From editor@telecom-digest.org Tue Nov 30 14:23:16 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p3/8.11.6) id iAUJNGB12795; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:23:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:23:16 -0500 (EST) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200411301923.iAUJNGB12795@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 #573 TELECOM Digest Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:23:00 EST Volume 23 : Issue 573 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson CA DMV Chief Backs Tax by Mile (Monty Solomon) New DVR May Have Video on Demand (Monty Solomon) Internet Access, Delivered From Above (Monty Solomon) Digital Polycom Soundstations (Fred) How Do I Put Games on My E398 Motorola? (Zanziba) Audix Later Delivery (Tom Niesen) Fuses on Telephone Pole (Ned Protter) Call Bridge Program (Alex Wright) How is FTC v. NorVergence Proceeding? (Satchel Paige) Flat-Fee Option Enters Phoning by Web (Lisa Minter) Re: Pay-Per-Call Pricing For Live Telephone Answering (DevilsPGD) Re: Data Communication Versus Telecommunications (Justin Time) Re: New Treo 650 Is Better, But Rivals Offer Alternative (Owen Epstein) Re: WiFi Centrino RANGE Increase POSSIBLE? (Scott Dorsey) Re: Routing Problems To the Cayman Islands (Scott Dorsey) Re: Trial Shows How Spammers Operate (Scott Dorsey) Re: Trial Shows How Spammers Operate (Steve Sobol) Re: Can't Find Linksys IP (Paul A Lee) Re: International Fax From Vonage VOIP? (DevilsPGD) Re: VOIP News Shutting Down as of 11/30/04 (David Epstein) 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. 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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: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:30:24 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: CA DMV Chief Backs Tax by Mile New appointee has advocated a levy based on how much and where motorists drive. Idea is gaining support, but privacy advocates worry. By Robert Salladay Times Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday appointed a new Department of Motor Vehicles director who has advocated taxing motorists for every mile they drive -- by placing tracking devices in their cars. The idea would mean a significant overhaul of how California collects taxes to maintain its often-crumbling roads. Under the plan, the state gas tax -- now 18 cents a gallon -- would be replaced with a tax on every mile traveled by each car and truck. The notion has not been endorsed by Schwarzenegger but is gaining acceptance among transportation and budget experts. As Californians drive increasingly more fuel-efficient cars, state officials are alarmed that the gasoline tax will not raise enough money to keep up with road needs. Charging people for the miles they drive also worries some owners of hybrid cars, because it could wipe out any gas-tax savings they now enjoy. Dan Beal, managing director of public policy for the Automobile Club of Southern California, said altering the system would remove one incentive to buying new-technology hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius, because its owner would pay the same fuel tax as a Hummer owner. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dmv16nov16,0,5985536.story ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:05:57 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: New DVR May Have Video on Demand By David Lieberman, USA TODAY NEW YORK - DirecTV is preparing to offer a digital video recorder (DVR) service in mid-2005 that could duplicate virtually every feature now available from current partner TiVo, plus provide video on demand similar to what's offered on cable, say executives of the company preparing the software. About the only TiVo function the new service will not have, they say, is the ability to jump over commercials. That's an unadvertised TiVo feature users can activate with programming instructions widely available on the Internet. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-11-29-dvr_x.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:41:02 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Internet Access, Delivered From Above By KEN BELSON Jeff Thompson may be afraid of heights, but he appears to be at home on the 81st-floor terrace of the Empire State Building. Overlooking the 1,000-foot drop, Mr. Thompson said he saw the entire New York metropolitan area as the battleground where his company, TowerStream, will challenge phone companies for high-speed Internet business customers by delivering fast, cheap service without digging up streets to install cables. Next to him, a TowerStream antenna, perched on the parapet, beamed high-powered wireless Internet connections to companies several miles away. This kind of aerial system, many technology experts say, could uncork the most nettlesome bottleneck in the telecommunications industry: the phone companies' control of the "last mile" of wire that travels from their switching stations to homes and offices. "We're competing against the Bells," Mr. Thompson said, "so we have to work quickly." Waving his arm toward the blaze of buildings and potential customers below, he said with a laugh, "This is when I get excited by heights." With 700 customers in five cities, TowerStream is the most active player in an emerging industry that sells a technology known as WiMax, or worldwide interoperability for microwave access. Unlike WiFi, the radio wave technology in airports and cafes that allows users to log on to the Internet from their laptop computers within 150 feet of an antenna, WiMax delivers broadband Internet connections through fixed antennas that send and receive signals across entire cities. