From editor@telecom-digest.org Thu Dec 9 19:10:05 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p3/8.11.6) id iBA0A5627928; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:10:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:10:05 -0500 (EST) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200412100010.iBA0A5627928@massis.lcs.mit.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: massis.lcs.mit.edu: ptownson set sender to editor@telecom-digest.org using -f To: ptownson Approved: patsnewlist Subject: TELECOM Digest V23 #588 TELECOM Digest Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:10:00 EST Volume 23 : Issue 588 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson T-Mobile USA Launches CallerTunes - First Nationwide (Monty Solomon) Online Research Worries Many Educators (Monty Solomon) Motorola Aims For TiVo Crowd/Comcast Customers Get New Cable (M Solomon) Avantel Mexico Selects SmartNode VoIP Gateway Routers (Chris) Information Needed on Wi-Fi (DVB) Senate Passes H.R. 5419 (Telecom dailyLead from USTA) Partner Mail (release 3) Simultaneous Ring (underpress) Data Mining Conference: Solving Real World Challenges,March 2005 (lisas) Re: Dropping SBC For a VoIP Solution - Vonage or Packet8 (Ringo Langly) Re: Dropping SBC For a VoIP Solution - Vonage or Packet8 (Isaiah Beard) Re: Radar Detectors (Tim@Backhome.org) Re: Radar Detectors (jmeissen@aracnet.com) Re: Connecting VoIP Device to Home Wiring (Ringo Langly) Re: I Want to Block Anonymous/Name Unavailable/Unwanted Calls (Ken) Re: Treo650 v Blackberry (Isaiah Beard) Re: Calling Card Needed -- Short Interaction Sequence (Edward Gehringer) Vonage, VoicePulse Push Forward With Video (Lisa Minter) Telecom and VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Digest for the Internet. 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Geoffrey Welsh =========================== See the bottom of this issue for subscription and archive details and the name of our lawyer; other stuff of interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:16:28 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: T-Mobile USA Launches CallerTunes - the First Nationwide T-Mobile USA Launches CallerTunes -- the First Nationwide Ringback Tone Service That Lets Users 'Represent Their Style' BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2004-- Initial Trial Offer Gives 30 Days Use of the Innovative Service, and Alicia Keys Bonus CallerTune "Karma" At No Extra Charge T-Mobile USA subscribers across the country now can ditch the dull switchboard ring that their callers hear, in favor of a tune that represents their unique style, with the launch today of T-Mobile's ringback tone service -- CallerTunes(TM). T-Mobile is the first company to launch a ringback tone service nationwide. If you use ringtones, your wireless phone 'rings' with your favorite song or other audio clip when someone is calling. That's great for you, of course, but the people calling you still hear the old, dull ring until you answer the phone. Now that has changed. As a CallerTunes subscriber, you can select audio clips for the people calling you to hear before you answer the phone -- whether it's for specific individuals, groups of friends, or at specific times of the day -- giving you hundreds of ways to represent your style. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=45495352 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:31:31 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Online Research Worries Many Educators By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Go to Google, search and scroll results, click and copy. When students do research online these days, many educators worry, those are often about the only steps they take. If they can avoid a trip to the library at all, many students gladly will. Young people may know that just because information is plentiful online doesn't mean it's reliable, yet their perceptions of what's trustworthy frequently differ from their elders' _ sparking a larger debate about what constitutes truth in the Internet age. Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman tried to force students to leave their computers by requiring at least one book for a September class project. She wasn't prepared for the response: "Someone raised their hand and asked, "Excuse me, where would I get a book?'" While the answer might just have been a smart aleck's bid for laughs, Bruckman and other educators grapple daily with the challenge of ensuring their students have good skills for discerning the truth. Professors and librarians say many come to college without any such skills, and quite a few leave without having acquired them. