VoIP You

• [Daily Post from my people] Who's on the Other Line?

"VoIP offers you a variety of ways to protect yourself from third party eavesdropping whether the NSA or an individual conducts it."

• Digital Common Sense: Web inventor warns against two−tier Internet

"The Web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, Web inventor Tim Berners−Lee has said. Recent attempts in the U.S. to try to charge for different levels of online access Web were not 'part of the Internet model,' he said."

• Multichannel News: The Cable Industry Book-of-Record

"The Federal Communications Commission has authority under current law to ensure that broadband-access providers -- currently mainly cable and phone companies -- do not discriminate against Web-based providers of content, search services and applications, FCC commissioner Michael Copps said Tuesday."

• vnunet.com: Council uses VoIP to back hotdesk plan

"Tower Hamlets Council is using a voice over IP (VoIP) system and hotdesking technologies to reduce the desk space needed for employees by 25 per cent."

• FCC Sets CALEA Deadlines for VoIP Providers

"The FCC recently released a long-anticipated ruling clarifying the obligations of interconnected VoIP providers under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”) and establishing applicable compliance deadlines. "

• Golf-Ball Finding Glasses - Gizmodo

"While other golf accessories try to help your game, Hammacher Schlemmer knows how bad your slice is and has some glasses that assist in finding lost golf balls."

• cnet: Protesters face off with Verizon, AT&T

"Protesters lined streets on both coasts Wednesday to bring public awareness to the telecommunications policy debates currently going on in Washington, D.C., and to show opposition to the phone companies reportedly providing customer records without a court order to the National Security Agency."