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/29/technology/29max.html ------------------------------ Subject: Digital Polycom Soundstations Date: 30 Nov 2004 07:12:56 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Has anyone been able to get a digital polycom soundstation to work using PBX authorization codes without having a 2616 plugged in with it to generate the calls? This seems to be the only way we can get it working, but is a pretty lame solution in executive boardrooms. Polycom has had a case open for three months yet has not been able to resolve for us. Thanks. ------------------------------ From: zanziba@flaming.force9.co.uk (Zanziba) Subject: How Do I Put Games on my E398 Motorola? Date: 30 Nov 2004 09:00:45 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com I have managed to source a couple of games off the net that work on Motorola phones. I don't seem to be able to get them from my laptop onto my phone. I do not have blue tooth on the laptop, but i will get a PCMCIA card if one is required. I have successfully connected via USB cable, and moved games onto the phone (Or is it the Flashcard???) into a directory called kjava that I found. This hasn't worked as I can't access them from the phone. Music that I move into the Audio folder works OK. If you know how to do this either by BT or by USB please give concise, clear instructions as I am not good a techy stuff. Thx. Zan ------------------------------ From: tjniesen@hotmail.com (Tom Niesen) Subject: Audix Later Delivery Date: 30 Nov 2004 09:47:47 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hello, I'm a part-time telecommunications administrator for a private college. My job includes switch and audix administration. My problem is this; For years we've had occasional complaints of late delivery of Audix messages. Sometimes a few days late, sometimes a few hours. It's hit and miss. On occasion, changing out the phone seems to fix the problem, other times it's switching ports that works out. I have a faculty member that is having an ongoing problem with late Audix delivery and none of the above has solved his issue. I did an archive search of the subject on Google but can't find too much written about it. Any suggestions? Tom Niesen ------------------------------ From: Ned Protter Subject: Fuses on Telephone Pole Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:46:46 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com On the utility pole across the street is a box, about 20 x 8 x 1.5". A telephone cable goes in and phone lines for the houses in the neighborhood come out. Six years ago I lost my telephone service when lightning struck. The phone man climbed to the box and replaced a fuse (or two). Has anybody else heard of those fuses? What is the box called? Where can I learn more? ------------------------------ From: alexwright321@altavista.com (alex wright) Subject: Call Bridge Program Date: 30 Nov 2004 01:39:31 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com I'm looking for a program that I could use with my VOIP. This is my only phone line in my home. I would like to call my home number with my cell and use Three-Way-Calling on my VOIP line to call long distance for free. Anything software available to do this? I've come accross this hardware box, but I figure a computer and a modem could do the same thing. http://www.sandman.com/autodial.html#UCH ------------------------------ From: dor@writeme.com (Satchel Paige) Subject: How is FTC v. NorVergence proceeding? Date: 29 Nov 2004 21:51:24 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Does anyone have information on how the FTC's lawsuit aganist NorVergence is going? Have any court hearings taken place? Also, I have read that the Salzanos are no where to be found. However, I have also read that either Tom or Pete is starting a Conference Calling company. Does anyone know what is going on with them? ------------------------------ From: Lisa Minter Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:22:37 -0500 Subject: Flat-Fee Option Enters Phoning by Web Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=56419 By Greg Gatlin SunRocket Inc., the latest Internet phone service provider to shoot into Boston's growing VoIP market, unveiled an annual $199 flat fee for home phone service yesterday. The privately held Vienna, Va. company's offer could heat up price wars emerging among increasing numbers of companies offering phone service through Voice over Internet Protocol. SunRocket says it's the first time a telecommunications company has offered such an annual flat fee. It says all charges are built in to that price, with no 'gotchas' or hidden fees that irk consumers when they open their phone bills. SunRocket says the deal includes unlimited domestic calling and numerous features such as call