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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 8 Feb 94 00:58:00 CST    Volume 14 : Issue 66

Inside This Issue:                         Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    TeleStrategies Conference Announcement (Matthew Lucas)
    Campaign Against Clipper (Dave Banisar)
    Skeptical Inquirer: EMF Scare (Monty Solomon)
    VPN Services (Jeffrey Stone)
    Busy Call Return and Hunt Groups (David Leibold)
    Egghead Software Sells Bogus Phone Directory Software? (Alan Boritz)
    BCE (Bell Canada Parent) Posts Loss (David Leibold)
    The Hi-Tech Green Weenies (The Door Magazine via David Leibold)

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Date: Mon,  7 Feb 1994 17:52:11 -0500
From: Matthew Lucas <[e-mail]>
Subject: TeleStrategies Conference Announcement


                         INTERNETcom '94

     An Internet Commercialization Conference and Exposition
               Washington, DC    March 21-23, 1994


     *How to Market and Sell to 20 Million Internet Users

     *Entrepreneurial Opportunities Created by New
      Internet Policies

     *Leveraging Internet For a Competitive Advantage



Tuesday, March 22, 1994

8:30-9:00  Registration

9:00-10:30

OVERVIEW

Commercial traffic on the Internet is rapidly increasing. What is
driving this growth? Where will new markets emerge? How large will
they be? Who are the current and potential players? What business
opportunities are being created? What commercial uses of the Internet
are emerging? How will today's Internet culture change?  What
challenges must be met as commercialization efforts move forward? What
is the role of the National Science Foundation?

Gordon Cook, President, Cook Network Consultants
Anthony Rutkowski, Vice President, Internet Society
Bill Washburn, Executive Director
  Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX)

10:30-11:00  Coffee Break

11:00-12:00

SECURITY ISSUES

Security is still a critical issue for anyone who wants to do business
on the Internet. The speaker will address the threats, concerns and
countermeasures that are important and discuss what security policies
and procedures need to be established.

Stephen Crocker, Vice President
  Trusted Information Systems, Inc.

12:00-1:30  Hosted Lunch and Exhibits

1:30-3:30

DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF INFORMATION SERVICES

What does it take to design and deliver a successful information
service? Who will the customers be, what do they want and how much
will they pay? What impact will commercialization efforts have on the
information service industry? What challenges lie ahead, including
copyright and licensing issues? What business strategies should the
information industry adopt?

Jeff Crigler, Director, Business Information Services
  Mead Data Central
Isabella Hinds, Manager, Professional Relations
  Copyright Clearance Center
Robert Raisch, President, The Internet Company
Richard Vancil, Vice President, Marketing, Individual Inc.


3:30-4:00  Coffee Break and Exhibits

4:00-4:30

HOW TO ADVERTISE EFFECTIVELY

How can effective, nonintrusive advertising be accomplished on the
Internet? What features of the Internet culture and etiquette are
important to understand in order to be successful?

Judith Axler Turner, a head of the working group on advertising
  for the Coalition for Networked Information

4:30-5:30

USING THE INTERNET FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE

How can business owners enhance their operations by using the Internet
not only to offer a variety of information and document delivery
services, but also to market and sell? The speakers will discuss the
lessons learned in implementing and using Internet connectivity and
explain how to identify business costs.

Chris Vandenburg, Internetworking Product Manager
  Rockwell International
Speaker to be Announced


5:30-6:30  Reception and Exhibits


Wednesday, March 23, 1994

8:30-9:15

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

What opportunities exist for providing Internet access? What will be
driving growth over the next few years? What range of services can be
provided? What are end users looking for? What does it take to be
successful?

Michael Ballard, Chief Operating Officer, UUNET
Speaker to be Announced

9:15-10:00

NAVIGATION TOOLS

What are the primary challenges to navigating on the Internet and
what tools are currently available?

Bruce Antelman, President, Information Express
Kevin Oliveau, Engineer, WAIS, Inc.

10:00-10:30  Coffee Break and Exhibits

10:30-11:30

BILLING AND SETTLEMENT ISSUES

The speakers will address the following topics: billing/accounting
issues and Internet service provisioning; cost and rate structures;
billing options available to information service providers; and an
update on billing-related activities of the Internet Engineering
Task Force.

