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TELECOM Digest Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:38:00 EDT Volume 26 : Issue 73
Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson
Microsoft Pursues UK Cybersquatters (Reuters News Wire)
CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update (communicationsdirect_daily)
What Does Vonage Do Now??? (FreedomFireCom)
AT&T Invests in IP Network Expansion (USTelecom dailyLead)
Re: Speaking About Daylight Saving Time (ranck@vt.edu)
Re: Troubles With Computers' Daylight Shift (Add Homonym)
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:10:08 -0500
From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Microsoft Pursues UK Cybersquatters
Microsoft Corp. took its fight against so-called "cybersquatters"
overseas, seeking a payment of damages from five UK companies for
registering Web site domain names that infringe on its trademarks and
brand, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
The world's largest software maker filed lawsuits against U.S.
cybersquatters in August in an attempt to curb the illegal
registration of Web site domains containing trademark Microsoft
phrases or common brand name misspellings.
In the past six months, Microsoft said it reclaimed more than 1,100
infringing domain names set up to target Web users who type in a
non-Microsoft address like "wiindowsvista.com" in search of genuine
information about the company's new Windows Vista operating system.
"With every ad hyperlink clicked, a registrant or ad network harvests
cash at the trademark owner's expense," Aaron Kornblum, a senior
attorney at Microsoft, said in a statement.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said it contacted those five UK
companies through a legal representative and asked them to comply with
various terms including an injunction to halt any similar activities
in the future.
The company also said it reached a settlement with Dyslexic Domain
Company Ltd. and received a monetary payment from the UK-based company
which, according to Microsoft, has registered over 6,000 domains.
An attempt to contact Dyslexic Domain was unsuccessful.
Microsoft also filed three new lawsuits in the United States and
amended one suit filed in August to include the names of "John Doe"
defendants, whose identities were hidden at the time. It also settled
two lawsuits in Utah and California.
"The Internet is fertile ground for domain name speculators," Jonathan
Robinson, chief operating officer of NetNames, said in a statement.
NetNames is a company that manages domain names for other companies.
"There are a number of professional organizations out there making a
fortune out of registering variations and misspellings of popular
brand names," Robinson said.
Microsoft said registering trademarked Microsoft names violates the
1999 Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, a U.S. law that calls
for a fine of up to $100,000 for anyone who registers a domain name
that is identical, similar or derived from an existing trademark with
an intent to profit.
While the law has been on the books for seven years, the growing use
of pay-per-click advertising has raised the stakes for trademark and
brand owners by giving illegitimate operators more avenues with which
to trick consumers.
Microsoft is targeting people who register those domain names, but not
the online advertising providers who act as middlemen, which include
rivals Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc.
Microsoft's own advertising system, MSN AdCenter, only allows
advertisers to place ads along its own Web sites.
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Subject: CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update
From: communicationsdirect_daily <communications@communicationsdirect.com>
Reply-To: communicationsdirect_daily-owner@communicationsdirectnews.com
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:21:59 EDT
********************************
PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents
The CommunicationsDirect Daily Update
For March 14, 2007
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Deutsche Telekom Begins Negotiations with Trade Union on T-Service Unit
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/23240?11228
The German incumbent telco, Deutsche Telekom, has begun talks
with the German trade union, Verdi, regarding the planned service
division, T-Service. The negotiations are aimed at discussing
Deutsche Telekom's plans to extend working hours to 38 hours per
week, from the current 34 hours -- without increasing
remuneration --and working out ...
FCC Looks to Affirm 30% Cap on Cable Market Share
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/23238?11228
It has been widely reported that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is
looking to formalise the 30% cap on cable companies' market share
of the pay-TV market. The FCC saw this rule struck down by a
federal appeals court in March 2001, but appears to have
maintained it informally when examining merger cases.
Significance: Comcast is the ...
Whisher Wishes for Social WiFi Networks
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/23236?11228
Can the social networking concept be used to expand the number of
free WiFi connections? Whisher sure hopes so. Believing that WiFi
should be both pervasive and grass roots, the Barcelona-based
startup is taking a community approach to the technology by
offering the world's first wireless social network. Whisher
is designed to ...
