From editor@telecom-digest.org Sat May 8 14:24:30 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p3/8.11.3) id i48IOUl16512; Sat, 8 May 2004 14:24:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 14:24:30 -0400 (EDT) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200405081824.i48IOUl16512@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 #230 TELECOM Digest Sat, 8 May 2004 14:24:00 EDT Volume 23 : Issue 230 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson Ditching Copper - Getting Fax Machines and VoIP to Play Nice (VOIP News) ENUM is Happening in the Cable Industry (VOIP News) Re: Canada to Criminalize Watching Foreign TV and Radio (dannykewl) Re: Canada to Criminalize Watching Foreign TV and Radio (Steven J Sobol) Re: Canada to Criminalize Watching Foreign TV and Radio (Jared) Re: Newspaper Promotes Nonsense ANOTHER THREAD BEING CLOSED (Paul Vader) Caller ID Blocked to Long Distance Service - Please Help (Janet K) IBM Card Programmed Calculator (Lisa Hancock) IP Office 403 (Mark P) ZDnet Reviews VOIP - Vonage Their Pick (John Bartley) Best Price on Home Phone Service? (Dave Hauss) Re: Winning the Election The Republican Way THREAD CLOSED (mcook@prodigy) Employment Opportunity: Looking for Telecom (BSCS/Arbor) Consultants (jobs) USR 5410 Wifi PC Card Not Transmitting (Mario) 5.8GHz 2 line phones (SELLCOM Tech support) Re: 3-D TV Is Closer Than You Think (Phil McKerracher) Re: Newspaper Promotes Nonsense ANOTHER THREAD BEING CLOSED (Frank@nospam) All contents here are copyrighted by Patrick Townson and the individual writers/correspondents. Articles may be used in other journals or newsgroups, provided the writer's name and the Digest are included in the fair use quote. By using -any name or email address- included herein for -any- reason other than responding to an article herein, you agree to pay a hundred dollars to the recipients of the email. =========================== Addresses herein are not to be added to any mailing list, nor to be sold or given away without explicit written consent. 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Many broadband users have often reported problems with fax machines working properly with their VoIP service. One user in our VoIP forum finds that by using a DSL filter in reverse orientation, their fax problems all but disappeared. The question now is, does the same method allow users to conquer one of the last great VoIP roadblocks: allowing your DirecTV/Tivo modem to dial out via your VoIP connection. Article plus comments found at: http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/43548 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: Fri, 07 May 2004 11:55:32 -0400 Subject: ENUM is Happening in the Cable Industry Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com This is excerpted from The Jeff Pulver Blog at: http://192.246.69.231/jeff/personal/index.html ENUM is Happening in the Cable Industry This week at NCTA, VeriSign announced the launch of their MSO-IP Connect VoIP Routing Service. Leveraging private ENUM technology, VeriSign has put themselves in the position to offer to interconnect the Broadband IP Networks of Cable Operators and provide a means for IP calls to/from each of their members to stay on the Cable Network and not touch the public switched telephone network. In effect, offering an implementation that might be covered by aspects of the FCC's "Pulver Order." VeriSign's product also provides billing and settlement services. I'm not sure why this would be needed since in my book, all calls that traverse these private IP networks should be free. Looking at the evolution of end-to-end IP, VeriSign's announcement is significant insomuch that it is a foreshadowing of things to come. I expect to see others come forward in the near future and offer similar services for other types of service providers. Posted by jeff at 11:06 AM ------------------------------ From: dannykewl Subject: Re: Canada to Criminalize Watching Foreign TV and Radio Programming Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 02:32:01 -0400 Organization: Cox Communications In my opinion, this act will not affect your ability to watch/listen to foreign broadcasts. I believe this bill restricts the importation of the *equipment* itself that may be used to view or decode cable/satellite programming. The FCC in the US has all kinds of regulations regarding receiving and encoding equipment. These restrictions may be to limit getting paid services for free (such as the descramblers being offered in Spam mail) and/or restricting devices that may cause RFI (radio frequency interference). Mark Crispin wrote in message news:telecom23.229.7@telecom-digest.org... > The Canadian House of Commons is considering a bill, C-2, which will > make it illegal to receive foreign satellite TV and radio programming > in Canada. Canada already has censorship of US newspapers and US TV > programming carried on carried on Canadian cable TV systems. > The text of the bill can be found here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/3/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/C-2/C-2_1/ 90248bE.html > The penalty for watching Al-Jazerra, Telemundo, or any other foreign > programming that the Canadian provers