TELECOM Digest     Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:20:00 EST    Volume 24 : Issue 549

Inside This Issue:                            Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Executive Has an Answer to Phone System Cheat Sheet (Monty Solomon)
    Don't Call It Spyware (Monty Solomon)
    Using Two ADSL Internet Connections Simultaneously (jonfklein@gmail.com)
    Overnight Circus on USA Television (Hazma Hendavi)
    Problems With Modifying Greeting in Partner II VS mail R1.0 (nusource)
    Box to Redirect Incoming Call and Redial to Outgoing Number (Chasman)
    Cellular-News for Monday 5th December 2005 (Cellular-News)
    Verizon to Unload Directory Unit (USTelecom dailyLead)
    Re: Satellite GPS Can Locate Wireless Phones Within 15 Feet (nospam4me)
    Re: Who Owns the Music? (Steven Lichter)
    Re: Who Owns the Music? (Scott Dorsey)
    Re: Voicepulse Owns Your Number (Carl Drueckhammer)

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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:40:20 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Executive Has an Answer to Phone System Cheat Sheet


By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff 

Paul English can add this to his cheat sheet on how to reach a human 
on a computerized phone system: have a story in the newspaper.

English, the subject of a Nov. 6 Globe article, has caught the
attention of Michael Zirngibl, chief executive of Angel.com, one of
the leading makers of automated voice systems.

Zirngibl, whose McLean, Va., firm's clients includes Adidas, Kellogg's
and the US Army, applauded English's efforts on behalf of consumers
but said there were a lot of things wrong with his approach. English,
a 42-year-old Arlington software engineer, made headlines with his
personal website, http://paulenglish.com which houses a cheat sheet that
tells people how to reach a human on the voice systems of more than
100 companies. Zirngibl said such systems often help consumers more
efficiently than live agents.

To show that automation can be good and turn English's assault into a
business opportunity, Zirngibl put out his own cheat sheet for
businesses on how to create customer-friendly systems. Among the tips:
never hide the option for speaking to a live agent and never require
callers to repeat personal information once they reach a human being.

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/12/02/executive_has_an_answer_to_phone_system_cheat_sheet/

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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 01:01:14 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Don't Call It Spyware


Three years ago the company was considered a parasite and a scourge. 
Today it's a rising star -- selling virtually the same product. How a 
pop-up pariah won the adware wars.

By Annalee Newitz
Wired
Issue 13.12
December 2005

Back in 2002, Gator was one of the most reviled companies on the Net.
Maker of a free app called eWallet, the firm was under fire for
distributing what critics called spyware, code that covertly monitors
a user's Web-surfing habits and uploads the data to a remote server.
People who downloaded Gator eWallet soon found their screens inundated
with pop-up ads ostensibly of interest to them because of Web sites
they had visited. Removing eWallet didn't stop the torrent of
pop-ups. Mounting complaints attracted the attention of the Federal
Trade Commission. Online publishers sued the company for obscuring
their Web sites with pop-ups. In a June 2002 legal brief filed with
the lawsuit, attorneys for The Washington Post referred to Gator as a
"parasite." ZDNet called it a "scourge."

Today Gator, now called Claria, is a rising star. The lawsuits have
been settled -- with negligible impact on the company's business --
and Claria serves ads for names like JPMorgan Chase, Sony, and Yahoo!
The Wall Street Journal praises the company for "making strides in
revamping itself." Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that
Microsoft came close to acquiring Claria. Google acknowledges Claria's
technology in recent patent applications. Best of all, government
agencies and watchdog groups have given their blessing to the
company's latest product: software that watches everything users do
online and transmits their surfing histories to Claria, which uses the
data to determine which ads to show them.

Apart from plush new offices at the northern edge of Silicon Valley,
it's remarkable how little the latter-day Claria differs from the old
Gator. It's true that the company has toned down its most aggressive
tactics. Journalists, watchdogs, and regulators seem mollified. For
the most part, though, the company is in the same business as before,
courting the same customers and selling a product that does the same
thing in the same ways. Claria wears in a sharp suit and has a
scrubbed face and coiffed hair -- but it still looks a lot like Gator.