Iliad Updates on FTTH, 3G
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/23231?11228
French triple-play specialist Iliad provided greater insight into
its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and 3G plans as it announced its
2006 financial results. The company, which had nearly 2.3 million
broadband subscribers (19 percent market share) at the end of
2006, reported record profits of 124 million (US$163 ...
Hasta La Vista, Cingular
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23228?11228
AT&T is taking the wraps off its conversion and remodeling of the
first of 2,000 company-owned Cingular stores to the new AT&T
brand. As the prototype of the company's new AT&T Experience, the
San Antonio, Texas-based company renovated a 5,000-square-foot
store in Houston. It is the first of many planned conversions of
...
Vonage Attempts Penny Power Play
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23226?11228
Vonage, in what looks to be another shot at proving to consumers
that the company is alive and kicking, has slashed its
long-distance rates to all or parts of eight countries to just
one penny per minute. The rate undercuts arch rival Skype's
charge to landline phones in most of those locations by more than
50 percent. ...
Spectrum up for Grabs in Europe
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/140/23223?11228
Europe's wireless spectrum scene is set for a significant shakeup
as new mobile licenses become available and regulators become
more relaxed about which technologies license-holders can use.
In France, regulator ARCEP has launched the tender process for
the fourth and last remaining 3G license in France. The fourth
...
Cable Set Top Box Market Hits New Highs in 2006
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/23220?11228
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Cable TV set top box manufacturers enjoyed a
record year in 2006 as cable operators around the world signed up
millions of new digital cable subscribers, reports
In-Stat. Fueled by a sharp rise in demand for cable set top boxes
in China, worldwide digital cable set top box unit shipments
increased to 27.5 ...
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From: FreedomFireCom <melemm@cognisurf.com>
Subject: What Does Vonage Do Now???
Date: 13 Mar 2007 18:53:52 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com
Is that the sound of the other foot dropping on Vonage?
With the latest legal embarrasement resulting in losing a law suit and
being ordered to pay $58 million for patent infringement ... where
does Vonage go from here?
They may have to drastically change their services per the court
ruling. Plus the hit on their stock was huge. Since they've yet to
turn a proft the time for their management to make changes is long
overdue.
More on the story here:
http://broadband-nation.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-does-vonage-do-now.html
God Bless,
Michael Lemm
FreedomFire Communications
"Helping YOUR Business....DO Business"
http://mscprez.ld.net
http://DS3-Bandwidth.com
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:19:34 CDT
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: AT&T Invests in IP Network Expansion
USTelecom dailyLead
March 14, 2007
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gscofDtusXnXrOCibuddCVnn
TODAY'S HEADLINES
NEWS OF THE DAY
* AT&T invests in IP network expansion
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* Canadians can now take their number with them
* Cisco buys NeoPath Networks
* Sprint taps Nokia for WiMAX in Texas
* Media giants' YouTube choice: Lawsuit or partnership
* Vodafone Portugal unveils Web phone
* DirecTV adds HD channels from Disney, ESPN
* Bluetooth to bolster Broadcom, analyst says
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* Register for NXTcomm today!
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
* Deltathree powers Panasonic VoIP phone line
* Startup automates tech support
* Nordic telecoms have high hopes for IPTV
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* Sources: FCC wants to keep cable cap at 30%
Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and
others. http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gscofDtusXnXrOCibuddCVnn
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From: ranck@vt.edu
Subject: Re: Speaking About Daylight Saving Time
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:34:28 UTC
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Patrick Townson <ptownson@cableone.net> wrote:
> I am reminded of the days when Western Union Naval Observatory
> Clocks were in very common use throughout the United States. Getting
> those all set and synched for the change in time twice yearly was
> quite a hassle.
