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The Telecom Digest for Nov 11, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 204 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Communities Fight State Laws That Can Divide Broadband Access (Monty Solomon)
A Super-Simple Way to Understand the Net Neutrality Debate (Monty Solomon)
Apple Releases Web Tool for iPhone Switchers (Monty Solomon)
Obama tells the FCC to class the Internet as a "utility" (Neal McLain)
Obama Calls for Strict Net Neutrality Policy (Monty Solomon)
Postal Service Discloses Major Data Theft (Monty Solomon)

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Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 22:28:31 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Communities Fight State Laws That Can Divide Broadband Access Message-ID: <F46810E1-5AB3-4F89-A49E-9152E60ED33A@roscom.com> Communities Fight State Laws That Can Divide Broadband Access http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/technology/in-rural-america-challenging-a-roadblock-to-high-speed-internet.html Small cities are asking the F.C.C. to use its power to override laws in 19 states that forbid municipalities to build or expand broadband networks.
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:23:35 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: A Super-Simple Way to Understand the Net Neutrality Debate Message-ID: <D05C3549-CE66-4D60-8917-563DD9205655@roscom.com> A Super-Simple Way to Understand the Net Neutrality Debate http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/upshot/a-super-simple-way-to-understand-the-net-neutrality-debate.html President Obama has thrown his support behind the idea that Internet access is more like access to electricity than to cable TV.
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:37:52 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Apple Releases Web Tool for iPhone Switchers Message-ID: <927E8495-3598-4A35-A372-6CF42E1B1CE5@roscom.com> Apple Releases Web Tool for iPhone Switchers http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/iphone-text-messages/ A new web tool allows former iPhone users to deregister their phone numbers from Apple's proprietary messaging service, iMessage.
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:48:34 -0800 (PST) From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Obama tells the FCC to class the Internet as a "utility" Message-ID: <a6006438-e02f-42e7-8c25-0b096a25228e@googlegroups.com> By Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, Nov 10, 2014 It's a surprise move in the net neutrality debate, coming on the heels of a sellout proposal from cable-lobbyist-turned-cable-regulator Chairman Tom Wheeler that would have let the carriers continue to screw Americans out of access to the services they want to use if those services hadn't paid large-enough bribes for "premium carriage." It's great to see Obama coming out on the right side of this debate. Would have been nice if he'd had this change of heart before he hired a dingo to babysit the nation's defenseless networks. http://boingboing.net/2014/11/10/obama-tells-the-fcc-to-class-t.html Can the FCC do this without Congressional action? Neal McLain 11-10-14 0245 CST
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:22:21 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Obama Calls for Strict Net Neutrality Policy Message-ID: <60F51179-D7E8-404C-867B-8804298D14DC@roscom.com> Obama Calls for Strict Net Neutrality Policy http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/technology/obama-net-neutrality-fcc.html President Obama's comments were his most direct effort to keep cable and telephone companies from providing special access to some content providers.
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:25:10 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Postal Service Discloses Major Data Theft Message-ID: <8D898148-2686-4277-AD29-FB99AF2EA066@roscom.com> Postal Service Discloses Major Data Theft http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/us/postal-service-discloses-major-data-theft.html The agency told employees that an attack "potentially compromised" databases containing personal information.

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