CEO Scott VanDeVelde doesn't deny this. "I don't feel like there's a
need to wipe the slate clean," he says. "Our technologies are dead
center of where the market is going."

The spyware wars are over -- and spyware has won.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.12/spyware.html

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From: jonfklein@gmail.com
Subject: Using Two ADSL Internet Connections Simultaneously
Date: 5 Dec 2005 10:25:24 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


Here is the problem,

I have two telephone lines. I want to make both of these lines ADSL
connections to the internet and use these connections to provide
internet access to several wireless laptop computers. A maximum of
about 20 laptops would be connected to the system at once. I would
like the laptops to be able to use both lines simultaneously so that I
don't have one line overloaded and one underloaded (ie: I want to
balance the traffic on the lines at any given time).

Anyone have any suggestions on how to set up something like this?

-Jonathan

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From: Hazma Hendawi <ap@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: The Saddam Overnight Circus on Television
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:29:35 -0600


Saddam: 'I Am Not Afraid of Execution'
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer

Saddam Hussein told the judge at his trial Monday that "I am not
afraid of execution" during a chaotic court session in which the first
witness took the stand and testified that the former president's
agents carried out random arrests, torture and killings. The outburst
was one of several by Saddam or his co-defendants at the trial that
also saw a brief walkout by his defense lawyers.

At one point, Saddam appeared to threaten the judge, saying: "When the
revolution of the heroic Iraq arrives, you will be held accountable."

Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin replied: "This is an insult to the court.
We are searching for the truth."

Earlier, however, Saddam told the court he understood the pressures
upon the judges and defended his actions. He and his seven
co-defendants could be executed if convicted on the charges stemming
from the deaths of more than 140 Shiites in 1982.

Before the trial adjourned until Tuesday, Saddam repeatedly
interrupted testimony and appeared to try to rally Iraqis against the
U.S. occupation.

"This game must not continue, if you want Saddam Hussein's neck, you
can have it!" Saddam said. "I have exercised my constitutional
prerogatives after I had been the target of an armed attack.

"I am not afraid of execution," said Saddam, who then addressed the
judge, saying, "I realize there is pressure on you and I regret that I
have to confront one of my sons. But I'm not doing it for myself. I'm
doing it for Iraq. I'm not defending myself. But I am defending you."

When the first witness Ahmed Hassan Mohammed spoke, Saddam told him:
"Do not interrupt me, son."

"If it's ever established that Saddam Hussein laid a hand on any
Iraqi, then everything that witness said is correct," he said.

He also told the court that he "would like (the witness) to be
examined by an independent medical institution."

Amin had a difficult time keeping order during several clashes between
the witnesses and the accused, with Saddam and his co-defendant and
half brother, Barazan Ibrahim, gesturing and shouting together. In one
instance, Saddam pointed to the sky with his right hand while he held
Islam's holy book, the Quran, in his left.

"Everyone must remain calm and be civil," he said repeatedly.

At one point, Saddam and Ibrahim became so angry while Saddam sparred
verbally with the judge and a second witness, Jawad Abdul-Azziz Jawad,
that guards tried to calm them. Ibrahim smacked them on the hands with
a notebook.

Saddam himself became so angry that he threw some papers he was
holding, and they eventually landed on the floor.

Earlier, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who is helping
represent Saddam, sought to address the court, touching off an
argument that led to the walkout by the defense team.

Amin at first said only Saddam's chief lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi,
could speak. Amin said the defense should submit its motion in writing
and warned that if the defense walked out then the court would appoint
replacement lawyers.

After the defense lawyers left, Saddam, shaking his right hand, told
the judge: "You are imposing lawyers on us. They are imposed
lawyers. The court is imposed by itself. We reject that."

Saddam and Ibrahim then chanted "Long live Iraq, long live the Arab
state."

Ibrahim stood up and shouted: "Why don't you just execute us and get
rid of all of this!"

When the judge explained that he was ruling in accordance with the
law, Saddam replied: "This is a law made by America and does not
reflect Iraqi sovereignty nor values."

It was the third court session in the trial of Saddam and seven
co-defendants -- accused in the 1982 killings after an assassination
attempt against the president in Dujail -- where Saddam at times
appeared to be in control of the court as much as the presiding judge.

