TELECOM Digest Sat, 18 Dec 93 23:23:00 CST Volume 13 : Issue 827
Inside This Issue: Moderator: Patrick A. Townson
Worldwide Electronic Commerce Conference (Michael S. Baum, Esq.)
Re: Restrictions on Repeat Call and Return Call (Paul Robinson)
Re: TDD Software Wanted (Joe Whalen)
Re: International Calls via Cable or Satellite (Stewart Fist)
Re: Carrier For 800 Number? (Robert Cohen)
Re: AT&T's New Facility (Dave Niebuhr)
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1993 14:55:00 EST
From:
[email protected]
Subject: Worldwide Electronic Commerce Conference
WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE:
Law, Policy and Controls Conference
****************Program Details****************
Dear Colleague:
Our world is getting smaller. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),
Electronic Mail (E-Mail) and other computer-based technologies (that
collectively support Electronic Commerce) are drawing individuals and
organizations closer together. However, these exciting developments
also present significant challenges. Corresponding audit, controls,
legal, policy and security issues pose potentially serious barriers to
the rapid adoption and extensive use of Electronic Commerce.
Worldwide Electronic Commerce will address the implementation and
control issues inherent in applying Electronic Commerce to today's
environment. The answers provided at this conference will address
current problems as well as provide a foundation for dealing with
these complex issues in the future. We have been fortunate to have
secured an unusually qualified and internationally recognized faculty
to share their experience, knowledge and theories on the wide range of
issues identified in this brochure. We are equally pleased to have
obtained a distinguished group of organizations who, in affiliation
with this conference, are lending their considerable support.
Please join us at this unique and ground breaking event which will be
held on January 16-18, 1994 in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel.
Michael S. Baum, Esq., Conference Chair
M. Todd Ostrander, Conference Co-Chair
WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
CONFERENCE PUT ON IN AFFILIATION WITH:
American Bar Association,
Section of Science & Technology
Centre for Commercial Law Studies,
University of London
Computer Law Association
EDI Association of the United Kingdom
EDP Auditors Association
Harvard Law School
John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S. Council for International Business
Data Interchange Standards Association
Healthcare EDI Corporation
International Union of Latin Notaries
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16TH - Registration 17:00 - 20:00
PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS: 18:00 - 19:30
* Electronic Trade Overview for Beginners
* Security and Audit Overview
* A General Counsel's Perspective on Electronic Trade
* Electronic Commerce Policy and Regulation 101
MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH - Registration 7:00 - 18:00
OPENING PLENARY: 8:00 - 8:50
SESSION 1: 9:00 - 10:20
* Will Legislation Keep Up with Electronic Trade?
* Anatomy of a Model EDI Audit Program
* Will Privacy Requirements Inhibit Electronic
Commerce?
* Clearing Houses and Electronic Commerce
SESSION 2: 10:30 - 11:50
* U.S. Efforts in Coordinating Electronic Commerce
Standards Policy
* How to Audit a Third Party/Value Added Network
* What is Cost Effective Commercially Reasonable
Security?
* Anticompetitive Restraints on Trade in Electronic
Commerce
LUNCH 12:00 - 13:30
SESSION 3: 13:30 - 14:50
* Trading Partner and Business Agreements in
Electronic Commerce
* Electronic Negotiability - What Scares the EDI Users
Away?
* INFOSEC Standards Coordination and Interworking
* Time/Date Stamping - Options and Constraints
SESSION 4: 15:00 - 16:20
* United Nations Electronic Commerce Initiatives
* Directory control Issues in Electronic Messaging and
EDI
* Comparing Critical Cryptographic Algorithms and
Standards
* Financial Clearing Houses - a Foundation for EDI?
SESSION 5: 16:30 - 17:50
* Model Electronic Payments Agreements
* What to Save, When to Save It, and For How Long
* Do "Smart Cards" Provide an "Ultimate" Control
Solution?
* The "FAST" Initiative - Business Trust in the
Computer Era?
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18TH - Registration 7:00 - 12:00
SESSION 6: 8:00 - 9:20
* Negotiating Electronic Trade Agreements
* Back-Up, Archival and Contingency Planning Services
* Security Policy in a Global Information Environment
* Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) - a Pandora's
Box?
SESSION 7: 9:30 - 10:50
* Value Added Networks and Interconnect Agreements
* Do Criminal Laws Really Protect Electronic
Commerce?
* Digital and Electronic Signatures and the Law
* Accreditation and Certification - the New Frontier?
SESSION 8: 11:00 - 12:50
* The ICC Electronic Commerce Initiatives
* Admitting, Proving and Enforcing EDI Transactions
* Re-engineering the Tax Filing Process
* EDI Insurance - the Next Control Approach?
LUNCH: 12:00 - 13:30
SESSION 9: 14:00 - 15:20
* Central and Eastern European Electronic Trade
* The Role and Future of Notaries in Computer-Based
Commerce
* Will Healthcare Reform Profoundly Reshape EDI Law,
Policy, and Controls?
* The Uses of Escrow in Electronic Commerce
SESSION 10: 15:30 - 16:50
* Who Owns the Standards, Functionality and Systems?
