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X.25 links still available? [telecom]
Does anybody know if it is possible to get an X.25 hook up nowadays? Ideally over the D channel of a basic ISDN connection. sampsa
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[telecom] On Campus, a Faculty Uprising Over Personal Data
On Campus, a Faculty Uprising Over Personal Data By NATASHA SINGER September 14, 2013 IMPROVING health while holding down health care costs is the kind of having-your-cake-and-eating-it combination...
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[telecom] Verizon, facing protest, won't kill wireline phone in hurricane-damaged area
Verizon, facing protest, won't kill wireline phone in hurricane-damaged area Instead of wireless-only voice service, Verizon will bring FiOS to Fire Island. by Jon Brodkin Sept 11 2013 Ars Technica...
 
[telecom] NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill The Guardian 11 September 2013 The National Security Agency routinely shares raw...
 
[telecom] With 30 tuners and 30 TB of storage, SnapStream makes TiVos look like toys
With 30 tuners and 30 TB of storage, SnapStream makes TiVos look like toys Houston company's monster DVRs power Colbert, The Daily Show, and other big TV names. by Lee Hutchinson Sept 14 2013 Ars...
 
[telecom] Gov't standards agency "strongly" discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm
Gov't standards agency "strongly" discourages use of NSA-influenced algorithm NIST: "we are not deliberately... working to undermine or weaken encryption." by Jeff Larson and Justin Elliott, Sept 13...
 
[telecom] Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone
Behind Microsoft Deal, the Specter of a Nokia Android Phone By NICK WINGFIELD SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 SEATTLE - Before Microsoft reached a deal to buy Nokia's phone business, there was a possibility that...
 
[telecom] E-ZPasses Get Read All Over New York (Not Just At Toll Booths)
E-ZPasses Get Read All Over New York (Not Just At Toll Booths) Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff 9/12/2013 After spotting a police car with two huge boxes on its trunk - that turned out to be...
 
[telecom] No Child Left Untableted
No Child Left Untableted By CARLO ROTELLA September 12, 2013 Sally Hurd Smith, a veteran teacher, held up her brand-new tablet computer and shook it as she said, "I don't want this thing to take over...
 
[telecom] Retailers tap into college student market
Retailers tap into college student market At Fenway Park event, retailers attract students with freebies, try to sell them products, and aim for lasting connections with e-mail signups By Gail...
 
[telecom] In digital world, kids gain the upper hand
In digital world, kids gain the upper hand By Beth Teitell | GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 05, 2013 It wouldn't be fair to say that Whitney Brown has completely given up on trying to pry her offspring from...
 
Eshoo bill triggers retransmission-consent showdown [telecom]
By Steve Donohue, FierceCable September 10, 2013 | Broadcasters may not be able to use the threat of blackouts to | squeeze increased retransmission-consent fees from pay TV | providers, if Rep. Anna...
 
Verizon Decides To Not Force Sub-Par Service On New Yorkers Left Without Phones By Hurricane [telecom]
Last fall, Hurricane Sandy tore through the Mid-Atlantic, leaving entire coastal towns in New York and New Jersey without landline service. Verizon only made it worse for some residents, choosing to...
 
[telecom] IETF: Security and Pervasive Monitoring
Security and Pervasive Monitoring The Internet community and the IETF care deeply about how much we can trust commonly used Internet services and the protocols that these services use. So the reports...
 
[telecom] New Details in How the Feds Take Laptops at Border
New Details in How the Feds Take Laptops at Border By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 9, 2013 WASHINGTON - Newly disclosed U.S. government files provide an inside look at the Homeland Security...