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TELECOM Digest Mon, 2 May 2005 19:23:00 EDT Volume 24 : Issue 193
Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson
Scrambler Will Prevent Cell Phone Leakage From Vatican (Lisa Minter)
Internet Outages Annoy Comcast Customers (Lisa Minter)
Motorola Set to Unveil iRadio for Cell Phones (Lisa Minter)
Sharpton Wants U.S. FCC to Step in on Violent Radio (Lisa Minter)
Michigan Joins the Legal Dogpile on Vonage (Jack Decker)
Re: Lingo (Primus Telecommunications) Horror Story (Charles Cryderman)
How is Weather Channel Data Delivered to Cable Head-End (Dan Griffin)
Will Try to Connect Later? (Carl Moore)
New VOIP Mailing List: www.voiplook.com Voip Products, Forum (VOIPMALL)
Still Waiting for an Answer (TELECOM Digest Editor)
Re: The End of Analog TV (J Kelly)
Re: Spam Mentioning "242 W. 36th St" (Scott Dorsey)
Re: Who Answers 911? Cell Phones and VoIP Put Responders (Lisa Hancock)
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Date: 02 May 2005 14:50:13 -0700
From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Scrambler Will Prevent Cell Phone Leakage from Vatican
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Our apologies that a couple of the
newswire items Lisa does are just a _wee_bit stale dated today. You
may have seen this item elsewhere. Recall that two weeks ago, this
_massive_ flood of spam hit us one day and caused many legit items
to disappear. A few of those items have been found where they were
hiding, and are dealt with in this issue. Of course, we have already
had the new Pope for a few days now. Again, sorry about it. PAT]
==== originally dated April 16 ==================
A system has been set up to scramble any cellphone communications
between the Sistine Chapel and the outside world during the secret
conclave that will elect the next pope, the Vatican announced today.
The step is an extra precaution, since cardinals as well as Vatican
personnel from medical staff to elevator operators have been sworn to
secrecy ahead of the conclave, which is to begin Monday.
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told a news conference that
journalists would be able to verify for themselves, during a press
visit later Saturday to the Sistine Chapel, that their cellphones will
not work.
The late Pope John Paul II's 1996 apostolic constitution calls on
authorities to "be especially vigilant in ensuring that there is
absoultely no violation of secrecy with regard to the events occurring
in the Sistine Chapel, where the voting takes place, and in the
adjacent areas before, as well as during and after the voting."
It refers specifically to "audiovisual equipment for recording or
transmitting."
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Date: 02 May 2005 14:53:48 -0700
From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Internet Outages Annoy Comcast Customers
========== Originally date April 16 =========
By Dan Lee, Mercury News
Cable provider Comcast said Thursday that it was working on technical
problems that caused a series of outages in recent days for many of
the 7 million people who subscribe to its high-speed Internet service.
Some customers could not access Web pages or e-mail at all. Some had
slower-than-normal service, while others had no problems at all,
Comcast said ."It doesn't affect all customers, according to Comcast
spokesman Andrew Johnson. "The length varies and the customer
experience differs."
Philadelphia-based Comcast is the dominant provider of cable service
in the Bay Area.
Johnson said the network operated without any problems Thursday. The
outages started late last week and cropped up again Tuesday and
Wednesday, he said, causing several hours of down time in the evening.
Some Comcast Internet customers were as annoyed ith the company's
response to their calls as they were with the outages.
Dan Calic of Menlo Park said he was unable to gain access to the
Internet or e-mail from his home computer from Tuesday evening until
Wednesday morning.
When he called customer support, he received little information other
than that Comcast was aware of a problem.
"It would seem to me that they might be able to provide you with some
more information and/or some possible work-arounds," said Calic, who
found he could access the Internet using his laptop and home wireless
network.
Comcast said the outages had been intermittent and its engineers were
working to pinpoint the source of the problem. Johnson said the
problem relates to the company's Domain Name Servers, the equipment
that translates the Web addresses users type into their browsers into
the true numerical Internet Protocol addresses read by the computer.
Some Comcast customers made postings at the Comcast forum at
www.broadband reports.com on how to switch to an alternative Domain
Name Server.
