The Telecom Digest for December 22, 2010
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:38:55 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
From: John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Telstra loses directory copyright appeal
Message-ID: <alpine.WNT.2.00.1012201335060.4276@AURM106297.americas.ad.flextronics.com>
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Neal McLain wrote:
> On a related note, is the Australian postal code directory copyrighted? I've
> noted that the Canadian postal code directory is protected by a "crown
> copyright"; i.e., copyrighted by Elizabeth II herself, so I assume the
> Australian director is protected by a similar copyright.
>
> I have a mental image of HRH sitting at her laptop on her Jacobean desk,
> corgis at her feet, busily editing postal code directories.
I get a similar notice when I fire up my GPS as it contains Canadian maps.
And I had a similar image of the Queen pouring over atlases or an old tan
blobe and entering data into her laptop.
And not to steer completely off the deep end here. I sometimes dream of
pocket watches. I'm not sure why. I recently dreamed the Queen gave me a
pocket watch. I said, "Oh boy! A pocket watch! I've always wanted one."
She scowled at me and said in a stern voice, "Good sir, that pocket watch
is property of the Crown and shall be returned immediately upon completion
of this dream." So I can't get away with ripping off the Buckingham
Palace even in my dreams.
John
--
John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA
***** Moderator's Note *****
The watch represents your dedication and sense of pride in taking care
of a machine that you are entrusted with, but cannot own.
You are either an airline pilot, an astronaut, or a central office technician.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:07:41 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Navigon MobileNavigator App Bests Standalone Devices
Message-ID: <p062408a6c93656ac9793@[192.168.180.133]>
Navigon MobileNavigator App Bests Standalone Devices
by Adam C. Engst
TidBITS
06 Dec 2010
Perhaps my favorite piece of consumer electronics over the past five
years has been the car navigation GPS device, and I've reviewed a
slew of them in TidBITS in that time (see our series "Find Yourself
with GPS [1]"). But don't go looking for most of those models because
they likely aren't available any more-the field moves quickly,
rendering older models obsolete.
My dirty little secret is that although I recommended these devices
to friends and relatives, I never bought one for myself, since they
were never quite perfect (though I liked the Garmin nüvi 255W quite a
lot). I could see that the state of the art kept changing, and I
didn't want to get stuck with a model that suffered greatly in
comparison with later incarnations. You'll also notice that the last
review in that series compared the device to early iPhone GPS
navigation apps, G-Map and AT&T Navigator. I didn't feel that I could
quite trust either of those in stressful driving situations.
Hence my gift suggestion this year, for anyone who has an iPhone and
could use navigation help when travelling in unfamiliar environs, is
a GPS iPhone app I've tested extensively and feel comfortable
recommending: Navigon MobileNavigator [2] (hereafter referred to as
Navigon). Put simply, Navigon is as good as or better than every
standalone GPS device I've used, with only a few minor qualifications.
...
http://db.tidbits.com/article/11801
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:33:11 -0500
From: tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Navigon MobileNavigator App Bests Standalone Devices
Message-ID: <op.vn2wlli3itl47o@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:07:41 -0500, Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:
> Navigon MobileNavigator App Bests Standalone Devices
>
> http://db.tidbits.com/article/11801
Heh ... yet another web site that Opera can't render the meat of,
while Safari can.
Thank goodness for Opera's right-click "Open with ... >" alternative
browser choices :-) .
Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:19:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Telstra loses directory copyright appeal
Message-ID: <777878.55011.qm@web111724.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
--- On Sun, 12/19/10, Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com> wrote:
> From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
>> Telstra has lost an appeal to keep telephone directories published
>> by its subsidiary Sensis copyrighted.
>
> On a related note, is the Australian postal code directory
> copyrighted? I've noted that the Canadian postal code
> directory is protected by a "crown copyright"; i.e.,
> copyrighted by Elizabeth II herself, so I assume the
> Australian director is protected by a similar copyright.
>
> I have a mental image of HRH sitting at her laptop on her
> Jacobean desk, corgis at her feet, busily editing postal
> code directories.
>
> Neal McLain
In countries which accept the queen (or king) of England as their
soverign, "the crown" in that sense means the govenrment.
Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:43:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <21066.84308.qm@web111724.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
--- On Sun, 12/19/10, jsw <jsw@ivgate.omahug.org> wrote:
{ ... ]
> I don't know about any of these except Los Angeles, and it's been my
> understanding that quite a bit of the El-Lay area was indie using AE
> step, and Ma Bell simply went along. ;-) I do know that there was
> quite a bit of #5 crossbar in Orange County in the early 1970s, as
> well as some 1E making inroads into the area as well. I vaguely
> recall much of Santa Ana being step as well.
