Good News, Bad News For Fast Copper . Last week, Alcatel Network Systems Inc. defied the skeptics by announcing the first volume delivery of U.S.-standard Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line technology to four Bell companies. New FCC chairman wary of regulating the Internet . The FCC should proceed with caution when it comes to the Internet, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Monday.
Government seeks Internet encryption key .
The dispute is over encryption, the ability to encode e-mail and other online activity so that it can't be interpreted by anyone other than its intended recipient, is still brewing. A bill is before the House of Representatives. Now, federal law treats advanced encryption software like munitions, restricting its export. Law enforcement agencies want a method that would allow them to decode encrypted messages quickly. The IETF has a bias against proprietary technology,' he added.