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•Around the Industry:
WiNetworks launches WiMAX triple play services solution for satellite broadcast networks
California ISPs pledge assistance to Cali cities that want to go wireless
China Telecom blocks Skype, blacklists and threatens users
California proposes BPL guidelines
London is global Internet bandwidth capital
Internet founding father Vint Cerf joins Google, will help build ~~SkyNet~~ GoogleNet
•SecurityBits:
Symantec Plugs DoS Flaws in Brightmail
MS Patch Day: Just one?
Mac users are all overconfident and there-for doomed
•TidBytes:
ISP rewards loyalty with 10 years free broadband
Solar flares spell IT doom
Firefox Browser Upgrade Expected This Week
•More news from around the industry, SecurityBits, and interesting Tidbytes inside!... .

Around The Industry:
•WiNetworks launches WiMAX triple play services solution for satellite broadcast networks:
WiNetworks announced the availability of a ground-breaking WiMAX-based solution designed to enable Digital Broadcast Satellite operators to leap from their one-way TV broadcast network to a two-way broadband network able to offer Triple Play (voice, video, and data) services. WiNetworks is the first company to use the WiMAX protocol (IEEE 802.16 d/e) to deliver a solution uniquely designed for the DBS industry.
•California ISPs pledge assistance to Cali cities that want to go wireless:
The California ISP Association (CISPA), which has more than 100 member ISPs, is offering technical support, wireless network design support, procurement support, and relationships with local ISPs to help cities develop alternative and affordable broadband Internet service for their residents. CISPA said the need for other forms of communications and Internet service is especially important given the pending mergers of SBC and AT&T and Verizon and MCI, as well as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
•China Telecom blocks Skype, blacklists and threatens users:
China Telecom has started blocking access to service from Skype in the affluent southern city of Shenzhen near Hong Kong, according to the reports. The carrier has created a "black list" of people who use the service in Shenzhen, and threatened to fine anyone who tries to get around the new obstacles. The reports also said China Telecom has plans to eventually block the service throughout its coverage area nationwide. A China Telecom spokesman had no immediate comment on the matter.
•California proposes BPL guidelines:
The California Public Utilities Commission proposed guidelines for a BPL program in California. The commission’s proposal outlines a fast-track process to allow electric utilities to lease power lines and poles for broadband projects, avoiding the lengthy review and approval process that normally goes with public power lines. Until San Diego Gas and Electric planned a BPL pilot program this month, California was the only large state in the U.S. without a pilot program underway by any of its public utilities.
•London is global Internet bandwidth capital:
London is the biggest international hub city on the Internet, according to a report by research company Telegeography, which also said international Internet traffic is growing faster in Latin America than in any other region. The U.S. has the most international bandwidth of any country, 1.4T bps, about 704G bps of which is being used at peak times. Virtually all Internet traffic between Latin America and Europe or Asia goes through the U.S., much of it through Miami, which has 68.7G bps of international capacity.
•Internet founding father Vint Cerf joins Google, will help build GoogleNet:
Om Malik reports: Google announced that it hired Vint Cerf, the longtime technologist who is widely known as a "founding father" of the Internet, as Chief Internet Evangelist. Cerf will continue his leadership in the Internet community, and help Google build network infrastructure, architectures, systems, and standards for the next generation of Internet applications... aka GoogleNet.
•Pre-WiMAX Trial in Manhattan Next Year:
Adaptix and the NY3G Partnership have jointly announced a trial of Adaptix' line of broadband fixed and mobile OFDMA/TDD pre-WiMAX systems. The trial, to commence in early 2006, will be deployed over several locations on the island of Manhattan. Said the COO of of NY3G, "NY3G's spectrum is capable of providing a variety of New York City-wide broadband services to businesses, residents, public safety organizations, community groups and schools. The scalability, flexibility and resource efficiency of the Adaptix platform appear to be an ideal fit for our deployment strategy."
•Another UK ISP gears up for 24 meg broadband:
Pipex is gearing up to offer customers 24 meg broadband as part of the ISP's investment in local loop unbundling (LLU). Pipex is expected to launch its 24 meg service early in 2006. A couple of ISPs - including Easynet's UK Online and yet-to-prove-itself ISP "Be" - have already announced their plans for 24 meg services while Bulldog is expected to announce details of a 20 meg service sometime soon.
•'WiBro' Has Global Wireless Broadband Potential: Study:
WiBro, a Korean variant of WiMAX, has potential to catch on around the world, a study released by ABI Research claims. The largest Korean telecomms firms will launch WiBro services early next year, the study notes. In addition, the Japanese government has approved WiBro as a candidate for next-gen wireless broadband services in that country, along with mobile WiMAX. The study notes that WiBro and mobile WiMAX are compatible. Mobile WiMAX, however, is at least a year away from being ratified as a standard.
•Commentary: Wireless broadband will redefine the network:
"So should we all start using our UMTS (and forthcoming HSDPA) or EV-DO connections as an alternative to T1s or DSL connections and share that connection with multiple endpoints? However tempting that may sound for some scenarios, it's not the best application of the router technology. The application that does make a lot of sense, however, is backup connectivity, particularly for mission-critical situations. Rather than having a redundant wireline connection, you can use the wide-area wireless connection for backup. For applications such as metering and retail point-of-sale that don't transmit much data, the wireless connection might even be the primary application."

SecurityBits:
•Symantec Plugs DoS Flaws in Brightmail:
Symantec has shipped a patch for a pair of security flaws affecting users of its enterprise-facing Brightmail AntiSpam product. According to a security advisory from Symantec, the vulnerabilities can be exploited by malicious hackers to launch DoS attacks. The company warned users of the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.x to upgrade immediately to protect against remote attacks.
•MS Patch Day: Just one?:
MS announced plans to ship one security bulletin on Tuesday, Sept. 13, to provide patches for a "critical" flaw in Windows. To many in the security research community, it underscores MS's sluggish approach to addressing known security vulnerabilities. eEye Digital Security, a private research firm, maintains a Web page of Upcoming Advisories that have been validated by software vendors. When Microsoft ships the Windows update, one of the eEye-discovered flaws will be 108 days overdue.
•Mac users are all overconfident and there-for doomed:
At the University of Otago in New Zealand, where around 40% of the computers are Apple Macs, IT security manager Mark Borrie said many of those users believed they were immune to security problems, a trap many Mac fans seemed to have fallen into: "On the security side of things I reckon the Mac community has yet to wake up to security. They think they are immune and typically have this idea that they can do whatever they want on their Macintosh and run what they like," said Borrie.
•VoIP Fuels Security Appliance Growth: Report:
According to In-Stat, the security appliance market will grow significantly in the next few years, as companies invest in hardware more suitable to VoIP. The firm reports that more than three-quarters of organizations that have deployed VoIP solutions intend to upgrade their replace their current security appliances within the next twelve months. In-Stat expects security appliance revenues to reach $7 billion by 2009.

Hardware, Software, and other TidBytes:
•ISP rewards loyalty with 10 years free broadband
•Solar flares spell IT doom
•Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released
•Gartner: Linux 'five years away from mainstream' use
•AOL Awards $85,000 To Spam Sweepstakes Winner
•Xandros Co-Founder Berenstein Dies
•BBC opens TV archive to remixers
•Intel Chip Sets 'Sold Out'

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