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=45500939 [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The argument about 'computers versus real books' seems to me to be just a re-hash of the argument a few years ago about why 'computers are used for invasions of privacy, instructions for building bombs, pornography, inappropriate inform- ation for kids, etc' but libraries are where kids should be going. I *thought* we had resolved that one by pointing out that there is absolutely *nothing* you can learn from a computer that you could not learn from a library as well; the entire difference being the speed and ease of the learning process. We did NOT start suddenly aquiring the wisdom of the world with the invention of the computer and later the internet. The computer and internet are simply tools to use in your learning experience. The 'information explosion' did not begin with computers; it started in the fifteenth century with the invention by Guttenberg of a printing machine out of old wine skins. So what are these people complaining about, that the tools for learning have been improved? It is true that computers have hastened the 'information explosion', but who is to be blamed for that, Bill Gates, or the parents whose children use computers instead of *at the very least* know the 'old fashioned' techniques for learning? PAT] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:25:44 -0500 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Motorola Aims For TiVo Crowd/Comcast Customers Get New Cable Box Motorola aims for TiVo crowd Comcast customers get new cable box with VCR powers By Mike Hughlett Tribune staff reporter The television set-top box -- that ungainly contraption needed to watch cable TV -- will never be a sexy product. But it is getting a makeover that is helping to boost sales for Motorola Inc. The new boxes, which are being introduced across the Chicago area for Comcast cable customers, can record television shows much like a VCR. The boxes can also store hours and hours of shows on a built-in hard drive. The digital video recorder technology, pioneered by TiVo, has caught the fancy of consumers who want to save a season's worth of episodes for a favorite TV show or simply record one show while watching another. Motorola and Georgia-based Scientific-Atlanta are the dominant providers of set-top boxes. And their cable customers are starting to flex their muscles on DVR technology and eat into TiVo's market share. Satellite television remains a TiVo stronghold. But cable television is a bigger market. Comcast, Motorola's biggest customer and the nation's largest cable TV operator, is in the midst of a massive DVR rollout. http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0412080367dec08,1,419411.story ------------------------------ From: Chris Subject: Avantel Mexico Selects SmartNode VoIP Gateway Routers Date: 9 Dec 2004 08:26:43 -0800 Mexico's Premier IP Carrier Deploys Patton SmartNode(tm) as Their Chosen Voice-over-IP Gateway for Bundled Voice and Data Services For Immediate Release GAITHERSBURG, Maryland - Patton Electronics--an industry leader in access, connectivity and VoIP--announces today that Avantel has selected Patton's SmartNode(tm) as the customer-premise VoIP solution for their PYME Plus IP-based telephone services targeting small and mid-sized enterprises. Avantel, "The IP Company" (La Compa=F1=EDa IP), is Mexico's premier communications service and second-largest long-distance carrier, as well as providing local phone service. Avantel's new PYME Plus service package offers dedicated Internet access bundled with local, long distance, and mobile-cellular minutes plus 800 phone numbers-all for about 40% less than those combined services would typically cost. Patton's SmartNode(tm) Modular VoIP Access Router combines a Voice-over-IP gateway and a secure QoS router in a single low-cost modular device. The powerful combination enables Avantel to reduce operating costs while delivering the high-quality integrated voice and data services their business customers need most-at a price they can afford. "Patton offered Avantel the key value proposition of SmartNode(tm)- namely, the ability to deploy services with a fully-integrated CPE solution that includes both the Router and the VoIP Gateway" said Armando Morillo, Patton's Sales Director for Latin America. "Patton plays well with others," said Antonio Torre, Product Marketing Manager for Avantel. "Avantel was looking for a reliable and responsive VoIP vendor. Patton's SmartNode is flexible and reasonably priced. It connects seamlessly with Avantel's network platforms and protocols. Plus, the support Patton has provided is one of the