Now you can buy an electric clock that syncs up to WWVB fairly
inexpensively ($30 or so) and WWVB's digital signal has a DST
bit that is set/unset when the changes occur. The clock I have
does wind itself forward 1 hour in the Spring, and 11 hours in
the Fall. There is also a switch to ignore DST for areas that
don't change their clocks, and of course, a switch to select which
timezone. Still, nothing nearly as nicely made as those old
Western Union clocks.
Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But there is a nice type of clock
now which capitalizes on the Western Union cream-colored face and
logo. It is an analog style clock with a sweep second hand and
it runs on the radio signal sent out from WWV. It uses one AA
battery (good for about a year). A very interesting time piece.
I also seem to recall that when I went to high school, there was a
state law (pertaining to government buildings) saying that all
government buildings had to remain on STANDARD time year around. So
the school clocks did not change to the new time, but continued to
show the old time. The school said we would be starting school one
hour later for the remainder of the school year. Normally, I think we
started at 8:30 AM and got out at 3:30 PM. So we went to school from
9:30 until 4:30 each day therefter to agree with the school clocks
which read 8:30 -> 3:30. (That would have been most of April, all of
May and the first week of June.) But when we went back to school
that fall (we always started the Tuesday after Labor Day) we just
ignored the wall clocks, which seemed to us to be one hour slow. At
some point in late October, the school clocks began agreeing with
us once again. That only happened the one year; I think the next year
the legislators changed the rules on government buildings. PAT]
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From: Add Homonym <snertking@snerts-r-us.org>
Subject: Re: Troubles With Computers' Daylight Shift
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:49:51 -0400
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2:09 am, Brian Bergstein, AP Technology <a...@telecom-
> digest.org> wrote:
>> People with Windows 2000 machines or older ones need to make their
>> fixes manually.
> Actually, you make the change in time yourself, like people have been
> doing all along. Further, there's a block to check off for auto time
> change and you de-check it. Takes all of maybe 10 seconds to do.
If only it were that simple.
What do you propose one do about re-occurring outlook appointments?
(they will all be off if you do as above)
>> In a few instances, a company's network was an hour late in
>> releasing calls to customer-support staff at the opening of
>> business, leaving the "agents sitting around twiddling their
>> thumbs," Simmons said.
> That something like that is automated is frightening to me. Call
> centers should manually turn themselves on and off when the people are
> actually there.
> Stuff always happens that changes work hours. There may be a
> snowstorm or special holiday that keeps people home unexpectedly. Or,
> a speical event may have people working extra.
> One very frustrating thing is reaching a call center with the wrong
> Option set. You cannot leave a message in that case and get stuck in
> a loop.
>> Those and other problems may have been caused by companies' failure to
>> administer patches properly or to do it at all.
> Sorry, the problem is not failing to administer "patches", but failing
> to "administer". That is failing to do basic managerment and being
> too dependent on the computer for trivial activities because managers
> and their staff have become too incompetent.
Easily enough said. Have you actually SEEN what the instructions for
updating outlook mailboxes look like? OH, and there are a few steps
that need to be done with account rights that are not even in the
instructions that need to be done before the instructions from MS will
work.
Many, many organizations have spent the last week TRYING to get the
update scripts to work, to no avail.
> A computer can add 1+1 for you, but it cannot tell what to add.
Indeed.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: For example, I did not know that
tampering with the clock (attempting to set it up an hour) would
cause puTTY to fail to work, but it did. And anytime I attempted
to move the clock manually up one hour, within a second or so I
got a message on the screen saying 'clock is inacurate; should I
set it or turn off the Net Time server?'I could not get that message
off of my screen, no matter what. And when I finally did get that
message off and the clock on the new 'correct' time, then puTTY
stalled. When I first decided to change the time zone "I was in'
to try that method, the clock went up _two_ hours to Eastern Day-
light Time_ instead of Eastern Standard. When I then tried backing
the clock down one hour, Net Time started complaining again about
the clock being wrong. I finally in my little diseased brain,
changed to Eastern Standard and unticked the box saying to Net Time
do not use DST. Then by rebooting the entire system, I got puTTY
to respond correctly. You are right, it was not easy this year. PAT]
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