waiting, caller I.D. and enhanced voice mail. Up to 100 international minutes are included in the price. "Consumers are frustrated with the difference between what they thought they were going to pay and what they end up writing a check for," said Joyce Dorris, chief marketing officer. SunRocket's offer breaks down to $16.58 per month. Analysts say VoIP phone service providers are offering a wide range of prices, generally from about $20 a month to $35. Full story at: http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=56419 [TELECOM Editor's Note: Jack Decker has stated that his publication VOIP News is going into a hiatus starting later today. In order to fill the gap, this publication you are reading now will be taking on any VOIP messages sent by readers effective tomorrow. Our name will be changed to TELECOM/VOIP Digest. If you use any email filtering system based on subject headers, etc you may want to adjust your filters or whitelists to be TELECOM/VOIP rather than just TELECOM. And really, IMO, Voice over Internet *is* the way telecom is going in the future. An exciting new era for us. PAT] ------------------------------ From: DevilsPGD Subject: Re: Pay-Per-Call Pricing Introduced for Live Telephone Answering Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:58:16 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com In message Editor wrote: > Pay-Per-Call Pricing Introduced for Live Telephone Answering and Call > Center Services Dude! That is SO cool! I just need to figure out whether or not I can redirect my tollfree to a US DID and/or whether they're planning to offer Canadian DIDs ... Some people are like Slinkies ... You can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. ------------------------------ From: a_user2000@yahoo.com (Justin Time) Subject: Re: Data Communication Versus Telecommunications Date: 30 Nov 2004 06:04:34 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com jrefactors@hotmail.com (Matt) wrote in message news:: > When people say telecommunications, it implies data communications, > correct? I want to know if data communication and telecommunications > usually are used interchangably. > Please advise. thanks!! > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In the Usenet hierarchy, 'telecom' is > one of the sub-groups under the larger category 'dcom'. I would say > the two terms are mostly interchangeable, but data communications > does include a lot more than just voice. PAT] The meaning would have to depend on the context. The more general term is telecommunications, having two major divisions, voice and data. The reason telecom -- voice is a sub-group of dcom -- data communications on the Internet newsgroups is due to the original focus of the Internet, computer-to-computer communications. As far as the history goes, data communications in the form of telegraphy pre-dates telephony or voice communications. My understanding of the word telecommunications is that it encompasses every form of communication that was carried by wire (before the age of wireless.) Rodgers Platt ------------------------------ From: owen.epstein@3gsoftphone.com (Owen P. Epstein) Subject: Re: New Treo 650 Is Better Than Ever, But Rivals Offer Alternatives Date: 30 Nov 2004 07:08:53 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Monty Solomon wrote in message news:: > New Treo 650 Is Better Than Ever, But Rivals Offer Some Alternatives > By WALTER S. MOSSBERG > PalmOne's Treo smart phone has been the best combination of phone, PDA > and e-mail device on the market. It had a few key flaws, though, so > the company has now released a new, improved model, the Treo 650, to > be sold by Sprint starting next month. > But the rest of the industry is catching on to the idea of making a > phone that, like the Treo, actually has a full keyboard for banging > out e-mails. So the competition will be tougher for the new Treo than > it was for its predecessor. > Over the last week, I've been testing the new Treo 650, and comparing > it with two other PDA phones that have now morphed into models with > keyboards. One is the Microsoft-based Pocket PC phone. The other is > the Sony Ericsson P910 smart phone, based on the Symbian operating > system. I concentrated on the new keyboards in these two competitors > because that's their main new feature. I have already reviewed another > major Treo competitor, the new BlackBerry 7100t, sold by T-Mobile. > My verdict: The Treo is better than ever, but the two newest keyboard > phones, like the new BlackBerry, will give some new options to mobile > e-mail users who prefer different designs and different software. > http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20041028.html Well you ust may be on to something but the market for Palm Treo is really hopping. What other PDA gives the same brilliance as the Treo? Thx, Owen Epstein ------------------------------ From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) Subject: Re: WiFi Centrino RANGE Increase POSSIBLE? Date: 30 Nov 2004 10:33:09 -0500 Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000) Tony P. wrote: > In article , chipg_ > 98NO@SPAMyahoo.com says: >> Michal wrote in message >> news:telecom23.563.3@telecom-digest.org: >>> I have a Toshiba A50-101 which is Centrino (with