatch bills and receipts from his trash and empty his bank account. To avoid that possibility, Fernandez, 32, did what a lot of other people are doing nowadays: He went out and bought a shredder. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40902637 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:41:34 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Forget TV Phones, US Mobile Industry Fixing Basics By Eric Auchard ATLANTA, March 21 (Reuters) - Gee-whiz gadgetry like TV on cell phones will be overshadowed by more pedestrian concerns like on-the-go convenience and fewer dropped calls as the U.S. wireless industry meets this week for its big annual showcase. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) trade show here beginning Monday will offer a snapshot into the hopes and fears of an industry halfway into a five-year, multibillion dollar upgrade to video and Internet networks. Hundreds of companies will tease conference goers with glimpses of a world of ubiquitous high-speed Internet connections, with full-length movies running on cell phones and a Palm devices that can remotely control a stove. And while TV and photos over phones are common in Korea and Japan and set to take off in Europe later this year, the United States is still in the early stages of building networks to handle such services. As the industry tries to fix common problems like dropped calls and fuzzy connections, they seek to lure consumers to new phones with a taste of future technology -- at some risk. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=40902597 ------------------------------ From: Steven J Sobol Subject: Re: Strange Call Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:29:46 -0600 Michael Muderick wrote: > I got a call at my office today: > "I'm sorry, this call was intended for answer by an answering > machine." Click. Not worth *69. No caller ID. Any ideas? I got a call to my cell phone with caller ID showing the remove number for Xpedite Inc. in New Jersey. It was a robocall to my cell phone and therefore is actionable under the TCPA and I can sue for $1500, and I sent a demand letter on the 12th -- unfortunately, it *still* hasn't gotten there, contrary to my experiences sending stuff to the East Coast previously. (Even an employee at the Asbury Park, NJ post office said it should have gotten there already.) The message was the same as the one you got. Robo-dialed calls to devices where the call recipient pays are illegal. Not sure about robo-dialed calls to landlines, but on the other hand, telemarketers ARE now legally required to provide caller ID. I don't know if this is worth pursuing for you -- if it is actionable under a telemarketing law or the TCPA, perhaps ... JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CA PGP: 0xE3AE35ED Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net Domain Names, $9.95/yr, 24x7 service: http://DomainNames.JustThe.net/ "someone once called me a sofa, but i didn't feel compelled to rush out and buy slip covers." -adam brower * Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows 98/2000/2003 ------------------------------ From: Gary Breuckman Subject: Re: Strange Call Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:00:36 -0600 Organization: Puma's Lair - catbox.com In article , Michael Muderick wrote: > I got a call at my office today: > "I'm sorry, this call was intended for answer by an answering machine." > Click. Not worth *69. No caller ID. Any ideas? I've received similar ones, where you answer the call and a recording states, "sorry, I've dialed the wrong number" ... RIGHT ... I think they're trolling for FAX lines, for the unsolicitied stock tips and vacation deals. -- Gary Breuckman ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:47:28 -0500 Subject: U.S. Government Attack on Internet and First Amendment Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_5633.shtml U.S. Government Attack on Internet and First Amendment By Ben Charny FBI pushes for broadband wiretap powers: ISPs, Net phone services would all have to rewire March 12, 2004-A far-reaching proposal from the FBI, made public Friday, would require all broadband Internet providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police. The FBI's request to the Federal Communications Commission aims to give police ready access to any form of Internet-based communica- tions. If approved as drafted, the proposal could dramatically expand the scope of the agency's wiretap powers, raise costs for cable broadband companies and complicate Internet product development. Legal experts said the 85-page filing includes language that could be interpreted as forcing companies to build backdoors into everything from instant messaging and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) programs to Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service. The introduction of new services that did not support a back door for police would be outlawed, and companies would be given 15 months to make sure existing services comply. Full story at: http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_5633.shtml How to Distribute VoIP Throughout a Home: http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.html If you live in Michigan, subscribe to the MI-Telecom group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Telecom/ ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:58:38 -0500 Subject: CALEA Petition Concerns VOIP Proponents Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?magazineid=7&releaseid=12104&magazinearticleid=194837&siteid=3 by Donny Jackson Telephony, Mar 22, 2004 A far-reaching petition from