Taso Devetzis, Member Technical Staff, Bellcore
Bob Doyle, Director, Marketing, Sprint

11:30-11:45  Coffee Break

11:45-12:30

INTERNET ACCESS VIA CABLE TV

Cable companies are looking at advanced communications uses for
today's cable TV systems. One such use is remote high-speed access.
The speakers will describe a cable-based access method and provide an
update on cable/Internet trials, including a distance education
project.

Gordon Cook, President, Cook Network Consultants - MODERATOR

James Ginsburg, Senior Information Officer, Jones Intercable, Inc.
Ed Moura, Vice President, Marketing and Sales
  Hybrid Networks, Inc.

                     Pre-Conference Tutorial
               UNDERSTANDING INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES
            FOR NON-ENGINEERS AND STRATEGIC PLANNERS
             by Dr. Jerry Lucas and Invited Faculty
         Monday, March 21, 1994  *  9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

This one-day tutorial is for the non-engineer, strategic planner,
entrepreneur or anyone who has to understand the Internet in order to
make business decisions about emerging commercial opportunities.  This
tutorial covers not only Internet technologies, economics and
leading-edge opportunities, but also looks at operational issues such
as addressing, network management and security from a business
development perspective.

1. INTERNET OVERVIEW: What is the Internet? Who controls it? What can
you do with it? Who pays for it? Who are the players domestically and
internationally? What is the role of the NII and NREN? Why are the
RBOCs, cable TV companies, IXCs and PDA vendors interested in
Internet? Why all the attention to commercialization?

2. INTERNET ACCESS, NAVIGATION AND APPLICATIONS: How to find, share
and sell information on the Internet. The basic application tools and
navigation/search systems (FTP, TELNET, ARCHIE, GOPHER, WWW, WAIS,
etc.). Access service providers (CIX, PSI, Sprint and others). Access
options (dial-up, dedicated, frame relay, cable TV and wireless). New
entrepreneurial developments.

3. INTERNET ADDRESSING: IP addressing. How to obtain addresses (Class
A,B,and C). CIDR, Internet DNS and how to register. Setting up an
E-mail server, bulletin board and directory service. New business
opportunities.

4. INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES: Role of TCP/IP. MAC vs. PC products. LAN
access (SLIP, PPP, frame relay, etc.) and WAN and ATM developments.
IPX, DECNET and APPLETALK. Leading edge vendors and where their
products are headed.

5. INTERNET MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY: Managing a commercial Internet
service. SNMP management tools and products. Security concerns,
encryption, authentication and Clipper Chip issues. Other operational
concerns related to doing business on the Internet.


                        WORKSHOP TRACK

Monday, March 21, 1994

9:00-12:30

INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET

What is the Internet? How does it work?  How can it help me? How much
does it cost to use? What are the rules and policies that govern the
Internet?

GETTING CONNECTED

What does it take to get connected to the Internet? What choices are
available? How much does it cost to get connected? What should I look
for in a service provider? What problems can I expect and how can they
be solved?

2:00-5:00

INFORMATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY

How can I find out what electronic information is available on the
Internet? Specifically, what information, catalogs, textual documents
and databases are available and how can they be accessed?


Tuesday, March 22, 1994

9:00-12:00

NAVIGATING THE INTERNET

What tools are available for navigating through the Internet and
searching for information? What are the advantages and disadvantages
of each of these techniques? What is the outlook for the future?

2:00-5:00

ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Once your organization has been connected to the Internet, who should
have access? What guidelines and policies should be set to maximize
the benefits for everyone? What management and training issues will
arise in this new environment?

RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL FOR INTERNET ENTREPRENEURS

What are venture capitalists looking for when they want to invest?
How should you structure your business plan to make it attractive to
investors?

Wednesday, March 23, 1994

9:00-12:00

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

What electronic information resources developed by and about the
government are available on the Internet?

                   DEMONSTRATIONS / EXHIBITS

      Live Demonstrations of:

              * Navigating Tools - Online Services
              * Internet-based Commercial Applications
              * Internet Access via Cable TV
              * Fax-on-Demand

      Exhibit Hours:

          Monday, March 21, 1994       12:00PM-7:00PM
          Tuesday, March 22, 1994      10:00AM-7:00PM
          Wednesday, March 23, 1994    10:00AM-2:00PM

          -----------------------------------------------------

CONFERENCE HOTEL: The conference will be held at the SHERATON
CRYSTAL CITY HOTEL 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
22202, [phone].