After the lawyers spoke, Mohammed began his emotional but often
rambling testimony. He said that after an assassination attempt on
Saddam, security agencies took people of all ages, from 14 to more
than 70. They were tortured for 70 days at intelligence headquarters
in Baghdad before being moved to Abu Ghraib prison where the abuse
continued, he said.

"There were mass arrests. Women and men. Even if a child was
1-day-old, they used to tell his parents, 'Bring him with you,'"
Mohammed said. He said he was taken to a security center where "I saw
bodies of people from Dujail."

"They were martyrs I knew," Mohammed said, giving the names of the
nine whose bodies were there.

The second witness, Jawad, who was only 10 when the assassination
attempt occurred, testified how Iraqi troops used helicopters to
attack the city and bulldozers to destroy the fields.

Jawad said Saddam's regime killed three of his brothers, one before
the assassination attempt and two after.

When al-Dulaimi asked how someone who was 10 could remember such
details, Jawad said "a 3-year-old child remembers a lot. An elementary
school student does not forget if a teacher slapped him in the face. I
live a catastrophe."

After the walkout and a 90-minute recess to resolve the issue, the
court reconvened and Amin allowed Clark and ex-Qatari Justice Minister
Najib al-Nueimi to speak on the questions of the legitimacy of the
tribunal and safety of the lawyers.

"Reconciliation is essential," Clark told the court. "This trial can
either divide or heal. And unless it is seen as absolutely fair, and
as absolutely fair in fact, it will irreconcilably divide the people
of Iraq."

At that point, the judge reminded Clark that he was to speak only
about the security guarantees for the defense lawyers -- two of whom
have been assassinated since the trial began Oct. 19.

Clark then said all parties were entitled to protection, and the
measures offered to protect the defense and their families were
"absurd." He said that without such protection, the judicial system
would collapse.

Al-Nueimi then spoke about the legitimacy issue, arguing that court is
not independent and was in fact set up under the U.S.-led occupation
rather than by a legal Iraqi government. He said the language of the
statute was unchanged from that promulgated by the former top
U.S. administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, and was therefore
"illegitimate." 

"The illegitimate American bastards are trying to run this court just
as they tried to take over our country," Saddam noted in agreement, as
he held his Quran in the air to illustrate his message.

The first witness had exchanged insults with Ibrahim, Saddam's half
brother, telling him "you killed a 14-year-old boy."

"To hell," Ibrahim replied.

"You and your children will be the ones to burn in hell," the witness
replied.

The judge then asked them to avoid such language and to address their
exchanges to him rather than each other and the audience.

As the testimony continued, Saddam's lawyers objected that someone in
the visitors' gallery was making threatening and obscene gestures
directed to Saddam, and should be removed.  Ibrahim leapt to his feet,
spat in the direction of the gallery, and shouted, "There are your
criminals."

The judge ordered the person removed from the gallery and questioned,
and this in turn caused more commotions among the participants in the
trial and the observors. "Who is to be on trial here," they asked. 

Mohammed, fighting back tears, described how there had been "random
arrests in the streets, all the forces of the (Baath) party, and
Thursday became 'Judgment Day' and Dujail has become a battle front."

"Shootings started and nobody could leave or enter Dujail. At night,
intelligence agents arrived headed by Barazan" Ibrahim, he said.

Ibrahim interrupted him at one point, saying: "I am a patriot and I
was the head of the intelligence service of Iraq."

At the start of Monday's session, Saddam walked into the court with a
smile, carrying a copy of the Quran and greeted everyone there, his
lawyers, the prosecutors, and the audience. From time to time, he
would glance at his Quran, as though preparing to give a sermon.  Most
of the defendants and several of the defense lawyers, including Clark,
and members of the audience stood up out of respect when Saddam entered,
and again when he would read out loud from the Scripture. (Quran). 