the nation's most powerful law enforcement bodies calling for surveillance access of voice-over-IP calls and other broadband services could hamper development of the emerging technologies. In a recent joint petition, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration asked the FCC to make packet-mode services subject to provisions of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which governs surveillance access of messages transported by carriers. The law enforcement agencies claim their efforts to conduct surveillance are being undermined by communications providers that claim they are not required to comply with CALEA. The petition seeks an expedited response from the FCC to clarify the matter. Full story at: http://industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?magazineid=7&releaseid=12104&magazinearticleid=194837&siteid=3 ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:35:36 -0500 Subject: Broadcom Introduces New IP Phone Chips Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Feb/1024204.htm Broadcom Introduces New IP Phone Chips Targeted at the Rapidly Emerging Residential and SOHO VoIP Markets Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of silicon solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced two new Internet Protocol (IP) phone engine chips that enable manufacturers to economically build feature-rich IP phones for the residential, small office home office (SOHO), and small-to-medium sized business (SMB) markets. VoIP-enabled broadband services using IP phones based on the new Broadcom(R) BCM1113R and BCM1115R offer the consumer and small office markets significant cost savings and feature advantages over traditional analog phones connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). These services include: high fidelity voice quality; the integration of voice, instant messaging, email and video; the integration of landline, wireless LAN and cellular; on-line gaming with voice; and more. Full story at: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Feb/1024204.htm ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 04:58:52 -0500 Subject: Industry Fears Wiretap Plan Could Chill Innovation Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.detnews.com/2004/technology/0403/20/technology-97636.htm By Matthew Fordahl / AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Before 8x8 Inc. launched an Internet phone service in late 2002, it drafted a business plan, set up its equipment, posted a Web site and began taking orders from customers. As with most online ventures, U.S. government approval wasn't needed. That would change if the Department of Justice succeeds at persuading federal regulators to require new online communications services -- such as Internet calling -- to comply with wiretapping laws. Critics, including some online businesses that are working with authorities to make their services wiretap-capable, say the DOJ proposal isn't just unprecedented and overzealous but also dangerously impractical. It would chill innovation, they say, invade privacy and drive businesses outside the United States. "No one in the Internet world is going to support this," said Bryan Martin, chief executive of 8x8, which sells the Packet8 phone service. "It's counter to everything we've done to date in terms of building the Internet as a free, anonymous and creative place." Full story at: http://www.detnews.com/2004/technology/0403/20/technology-97636.htm ------------------------------ From: Mike Riddle Organization: Solitary, Poor,Nasty, Brutish and Short Subject: Western Union Clocks Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:56:01 -0600 Several years ago our esteemed moderator ran several articles on Western Union Clocks. These were typically installed in train stations and other public places. They were electrically powered, self-winding (made by the "Self-Winding Clock Company") and synchronized with the Naval Observatory on a periodic basis through a 20 or 60 ma (I'm not sure which right now) circuit to Western Union. I've looked in the archives and while I found several of the old messages, I couldn't locate any detailed information on how to actual sync them now that WU is no longer in the time business. So I'm looking for an affordable ("cheap") WWV receiver or other timing device that could give at least a contact closure daily or hourly at the top of the hour so I could use one or two of these old beauties as they were truly designed. A manual circuit is simple and described in the archives. An automagic one quickly gets past my knowledge of available products/techniques. ;-( TIA. Mike Riddle /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign mriddle%nospam@ivgate.omahug.org \ / Respect for open standards "To Reply Remove the Obvious" X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.mikeriddle.