Fwd: [AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC Board Elections: Call for Nominations

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> From: Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha@...>
> Subject: [AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC Board Elections: Call for Nominations
> Date: 30 April, 2013 17:33:27 PM GMT+04:00
> To: announce@...
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> According to Section 13 of the AFRINIC Bylaws, the terms of following members occupying seats on the
AFRINIC Board will expire at the end of June 2013: 
> 
> Primary: Neezar Sami (Northern Africa - Seat 1)
> Alternate: Khaled Koubaa (Northern Africa)
> Primary: Maimouna Diop (Western Africa - Seat 2)
> Alternate: Alioune Badara Traore (Western Africa) 
> In application of the new bylaws we will also need to fill the seat of one of two non-regional Directors
(Seat 7).
> 
> As a result, three (3) seats on the AFRINIC Board will be open for election:
> 
> A) Seat 1: From Northern sub-region (Mandate: 2013 to 2016)
> 
> B) Seat 2: From Western sub-region (Mandate: 2013 to 2016)
> 
> C) Seat 7: Non-Regional Independent (Mandate: 2013 to 2016)
> 

Aereo wins battle with big networks over right to stream TV online

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/01/aereo-battle-networks-tv-online 

Judge in New York rules that Aereo, which airs shows online without paying
fees to media firms, does not breach copyright
• Dominic Rushe in New York
• guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 April 2013 20.57 BST

Aereo, which is backed by Barry Diller (above), was launched in March 2012
in the New York area at a cost to subscribers of $12 a month. Photograph:
Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

The media mogul turned internet baron Barry Diller won a significant battle
with broadcasters on Monday over his plans to deliver TV over the web.

By a vote of two to one, a federal appeals court rejected a request from big
media companies including Disney, CBS and News Corporation to halt Aereo, a
startup backed by Diller, from airing their shows over the internet.

Aereo subscribers pay $12 month to stream live broadcasts of TV channels on
mobile devices. The company, owned by Diller's IAC, does not pay fees to the
media companies whose programmes it redistributes. Aereo, which launched in
March 2012 in the New York area and plans to expand to 22 US cities, says
that because it assigns small antennae to each customer it is not in breach
of the law.

The company's critics were seeking an injunction, arguing that the service
is illegal. "This case is not about stifling new video distribution
technologies, but about stopping a company from violating our copyrights and
redistributing our television programming without permission or
compensation," the media firms said in a statement last year.

Re: Cape Town TV White Spaces trial

Hi William,
At 04:56 28-03-2013, William Stucke wrote:
>What do you want to know, over and above what's at those various links?

I am interested in:

  - the protocol used for the test

  - the database location

  - the terms and conditions for the regulatory domain

  - the type of Internet access for the devices (from a protocol perspective)

Regards,
-sm 

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Re: Cape Town TV White Spaces trial

At 22:11 27-03-2013, Hendrik Visage wrote:
>Who is that Google people that is involved??
>(That is the question I'll ask given the rumor I heard)

See https://www.google.org/spectrum/whitespace/index.html and 
http://blog.google.org/2013/03/tv-white-spaces-trial-launches-in-south.html

Regards,
-sm 

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Cape Town TV White Spaces trial

Hello,

Is there any technical information available about the Cape Town TV 
White Spaces trial?

Regards,
-sm

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Re: Voice spectrum swapped for LTE

At 23:31 24-02-2013, William Stucke wrote:
>OK, I'll bite. Why 2018?

Interesting question, according to the (U.S. FCC) Technical Advisory 
Council, Critical Legacy Transition Working Group:

   "the FCC should set a date after which the circuit-switched voice elements
    of the PSTN would no longer constitute the network of record in the
    United States"

 From what I read, the (target) date is based on a (U.S.) National 
Center for Health Statistics report that determined only 6% of the 
U.S. population will use the PSTN in 2018.

As a FYI, one cited article about POTS is at 
http://www.accountancysa.org.za/resources/ShowItemArticle.asp?ArticleId=1058&Issue=706

Regards,
-sm  

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Need help registering a .na domain

Hi

Is anyone here a Namibian citizen/resident, or can assist in registering a
.na domain (for private use) ?

thanks,
    G

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Subject: Voice spectrum swapped for LTE

Voice spectrum swapped for LTE

Hi!

I was wondering if anybody else is feeling my pain...?

http://www.swimgeek.com/blog/2013/02/12/what-if-the-emperor-had-no-spectrum/

Bad call quality. No (useful) response from Vodacom.

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 Joe 

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Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] .ZA and DNSSEC (was: .TZ DS records in root zone)

Hi Vika,
At 09:48 10-02-2013, Vika Mpisane wrote:
>You're right: we won't start with co.za (at least this year). We're
>starting small & then going incremental using ZACR's capabilities.

Would that be net.za and web.za?

Regards,
-sm 

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Reminder: COZA Legacy Policy changes

Hi all,

All the best for 2013.

Just a quick reminder about the legacy policy changes outlined at
https://www.registry.net.za/policyrollout/#LEGACYREGISTRAR .

These include a price increase, as well as other policies around billing.

Sincerely

--The COZA Team

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Re: absa za spam

>   On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Daniel Schroder wrote:
>   > A  Noticing a lot of .za registered domains, as return addresses in
>   the spam,
>   It is people such Alan Solarsh ([1]alan@...) that register
>   [2]co.za domains, then spam, wait for the domain to be suspended for
>   non-payment and then register the next one to repeat the process.
>   Email Marketing Solutions
>   [3]admin@...
>   Get your message across to the world
>   Received: from alan by [4]server2.2012122.co.za with local (Exim 4.80)

Hopefully the new UniForum policies including LR002
(https://www.registry.net.za/policyrollout/#LR002) will go some way of making it more difficult for
guys like this.

http://www.coza.net.za/cgi-bin/whois.sh?Domain=2012122

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Theo

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