best in the market- before, during and after the sale. Patton has proved to be a true business partner, ready and able to adapt, quick to customize...making sure their solutions work well in our network and for our customers." Avantel has deployed hundreds of Patton's SmartNode Model 2300 VoIP Gateway Routers at customer sites during the initial roll-out of their IP-based SOHO services. "IP has become the new foundation for all communications. It's not just for web surfing anymore," said Scott Whittle, Patton's Director of Product Management. "Avantel is an industry innovator with the right focus on all IP-based services. We count it a privilege to launch this long-term partnership with such a quality-focused service provider." "Patton is pleased," Mr. Whittle continued, "to combine our advanced Voice-over-IP technology with Avantel's high-value services to deliver integrated voice and data communications for businesses throughout Mexico." About the SmartNode(tm) family of VoIP Gateway Routers The SmartNode(tm) family of VoIP gateways and routers offer compact-desktop and modular voice/data IAD solutions for service providers and enterprises. The SmartNode 1000 and 4520 series SOHO and branch office IADs support one or two ISDN BRI So ports or 2-8 analog ports as well as a full-featured QoS VPN Router. The modular 19" SmartNode 2300 series are designed for medium and large enterprise applications featuring on-board LAN and WAN interfaces and a range of PMC based voice interface cards/expansion modules. Interface cards provide flexible port configurations for ISDN, T1, E1, PRI, BRI and FXS. The SmartNode 2400 series supports up to 96/120 Voice-over-IP connections in a single 1U 19" chassis. About Avantel Avantel "The IP Company" solutions in Mexico, offers a wide portfolio of telecommunications services especially tailored to meet the diverse needs of companies of all sizes and sectors, from intelligent voice and data transmission to virtual private networks (VPNs), integrated telecommunications packages and managed services. Avantel's network, the country's second largest, is the best positioned to provide IP-based solutions. Its Data Centers, directly connected to its backbone, allow it to provide robust, reliable Internet access and server hosting as well as network design and management. About Patton Patton Electronics Company is a US manufacturer and marketer of data communications products, including VoIP/ToIP gateways & routers, Remote Access (V.92, V.90, K56Flex, V.34+, and ISDN dial-in), Last Mile/Local Loop Access (T1, E1, and xDSL modems, NTUs and CSU/DSUs), Multi-Service Access (voice, intranet, extranet, and Frame Relay access), and Connectivity (interface converters, short range modems, multiplexers, and surge protectors). For more information or to request a free datacom catalog, please contact sales@patton.com. Patton Electronics Company 7622 Rickenbacker Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20879 USA Tel: +1 301.975.1000 Fax: +1 301.869.9293 Email: marketing@patton.com Web: http://www.patton.com/ ------------------------------ From: mykonosboy@tiscali.it (DVB) Subject: Information Wanted on WI-FI Date: 9 Dec 2004 12:47:03 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hi, I have a PC with tecnology Centrino (Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 WLAN 802.11b,11Mbps). I'm going for holiday in Mexico in an hotel that provides a connection to internet through a modem called ALAMBRICO. I've never heard about this router, in Italy nobody knows what it is. Do you know if I can use my laptop to connect to internet in the hotel? Best regards, MYK ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:49:39 EST From: Telecom dailyLead from USTA Subject: Senate Passes H.R. 5419 http://www.dailylead.com/latestIssue.jsp?i=18012&l=2017006 TODAY'S HEADLINES NEWS OF THE DAY * Senate passes H.R. 5419 BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH * DSL deployment up 39% in first three quarters of 2004 * Qwest expands enterprise VoIP service * Report: 1.5 billion mobile phone users worldwide * Cable companies have eye on cellular services * AT&T, MCI may be acquisition targets * Nortel revises net income projection as earnings restatement nears USTA SPOTLIGHT * USTA applauds Senate passage of funding bill for schools and libraries EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES * Vonage to launch videophones REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE * Franchise requirements an issue for telcos' TV plans http://www.dailylead.com/latestIssue.jsp?i=18012&l=2017006 Legal and Privacy information at http://www.dailylead.com/about/privacy_legal.jsp SmartBrief, Inc. 1100 