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[Marianne Granoff]

Edited for interest.  FYI.


>Big Telco Calls on FCC to Act in Comcast Case, Save the Internet
>Comcast's discriminatory practices against peer-to-peer traffic are so 
>blatant and nefarious, even AT&T and Verizon - no friends of Network 
>Neutrality - think the cable giant has gone over the line.
> 
>http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/06/19/big-telco-calls-on-fcc-to-act-in-comcast-case/
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>Court Rules That Your Text Messages Are Private, Techdirt
>A few months ago, we noted that New York City was demanding text messages 
>sent by some people as part of an investigation. This was just the latest 
>in a long line of requests for text messages, where questions have been 
>raised about whether or not those messages should be considered private. 
>Now, a court in the 9th circuit has said that there's a reasonable 
>expectation of privacy on text messages, and a company revealing them 
>without consent from either the sender or the recipient represents a 
>violation of the Fourth Amendment.
>  http://techdirt.com/articles/20080618/1351231449.shtml
>More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/emailpro.htm
>
>ATCA Again: Duopoly Against VoIP Long Before Video, Peerflow
>Back in 1995, an organization calling itself AMERICA'S CARRIERS 
>TELECOMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION ("ACTA"), petitioned the FCC to regulate 
>Voice over IP (VoIP) services. The gist of the matter was:
> 
>http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/06/atca-again-duopoly-against-voip-long-before-video.html
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>U.S. Bill Grants VoIP Providers Full 911 Access, CircleID
>The U.S. Senate this week passed legislation that requires 911 network 
>operators to allow VoIP callers to connect, no matter what service they're 
>calling from. The New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act passed 
>by unanimous consent Monday. It's meant to ensure that traditional 
>telecoms, which operate the emergency networks, connect VoIP providers 
>with the same rates and conditions they use when connecting mobile phones.
>  http://www.circleid.com/posts/voip_providers_911_access/