[ NNSquad ] Municipal Wi-Fi Efforts Faltering

2008-03-21 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Municipal Wi-Fi Efforts Faltering http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/us/22wireless.html --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator

[ NNSquad ] A complaint from Brett Glass -- and a note on moderation

2008-03-21 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Greetings. Brett Glass has asserted (in private mail) that some of my editorial comments regarding his statements are ad hominem attacks and insulting. Having gone back through the archive, I must admit that I don't read my comments that way, and I personally think that I've maintained considerab

[ NNSquad ] Re: Net Neutrality vs. Illegal Acts

2008-03-21 Thread jbartas
Nick Weaver wrote: Which would those on the list rather have: A blanket block on outbound port 25, or a heuristic detector blocking outbound port 25 based on the behavior of the host, even though the dynamic block IS performing an inspection on the traffic? A bit like asking if I'd rather be s

[ NNSquad ] Comcast: We'd like to have cameras in cable boxes to watch you

2008-03-21 Thread Lauren Weinstein
[ Ah, it's Spring, and time for the blue sky stuff -- amusing anyway. Now, who could *ever* get concerned about your local cable company pointing a video camera at you in the livingroom, or even better yet, the bedroom! This could give Pay Per View a whole new meaning

[ NNSquad ] Re: Net Neutrality vs. Illegal Acts

2008-03-21 Thread Brett Glass
At 09:39 AM 3/21/2008, Lauren Weinstein wrote: >It's one thing to say that a particular instance of Internet use >is illegal, but quite another to simply assume and treat an entire >class of applications as illegal, or to inspect content on an >a priori basis. The latter would be similar to lis

[ NNSquad ] Re: Net Neutrality vs. Illegal Acts

2008-03-21 Thread Nick Weaver
On the gripping hand, given the hostile reaction on this list to the idea of "DMCA Takedown Graphs" (which are technically feasible), there are many in this crowd which object to the idea of removing even affirmed by a third party as illegal content at all. Network neutrality should NOT mean that

[ NNSquad ] Phorm announces independent review of its source code.

2008-03-21 Thread Kyle Rosenthal
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/phorm_8020_pi/ [ This story has a number of interesting aspects. The horrendous Phorm concept seems to be imploding rapidly, and offering source code inspection at this stage seems like passing around copies of White Star's business plan f

[ NNSquad ] Net Neutrality vs. Illegal Acts

2008-03-21 Thread Lauren Weinstein
This item from IP touches on an important facet of the NN debate. It's one thing to say that a particular instance of Internet use is illegal, but quite another to simply assume and treat an entire class of applications as illegal, or to inspect content on an a priori basis. The latter would be s

[ NNSquad ] Reed Hundt

2008-03-21 Thread lynn
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/20/hundt_cloud_carr/ The Cloud Computing Revolution will be regulated, according to former Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Reed Hundt. Hundt - who has mounted many a soapbox - is using a review of pundit Nick Carr's new book The Big Switch as an excuse f

[ NNSquad ] Re: Verizon and AT&T top the spectrum auction

2008-03-21 Thread Frank A. Coluccio
Details on winning bids: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-595A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-595A2.pdf --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Lauren Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ NNSquad