H ST NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 ------------------------------ From: underpress Subject: Partner Mail (Release 3) Simultaneous Ring Date: 9 Dec 2004 08:02:16 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hi, I'm a (computer) sys admin having to deal with the phones for the first time ... not having fun! I want incoming calls to ring 5 extensions simultaneously. I've created a Group List containing the five extensions, but I can't figure out how to get the incoming lines to ring that group. Help! And thanks. Trevor ------------------------------ From: lisas@salford-systems.com Subject: Data Mining Conference: Solving Real World Challenges, NYC, March Date: 9 Dec 2004 05:57:33 -0800 Salford Systems Data Mining 2005 New York, March 28-30, 2005 Focusing on the Contributions of Data Mining to Solving Real World Challenges Honoring the Real-World Experiences of Data Mining Visionaries Leo Breiman and Jerome Friedman CONFERENCE PROGRAM http://www.salforddatamining.com/program.htm TELECOMMUNICATION SESSIONS: An Out-of-Memory Implementation of the PRIM Procedure for Massive Datasets: Telecommunications Dataset David Poole, AT&T Labs - Research Winning With TreeNet: The Duke/NCR Teradata Churn Modeling Tournament, Telecommunications Dataset Mikhail Golovnya, Salford Systems TRACKS: Data Mining Issues and Implementation Real World Success Stories: Business Real World Success Stories: Biomedical Real World Success Stories: Environmental Novel Methodologies POST-CONFERENCE HANDS-ON TRAINING Network with Data Mining Experts and Pick up Pointers from Companies, Research Centers and Laboratories Including: The International Monetary Fund, American Express, Barnes and Noble, Visa, Pfizer, Union Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Ciphergen, Stanford Linear Accelerator, Johns Hopkins Medical School and the University of California at Berkeley. If you have an interest in attending this conference or the post-conference training, please contact Lisa Solomon: Phone: 619-543-8880 x14, Email: lisas@salforddatamining.com ------------------------------ From: Ringo Langly Subject: Re: Dropping SBC For a VoIP Solution -- Vonage or Packet8 ?? Date: 9 Dec 2004 04:59:54 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hi Rick, I guess I don't understand ... the Telephone Adapter (DTA310 in my case) has one RJ45 connector plus my ISP only allows one public IP address. If I connect the Telephone Adapter to my cable modem first then it will get the public IP address -- not my router, which will leave my network without Internet access. I appriciate the suggestion, but either I've missed something or you're mistaken. The only way to connect (unless I had two IP addresses from my ISP) is the way it is currently connected: Cablemodem >> Router >> Telephone Adapter / Computers If I'm mistaken, please enlighten me ... Ringo [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Depending on the kind of TA you are using, many of them now have a 'bypass' allowing the TA to go immediatly behind the cablemodem, then 'bypassing' out to the router and computers. That is my setup here with my Linksys TA (which replaced the Motorola TA I was using from Vonage.) So you probably need to 'register' the TA with your cable internet provider (as I had to do) but then the Cable provider just looks at the TA as 'just one more computer' (or depending on how much of a firewall it has) as the 'computer' at your IP address. PAT] ------------------------------ From: Isaiah Beard Subject: Re: Dropping SBC For a VoIP Solution -- Vonage or Packet8 ?? Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 15:13:16 -0500 Rick Merrill wrote: >> One feature I tried that didn't work well was the call forwarding. I >> forwarded the line to my work number, called my house, and within a >> couple of rings my work phone rang. The delay was (no kidding) 2-3 >> seconds. Total pipe-organ effect, which makes this feature useless >> for me. > You wired it up wrong, and I'll try to say why. It should be > Modem<>TelephoneAdapter<>Router<>PC Uhh, that doesn't work for Packet8, I'm afraid. The Packet8 ATA is specifically meant to plug in behind the router. See page 2 of this document to see what I'm talking about: http://www.packet8.net/support/faqs/docs/quickstartguide_frontback_final_ctm.pdf If YOU have a DTA310, and have managed to install it in the setup you've described, I'd like to know how you managed it. :) FWIW though, I have Packet8 and have not run into the lag problem. there is a small amount of lag, but it's equivalent to the lag you experience on a cell phone, about .25 to .5 seconds. Not enough to be noticeable in