Maggie Sherman of Los Gatos said she has had trouble with her Comcast
access to the Internet for periods Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
"The first time I called," she said, "I was on hold for 12 minutes and
disconnected."
Johnson said customers with questions should contact customer service
at (800) 266-2278.
Contact Dan Lee at href="mailto:dlee@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5425
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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This is one good reason for keeping a
dialup ISP in the background. When we had that quite short outage on
Cable One last week, I was preparing to switch to dial-up (and 56K!)
as needed for the 'duration', which was thankfully very short. And
this also goes to show how different cable internet services have
different ways of dealing with problems. Our local office of Cable
One _called me_ in the process of calling all their various customers
in the Independence, Cherryvale, Neodesha area to notify us that there
was trouble. They called me back fifteen minutes later or so to tell
me it had been cured. I gather from reading this report, that Comcast
let their customers discover the problems on their own. PAT]
------------------------------
Date: 02 May 2005 14:55:09 -0700
From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@cableone.net>
Subject: Motorola Set to Unveil iRadio for Cell Phones
=====originally dated April 16=======
<p><span>
By Deborah Cohen
Motorola Inc. is betting consumers will pay to have it both ways,
gaining control over the content on their car radios and the
flexibility of taking their music with them on their cell phones when
they turn off their engines.
Motorola, the No. 2 maker of mobile telephones, is set to unveil a
service called iRadio that will let users download preselected audio
content from a range of providers on their home computers, dump it on
their cell phones and listen to it on their car stereos.
The company is banking on the popularity of portable music underscored
by sales of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod digital music players and
growing demand for high-quality, commercial-free radio provided by
satellite radio companies Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM
Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
"What we set out to solve was finding a way to get the breadth of
content into the stereo where people listen," said David Ulmer,
director of marketing for Motorola's media solutions business. "We
looked around and noticed that everyone had a cell phone in their
pocket. There is a very large market of potential customers to go
after."
The iRadio service, which will let customers download 10 hours of
content at a time, will be available at the subscription cost of about
$5 to $7 a month. When not driving, customers can listen to content on
a phone with a headset.
By comparison, Sirius and XM charge about $13 a month for access to
more than 100 channels; an online music content provider gets about
$15 in the same period for unlimited downloads to a computer, or
digital music player. Apple's iTunes music library charges about 99
cents per song.
"It's just another way to offer entertainment on the cell phone," said
Albert Lin, an analyst with American Technology Research.
In a recent research note, he called providing preselected audio
content for cell phones "a massive market opportunity."
Several companies are already betting on the potential, boosted by the
popularity of a multitude of cell phones that enable music downloads.
Clear Channel Communications Inc. the top U.S. radio operator,
earlier this week said it plans to begin offering clips of programs
over handsets by the end of 2005.
Outside of the United States, operators like Virgin Radio in Britain
and Swedish broadcaster SBS Broadcasting System SA are creating
interactive radio to deliver to users.
COMPLEMENT TO iTUNES?
Motorola has already seen the value in delivering music
content. Through a partnership with Apple, it will soon launch a cell
phone that works with the Apple iTunes service.
But iRadio requires a substantial up-front investment. A customer
will initially lay out about $200 for a mid-range Motorola phone
with at least 256 megabytes of storage, built in iRadio software and
Bluetooth, a low-range wireless technology that streams content from
the phone to the car radio or home stereo, Ulmer said.
The service
also requires buying a $75 wireless audio adapter that must be
installed in the car radio, either by the customer or a service
provider. A USB connector to hook the phone to the desktop computer
comes packaged with the handset.
Ulmer said Motorola plans to test the service in several U.S. markets
in mid-May and launch nationwide in the fourth quarter. The company is
also in discussions with several music content and wireless service
providers, he said, but he would not provide specifics.
Motorola will begin selling the iRadio service at retailers, but it is
also in talks with auto companies, who may eventually install iRadio
in luxury cars, similar to arrangements that satellite radio providers
have, Ulmer said.
(With Sue Zeidler in Los Angeles)
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Date: 02 May 2005 14:57:01 -0700
From: Lisa Minter <lisa_minter2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Sharpton Wants U.S. FCC to Step in on Violent Radio
Al Sharpton, a community activist and one-time Democratic presidential
candidate, on Thursday urged the government to step in to stop what he
said was violence fomented by radio stations.