The first dial office in Oklahoma City, installed by the Bell company
in 1920, was AE step equipment ordered through WE as required, since
WE did not make step equipment at that time.
In 1927, the rest of the city was coverted to dial with WE SxS
equipment.
The AE equipment remained compatible with additions to the first (AE)
office being made with WE equipment. In the late 1950s I remember we
put out a news story that the ringing sound would be different in that
office because the old (AE) ringing machine was being replaced. It
was being replaced, not from failure, but because with the continued
growth of the office it had reached its capacity. Ten or 20 years
later the entire office was replaced with ESS.
It was like a picture out of history books to see the AE line switches
in their glass cases. Of course all the later additions used line
finders.
Wes Leatherock
wleathus@yahoo.com
wesrock@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:43:06 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Message-ID: <pan.2010.12.20.20.43.05.437301@myrealbox.com>
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:09:51 -0500, T wrote:
> In article <pan.2010.12.19.03.46.42.541726@myrealbox.com>,
> dcstar@myrealbox.com says...
>>
>> On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:27:19 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote:
>>
>> > TECHNOLOGY
>> >
>> > Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
>> >
>> > By MIGUEL BUSTILLO And ANN ZIMMERMAN
>> > DECEMBER 15, 2010
>> .........
>> > Until recently, retailers could reasonably assume that if they just
>> > lured shoppers to stores with enticing specials, the customers could
>> > be coaxed into buying more profitable stuff, too.
>> >
>> > Now, marketers must contend with shoppers who can use their
>> > smartphones inside stores to check whether the specials are really so
>> > special, and if the rest of the merchandise is reasonably priced.
>> >
>> > ...
>> And we now await retailers to start lobbying law makers to be allowed to
>> use mobile jamming devices in-store to protect their sales.....
>
> Until such time as someone throws a coronary and nobody can call for help.
Then you can use the "approved" in-house phone (for a small fee, of course...)
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
***** Moderator's Note *****
OK, we get it, fun is fun, etc. I'm closing the thread.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:49:52 +1100
From: David Clayton <dcstar@myrealbox.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Telstra loses directory copyright appeal
Message-ID: <pan.2010.12.20.20.49.49.998822@myrealbox.com>
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:51:34 -0600, Neal McLain wrote:
> > Telstra has lost an appeal to keep telephone directories published by
> > its subsidiary Sensis copyrighted.
>
> On a related note, is the Australian postal code directory copyrighted?
According to them, it seems so:
http://auspost.com.au/products-and-services/download-postcode-data.html
But I suspect that the same ruling that affects the telephone directories
would now apply to this as there are many similarities between the two.
> I've noted that the Canadian postal code directory is protected by a
> "crown copyright"; i.e., copyrighted by Elizabeth II herself, so I
> assume the Australian directory is protected by a similar copyright.
>
> I have a mental image of HRH sitting at her laptop on her Jacobean
> desk, corgis at her feet, busily editing postal code directories.
The ruling classes figured out many thousands of years ago to let their
minions do all the dirty work in their names, and it ain't changed today.....
Perhaps sitting at the desk looking at the balance sheet and smiling?
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
***** Moderator's Note *****
What is it about the phone company that makes my readers so cynical
about higher authority? ;-)
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:15:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Telstra loses directory copyright appeal
Message-ID: <iep9k8$bi0$2@news.albasani.net>
Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com> wrote:
>>Telstra has lost an appeal to keep telephone directories published
>>by its subsidiary Sensis copyrighted.
>On a related note, is the Australian postal code directory copyrighted?
>I've noted that the Canadian postal code directory is protected by a
>"crown copyright"; i.e., copyrighted by Elizabeth II herself, so I
>assume the Australian director is protected by a similar copyright.
>I have a mental image of HRH sitting at her laptop on her Jacobean desk,
>corgis at her feet, busily editing postal code directories.
Hehehehe
The United States Postal Service ZIP Code directory is copyrighted and
competing directories are published under license. I suppose since the
post office does the actual work assigning ZIP Codes that it's possible
to copyright? ZIP Codes are basic information incorporated into any
demographic and transporation routing database without license, so I'm
not sure how it's possible to prevent someone else from publishing a ZIP
Code directory.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:47:47 -0600
From: Free Lunch <lunch@nofreelunch.us>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Telstra loses directory copyright appeal
Message-ID: <2up1h6hh1je9t930qlrjql03751hu1hokh@4ax.com>
On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:15:05 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote in comp.dcom.telecom:
>Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com> wrote:
>
>>>Telstra has lost an appeal to keep telephone directories published
>>>by its subsidiary Sensis copyrighted.