conversation. E-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. ------------------------------ From: Tim@Backhome.org Subject: Re: Radar Detectors Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 05:27:31 -0800 Organization: Cox Communications Bitu wrote: > I have tested the spray myself. I triggered one of these nasty cameras > intentionally one early morning when there was nobody around. I saw the > flash go off but I have yet to receive any tickets. It is a nice > feeling to know that I am not driving naked. These cameras are not for > safety they are all about revenue. I have donated enough money to the > local police department. They are not going to get me again for driving > 5 miles over the speed limit. The automatic devices for slight speed violations are revenue devices for the most part. But, the devices that catch red light runners serve a genuine safety purposes. In Southern California there just aren't enough traffic cops. And, side collisions at intersections because one car ran the red light is about the leading cause of traffic deaths in the region these days. ------------------------------ From: jmeissen@aracnet.com Subject: Re: Radar Detectors Date: 9 Dec 2004 15:43:29 GMT Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com In article , Bitu wrote: >> But thank God there is another solution for this. It is >> called PhotoBlocker Spray. > I have been using it for two years. Two years ago I was getting > photo-radar tickets every three months. Then I saw a FOX News report > that showed how well this PHOTOBLOCKER spray worked. It showed Denver > police Department testing it and cops actually called it surprisingly > effective. Interesting. I watched a local FOX news report that showed that they didn't work at all, and during an interview the local distributor admitted it. The real solution is to not drive in a manner that precipitates a ticket in the first place. John Meissen jmeissen@aracnet.com ------------------------------ From: Ringo Langly Subject: Re: Connecting VoIP Device to Home Wiring Date: 9 Dec 2004 04:29:20 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com William Warren wrote: > On 7 Dec 2004 11:24:11 -0800, Ringo Langly wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm a subscriber of Packet8, and on their VoIP box it says not to >> connect it to the home wiring in my home. I'm assuming they get >> folks who connect it without unplugging the Ma Bell line and this >> blows the box. If I disconnect the outside lines (no voltage on >> phonelines) is there any reason not to connect the VoIP box to make >> all my phones hot? I only have three phones throughout the house, >> and I've been told such a box like this should put out enough >> voltage to carry such a load. Just curious -- Thanks, >> Ringo >> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: As long as you *disconnect >> everything* pertaining to Bell first, you should be okay. PAT] > Ringo, > Make sure you _really_ disconnect EVERYTHING: there may be old > transformers on the wires from a Princess phone. > You'll also need to check if your burglar alarm and/or utility meter > is hooked to the line: they'll need to be reprogrammed if your > dialing pattern is different. > And _please_ take the time to update the E911 records. The life you > save may be your own! > FWIW. > William > (Filter noise from my address for direct replies) Hi William, The house is 20 years old, but AFAIK there's no other connection going to the line other then the outside phone box. I'll put a volt meter on the line just to be sure nothing else is supplying juice to it, but I don't know of anything else that could be. As for everything else, I do have E911 activated and updated via Packet8 (paying extra $3 for it), plus I have no burgler alarm or anything else that should tap into the phoneline. Thanks for the info and take care, Ringo ------------------------------ From: Ken@PrivacyCorps.com Subject: Re: I Want to Block Anonymous/Name Unavailable/Unwanted Calls Date: 9 Dec 2004 10:05:36 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Your prayers have been answered. Recently introduced on http://www.PrivacyCorps.com is the Caller ID Manager http://www.privacycorps.com/products/?id=20. With the single touch of a button, all Anonymous, Out of Area, Private, 000-000-0000 numbers can be blocked, before they ring your phone. And this is all accomplished without the associated monthly fees from the phone company services like Anonymous Call Rejection or Call Blocking. Only Caller ID service is required from your telephone service provider. Additionally, up to 175 entries can be saved to either ignore the call without being answered or ringing the phone, route directly