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Because the trial of Saddam Hussein (or
Sodomy Insane as he is sometimes referred to) is news of importance to
USA citizens and due to the time difference, his trial is being
carried live on several USA news stations, such as Cable News Network
and MSNBC. As a result, it is aired on television beginning at about 2
AM Central USA time until about 5 AM. According to their laws, _only
the judge_ is permitted to ask questions. Prosecution and defense
alike must submit questions to the judge, who, if he is in agreement
that the question is proper, then asks it of the defendant (in this
case, Saddam) or the witness who was called to testify. Like the USA,
Iraq bars the use of cameras in the courtroom except by special
arrangement. What they _are permitting_ is one camera making a video
tape to be used with a twenty minute delay. (I assume they may wish to
edit it as they go along.) So what you will see on American television
is videotape of the event, 20-minute segements of tape, at about 20
minute delays throughout the night. Sunday night/Monday morning was
the _third_ court session; the first 'meaningful' session (the two
earlier sesssions were more 'technical' and 'procedural' in nature;
the lawyers presenting to the judge who would be their witnesses, and
asking for the continuance, etc, and of course, Saddam fussing with
the judge and the lawyers, etc. Now they have Saddam sitting there on
trial. It sort of reminds one of a modern hybrid of the Joe McCarthy
debacle in 1949-50 on television and the Jerry Springer show.  If you
happen to wake up at 3 AM turn on MSNBC and watch the show for
yourself. PAT]

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From: nusource <nusourceco@aol.com>
Subject: Problems With Modifying Greeting in Partner II VS Mail R1.0
Date: 4 Dec 2005 22:33:10 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


I tried to modify greeting message using <intercom><777> and got busy
signal. System was powered off for about 2 months, and was able to change
greeting prior to power off.  Had reset by #505 7 and unassigned and
reassign again.  Can anyone help?

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From: Chasman <xarush@omelas.com>
Subject: Box to Redirect Incoming Call and Redial to Outgoing Line
Date: 5 Dec 2005 06:37:52 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


I want to figure a simple way of being able to dial in on one work
number and then dial out on another work line.

The reason is that I want to be able to call international from my
cell phone really cheaply or free. So I want to make a local call to
my office and then reroute that call somehow through my VOIP phone to
wherever I want to dial. This way I get the benifit of really cheap
rates.

Thanks for any ideas.


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The device you want is known as a 
'call extender' or 'WATS extender'. The name comes mainly from many
years ago when long distance calls were quite expensive but using the
office 'WATS line' allowed a long distance call to be 'free'. Essenti-
ally, call in on a local line, get hooked either to a PBX-type line
 from whence you would dial the WATS code (then out on WATS) or else
just connect direct to the WATS line itself. A smart user would always
have a passcode request in there somewhere, to avoid having the WATS
(or other network services) abused. I got one of these devices once
 from Mike Sandman http://sandman.com and after a bit of tweaking it
worked reasonably well. You can adjust it via a capacitor on the top
so it knows when to answer the incoming line and how long to hold the
line open, and when to disconnect it. The prototype Mike let me use
was easy enough to adjust the cap for pickup and disconnect and wait
to restart. But the volume level was not very good, at least on my
prototype (some manufacturer was trying to talk Mike into reselling
these devices), and I do not think they ever got the volume level
adjusted as desired. It would not make a lot of difference on good
quality WATS lines or a decent PBX, etc. The transmission level would
go down a little, but you could live with it. However, I was trying to
use mine to connect landline, via a PBX to a VOIP line outbound, and
this was _before_ (or maybe still?) VOIP was able to share bandwidth
with computers, etc on internet and sound good quality. So I had two
problems: VOIP outbound (with the older style Vonage TA's) sounded
dreadful, IMO, and the 'call extender' didn't help it any. 

Commercial or industrial grade call extenders used to be quite
expensive; you had to be able to amortize its cost versus your toll
charges; now the cost for a unit is almost nothing; but then again, so
are toll charges, even international ones. You might check with Mike
Sandman (mailto: mike@sandman.com) or check his web site http://sandman.com
and find out if the transmission quality problems have been corrected,
and does he still have those little units. (About the size of a
package of cigarette, weight a couple ounces; just plug an incoming
and and outgoing line into it.)   PAT]

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Subject: Cellular-News for Monday 5th December 2005
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:39:49 -0600
From: Cellular-News <dailydigest@cellular-news-mail.com>


Cellular-News - http://www.cellular-news.com

[[3G News]]

Ukraine's Ukrtelecom gets 3G license without tender
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15079.php

Ukraine's fixed-line telecommunication provider Ukrtelecom received
Thursday a license for operation in UMTS/WCDMA third generation (3G)
standard without a tender, Ukraine's National Commission for
Communications Regulation (NKRS) said in a stateme...