>
>>On a related note, is the Australian postal code directory copyrighted?
>>I've noted that the Canadian postal code directory is protected by a
>>"crown copyright"; i.e., copyrighted by Elizabeth II herself, so I
>>assume the Australian director is protected by a similar copyright.
>
>>I have a mental image of HRH sitting at her laptop on her Jacobean desk,
>>corgis at her feet, busily editing postal code directories.
>
>Hehehehe
>
>The United States Postal Service ZIP Code directory is copyrighted and
>competing directories are published under license. I suppose since the
>post office does the actual work assigning ZIP Codes that it's possible
>to copyright? ZIP Codes are basic information incorporated into any
>demographic and transporation routing database without license, so I'm
>not sure how it's possible to prevent someone else from publishing a ZIP
>Code directory.
The USPS's concern is for their electronic program. They want complete
accuracy if they are going to give junk mail and bills a discount. Even
though the software that verifies Zip+4 or Carrier Route presort is not
sold by the USPS, they want to make sure that it is accurate.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:14:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Lisa or Jeff <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: History--Eight Digit US telephone numbers?
Message-ID: <100c22b7-15c4-41c9-9226-da2857483138@p38g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>
On Dec 19, 9:07 pm, Sam Spade <s...@coldmail.com> wrote:
> jsw wrote:
>
> > Our own Pat has eluded to the Wabash office in Chicago being
> > step, but I kind of question this, since I know a lot of
> > Chicago was panel and #1 crossbar from the 30s through the
> > 70s.
>
> Alas, there used to be a web site with recordings of all those switch
> sounds, including panel.
I recently heard that on You-Tube there are recordings of such sounds.
* * * *
Regarding the number of proportion of various switch types, the Bell
Labs history books have some statistics, but they're buried in
footnotes and not indexed, so they're hard to find. (If I find them
up I'll post them.)
What is interesting is that for each switch type there are two
statistics that are not at the same time. One statistic is the
maximum proportion the switch held, and the other, usually later, is
the maximum number of lines served by that switch.
For example, in its heydey, step-by-step was the biggest switch used
by the Bell System. But although other switches like crossbar and ESS
entered service, SxS continued to grow, with its peak volume occuring
in 1974.
Unfortunately, the history books were published before the completion
of ESS. I would be interested to see the stats on analog ESS and
digital ESS relative to the older types.
The statistics refer only to the Bell System. I don't know if the
independents, which tended to serve smaller locations, had panel;
though they did have their own crossbar and ESS. In one sense, very
small telephone companies may have had trouble getting capital to
replace their old SxS exchanges with ESS. But the footprintspace,
maintenance, and labor savings for ESS was a big issue, especially for
smaller community exchanges. Small exchanges were often unattended
and a serviceman sent out (driving a considerable distance) only when
necessary. ESS eliminated many of those trips. Small communities had
big growth but no physical room to expand the exchange, and again ESS
allowed that to happen. Finally, ESS allowed for new service options
and increased revenue.
* * *
Someone mentioned patents. According to the Bell Labs history, Bell
made a patent agreement with Automatic Electric to use their switches
(and presumably AE got use of Bell's improvements). In the early
years Bell contracted with AE to build switches for Bell under Bell
specs.
* * *
Regarding the choice of whether to automate a city with step or panel,
part of the decision depended on the expectation of future growth and
the need to interconnect _automatically_ with other exchanges. A city
not expected to grow that fast got step. Certain cities were
experiencing extremely rapid growth in the 1920s and they got panel.
Note that a big advantage of panel over step was in more efficient
trunk usage between offices thanks to panel's ability to translate
decimal numbers to whatever was needed for the trunk groups. Step got
cumbersome, especially with high traffic to other offices.
As to the interconnection, in cities a call from a dial exchange to a
manual one was often not a toll call and thus could be handled
automatically. The panel interface with manual boards worked out well
for that. But in towns where calls to a manual exchange was usually
toll, then an operator was required so the interface capability of
panel wasn't needed.
Panel had the capability to have a counter-meter for each subscriber
to count up local calls. Calls could be timed and the meter
incremented after each period, as they apparently were in NYC. I
don't believe Step got this capability until much later.
[The Bell Labs history spends quite a few pages on this subject.]
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:09:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Number portability and the demise of line number pools in bankruptcy
Message-ID: <iep9a6$bi0$1@news.albasani.net>
A hypothetical VoIP service doesn't resell line numbers from bandwidth.com
or one of its competitors that do nothing but provide line numbers at
needed rate centers. Instead, the VoIP company obtains its own pool
of line numbers and an adequate physical presence at various telephone
company central offices and participates in number portability following
existing telco rate center polygons.