CONFERENCE HOURS: Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and
Tuesday. Session hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday; 9:00
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday; and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 23.

          FOR MORE INFORMATION OR IMMEDIATE REGISTRATION
               CALL TELESTRATEGIES AT 703-734-7050

For exhibit information call JACKIE McGUIGAN at [phone].

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Organization: CPSR Washington Office
From: Dave Banisar <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 22:28:08 EST
Subject: Campaign Against Clipper


CPSR ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO OPPOSE CLIPPER PROPOSAL

contact: [e-mail]  (202 544 9240)

Washington, DC -- Following the White House decision on Friday to
endorse a secret surveillance standard for the information highway,
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) today
announced a national campaign to oppose the government plan.

The Clipper proposal, developed in secret by the National Security
Agency, is a technical standard that will make it easier for
government agents to wiretap the emerging data highway.

Industry groups, professional associations and civil liberties
organizations have expressed almost unanimous opposition to the plan
since it was first proposed in April 1993.

According to Marc Rotenberg, CPSR Washington director, the
Administration made a major blunder with Clipper.  "The public does
not like Clipper and will not accept it. This proposal is fatally
flawed."

CPSR cited several problems with the Clipper plan:

o The technical standard is subject to misuse and compromise. It would
provide government agents with copies of the keys that protect
electronic communications.  "It is a nightmare for computer security,"
said CPSR Policy Analyst Dave Banisar.

o The underlying technology was developed in secret by the NSA, an
intelligence agency responsible for electronic eavesdropping, not
privacy protection. Congressional investigations in the 1970s
disclosed widespread NSA abuses, including the illegal interception of
millions of cables sent by American citizens.

o Computer security experts question the integrity of the technology.
Clipper was developed in secret and its specifications are classified.
CPSR has sued the government seeking public disclosure of the Clipper
scheme.

o NSA overstepped its legal authority in developing the standard.  A
1987 law explicitly limits the intelligence agency's power to set
standards for the nation's communications network.

o There is no evidence to support law enforcement's claims that new
technologies are hampering criminal investigations. CPSR recently
forced the release of FBI documents that show no such problems.

o The Administration ignored the overwhelming opposition of the
general public. When the Commerce Department solicited public comments
on the proposal last fall, hundreds of people opposed the plan while
only a few expressed support.

CPSR today announced four goals for its campaign to oppose the Clipper
initiative:

o First, to educate the public about the implications of the Clipper
proposal.

o Second, to encourage people to express their views on the Clipper
proposal, particularly through the computer network.

Toward that goal, CPSR has already begun an electronic petition on the
Internet computer network urging the President to withdraw the Clipper
proposal. In less than one week, the CPSR campaign has drawn thousands
of electronic mail messages expressing concern about Clipper. To sign
on, email [e-mail] with the message "I oppose clipper"
in the body of the text.

o Third, to pursue litigation to force the public disclosure of
documents concerning the Clipper proposal and to test the legality of
the Department of Commerce's decision to endorse the plan.

o Fourth, to examine alternative approaches to Clipper.

Mr. Rotenberg said "We want the public to understand the full
implications of this plan.  Today it is only a few experts and
industry groups that understand the proposal.  But the consequences of
Clipper will touch everyone.  It will affect medical payments, cable
television service, and everything in between.

CPSR is a membership-based public interest organization.  For more
information about CPSR, send email to [e-mail] or call 415 322
3778.  For more information about Clipper, check the CPSR Internet
library CPSR.ORG. FTP/WAIS/Gopher and listserv access are available.

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 15:58:28 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Skeptical Inquirer: EMF Scare
Reply-To: roscom![e-mail]


FYI.

 Newsgroups: alt.cellular
 From: [e-mail] (Patrick Kane)
 Subject: Skeptical Inquirer: EMF scare
 Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
 Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1994 15:38:10 GMT

The recent cellular telephone cancer scare got America thinking about
electromagnetic fields in the air around us.  Do they cause cancer?
Is at even *possible* that they could cause cancer?  This quarter's
Skeptical Inquirer examines the various claims and arguments on this
convoluted issue.

