Date: 22 Sep 2000 06:15:12 -0400 Message-ID: <20000922101512.23361.qmail@xuxa.iecc.com> From: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org (Telecom Digest) To: telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Subject: Telecom Digest V2000 #62 Reply-To: editor@telecom-digest.org Sender: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Errors-To: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Precedence: bulk X-UIDL: fd38f0b727fda371f5647728dc30e807 Status: RO X-Status: Telecom Digest Friday, September 22 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 062 In this issue: NEAX Manual Re: "Cat" scanning device may track users online Re: "Cat" scanning device may track users online Re: What's more rare than a public phone? Re: CLEC Puts ISP Customers Out Of Business In Northern NJ 9/21/00 ICBTollFree.Com HEADS UP HEADLINES Broadband Briefings: Act Now to Keep Internet Access Affordable! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 21 Sep 2000 09:46:01 -0400 From: vshvetsk@yahoo.com Subject: NEAX Manual Can someone please tell me where I can find an online manual for NEAX 7600? I do not work directly with it, but I need to understand its basic capabilities and terminology. Please email me back at victor@starsystems.co.jp Thank you, Vic Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Sep 2000 11:05:32 -0400 From: Clarence Dold Subject: Re: "Cat" scanning device may track users online Monty Solomon wrote: : "Cat" scanning device may track users online I'm sorry, but that is just too stupid. It's free... I remember a phrase about that. You have to register an email address in order to make use of it. Doesn't that make a sensible person wonder about the tracking aspect? You install software on your machine that will conveniently display a list of all of the sites you've visited via the scanner. How many clues do they need to give that they might pay attention to what you scan? Tracking? Certainly. What do "privacy" experts expect? Stay the hell away from my scanner. I like it. On the other hand, they should be more cautious with their security systems, especially since the internet equivalent of tree huggers will undoubtedly be pounding their site. They've already had a malicious security breach, revealing lists of email addresses. Now I have a $10 R.S. certificate as an apology. - -- - --- Clarence A Dold - dold@rahul.net - San Jose & Pope Valley (Napa County) CA. - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Sep 2000 12:00:48 -0400 From: Mike Stockman Subject: Re: "Cat" scanning device may track users online In article <8qd83k$qio$1@samba.rahul.net>, dold@rahul.net wrote: > Tracking? Certainly. What do "privacy" experts expect? > Stay the hell away from my scanner. > I like it. > > On the other hand, they should be more cautious with their security > systems, especially since the internet equivalent of tree huggers will > undoubtedly be pounding their site. Nobody's trying to take the CueCat away from you, just educate people about what this "free" device is really doing. Digital Convergence gives away a device that collects individual data and, and now they've proven that they can't protect that data. Instead of letting them slip their device under everyone's radar, be happy that it's being investigated, and that people's findings are being made public. Information about the CueCat won't hurt you, or your precious scanner. On the other hand, the information may help others avoid problems that a $10 Radio Shack gift certificate won't cure. - ----->Mike P.S. What's wrong with hugging trees, anyway? Aside from bark rash, that is. - -- _______________________________________________________________________ AOL: MStockman mailto:stockman@jagunet.com AOL Instant Messenger: MStockman - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Sep 2000 22:04:54 -0400 From: Robert Eden Subject: Re: What's more rare than a public phone? "Joseph Singer" wrote in message news:3.0.5.32.20000913045603.0081e210@oz.net... > Service for public phones has been going down for years probably due to the > fact that so many people now have cell phone service. That's why you pay > at least $.35 for a local call. I got a cell phone after giving up on COCOTs that wouldn't dial the numbers I wanted (new exchanges, new local area codes) and cut the tonepad in the middle of checking my voicemail. I think COCOT quality declined before the cell-phone use skyrocketed... maybe even helped it. Robert - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Sep 2000 22:22:47 -0400 From: jdearing@netaxs.com (John Dearing) Subject: Re: CLEC Puts ISP Customers Out Of Business In Northern NJ Daniel Seagraves (root@bony.umtec.com) wrote: : On 17 Sep 2000, Alan Boritz wrote: : : > Apparently, all customers served by switch PSWYNJ69DS0 (Kearny, Union City, : ^^^^^^^^^^^ : Question, what is that number, and how did you get it? That's what's known as a Common Language Location Identifier (CLLI) Code. It goes all the way back the the good old days of the Bell System. Every telephone location gets one. It breaks down into 4 parts. They are: 1. Locality (4 characters) in this case PSWY 2. State (2 characters) In this case NJ (New Jersey) 3. Office (2 characters) "69" 4. Equipment designation (DS0) My guess is that this is the Piscataway NJ Digital Switch. DS = Digital Switch DS0 = 1st digital switch DS1 = 2nd digital switch in the same building etc... I live in Langhore PA, just north of Philadelphia. My Central Office CLLI code is LANGPALADS0. Before they replaced the 1A ESS with a 5ESS it was LANGPALACG0. CG = Control Group. The Crossbar offices had Marker Groups and were MG0 or MG1 (sometimes called Magoos and Magee's by the switchmen). Just some more useless trivia for Usenet....... John - -- John Dearing : Phila Area Computer Society http://www.pacsnet.org Email : jdearing "at" netaxs "dot" com - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. 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Broadband Briefings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published by NetAction Issue No. 15 September 21, 2000 Repost where appropriate. Copyright and subscription info at end of message. In This Issue: ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Keep Internet Access Affordable! About Broadband Briefings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACTION ALERT: September 21, 2000 ACT NOW TO KEEP INTERNET ACCESS AFFORDABLE! Urge the House Commerce Committee to Vote "No" on HR 4445 Legislation that could significantly increase the cost of Internet access was quietly approved on September 18, 2000 by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection. H.R. 4445, a little-known bill sponsored by Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) would end a telephone industry cost reimbursement arrangement that has helped keep Internet access charges affordable for consumers. With less then three weeks before the end of the current legislative session, Internet service providers and other opponents of the bill are concerned that the bill might slip through Congress as an attachment to a year-end appropriations bill. Lobbyists for the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) are working hard to get the bill approved before the session ends. HR 4445, the Reciprocal Compensation Adjustment Act of 2000, is bad news for consumers. The full House Commerce Committee could consider HR 4445 as early as next Tuesday, September 26, 2000. Internet users should contact House Commerce Committee members immediately and urge them to oppose HR 4445. (DO NOT CIRCULATE THIS ACTION ALERT AFTER SEPTEMBER 26, 2000.) BACKGROUND ON HR 4445: HR 4445 would end a cost reimbursement system that local telephone companies use when different companies handle a single phone call. The system is known as reciprocal compensation. In its simplest terms, reciprocal compensation is an arrangement by which the caller's telephone company reimburses the call recipient's telephone company for costs associated with completing calls. For example, an Internet user gets local phone service from Pacific Bell, and uses an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that gets service from Pac West, a competitor to Pacific Bell. When the Internet user dials in to her ISP, Pacific Bell must pay Pac West for the cost of completing the call. Congress required competing local phone companies to negotiate these arrangements as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. When the terms were negotiated, the Bell companies demanded high fees because they assumed that they would be paid to complete calls that were started by competitive companies. But their assumptions were wrong. Most consumers get phone service from the Bells, while many ISPs have switched to competitive companies. So the Bells have had to pay billions of dollars to the competitive companies that complete the millions of calls that consumers make to ISPs when they go online. But rather than pay up, the Bells are lobbying Congress to change the rules -- rules they willingly agreed to when they assumed they were going to benefit from them. If Congress approves HR 4445 and ends the reciprocal compensation system, competitive phone companies will lose a significant source of cash flow and will be forced to charge ISPs more for phone service. If the ISPs pass those