Morgan Stanley: America Movil Plans 3G Technology In 07
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15082.php

America Movil, Latin America's largest wireless telephony concern,
plans to launch third-generation technology in 2007 when it expects
handset prices to be lower, investment bank Morgan Stanley said
Friday. ...

Industry Sees Brazil's Telecom Watchdog Rushing Into 3G
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15083.php

PREMIUM - Third generation wireless technology is proving to be a big
deal in Brazil - but not because everyone wants video on their mobile
phones. ...

EDGE Launched by South African Operator
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15095.php

South Africa's third mobile operator, Cell C has launched an EDGE
upgrade to its GSM network. Cell C 's network provide s EDGE coverage
to 90% of metropolitan areas. Said Talaat Laham, Cell C Chairman and
CEO: "We are delighted to be launching our mo...

[[Financial News]]

Nokia Says Co Holds 20% Cost Advantage Over Rivals
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15076.php

Nokia Corp. holds a cost advantage of more than 20% over its closest
competitor, said Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson. ...

Hong Kong New World Extends Exclusive Merger Talks With Telstra
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15077.php

New World Development Co. said Friday it has agreed to extend for two
weeks exclusive talks with Australia's Telstra Crop. to finalize a
deal to merge their Hong Kong-based mobile phone service
providers. ...

Swiss Government:Swisscom Board To Hold Off Buying Any Incumbent
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15081.php

The Swiss government Friday said Swisscom AG has agreed to hold off
any decisions about buying any foreign company that's legally obliged
to provide its country with telecommunication services until the
government has revamped Swisscom's strategic go...

NTL, Virgin Mobile In Merger Talks - Sources
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15089.php

U.K. entrepreneur Richard Branson will this week launch an attempt to
merge his Virgin Mobile Holdings (U.K.) PLC telecommunications unit
with NTL Inc to create a GBP4.5 billion communications business,
people familiar with the matter said Sunday. ...

[[Handsets News]]

TELECOM REPORT: Wireless Phones As Status Symbols
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15087.php

It's not enough any more to make wireless phones that are easy to use,
work well and have great features. Now more than ever, customers also
want "cool" phones that cater to their self-image. ...

Emblaze Gains African Handset Distribution Partner
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15092.php

Emblaze Mobile says that it has signed an exclusive distribution
agreement with Blue Tech Africa, a subsidiary of the Managed
Enterprises Incorporated group, which will see its handsets introduced
to key African markets during 2006. BlueTech will pro...

[[Legal News]]

EU, Austria Settle Dispute Over Mobile Antenna Tax
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15078.php

Austria and the European Commission Friday settled a dispute over a
proposed tax on antennas used to relay signals for mobile
networks. ...

PRESS: Russia telecommunication ministry eyed in German probe 
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15080.php

A money-laundering scandal that started in Germany has spread to other
countries and now implicates a top Russian official who is a close
ally of President Vladimir Putin, say law-enforcement officials with
knowledge of the situation, The Wall Street...

Alamosa Discloses Derivative Suit Tied To Sprint Nextel Merger
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15085.php

Alamosa Holdings Inc. disclosed Friday that a purported shareholder
derivative class action was filed in the District Court of Lubbock
County, Texas, related to the company's impending merger with Sprint
Nextel Corp. ...

Qualcomm Refutes Korean License Report
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15094.php

Qualcomm has stated that the claims in a Korea Times article from last
Thursday indicating that certain Korean manufacturers' obligations to
pay royalties to Qualcomm under their respective license agreements
will expire in 2006 for sales in Korea an...

[[Mobile Content News]]

Retro Children's Cartoons Appear on Mobiles
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15090.php

Celador International has secured the mobile rights to design a range
of mobile content based around the childrens television cartoon
series, Roobarb & Custard. The company has tapped edpic to develop the
mobile content on their behalf. London-based ...