say isn't worth their while to > carry, or that the Canadian government does not want its residents to see > (such as FOX News), in Canada is C$25,000 and a year in the slammer. > It doesn't matter that you are paying the provider for the service. If > it's not approved by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (who have > donated heavily to the ruling Liberal Party), you aren't allowed to see > it. Also in favor of C-2 are Bell Canada and Shaw Communications, the > only autorized satellite providers in Canada, who have also donated over > C$320,000 to the Liberal Party. > Among the interesting provisions of this bill is one that permits the > Canadian police to examine any "computer or data processing system", and > copy anything stored on that system. "We don't need no stinkin' warrant, > eh!" > It also provides for summary conviction. > One Canadian was quoted by the CBC as saying: ""This is the equivalent of > somebody going into Chapters and trying to find a book and Chapters says > 'we don't actually sell that book.' So you buy it from Amazon.com. If > Chapters then turned around and complained, you'd have to say 'well, look, > you had the choice of selling me the book but you chose not to do that.'" > In answer, Philippe Tousignant of the Canadian Radio-television and > Telecommunications Commission said "we have to give priority to Canadian > services." > It isn't just Canadians with a DirecTV dish (with the bill going to a > relative in the US) at home who are up in arms. Many members of Canada > ethnic minorities are also complaining bitterly that Canadian cable and > satellite providers say that the Canadian market is too small to bother > with foreign language programming -- even when the CRTC has licensed these > channels to be carried! > -- Mark -- > http://staff.washington.edu/mrc > Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. > Si vis pacem, para bellum. ------------------------------ From: Steven J Sobol Subject: Re: Canada to Criminalize Watching Foreign TV and Radio Programming Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 10:19:30 -0500 Mark Crispin wrote: > Among the interesting provisions of this bill is one that permits the > Canadian police to examine any "computer or data processing system", and > copy anything stored on that system. "We don't need no stinkin' warrant, > eh!" > It also provides for summary conviction. Wow, and I thought the Patriot Act and the RIAA sucked. It's nice to know you can buy high-quality legislators in Canada just as you can here. 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 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 11:12:37 -0600 From: jared@nospam.au (jared) Subject: Re: Canada to Criminalize Watching Foreign TV and Radio Programming Many countries recognise a danger that American dross will swamp their own culture. Canada not only shares a border but also a language (for the majority) and so is particularly at risk. Looks as if by trying to protect against their southern neighbor's lowest-common-denominator programming they are blocking the rest of the world, too. Culture aside, money talks. Exporting movies and radio & TV programming is gravy for the USA exporter as their own country's large market has paid for production costs. It's hard on the other country's producers as they have to pay all costs for their work across a small market vice import pricing at marginal cost. Hence we see entrenched media interests putting their cash on the line to block imports under the guise of cultural protection. > The Canadian House of Commons is considering a bill, C-2, which will > make it illegal to receive foreign satellite TV and radio programming > in Canada. Canada already has censorship of US newspapers and US TV > programming carried on carried on Canadian cable TV systems. > In answer, Philippe Tousignant of the Canadian Radio-television and > Telecommunications Commission said "we have to give priority to Canadian > services." ------------------------------ From: pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader) Subject: Re: Newspaper Promotes Nonsense ANOTHER THREAD BEING CLOSED Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 15:43:41 -0000 Organization: Inline Software Creations pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader) writes: > was going on we might as well deal with that perennial favorite, gun > control for a while also. PAT] If I want to participate in a gun debate, I'll go to a newsgroup with 'gun' in the name. I'm in a moderated group with 'telecom' in it because I expect to see stuff related to telecommunications there, not flame bait. * * PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something like corkscrews. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I am thinking about starting an 'alt' newsgroup for the political discussions which get in here, and am trying to decide what name to give it. Make your suggestions, please. Some suggestions already made for your consideration to give you an idea what direction this would go: alt.dcom.telecomdigest.politics, alt.moderator.knows.best, alt.patrick.townson.is.always.right, alt.netwits, and others suggested. Make your suggestions if you want to see such a thing started. Obviously it would have to be unmoderated, both by virtue of how alt groups are set up, and because I am getting increasingly dizzy (physically, mentally, etc) and a new newsgroup right now is just a bit too much for me to chew. Anyway, make your suggestions, I will eventually ask John Levine to newgroup it and it will be off and running. PAT] ------------------------------ From: janetk@ieee.org (janet k) Subject: Caller ID Blocked to Long Distance Service - Please Help Date: 7 May 2004 10:33:33 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com My mother in Ohio has phone service with SBC and has been using USA datanet for long distance calls. USA datanet does not have a local access number in Ohio, so she has been dialing an 800 number to make her long distance calls. Recently, she cannot use the service because her home phone number is being blocked and the service does not recognize her as a subscriber. She has tried *82 and *67 options and has repeatedly contacted both companies. Each company blames the other for the problem and will not initiate a call on her behalf. She is a 90 year old woman who lives by herself with her children out of state. It has been over a month since she has been able to call them using her USA datanet access. I have also tried calling the companies, the FCC and the Ohio PUC with very little success. Any idea on getting her number unblocked? We're at a stalemate. Janet K. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My suggestion would be instead of wasting your time and hers trying to correct a problem with a long distance service which may not be the best deal around anyway, just get her converted to some other company at more or less the same prices or possibly a little better. SBC comes to mind. You could get her converted to one-plus dialing on SBC for three or four cents per minute, depending on her volume of calls. Check through the various SBC plans and choose what is appropriate for her needs. Or if you will tell us here about how much long distance calling she does in a month's time, I am sure guys here could help you plan her package. SBC is just an example; there are many dial one plus arrangements which bill through her regular phone account for convenience and are cheap enough. DO NOT get her all wrapped up in situations where she has to dial either an 800 number or some other 'local access number' first. PAT] ------------------------------ From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com (Lisa Hancock) Subject: IBM Card Programmed Calculator Date: 7 May 2004 10:53:21 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Most histories of computers and communications focus on the big things, such as the ENIAC and UNIVAC. But machines like the CPC did valuable day-to-day work. Programming this machine and developing improved control circuitry laid the ground floor for improved computers and commmunications. IIRC, IBM invented the wire contact relay which was vital in the crossbar switch logic. As a result of technological advances made during the WW II, there was a big push for aerospace and other advanced engineering development. This work required considerable calculations. To meet that need, companies quickly snatched up the IBM's punched card tabulating machines which included a simple electronic calculator. IBM interconnected its otherwise independent tab machines and the result was the CPC which had sophisticated programming control. While not a true stored-program computer like today, the machine was quite powerful. More importantly, the CPC filled a need that no other machine at the time could meet. There were only a few electronic computers available in the early postwar era and they were enormously expensive to acquire and operate. The CPC was essentially a poor man's computing device and allowed a smaller companies to take advantage of electronic calculations. IBM has a webpage now up on this machine: http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/space/space_card.html ------------------------------ From: madman_37412@yahoo.com (Mark P) Subject: IP Office 403 Date: 7 May 2004 11:21:28 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com I'm having to record some malicious phone calls. I have the record feature setup, but it comes on with a warning message. This would probably cause the caller to hangup. I'm in TN so only one party needs to know prior to recording the calls. Any ideas? ------------------------------ From: John Bartley Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 12:35:12 -0800 Subject: ZDnet Reviews VOIP - Vonage Their Pick http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Internet_Phones/4520-9140_16-5131535-1.html Anyone find any points in the reviews they don't concur in? Was anything relevant omitted? Many thanks, all. John E. Bartley, III 503-BAR-TLEY K7AAY This post quad-ROT13 encrypted; reading it violates the DMCA. ... We're living in a collaborative SF novel... and now, of course, it's Philip K. Dick's turn. In a back room somewhere, Vernor Vinge and George Orwell are currently arguing about who gets to take over in 2025. (Ross Smith) [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The review is rather good, and I hope everyone who is considering