He spoke to the Federal Communications Commission and two Democratic
FCC commissioners, Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein.
He encouraged the agency to hold field hearings to investigate
violence involving radio stations, bar artists from the air for 90
days if linked to violence, and consider such incidents when deciding
whether to renew broadcast licenses.
Some stations were double-booking rival music artists and gossiping
about competing musicians on the air just before they arrived which
led to fights, Sharpton said.
He noted two incidents, one with Grammy winner Lil' Kim in 2001,
involving shootings outside a New York hip hop station owned by Emmis
Communications Corp., Hot 97 FM.
"This is a misuse of the public airwaves," he told reporters in the
lobby of the FCC after his meeting. "I would think a pattern of
bloodshed in front of federally regulated radio stations has a
compelling reason for government intervention."
Sharpton said the FCC officials expressed interest in his ideas and
the possibility of field hearings.
"We welcomed the opportunity to meet with Rev. Sharpton to discuss
media violence, the issue of violence in the media is one the
commission ought to take more seriously," Copps said in a statement.
Martin and Adelstein declined to comment.
The agency has not directly addressed the issues raised by Sharpton,
but Congress last year did ask the FCC to study violence on television
and the impact on children.
The FCC was asked to report back by January of this year, however it
has not yet done so.
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From: Jack Decker <jack-yahoogroups@withheld_on_request>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 14:06:43 -0400
Subject: Michigan Joins the Legal Dogpile on Vonage
I have yet to see any comment anywhere supporting the AG's action. I
think most everyone, with the possible exception of the traditional
telephone companies and their PR firms and "astroturf" organizations,
think that this is entirely the wrong approach and the wrong thing to
do.
http://voip.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000603041833/
Michigan Joins the Legal Dogpile on Vonage
Posted Apr 29, 2005, 4:59 PM ET by Ted Wallingford
Michigan is legally threatening Vonage, claiming the startup VoIP
carrier intentionally misled consumers by not providing “enough”
notice to its customers that 911 call routing needs to be activated
before users can access the emergency dispatch capabilities of Vonage.
Michigan isn't exactly known for being at the forefront of telecom
theory. But, really, I don't see how state governments suing IP
telecom operators is going to improve E911 compliance. Quite the
contrary, I don't even believe the idea that a majority of VoIP
subscribers don't realize they can't call 911 using their service. To
me, it would seem that an early adopter who's savvy enough to jump on
the VoIP bandwagon during the industry's infancy is in a very
well-informed minority, indeed. So what's all the fuss about,
Mr. Attorney General?
I have two questions about all this. First, why Vonage? There are
plenty of VoIP carriers out there. Second, why not push for
legislation to regulate disclosure rather than going the judicial
route? Apparently, as was the case in Minnesota last year, attorneys
general would rather compete in the arena of the injunctive and
punitive -- that is,-- courts than in the arena of ideas. *sigh*
Article + reader comments at:
http://voip.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000603041833/
[There was one comment posted when I found this:]
1. Posted Apr 30, 2005, 9:09 PM ET by Roy
I live in Michigan and have Vonage. The first thing I did when the
VOIP was working, register my number with 911. I agree, whats all that
fuss about? (maybe SBC lobbist?)
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/
------------------------------
Subject: Re: Lingo (Primus Telecommunications) Horror Story
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:17:05 -0400
From: Charles Cryderman <Charles.Cryderman@globalcrossing.com>
In Telecom Digest V24 #183 Ed, replying to his own post stated:
> Problem is, Customer Service (one phone number) does not seem to have
> a good line of communication with the other department, Domestic
> Collections (another phone number). I could be wrong but it appears
> to me that Customer Service and Domestic Collections are not even
> in the same country. I'm assuming poor communications here because
> talking to one department does not seem to affect the actions of the
> other department (in my case)."
Ed,
In my 26 years working in communications one of truths I have learned
Communications Companies can be great a providing communications to
others but suck at communicating with themselves. I have seen it in my
employers as well as the many communications companies I have to work
with as both, a customer and supplier.
Do hope your saga has ended.