[[Network Operators News]]

Alltel Sells Assets and Cellular One Brand Name
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15091.php

Dobson Communications has agreed to purchase the Cellular One brand
from Alltel. Dobson is a provider of wireless phone services to rural
markets in 16 states and has been a primary licensee of the Cellular
One brand, which was owned by Western Wirel...

Telering shops to be renamed as Sonera Piste shops
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15096.php

TeliaSonera has announced that the name and visual identity of the
Finnish Telering chain is to be changed to Sonera Piste. By the end of
the year, 56 shops will be under the new name and the chain will grow
in size at the beginning of the year 2006....

Bulgarian Operator Upgrades Completed
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15097.php

The Bulgarian GSM operator, Mobitel says that it has completed several
upgrades to its network and can now support up to 5 million
subscribers. The company currently has 3.5 million customers. Beside
that every year M-Tel puts on air hundreds of new ...

UAE Operator Expands into Sudan
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15098.php

The UAE based telecoms operator, Etisalat has helped a Sudan based
landline operator set up facilities and commence operations in the
country. The company has a 40% holding in the country's second
landline operator, Canar Telecommunications which was...

[[Personnel News]]

Nortel Ex-CEO Entitled To Get $2 Million Lump-Sum Severance
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15086.php

Nortel Networks Corp. said Friday that former Vice Chairman and Chief
Executive William A. Owens is entitled to a $2 million lump-sum
payment equivalent to two years of salary. ...

[[Statistics News]]

Belarus MDC subscriber base up to 1.760 million as of Dec 1 
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15088.php

The subscriber base of Belarus mobile phone operator Mobile Digital
Communications, or MDC, rose 3.2% in November to 1.760 million people
as of December 1, a spokesperson with the company told Prime-Tass
Thursday. ...

Top ten in mobile phone sales in Telia stores in November
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15093.php

In November, the Samsung SGH-X640 mobile phone bubbled up Telia's top
ten list by leaping all the way to second place. The list was again
topped by the Nokia 5140i, while the Nokia 3120 slipped down to fourth
place and is no longer one of the three b...

[[Technology News]]

Ericsson Introduces Software For Mobile TV
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15075.php

Swedish telecommunication equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson
Friday said it is introducing a client software that enables easy
channel surfing for mobile television. ...

Cingular To Launch Push-To-Talk Phone Service
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15084.php

Cingular Wireless plans to launch a push-to-talk phone service which
integrates walkie-talkie and cellular technology across its
network. ...

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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:07:38 EST
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: Verizon to Unload Directory Unit


USTelecom dailyLead
December 5, 2005
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/zvyAatagCzjdipbkES

		TODAY'S HEADLINES
	
NEWS OF THE DAY
* Verizon to unload directory unit
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* U.K.'s NTL may buy part of Virgin Mobile
* WWP raises $25.5M in funding round
* Swisscom halts Eircom bid
* Technicians take on new challenges in fiber era
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* Now in the Telecom Bookstore:  Introduction to IP Television
HOT TOPICS
* Skype adds video to VoIP service
* FCC expected to back "a la carte" cable pricing
* Report: VoIP system sales growing fast
* High-ranking Nortel executives leave company
* Telecoms ponder fate of their landlines
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
* Cisco unveils new IP equipment
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* Analysis: A la carte debate could get messy

Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/zvyAatagCzjdipbkES

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From: nospam4me@mytrashmail.com
Subject: Re: Satellite GPS Can Locate Wireless Phones Within 15 Feet
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:36:04 UTC
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC


For VOIP, I think it would be necessary for either the terminal
adapter (TA) or the host PC (soft-TA) to have a GPS receiver built
into it to be able to do E-911.

A way this could be helpful is if when the TA first connects to the
VOIP switch, it sends its GPS coordinates; the switch could then reply
with a list of phone numbers corresponding to the closest 911 call
center.

 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
 Herb Oxley
 From: address IS Valid.