Wifi of course) I'm >>> using Wifi access point from Linksys named WAG54G. I need to use the >>> computer on other floor than the access point is. It works really >>> poor. The wifi range is not sufficient. Is it possible to increase my >>> wifi range by using some sort of PCMCIA antenna or something? What sort of internal WiFi card and antenna does it currently have? >> Personally, I use an Avaya Wireless PC Card and find that my reception >> is much better than using the integrated WiFi on my IBM Thinkpad >> T-41. I am not real familiar with the PC model you mention but suspect >> that you will find that a PC Card will work better. The Avaya Wireless >> card I have also has a little jack on it which allows for attaching an >> external antenna. What sort of internal WiFi card and antenna does the Thinkpad have? > I've found the Centrino equipped laptops we have at our office > function quite well without any external antennae, etc. Ranges in > excess of 300' are quite possible with these babies. What sort of internal WiFi card and antenna do these have? Guys, the level of performance between different cards is radically different. You can't just say "it's a centrino" and be saying anything relevant about the WiFi performance. If the original poster is getting rotten performance, a better card and antenna might be a big help. Then again, if he already has a decently performing one it might not be. --scott "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." ------------------------------ From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) Subject: Re: Routing Problems To the Cayman Islands Date: 30 Nov 2004 10:56:01 -0500 Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000) Budwich wrote: > Let me understand this ... you test calls from a "all tier 1" carrier > coming in and there is no problem. AND they are "officially" the only > carriers allowed in (have either direct trunking / connections in or > coming thru a "gateway"). "Other" carriers ("non-official") that are > coming thru (have to be coming thru some gateway since you wouldn't > have direct groups to someone who isn't official ... right???) are > having problems. Why is this your problem? Is it not a gateway > issue? Sound "interesting" ... especially the "test numbers" ...:-) > good luck but I would go back to the gateway. It is clearly a gateway issue, but the problem is finding WHICH of the many gateways is malfunctioning. --scott "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." ------------------------------ From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) Subject: Re: Trial Shows How Spammers Operate Date: 30 Nov 2004 10:58:50 -0500 Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000) T. Sean Weintz wrote: > Scott Dorsey wrote: >> In the case of the rule I gave, it will send a message to comcast's >> abuse address whenever mail sent from a dynamically-allocated comcast >> address arrives. There is NO REASON for anyone on a >> dynamically-allocated block to be sending mail directly; mail sent >> from Comcast users should go through their mail server and not from >> their direct address. So the only mail you will ever get from these >> blocks will be spam, mostly from zombie machines. > Not a good idea. Some of the addresses in the Comcast dynamic IP space > are NOT dynamic addesses, but DHCP reservations (that the customer pays > an extra $50 per month for) -- they are not leases -- the IP address is > reserved specifically for that users MAC address until Comcast manually > deletes it. And such addresses have a TOS/AUP that specifically allows > the user to run a mail server. So there IS a legit reason for some folks > to send mail directly from a Comcast IP. Right, these addresses are not in the same space, and they have different rDNS. Otherwise, DNSBLs which listed all dynamic space would be listing them as well. Part of the problem is that ISPs don't use any uniform naming system for addresses, so it can sometimes be a real adventure to figure out what a given address is until you figure out their naming scheme. And there are some out there that don't set any rDNS at all, too. --scott "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." ------------------------------ From: Steve Sobol Subject: Re: Trial Shows How Spammers Operate Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:44:01 -0800 Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com jdj wrote: >> Riiiiight. Except it won't work, and DDoS'ing the site isn't cool >> regardless of what kind of site it is. > The article makes clear it is not ddos. Bull. The screensaver is meant to be installed on a lot of different computers that will be used to flood spammer sites with traffic. That's the textbook definition of a DDoS. Don't believe everything you read. > You really should read the article. I've read a number of articles on the topic. >> Oh, and not only that, what happens the first time spam is sent out >> advertising a website that someone wants to get in trouble? It's >> happened before. > Wrong again. Do tell...? JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. ------------------------------ From: Paul A Lee Subject: Re: Can't Find Linksys IP Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:51:53 -0500 Organization: Rite