to your answering device without ringing the phone, ring specific phones or all phones. A 'Wildcard' feature is available to block entire area codes, prefixes or number sets. For those who desire even more privacy, the Caller ID Manager can be set to keep all callers from ringing your phone, while allowing unimpeded access to only welcome callers on your 'Invited' list. Based on the same platform, the FAX FIREWALL http://www.privacycorps.com/products/?id=23 is used to stop junk faxes using the same methods. For further information, please feel free to contact our customer service department 9AM-5PM PST, M-F. Ken Privacy Corps www.PrivacyCorps.com 888 633 5777 ------------------------------ From: Isaiah Beard Subject: Re: Treo650 v Blackberry Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:58:42 -0500 Mark wrote: > Has anyone done an investigation as to the specific features and > benefits of each of these devices. Ultimately they seem similar in > almost every way. One thing that I really don't understand is the > email. How does the treo work v the blackberry. Blackberry is more a push-type of interface whereas the Treo is not (though can emulate quite well). I will also say that Palm OS has a much broader userbase and more software has been written for it than Blackberry. > I heard rumors that for the treo to work your computer must be on, and > it must be forwarding your messages to versamail. Is this true. No. Your computer needs to be on only if you are using Sprint PCS Business Connection, *NOT* VersaMail. VersaMail is a standalone e-mail client that can work independently of your desktop computer. > How does the blackberry work instead? Any information will be > greatly appreciated. A blackberry can also work in the same way as a Treo. Either standalone -- checking your e-mail account independently, or through the use of an exchange server running on a desktop. E-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. ------------------------------ From: Dr. Edward F Gehringer Subject: Re: Calling Card Needed -- Short Interaction Sequence Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:38:57 -0500 Organization: NC State University > The OfficeMax 1000 minute cards run 0.03/minute on sale, which is > usually every other week. They are served by IDT and allow dial > through the recorded prompt/advert messages. I bought this card and used it on a trip. Unfortunately, while you can dial through messages, the message about the charge for calls from a payphone does not come on until *after* you dial the last digit of the phone number, so it cannot be bypassed. And even worse, although the card states, "Payphone surcharge of 13 US minutes" (which would be 39 cents) the recorded announcement says that the charge will be 99 cents! So it seems that we have a case of downright consumer fraud on these OfficeMax/IDT cards. And again I ask, Why is it so hard to get information on the real price of calls made with these cards? We have expiration dates, per-month charges, payphone charges, and perhaps other fees in addition to the advertised rate. It is hard to learn how much these fees are, and even when the consumer is told, the information may be incorrect. This reminds me of the car-rental industry, where the actual charge may be up to 40% greater than advertised, preventing effective price competition. -Ed ------------------------------ From: Lisa Minter Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:10:07 -0500 Subject: Vonage, VoicePulse Push Forward With Video http://voxilla.com/voxstory128.html By PHILLIP BRITT for VOXILLA.COM Within the space of a few hours, two separate New Jersey-based Voice over Internet Protocol providers announced their intention to move forcefully into relatively uncharted space: the video telephone. First, Edison, N.J.-based Vonage Holdings Corp announced that the company had struck an agreement with video telephone manufacturer Viseon to provide video services, asking that the news be embargoed until Thursday. A few hours later, Jamesburg, N.J.-based VoIP provider Voice Pulse issued a press release announcing it would be incorporating video service into its offerings in the second half of 2005. The twin announcements are not coincidental. According to Ravi Sakaria, CEO of VoicePulse, his company decided to disclose its video service soon after he received a call from a reporter at the Bergen Record, a newspaper in northern New Jersey. "We built our network for video from Day 1 and we'd been getting ready to announce it for a while," said Sakaria. "So when I got the call from the reporter, we decided to move ahead with the announcement." 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