[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I have been told GPS does not work that
well _inside a house or an office_; that its optimal use is when 
attached to an outside thing. Most VOIP set ups are indoors, are they
not?  What advantage and disadvantage would there be to equipping VOIP
terminal adapters either with a small antenna capable of receiving GPS
coordinates (although you might have to mount the GPS receiver either 
next to a window or preferably _outside_ with a wire running in to the
TA itself)?  Or, another approach might be for the TA unit to 'listen'
for '911' being dialed, and then instantly breaking the connection and
redialing 911 via a landline phone nearby? Or, have the 911 interception
be done at the local ISP (whose lines you were on anyway) and have the
ISP forward your call to the local 911 authorities along with its 
records of who you were, where you were at, etc?   PAT]

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From: Steven Lichter <shlichter@diespammers.com>
Reply-To: Die@spammers.com
Organization: I Kill Spammers, Inc.  (c) 2005 A Rot in Hell Co.
Subject: Re: Who Owns the Music?
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:20:46 GMT


DevilsPGD wrote:

> In message <telecom24.546.7@telecom-digest.org> Steven Lichter
> <shlichter@diespammers.com> wrote:

>> Common sense should tell you that if you sell/give away the CD you
>> should delete any copies you have of it.  That is the same rule for
>> computer software, you have the right to make a copy but once you no
>> longer own the original, you have to delete any copies you have for
>> backup.

> Common sense may tell you that, but in my jurisdiction you'd be very
> wrong.

> Of course, common sense would tell you that when I burn my own singing
> to a CDR, I shouldn't have to pay the music industry.

> Since I do one, I do the other without any moral or ethical objection.

> Before posting legal advice please take the time to investigate where
> the person asking the question is located since their jurisdiction may
> have vastly different rules then yours.

I was not posting legal advice and besides this has to to with Federal
Law!!  Read the other postings that came before mine and after.  Also
title 17 of the US Code which others have listed is really open on
that, since as was said it covers mostly software, not music, but the
lines are mixed now with all the online access to music and video.

The only good spammer is a dead one!!  Have you hunted one down today?
(c) 2005  I Kill Spammers, Inc.  A Rot in Hell Co.

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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: Who Owns the Music?
Date: 5 Dec 2005 10:57:28 -0500
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)


> - if I buy a new CD, I am presumably entitled to record it for local
> (computer/IPOD/backup/whatever) use.  If I do that, am I (legally or
> otherwise) prohibited from reselling or giving away the CD?  

Yes.  You can think of the original media as holding the license for
your use of the material.  You own the media, you do not own all
rights to the material on it.  But possession of the media gives you
limited rights of use (as written on the back of the disk).

If you sell the media, you are also selling your rights to use the
material on it.

--scott

NOT FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OR BROADCAST: LICENSED ONLY FOR USE ON
PHONOGRAPHS IN HOMES

"C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Subject: Re: Voicepulse Owns Your Number
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:24:47 -0500
From: Carl Drueckhammer <Carl.Drueckhammer@syniverse.com>


Contact the FCC's Consumer Center toll-free at 888-CALL-FCC
(888-225-5322):

www.fcc.gov/cgb/NumberPortability/

Certain rural wireline carriers may have waivers of the porting
requirement from state commissions. Customers of these carriers
therefore may be unable to port their number to a new carrier. If you
are unable to port your number for that reason, you should contact
your state commission for further information.

You might also reference "Rules and Regulations of the North Carolina
Utilities Commission", chapter 17, "Provision of Local Exchange and
Exchange Access Competition", Rule R17-5, number portability and
number assignment:

http://www.ncuc.commerce.state.nc.us/ncrules/chap17.htm#rule_17-5

The North Carolina Utilities Commission, Consumer Services Division,
can be reached at 919-733-9277.

Carl Drueckhammer

> In message <telecom24.540.8@telecom-digest.org> sethb@panix.com (Seth
> Breidbart) wrote:

>> In article <telecom24.531.7@telecom-digest.org>, Fred Atkinson
>> <fatkinson@mishmash.com> wrote:

>>> I've sent Voicepulse notice that I expect them to release my number.
>>> They say they will not. In fact, they called me just a few minutes
>>> ago and said that the porting request from Carolina Net would be
>>> declined.

>>> I'm looking for recourse and I'm not interested in hearing that there
>>> is no recourse. Can anyone here make some suggestions as to most
>>> effective avenue to pursue?

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