Aid Corporation In TELECOM Digest V23 #572, BHAM KAL wrote (in part): > I am using Vonage at home. My Linksys wireless router is=0D > connected to Vonage unit and the Vonage unit is connected to=0D > the incoming cable modem. I have not logged into the wireless=0D > router in a while, now I forgot it's IP address, how do I find it? The default IP address of the Linksys router is 192.168.1.1, and the default password is 'admin'. You should have changed the default password to help secure the router from unauthorized access. If you can't access the router at that address, or if you don't remember the password you set in the router, you can "cold boot" the router by pressing and holding the Reset button for about 10 seconds. The Reset button is recessed in a 1/8" round hole on the back panel of the router. Use a non-conductive tool to reach it. Note that this will clear all of the router's settings to their default values. Reach support documentation for your Linksys product at http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?action search. You can download PDF versions of user guides. Paul A Lee Sr Telecom Engineer Rite Aid Corporation HL-IS-COM (Telecomm) V: +1 717 730-8355 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011-2410 F: +1 717 975-3789 P.O. Box 3165, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3165 W: +1 717 805-6208 ------------------------------ From: DevilsPGD Subject: Re: International Fax From Vonage VOIP? Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:23:07 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com In message Hemant Shah wrote: > I am having problem sending fax to India from a Vonage Fax line. I can > send fax to anywhere in U.S. and receive fax from U.S. and India. I > have a Panasonic fax machine. If I use the auto dial on my fax machine > it times out and goes into re-dial mode because it takes long time for > Vonage to make the connection. I also tried to dial the number > manually and wait for the other fax machine to pickup and press start > button, but it does not make connection. > Is there something I can do with Vonage setting or my fax machine setting > so I can send fax to India through Vonage Fax line? > This could be a deal killer for me. I want to get rid of SBC, but I > also need to send fax to India. Try adding *99 in front of the number you dial. Beyond that there isn't much you can do. You can try an internet fax gateway though, that might be cheaper and more reliable. I read usenet for the articles. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: In addition to *99 in front of the number, add '#' as a terminator at the end to eliminate any time-outs wich may be wasting a few seconds in the dialing process. PAT] ------------------------------ From: David Epstein Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:55:33 -0500 Subject: Re: VoIP News Shutting Down Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com VOIP News will be missed. I've truly enjoyed your coverage. Thanks and come back soon! D- > From: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com [mailto:VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com] > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:38 PM > To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [VoIP News] Digest Number 193 > 3. This service will be ending as of tomorrow (11/30/04) > From: Jack Decker > Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:34:34 -0500 > From: Jack Decker > Subject: This service will be ending as of tomorrow (11/30/04) > Friends, > I'm sorry to say that I have decided to put VoIP News on hiatus until > further notice. When I started the list, back in the spring, there were > few sources of VoIP news. Over the summer, many new sources of VoIP > news have sprung up, and I feel that many (if not most of them) do a > better job of tracking the industry than I do. > Also, I am just one person. I had hoped that maybe others would > contribute items to this list on a regular basis, but that never really > happened. In the meantime, the number of news sources available has > increased, and I find that I am spending far more time looking at VoIP > news stories than I used to, and am enjoying it far less. It used to be > that VoIP providers were constantly coming out with new features, or > adding to areas of the country to their service area, or otherwise doing > things that made VoIP an exciting industry to report on. > I am sad to say that the momentum seems to have slowed in recent months, > and I see few announcements that really make me want to stand up and > cheer anymore (meanwhile large areas of my home state are still unserved > by any VoIP provider, as far as having numbers for incoming calls is > concerned). [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I do feel VOIP is the 'wave of the future' where telecom is concerned, and will attempt to fill this gap in coverage by beginning to cover full time Voice over Internet stuff here for anyone who wishes to participate. Incidentally, I have been informed that the use of a slash mark '/' may not be agreeable to many file systems or mail servers, so for header purposes we will use 'TELECOM-VOIP Digest' rather than 'TELECOM/VOIP Digest'. 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