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On the new Dutch Intelligence and Security Law
This law vastly expands when the Dutch agencies can perform SIGINT on Dutch Internet Exchanges like the Amsterdam Internet Exchange. These powers extend to any form of communication, including private...
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Czech government plans to stop providing services via IPv4 in 2032.
The Czech government will stop providing services via IPv4 in 6th June 2032 according to will see how the echo will be and if they postpone the switchoff.
 
FCC mandates reporting on large outages
This was passed 5-0: To maintain situational awareness about the status of critical communications, the Commission collects information about the operational status of various communications networks...
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The End of the Affordable Connectivity Program
We have a program that was launched during Covid called the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). It provides a $30 subsidy to those who qualify (it has somewhat more generous qualifications than the...
 
Fw: Digital landline switch paused for vulnerable people
That is rather interesting. Here in Germany, analog lines on the exchanges (Alcatel S12/Siemens EWSD) were phased out years ago and replaced by VoIP. Most users use VoIP with their routers, but...
 
India Introduces Telecom Bill
The bill also specifies that spectrum for satellite-based broadband services – which Deloitte sees becoming a $1.9 billion market by 2030 – will be licensed, not auctioned. ... One of the bill's...
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[telecom] Chicago Post Office messes up Internet service levels survey
[block club chicago] South Shore's Mail Problems May Have Cost The Neighborhood A Chance At Better Internet Service Thousands of postcards recruiting South Shore neighbors to a study of online speeds...
 
Mild internet use is associated with epigenetic alterations...
Mild internet use is associated with epigenetic alterations of key neurotransmission genes in salivary DNA of young university students potentially problematic use of the Internet is a growing concern...
 
Governments Tracking Users via Push Notifications
Dec 6 (Reuters) - Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator...
 
ATT & ORAN
<>STOCKHOLM, Dec 4 (Reuters) - AT&T (T.N) said on Monday it plans to use so-called ORAN technology for 70% of its wireless network traffic in the United States by late 2026 and will move from two...
 
Verizon-subsidiary TracFone to pay $23.5 million to resolve FCC probes
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Verizon-subsidiary TracFone Wireless (VZ.N) agreed to pay $23.5 million to resolve a Federal Communications Commission investigation into allegations it violated rules for two...
 
The Rise and Fall of the Telecom Bubble
in 2000, the pure AI companies of interest today are private or capped profit vehicles. So there’s a loss of visibility because they are private. AI will result in successful companies, but I...
 
Followup on Cloudflare Outage
November 2, 2023, Cloudflare's customer-facing interfaces, including their website and APIs, along with logging and analytics, ceased functioning properly. That was bad. Over 7.5 million websites use...
 
Optus Outage in Australia
A bit of an unofficial post-mortem on #Optus #outage yesterday (please BOOST for visibility!) I have no insider knowledge, all I can do is look at what Optus's networking gear told the rest of the...
 
EU Data Regulator Bans Personalized Ads on FB and Instagram
https://dig.watch/updates/eu-data-regulator-decided-to-ban-personalised-advetising-on-facebook-and-instagramThe European data regulator has agreed to expand Norway’s ban on ‘behavioural...
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