increases on to their customers, as expected, it poses a threat to affordable dial-up Internet service -- especially in rural and low-income areas. Millions of Americans are using the Internet today because the cost of dial-up service is affordable. Price competition is so intense, in fact, that some ISPs offer service for free. This is an important factor in bringing technology to low income and rural communities, and bridging the digital divide. WHAT YOU CAN DO: HR 4445 may be considered by the full House Commerce Committee as soon as next Tuesday, September 26, 2000. A list of Commerce Committee members is included below. Please call fax a letter TODAY to one or more of the committee members, and urge a "no" vote on HR 4445. WHAT TO TELL THE HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Be brief. Here are some suggested talking points: * HR 4445 is a threat to affordable Internet service. It will lead to higher costs for ISPs, and higher Internet access charges for consumers. * HR 4445 is a threat to the availability of Internet service in rural and low-income areas. We need affordable Internet service in low income and rural communities to help bridge the digital divide. * The Bells should not be allowed to change the rules just because the market didn't develop the way they expected. In a competitive market, there are no guarantees. WHO TO CONTACT: REPUBLICANS: Committee Chair: Tom Bliley, VA Phone: 202-225-2815 Fax: 202-225-0011 Michael Oxley, OH Phone: 202-225-2676 Fax: N/A Michael Bilirakis, FL Phone: 202-225-5755 Fax: 202-225-4085 Joe Barton, TX Phone: 202-225-2002 Fax: 202-225-3052 Fred Upton, MI Phone: 202-225-3761 Fax: 202-225-4986 Cliff Stearns, FL Phone: 202-225-5744 Fax: 202-225-3973 Paul Gillmor, OH Phone: 202-225-6405 Fax: 202-225-1985 James Greenwood, PA Phone: 202-225-4276 Fax: 202-225-9511 Christopher Cox, CA Phone: 202-225-5611 Fax: 202-225-9177 Nathan Deal, GA Phone: 202-225-5211 Fax: 202-225-8272 Steve Largent, OK Phone: 202-225-2211 Fax: 202-225-9187 Richard Burr, NC Phone: 202-225-2071 Fax: 202-225-2995 Brian Bilbray, CA Phone: 202-225-2040 Fax: 202-225-2948 Ed Whitfield, KY Phone: 202-225-3115 Fax: 202-225-3547 Greg Ganske, IA Phone: 202-225-4426 Fax: 202-225-3193 Charles Norwood, GA Phone: 202-225-4101 Fax: 202-225-0279 Tom Coburn, OK Phone: 202-225-2701 Fax: 202-225-3038 Rick Lazio, NY Phone: 202-225-3335 Fax: 202-225-4669 Barbara Cubin, WY Phone: 202-225-2311 Fax: 202-225-3057 James Rogan, CA Phone: 202-225-4176 Fax: 202-225-5828 John Shimkus, IL Phone: 202-225-5271 Fax: 202-225-5880 Heather Wilson, NM Phone: 202-225-6316 Fax: 202-225-4975 John Shadegg, AZ Phone: 202-225-3361 Fax: 202-225-3462 Chip Pickering, MS Phone: 202-225-5031 Fax: 202-225-5797 Vito Fossella, NY Phone: 202-225-3371 Fax: 202-226-1272 Roy Blunt, MO Phone: 202-225-6536 Fax: 202-225-5604 Ed Bryant, TN Phone: 202-225-2811 Fax: 202-225-2989 Robert Ehrlich, MI Phone: 202-225-3061 Fax: 202-225-3094 DEMOCRATS: Ranking Democrat: John Dingell, MI Phone: 202-225-4071 Fax: 202-226-0371 Henry Waxman, CA Phone: 202-225-3976 Fax: 202-225-4099 Edward Markey, MA Phone: 202-225-2836 Fax: N/A Ralph Hall, TX Phone: 202-225-6673 Fax: 202-225-3332 Rick Boucher, VA Phone: 202-225-3861 Fax: 202-225-0442 Edolphus Towns, NY Phone: 202-225-5936 Fax: 202-225-1018 Frank Pallone, NJ Phone: 202-225-4671 Fax: 202-225-9665 Sherrod Brown, OH Phone: 202-225-3401 Fax: 202-225-2266 Bart Gordon, TN Phone: 202-225-4231 Fax: 202-225-6887 Peter Deutsch, FL Phone: 202-225-7931 Fax: 202-225-8456 Bobby Rush, IL Phone: 202-225-4372 Fax: 202-225-0333 Anna Eshoo, CA Phone: 202-225-8104 Fax: 202-225-8890 Ron Klink, PA Phone: 202-225-2565 Fax: 202-226-2274 Bart Stupak, MI Phone: 202-225-4735 Fax: 202-225-4744 Eliot Engel, NY Phone: 202-225-2464 Fax: 202-225-5513 Tom Sawyer, OH Phone: 202-225-5231 Fax: 202-225-5278 Albert Wynn, MD Phone: 202-225-8699 Fax: 202-225-8714 Gene Green, TX Phone: 202-225-1688 Fax: 202-225-9903 Karen McCarthy, MO Phone: 202-225-4535 Fax: 202-225-4403 Ted Strickland, OH Phone: 202-225-5705 Fax: 202-225-5907 Diana DeGette, CO Phone: 202-225-4431 Fax: 202-225-5657 Tom Barrett, WI Phone: 202-225-3571 Fax: 202-225-2185 Bill Luther, MN Phone: 202-225-2271 Fax: 202-225-3368 Lois Capps, CA Phone: 202-225-3601 Fax: 202-225-5632 For more background see "Lobbying could hike Net costs" at: http://www.contracostatimes.com/partners/nf/netfees_20000920.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Broadband Briefings Broadband Briefings is a free electronic newsletter, published by NetAction to promote policies that encourage rapid and widespread deployment of high-speed Internet access. 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