An excerpt follows:

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD CANCER SCARES

BY SID DEUTSCH

Do electromagnetic fields cause cancer?  Those who claim that they do
cause cancer seek ascientific explanation for the phenomenon.  In this
sense, it is not a paranormal claim, but it is a "fringe science"
claim and is therefore a valid subject for the Skeptical Inquirer.
Asingle example illustrates the importance of the subject (Fischetti
1993).  In the United States, in 1993, 17,500 of us will develop brain
cancer (according to the National Cancer Institute).  About one out of
50 people use handheld cellular telephones.  Statistically, therefore,
350 of the people who use these telephones will develop brain cancer.
It is reasonable to estimate that 10 of these tumors will occur on the
side of the head near where the telephone is held.

On January 21, 1993, David Reynard of St. Petersburg, Florida, blamed
his wife's use of a handheld cellular telephone for her death due to
brain cancer.  The media, ever eager to protect hapless citizens,
exposed this hitherto unknown cause of cancer.  In a few days,
cellular-phone stock prices dropped by 17 percent, and the Cellular
Telecommunication Industry Association has pledged to spend $15
million to $25 million in the next three to five years to study the
issue.

A great deal of research has been, and will be, done to determine safe
limits of electromagnetic energy.  I was personally involved in a
project some 30 years ago in which the eyes of anesthetized rabbits
were held against the open end of a microwave waveguide.  Not
surprisingly, when the microwave energy was sufficient to cause a
sustained temperature rise to abnormal levels, the eyes were damaged
(Rosenthal 1976). This, incidentally, illustrates one of the boundary
conditions:

If incident energy induces an appreciable temperature rise anywhere in
the body, it is potentially dangerous.  This is, of course, the
microwave-oven effect.  Bear in mind, however, that a seven-degree-
Fahrenheit fever is one of the body's normal defense mechanisms.

It happens that it is a relatively simple procedure to calculate and
measure temperature rise in tissue.  If it were only a matter of an
artificial fever, however, there would be no controversy.  The problem
is that the David Reynards and their lawyers and many in the media
maintain that cancer is somehow caused or aggravated by
electromagnetic energy that is below the level of appreciable
temperature rise.  Fringe science resides in the word "somehow."

                         ------------------

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From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey Stone)
Subject: VPN Services
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 22:48:17 GMT


Does anyone have any information comparing the VPN (virtual private
network) services of the major interexchange carriers?  Any references
to documents or reports?


Thanks,

Jeffrey Stone   [e-mail]
info/mation     415.299.9444

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 94 00:29:22 -0500
Subject: Busy Call Return and Hunt Groups


I have a busy call return feature on a phone line for the time being.
When *66 is dialed after a call to a busy line, the service is
supposed to give a special ring back (short-short-long?) when the line
is no longer busy. *66 for a number that is not busy will ring the
number (last called number redial).

I tried this after getting a busy on a number that represents a hunt
group of many incoming lines. The free line special ringing never
seems to occur despite the many incoming lines that would connect and
disconnect on a frequent basis. I eventually dialed again manuallly
and getting through.  I have attempted such a call return on a few
occasions by now, and get similar results. When a *66 is dialed, there
is a voice indication that I would be called back by special ring when
the line is free; this is not a case of a DID/PBX where such call
returns won't work (presumably because they are not connected directly
to the telco CCS7 network).

Does the busy call return (depending on the telco) only signal a free
line if only a specific incoming line (such as the first line) of a
hunt group becomes free, or should it signal the line is free when any
one of the hunt group lines become free?


David Leibold

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Subject: Egghead Software Sells Bogus Phone Directory Software
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 94 00:12:46 EST
Organization: Harry's Place BBS - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


So, a friend of mine who lives in L.A. just bought a real computer
with a built-in CD rom drive.  He spotted a great little national
phone directory on CD rom at Egghead Software, so he bought one.  When
he brought it home, he found that the access program for the database
gave him an intriguing message about how he "bought" a record, after
viewing a full address and phone record.  It seems that the
instructions INSIDE of the CD rom package explain that he didn't buy
the whole database, but a only finite number of views of full database
records (considerably less than the total number of records in the
database).

There was no indication on the OUTSIDE of the box about that
restriction.  There was also no indication that this product would
have lengthy beg screens (this wasn't a shareware product at shareware
prices).

To make matters worse, the documentation warns the buyer against using
the database for mailing lists, because they state that they've seeded
it with phony records!

I certainly hope that this doesn't represent how we can expect what we
previously considered "respectable" software dealers to market "cheap"
CD rom products for the masses.  This kind of deceptive marketing
could kill CD roms before they really get rolling.