VOIP will take some time to read it. And since just by asking, you can get a free month of Vonage (actually the second month of whatever service plan you chose) why not give Vonage a try? Just write me and ask for an e-coupon to use when signing up. After a month or three of running in parallel with your existing phone service, if Vonage does not work for you, then just dump it with no other obligations. Write ptownson@massis.lcs.mit.edu ------------------------------ From: dahauss@unlimitedsounds.com (Dave Hauss) Subject: Best Price on Home Phone Service? Date: 7 May 2004 13:40:57 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com I live in the southern NJ (856) area code. Can someone provide me with the best rate on flat rate phone service? IE local and long distance? Can you also tell me if the service provides DSL? Thanks. ------------------------------ From: mcook@prodigy.net (mcook@prodigy.net) Subject: Re: Winning the Election The Republican Way THREAD CLOSED Date: 7 May 2004 16:23:19 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Dave Garland wrote in message news:: >> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The way I read that, they were not >> denied the right (in the first place) to approach the ballot box and >> cast their vote; but rather, in a regular, routine audit of the voters >> who appeared to cast votes, they were disqualified later on the basis >> of their alleged felony crimes. Did I get that wrong? PAT] > Yah, you got that wrong. They were not permitted to vote. (Once they > voted there would not have been any way to void their vote, since how > a person votes is not recorded.) "Some ... claim that many legitimate voters "of all ethnic and racial groups, but particularly blacks" were illegally swept from the rolls through the state's efforts to ban felons from voting. There is no evidence of that. Instead, the evidence points to just the opposite, that election officials were mostly permissive, not obstructionist, when unregistered voters presented themselves." See: Miami Herald Report, Democracy Held Hostage p. 105 > Secretary of State Katherine Harris provided counties with a "purge > list" of alleged felons compiled by ChoicePoint, a private company > with Republican connections. According to Mary Berry (D), the chairwomen for the USCCR: "What happened in Florida is that there was bipartisan disenfranchisement - Democrats who were county supervisors did not do what they were supposed to do, and neither did the governor nor the secretary of state," she said. And "The commission inquiry found no "conclusive evidence" that officials "conspired" to disenfranchise minority and disabled voters, the report said." http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-06-05-election.htm > Counties were supposed to attempt to verify the information, but if > they could not demonstrate it was incorrect, remove the names from > the voter rolls. "Then director of the Division of Elections, Ethel Baxter, issued the first of a series of memos on August 11, 1998, regarding the list maintenance activities performed by the supervisors of elections. At that time, Ms. Baxter described the central voter file as the division's "first experience with a statewide database" and said that it "cannot be a 100 percent accurate list." and "It is your responsibility to attempt to verify the accuracy of the information on the list, and remove, prior to the next election, any person who is deceased, convicted of a felony, or mentally incapacitated with respect to voting. If you have doubts as to whether or not the felony information is accurate or are unable to verify the accuracy of the information, we recommend that affected persons execute the affidavit prescribed in section 101.49, Florida statutes. In short, if there is reasonable doubt as to the accuracy of the information, you should allow a person to vote." http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/ch5.htm With 41 of Florida's 67 county election boards controlled by Democrats, I find it hard to believe the Democrats would be involved in a wholesale removal of voters who would vote 90% for their canidiate. > Counties varied a lot in what they did to verify the information, > from nothing, to sending a letter to the voter, to sending multiple > letters and publishing the list. It does not seem that the protential felon list changed the election. "At least 108 law-abiding people were purged from the voter rolls as suspected criminals, only to be cleared after the election. DBT's computers had matched these people with felons, though in dozens of cases they did not share the same name, birthdate, gender or race. One Naples man was told he couldn't vote because he was linked with a felon still serving time in a Moore Haven prison." "Florida officials cut from the rolls 996 people convicted of crimes in other states, though they should have been allowed to vote. Before the election, state officials said felons could vote only if they had written clemency orders, although most other states automatically restore voting rights to felons when they complete their sentences. This policy conflicted with a 1998 court ruling that said Florida had "no authority" to deny civil rights to those who had them restored in other states. After the election, the state changed its policy." Source: The Palm Beach Post, Felon Purge Sacrificed Innocent Voters, 5/27/2001 See: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0527-03.htm The Post also found that is was Gore may have benefited errors on the felon list, not Bush. They found 5,643 felons illegally cast ballots. The registrations came down 68% Democrat. Do the math and you will see that Gore benefited from these illegal votes by a net of some 2,000 votes. This number clearly defeats the claim of 1,104 by the Palm Beach Post. Source: The Palm Beach Post, Thousands of Felons Voted Despite Purge, 5/28/2001 This was the original link, http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/today/news_1.html Here is another. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Gore-2004-Community/message/11378?source=1 > The potential voter (if they were notified at all) had the burden of > proving they were not a felon. Fla. Stat. 98.0975 was enacted under Gov. Lawton Chiles(D)in 1997. Why would a Democrat Governor enact a law that would work in that way? [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My question would be how can you prove you are NOT something? (as in felon). It seems like it would be a lot easier for the state to prove I *was* a felon rather than me having to prove I was *not* a felon. Anyway, THREAD is CLOSED. Thanks. PAT] ------------------------------ From: jobs Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 12:57:38 +0800 Subject: Looking for Telecom (BSCS/Arbor) Consultants Reply-To: telecom-news@yahoogroups.com We are an international Information Technology (IT) company, with focus in providing Software Solutions, Software Products/tools, Software Consultancy and Out Sourcing. We are looking for the following resource for our project. Job Location : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Contract Duration : 2 years -extendable Salary : Negotiable Requirement details: Experience in the telecommunication Industry preferably in area of prepaid services and systems. 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Why? What maybe the problem? Thanks, Mario ------------------------------ From: SELLCOM Tech support Subject: 5.8GHz 2 Line Phones Organization: www.sellcom.com Reply-To: support@sellcom.com Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 04:29:55 GMT In a desperate attempt to start an "on topic" thread ... A sincere question. Why are there no 2 line 5.8GHz cordless phones? Is there a technical or legal (FCC yada yada) reason for it to be impractical for manufacturers? We get many requests for multiline 5.8 cordless phones. 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: Phil McKerracher Subject: Re: 3-D TV Is Closer Than You Think Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 15:01:22 GMT Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Monty Solomon wrote in message news:telecom23.229.4@telecom-digest.org... > ... With the technology ready long before the content, it's an > evolution that's similar to that of HDTV, and it will require > equally daunting upgrades to the infrastructure that delivers > television signals into homes... Hmm, maybe not. One big advantage of the digital infrastructure that is now replacing the old analogue one is that the bits can encode any type of content. So, although the infrastructure for production and display of 3D content will indeed require daunting upgrades, the infrastructure that actually distributes this content may not have to change at all. Also, backward compatibility is easier to achieve, therefore it's not necessary to upgrade the whole infrastructure at once. So I would guess it will be significantly easier to deploy than HDTV was (assuming the deployment starts in ten years' time). Phil McKerracher www.mckerracher.org ------------------------------ From: Frank@nospam.biz Subject: Re: Newspaper Promotes Nonsense ANOTHER THREAD BEING CLOSED Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 07:24:54 -0700 Organization: Cox Communications > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, as my competitor, the New York > Times would say, "All the news that fits, print it." I figured as long > as I put my deseased brain on hold -- gave it a couple days rest while > the discussion on being certain to vote democratic next time around > was going on we might as well deal with that perennial favorite, gun > control for a while also. PAT] Control Ashcroft, not guns. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Nothing like a little joke, some good humor to close out a thread. And 'control Ashcroft' is such a thing. I mean, can you actually see that happening? This thread, like the one about voting democratic is no longer 'being closed'. It *IS* closed, at least until/if/when a new alt group is started for devotees of telecomdigest.politics and moderator.knows.best gets started. PAT] ------------------------------ 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'. TELECOM Digest is a not-for-profit, mostly non-commercial educational service offered to the Internet by Patrick Townson. All the contents of the Digest are compilation-copyrighted. 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