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Quite honestly, I am looking *even for a single clock* right now. I had three (one wooden case, two metal case ones) several years ago, but some one or more persons stole them from me around the start of 2000. Mike, *unless you have sweep second hands on your clock(s) -- not all that common -- those clocks can be manually calibrated quite easily -- well, it takes a couple days of very close observation -- to within a few seconds, maybe 10 seconds per **month**, meaning with the naked eye, any discrepancy in the time is so negligible it does not matter. They *are* beautiful old clocks, but hardly the world's most accurate; but to the casual observer or even some one who stand there and looks at them closely, they can be quite accurate. I had all three of my clocks wired in parallel to a 4.5 volt battery eliminator; since it never happened that all three of them (and quite rare that even two of them) chose to wind at the same time, that little battery eliminator was quite sufficient. As the clock(s) would wind once per hour, I also had the little red light bulb illuminate on the winding circuit. To set the clocks, I had the setting circuits all wired in parallel also to a nine-volt battery which was taped under my desk through a doorbell button. Once a month or so, when I happened to look at the clocks *and* my radio controlled wristwatch at the same time and see the digital wristwatch approach an even hour and could actually see with my eyes where one or more of the clocks was a thin hair off the correct time, as the proper second approached I would tap that doorbell button and listen to the ker-chunk as all three clocks would jerk their minute a tiny fraction of an inch backward or forward as needed. How to get the clocks that accurate to start with? Well, they have to be ***totally level*** both flush against the wall and from the floor or ceiling. Make sure the hands are screwed on tight. Not so tight they bend or fall off, but make the little screw fasten on there snuggly. Starting at midnight or noon, make both hands evenly point at the '12'. Look again at 12:05; if you can see even the tiniest discrepancy, then tweak the pendulum set screw just a tiny bit, mark the *exact* time with a digital time piece and start again. Do that every five minutes until you can no longer detect any discrepancy with your naked eye. Then wait 30 minutes or so and check again, and repeat as needed. No noticeable discrepancies? Then check it again in a couple hours. Then go off to bed; when you wake up in the morning go look again. If the discrepancy wasn't really gross to start with, then after a day or two of looking and making little tweaks of the pendulum as needed, you will have the clock very, very,very close, close enough that you can ignore it for at least a few days at a time. Train your ears also to listen to the beat. If your clock(s) have a 'sweep second' hand as well, the setting arm does both the second hand and the minute hand. But even WUTCO techs had a hard time calibrating the second hand; if it was between 1 second and around 20 seconds it would jump backward; between about 35 seconds and 60 seconds it would jump forward. If it was between about 20 seconds and 35 seconds more or less when the pulse came down the line, well then you had a problem. The mechanical finger would try to pull it one way or the other, but often times miss entirely. (Remember, WUTCO clocks were more glamorous than they were 'to-the- split-second' accurate.) My wooden case clock arrived with a broken glass on the front, and fifty years of paint covering up an original varnish finish. It spent the first fifty years of its life hanging in the Board of Education Building lunchroom (downtown Chicago), then I had it in service for another *25 years* (1973-1998) in my office. The finest clock I ever saw was a grandfather clock in a large case which stood on the floor in the Chicago Temple Building third floor library; it also had Western Union works in it, and I think its original smooth varnish finish and the original glass in it, and door latches. I sure miss those three clocks I had since they were stolen. If **anyone** is willing to part with one, please let me know and how much. No total basket cases please, but small repairs are quite acceptable. Write to ptownson@massis.lcs.mit.edu and thanks. PAT] ------------------------------ From: swami18@lycos.com (Swami) Subject: SS7 MTP: Qs on Changeback Date: 21 Mar 2004 19:56:46 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hi I have some Qs on Changeback (CHB) mechanism in the Message Transfer Part of SS7 (after reading ITU-T Q.704): 1. What is the purpose/use of the Changeback Acknowledge? Is it only to say that the Remote exchange is ready to receive on the "new available" link? 2. Since Changeback message contains only the SLC of the "available" link, in case of using multiple alternate links, when exactly will the CHB message be sent? Will it be sent after the last MSU on all the alternate links is sent? 3. Why is CHB required to be sent in both directions? Is it because, a link that is "available" on one direction (A->B), does not necessarily imply that it is available in the opposite direction also (B->)? In other words, say exchange B, need not start rerouting traffic from the alternate links to the newly available link, just because exchange A has done so (after sending a changeback & receiving a CHB ack from B)? This would mean that the CHB in either direction are completely independent of each other. 4. Should 2 exchanges connected to each other have the same SLS distibution/redistribution algorithms? Though it would be make perfect sense to start off in this manner, my question is whether on occurrence of a changeover/changeback, should the same links be used by both exchanges for sending MSUs containing a certain SLS? Thanks & Regards, Swami. ------------------------------ From: SELLCOM Tech support Subject: Re: Seeking any Advice on 5.8 GHZ Phones Organization: www.sellcom.com Reply-To: support@sellcom.com Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 04:24:47 GMT I was under the impression that the Motorola 5.8 phones we have are true 5.8. I am able to go down the hall and past a G 2.4GHz router and have no problems. Steve at SELLCOM http://www.sellcom.com Discount multihandset cordless phones by Siemens, AT&T, Panasonic, Motorola Vtech 