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place BBS (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 00:21:06 -0500
Subject: BCE (Bell Canada parent) Posts Loss


[from Bell News, Bell Canada, Bell Ontario, 7 Feb 94]

Renewal underway -- First ever loss for our parent, BCE

Losses to the tune of $815 million from discontinued operations in
real estate and finance resulted in a net earnings loss of $656
million in 1993 for BCE Inc., our parent company.

Montreal Trustco Inc. and BCE's interests in BF Realty Holdings Ltd.
and Brookfield Development Corporation constitute the "discontinued"
operations.

For BCE shareholders, this translates into a net loss per common share
of $2.44 for the year, compared with a net earnings per common share
of $4.21 in 1992.

For the fourth quarter alone, net loss per common share was $1.73
compared with net earnings of $1.65 per common share for the same
period in 1992.

Total revenues for the year were $19,827 million, compared with 1992
revenues of $19,572 million.

BCE chairman and president, 'Red' Wilson, pointed out that 1993's
earnings "reflect revenue and margin pressures and restructuring
charges at Northern Telecom, as well as increased competition and
lower returns at Bell.

"They also reflect provisions for losses ont he proposed sale of non-
telecommunications businesses."

Calling 1993 "a year of transition for BCE," Wilson said it was "also
a year of renewal."

"Our businesses is telecommunications," he said, "and we intend to
continue to build on our existing strengths ni Canada and abroad."

Telecom group lower --

BCE's Canadian Telecom group contributed $749 million in 1993,
compared with $945 million last year.

The per-share contribution was $2.44, compared with $3.07 for 1992.

The decrease for the year in the Canadian Telecom group is
attributable to a lower contribution by Bell Canada and a special $70
million provision mainly related to the goodwill compenent of BCE's
investment in Telesat Canada.

Profit returns to Northern --

Northern Telecom made a negative contribution of $1.90 to BCE's
earnings per common share for 1993 (including $2.04 per common share
for special charges), compared with a contribution of $1.11 in 1992.

Northern Telecom was back to profitability for the fourth quarter,
with a contribution of $0.24, compared with $0.53 for the same period
a year earlier.

BCE's Telecom International group contributed $0.19 to BCE's
consolidated earnings per share, compared with $0.07 in 1992. The
fourth quarter contribution was $0.10, compared with $0.08 for the
same period last year.

Growth was mainly due to BCE Telecom International's 20 per cent
interest in Mercury Communications Limited, acquired in December 1992.

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 00:18:22 -0500
Subject: The Hi-Tech Green Weenies (from {The Door})


The Jan/Feb 1994 edition of {The Door} is out, and its "Loser of the
Month" awards is a three-way tie with the theme: "The Technological
Green Weenie".

The first award winner is the East Coast Christian Connection, which
offers a USD$1.95/min 900 number voice greeting exchange service.
"'A new and exciting way for you to build new relationships, meet new
friends, or just fellowship and share with someone who has the same
beliefs as you'... uh *and* make it possible for the East Coast
Christian Connection, Inc. to make a few bucks on the side." (Whatever
happened to doing this sort of stuff in person?)

The second award winner is the MARET counselling software package that
makes its pitch to pastors: "Now when someone is in trouble, you can
set your laptop on your knees and 'assess both individuals and
relationships ... from a pastor's perspective,' for only $99 per
module." Next release could be artificially intelligent enough to do
its own counselling, one supposes.

The third winner -- two out of three telecom-related green weenies
isn't bad -- is In-Touch Systems which is a telemarketing-style
autodialer that calls plenty of numbers in sequence. One application
of this "teleministry" device: "Stay 'In-Touch' weekly with a word of
encouragement and Bible reading from the pastor. (Pastor quote) "The
response has been phenomenal, especially from my senior citizens.
It's because they are lonely and a message from the pastor, even if it
is recorded, is a blessing to them."

The folks at {The Door}, having dispensed with their green weenie
presentations, concludes: "technology in the hands of religious people
is a very scary thing."

ObWittenburg: {The Door}, originally {The Wittenburg Door} is a
publication of California-based Youth Specialties. This 'zine is best
described as a Mad Magazine for churches, though it contains interviews
such as the one in the previous issue with the controversial EIB Network
radio host Rush Limbaugh.


David Leibold

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