A few of its subscribers become dissatisfied with the service, subscribe to
a competing service that participates in number portability and port their
numbers to the competitor.
What happens when the VoIP service goes out of business? I assume that they
lose the line number pool and that existing subscribers lose service if no
other company bought the subscriber base from the bankruptcy trustee.
What happens to the ported numbers? Is routing to the pool simply shut down?
I assume that there is no obligation by the incumbent telephone company to
switch those virtual lines.
Or do the ported line numbers continue to exist on the equipment of the
phone companies they were ported to? In that case, how is routing handled?
The freed-up pool of unassigned line numbers is now available for assignment
to whatever carrier needs it at any rate center in the area code. It won't
necessarily be re-assigned to another carrier in the existing rate center,
nor should it be if there's no need for it.
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:24:24 -0600
From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FCC Adopts First Open Internet Regulations
Message-ID: <4D10FEE8.9000603@annsgarden.com>
Party Line Vote Exposes Deep Divisions; Two Republican Commissioners Are
Harshly Critical
by John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 12/21/2010
| The Federal Communications Commission voted along strict
| party lines Tuesday to adopt regulations on Internet
| access.
|
| The meeting was characterized by cordial delivery of
| scathing dissents by the Republicans and a less-than
| enthusiastic concurrence by swing vote Democratic
| commissioner Michael Copps, who said he had seriously
| considered dissenting before concluding it was at least
| a first step in the right direction. Republican
| commissioners said the order would be overturned by the
| courts, as the FCC's BitTorrent ruling had been.
http://tinyurl.com/3yax45g
Neal McLain
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:01:16 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FCC Acts to Preserve Internet Freedom and Openness
Message-ID: <p062408abc936e18b23fa@[192.168.180.133]>
December 21, 2010
FCC Acts to Preserve Internet Freedom and Openness.
Action Helps Ensure Robust Internet for Consumers, Innovation,
Investment, Economic Prosperity
Washington, D.C. - The Federal Communications Commission today acted
to preserve the Internet as an open network enabling consumer choice,
freedom of expression, user control, competition and the freedom to
innovate.
...
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303746.pdf
Genachowski Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303746A1.pdf
Copps Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303746A2.pdf
McDowell Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303746A3.pdf
Clyburn Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303746A4.pdf
Baker Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303746A5.pdf
***** Moderator's Note *****
I don't think the FCC action will produce the competition that their
PR statement predicts, but the readers will have to make up their own
mind about that, and here's some of the information needed.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:10:31 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FCC Takes First Step to Help Revolutionize America's 9-1-1 Services for Consumers, First Responders.
Message-ID: <p062408adc936e36a9450@[192.168.180.133]>
December 21, 2010
FCC Takes First Step to Help Revolutionize America's 9-1-1 Services
for Consumers, First Responders.
Rapid Sharing of Videos, Photos and Data to Improve Emergency Response
Washington, D.C. --The Federal Communications Commission today took
an important step to revolutionize America's 9-1-1 services for
consumers and first responders by adopting a Notice of Inquiry (NOI)
seeking public comment on how Next Generation 911 (NG911) can enable
the public to obtain emergency assistance by means of advanced
communications technologies beyond traditional voice-centric devices.
The FCC has undertaken this proceeding in response to a
recommendation in the National Broadband Plan seeking to harness the
life-saving potential of text messaging, email, video and photos from
mobile and landline broadband services. Despite the fact that there
are more than 270 million wireless consumers nationwide and that
approximately 70 percent of all 9-1-1 calls are made from mobile
hand-held devices, today's 9-1-1 systems support voice-centric
communications only and are not designed to transfer and receive text
messaging, videos or photos. In some emergency situations
--especially in circumstances where a call could further jeopardize
someone's life and safety --texting may be the only way to reach out
for help. In addition, many Americans, particularly those with
disabilities, rely on text messaging as their primary means of
communication.
The sharing of timely and relevant videos and photos would provide
first responders with on-the-ground information to help assess and
address emergencies in real-time. For example, these technologies
could help report crimes as they are happening thus giving law
enforcement officials an increased advantage when responding.
...
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303733A1.pdf
NOI
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-200A1.pdf
Fact Sheet
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303733A2.pdf
Genachowski Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-200A2.pdf
Copps Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-200A3.pdf
McDowell Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-200A4.pdf
Clyburn Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-200A5.pdf
Baker Statement
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-200A6.pdf
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