5.8Ghz; TMC ET4000 4line Epic phone, OnHoldPlus, Beamer, Watchguard! Brick wall "non MOV" surge protection. Mini-Splitter log splitter! If you sit at a desk www.ergochair.biz you owe it to yourself. ------------------------------ From: Carl Navarro Subject: Re: Telephone Switchbox Reply-To: cnavarro@wcnet.org Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:57:17 GMT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com On 19 Mar 2004 19:05:27 -0800, mlliw@joimail.com (Will) wrote: > Is there a box that when called to normally, it sends through, but > when a code such as #22, It brings the caller to a _dialtone_ on > another line? I have seen several boxes that do this (for > computer/fax/telephone) that when #22 is dialed, they send to a > separate place, but they don't give a _dialtone_ on a separate > line. Thanks! It might depend on what type of phone system you have. Some systems have Direct System Inward Access (DISA) available. Teltone used to make a 106 box that was a bridging unit with amplifiers. They still make an Officelink Solo, but I bet it's a bit pricey. http://www.teltone.com/products/remotevoice/solo/home.htm One thing to keep in mind, DISA and the 106 is highly hackable. A teenager with a lot of time on his hands can key the universe of 3 digit numbers as a hobby to find out what makes it work. The Officelink is a callback device. Carl Navarro > PS This would be for when my work has AreaPlus (More non-long distance > places) and when I call it and dial #22, I would be able to call a nearby > county for free. ------------------------------ From: William Warren Subject: Re: Telephone/Engineer Tool Kit For Sale Organization: Comcast Online Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 13:38:58 GMT Rick wrote in message news:telecom23.131.10@telecom-digest.org: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3803843729 > Used Engieering Tool Case for sale, Cheap! > Thanks, > Rick The listing says "see pictures for details", but unfortunately they appear to be too dark for use. Please post more images. Bill ------------------------------ From: Wesrock@aol.com Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:40:49 EST Subject: Re: Google Local is cool In a message dated Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:26:06 -0700, Phil Earnhardt < pae@dim.com> writes: > One wonders what countermeasures the Baby Bells -- and other > owners of Yellow Pages services -- will launch. SmartPages.com is an SBC operation. Wes Leatherock wesrock@aol.com wleathus@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: sales@cdadapter.com (stbann) Subject: Caller ID Printer Mechanism on Ebay Date: 20 Mar 2004 07:25:58 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15048&item=3085726750 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:25:59 GMT From: Schaffrath Subject: Re: Lawsuit Regarding Excessive Prison Phone Charges Organization: Total Disorganized Of course one solution to paying the high prison phone rates is the advice Jim Carrey gave to his client in "Liar Liar"; STOP BREAKIN' THE LAW! Danny Burstein wrote: > New York, NY -- > A filing today (11-March-2004) with the Federal Communications > Commission (FCC) asks the agency to examine the harm caused by high > phone rates charged to people in prison, and criticizes the > relationships between prison administrators and commercial phone > companies that give rise to the unusually high rates. > "The filing asks the FCC to take two primary steps to remedy this > problem: One, require that private prisons replace exclusive telephone > service contracts with contracts allowing people in prison to select > one of several telephone companies to carry their long distance > calls. And two, require private prisons to allow the people they > incarcerate the option of making direct dial calls as an alternative > to the more expensive collect calls most currently require. > [ snippety snip, rest at (watch for line wrap) : > http://www.brennancenter.org/presscenter/releases_2004/ > pressrelease_2004_0311.html > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > dannyb@panix.com > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] ------------------------------ From: Gary Novosielski Subject: Re: Phone Sex Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 05:17:46 GMT Steven J Sobol wrote: > Lessee, a quarter of a billion people living in the USA, only ten > thousand distinct combinations of digits from 0000 to 9999 and not all > of those are used in SSNs ... how does he expect this to work again? It sounds even worse than that: if the system uses the SUM of the last four digits, there are only 37 different "checksums" possible. ------------------------------ From: Ernest Young Subject: DSL Without Dialtone Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:59:15 -0800 "Hey, there is such a thing as DSL without dialtone. It's called SDSL." SDSL Symmetric DSL is an HDSL variation that uses only one cable pair and is offered in a wide range of speeds from 144 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps. SDSL is a rate adaptive technology, and like HDSL, SDSL cannot share lines with analog telephones. Thanks, Ernie Young ------------------------------ TELECOM Digest is an electronic journal devoted mostly but not exclusively to telecommunications topics. It is circulated anywhere there is email, in addition to various telecom forums on a variety of networks such as Compuserve and America On Line, Yahoo Groups, and other forums. It is also gatewayed to Usenet where it appears as the moderated newsgroup 'comp.dcom.telecom'. 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