Chip Cryderman
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 12:34:57 -0600
From: Dan Griffin <dgriffin@webaccess.net>
Subject: How is Weather Channel Data Delivered to Cable Operator Head-End
Does anyone know how "The Weather Channel" distributes the regional
forecast information (as seen during the "local on the 8's" portion)
to the local cable companies. Is it data in the vertical interval of
the TV signal, or do they use internet connections (broadband,
dial-up), or some other communication channel?
Thanks.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:10:38 EDT
From: Carl Moore <cmoore@ARL.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Will Try to Connect Later?
What sort of call is this? I answered a ringing phone and apparently
only got recorded-voice snippets. I was told that the call was trying
to connect, and that it eventually failed and would be tried again
later.
------------------------------
From: VOIPMALL@gmail.com
Subject: New VOIP Forum/Web site: www.voiplook.com Voip Products; Forum
Date: 2 May 2005 13:36:37 -0700
Please check out:
www.voiplook.com All Voip product and company list, VOIP forum List
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Subject: Still Waiting for an Answer
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 17:12:51 EDT
From: ptownson@massis.lcs.mit.edu (TELECOM Digest Editor)
A week or so ago here, I asked a question about the distinction -- if
any -- between 'podcasting' and audio/video 'streaming' which is a
technique which has been on the net for a long time.
No one has yet replied! Is 'podcasting' just a new name for an old
technique? Is it thus named because the (rather specialized) computers
which are used for receiving 'podcasts' do not typically do any other
functions like 'normal' computers? Is it because 'podcasters' often
times do not have any 'regular, over-the-air' type broadcasts to
accompany their computerized streaming presentations?
Can anyone answer these questions, or is 'podcasting' just much ado
about nothing new?
PAT
------------------------------
From: J Kelly <jkelly@*newsguy.com>
Subject: Re: The End of Analog TV
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 13:28:00 -0500
Organization: http://newsguy.com
Reply-To: jkelly@*newsguy.com
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 07:17:17 -0700, Tim@Backhome.org wrote:
> Depends what the converter will cost. Anyone know the price?
Currently, the cheapest one I know of is at WalMart for $199. One of
the problems with these devices is licensing, Zenith has patents on
the 8VSB modulation schemeso anybody that wants to build a set top box
has to pay $$ to Zenith for every box they build.
------------------------------
From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: Spam Mentioning "242 W. 36th St"
Date: 2 May 2005 13:46:54 -0400
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
<NOTvalid@surplus4actors.INFO> wrote:
> You may wish to search the BODY of your incoming spam for
> "242 W. 36th St"
> My wife has been getting spam every day saying: "To stop all future
> mailings, follow the link below or send your email address to:
> Member Services 242 W. 36th St,12th floor
> New York, NY 10018 (866) 872-6022"
> She sent me with her Email address to 242 W. 36th St,12th floor New
> York, NY. I went last week. It is an unrelated business there. They
> know nothing about spam. Business there is in TV production
> company. I called (866) 872-6022 and only an answering machine
> answers. I asked that they give correct address in their out-going
> message.
Spammers lie.
You called their answering machine, and you left a message, which NOW
means you're going to be put on a bunch of sucker mailing lists as well.
If they put their correct address in, PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN. They do
not want that. They are spammers.
> Could I perhaps be mis-dialing? Could others please call and ask that
> correct address be put in their out-going message? To avoid your
> private phone number being harvested, I recommend that you too call
> from a payphone.
Of course they don't give correct identification information. Would
you expect muggers and rapists to give correct identification?
--scott
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
------------------------------
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: Who Answers 911? Cell Phones and VoIP Put Responders to Test
Date: 2 May 2005 12:13:22 -0700
Jack Decker wrote:
> Cell phones have been around a LOT longer than VoIP, yet to the best
> of my knowledge no state attorney general has ever sued a cell phone
> company over the way they handle 911 calls.
But individuals have sued cellular carriers over problems reaching
emergency aid from the cell phones.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But the _original_ cell phone carriers
were the telcos (and still mostly are). The VOIP companies consider
telco to be athenema, and telco says the feeling is mutual. Yes,
individual persons have sued cellco and telco alike; and VOIP and
telco are always going at it. But there is no reason for telco to
egg on Attorney General to get him to sue their sisters, the cellco.
PAT]
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