* Risk Analysis in Electronic Trade
* Judicial EDI
* EDI Translation Software Control and Legal
Considerations
CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE:
Robert Barger, Esq., Section of Science and Technology,
American Bar Association
Michael S. Baum, Esq., Independent Monitoring, Conference Chair
Susan Caldwell, Executive Director, EDP Auditors Association
Rachel Foerster and Garren Hagemeier, Healthcare EDI Corporation
Mark L. Gordon, Esq., Computer Law Association
Jerry Mechling, Ph.D. and Tom Fletcher,Ph.D., Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University
Mario Miccoli, Natariat, Unione Internazionale Del Notariato Latino
Professor Charles R. Nesson, Harvard Law School
M. Todd Ostrander, EDI Program Manager, Egghead Software, Conference
Co-Chair
Chris Reed, Esq. and Ian Walden, Ph.D., Centre for Commercial Law
Studies, University of London
Peter Robinson and Bruce Wilson, U.S. Council for International
Business
Roy Saltman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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In Memory of the Late Professor Donald Trautman, Harvard Law School
SUNDAY, JANUARY 16TH:
PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIAL EVENING SESSIONS
The following tutorials provide newcomers to electronic trade with an
overview of the concepts, technologies, and business practices that
will make the conference more meaningful. These pre-conference
sessions are scheduled from 18:00 - 19:30, January 16th, so that they
will not interfere with the regular conference sessions.
ELECTRONIC TRADE OVERVIEW FOR BEGINNERS
An overview of "Electronic Trade" and how it applies to the business
environment of the '90's & the 21st century. You will learn about the
history and state of electronic commerce, including EDI, E-Mail, and
other enabling computer-based trade technologies and the components
necessary to implement these technologies successfully in your
industry. Additionally, this session will provide an overview of
electronic commerce-relevant aspects of the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI), United Nations/EDI for Administration,
Commerce and Trade (UN/EDIFACT) and International Standards
Organization (ISO) standards development processes, how they affect
you, and important differences that multi-national companies will
likely encounter while implementing them.
SECURITY AND AUDIT OVERVIEW
The basic control structures and security guidelines for an electronic
trade program including cryptographic and non-cryptographic controls
will be discussed in this tutorial session. This session also
provides the 'non- auditor' with a description of the unique
characteristics of auditing in an electronic trade environment and an
understanding of how auditors must contribute to the electronic
commerce environment.
A GENERAL COUNSEL'S PERSPECTIVE ON ELECTRONIC TRADE
Corporate counsel are increasingly called upon to respond quickly and
effectively to the demands of accelerating electronic trade
implementation programs. Veteran corporate counsel will summarize the
critical responsive actions they have taken, and provide perspectives
on how they navigated and climbed the electronic commerce learning
curve. This session will provide the electronic commerce neophyte
general counsel with helpful hints for making the most of the
conference.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE POLICY AND REGULATION 101
The policy and regulatory issues affecting electronic commerce
continue to grow without an end in sight. As a primer for an enriching
Worldwide Electronic Commerce conference, this session identifies and
explains the critical policy and regulatory building blocks (and road
blocks) that electronic commerce professionals simply cannot avoid. It
also surveys the "tools" that are used in policy development and
implementation. This session provides a useful foundation for many of
the policy-oriented sessions.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
HOTEL & AIRLINE INFORMATION
American Airlines is offering discounted air fares for the Worldwide
Electronic Commerce Conference. Arrangements may be made by calling
American Airlines at 1-800-433-1790 and referencing "Star" Code
S1814P7.
Continental Airlines is also providing discounted air travel for the
Worldwide Electronic Commerce Conference. To make reservations, call
1-800-468-7022. Please reference Identification Code ZAB58.
International travelers: please contact your local Continental phone
number for specially discounted fares. For this conference,
Continental Airlines has waived the need to stay over a Saturday night
to obtain the lowest possible fare.
The beautiful Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in the heart of New York City will
be the site of the Worldwide Electronic Commerce Conference. This
prestigious internationally-acclaimed hotel provides the finest in
accommodations and is offering a special room rate of $159 to all
conference attendees. Reservations can be made by calling
1-212-355-3000.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL SCOPE: Most conference sessions will include one or more
persons from a country other than the United States, or one or more
representatives from international organizations, to provide a
diversity of perspectives and experiences.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: Conference papers of all sessions will be
bound and distributed to all participants.
GROUP & STUDENT DISCOUNTS: Discounted registration fees will be
offered to companies sending three or more individuals and to
qualifying students. Call: 1- 214-516-4900 for more information.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION: For information concerning C.L.E. points,
call 1-214-516-4900.
HOW TO REGISTER
REGISTRATION FEE: $550 total conference registration fee.
BY MAIL: Completed forms must be accompanied by a money order, check,
or credit card number (American Express, MasterCard, or Visa). All
checks should be made payable to Worldwide Electronic Commerce
Conference, P.O. Box 743485, Dallas, Texas 75374, USA.
BY FAX: Completed forms, when paying be credit card, may be faxed to
1-214-424-0562.
BY PHONE: Call 1-214-516-4900 for payment by credit card or questions
about the conference.
BY E-MAIL: Worldwide Electronic Commerce can also be reached on
Compuserve at 76520,3713.
REGISTRATION FORM:
To register, please print out a copy of the form below, complete it by
typing or printing the registration information and return one
completed form with payment for each registration. Mail to P.O. Box
743485, Dallas, TX 75374, USA or Fax to: 1-214-424-0562.
_____ I am registering for the Worldwide Electronic
Commerce Conference (Total: $550)
_____ I plan on attending one of the Pre-Conference
Tutorial Sessions. (Select one below):
_____ Electronic Trade Overview
_____ Security & Audit Overview
_____ General Counsel's Perspective
_____ Electronic Commerce Policy
A check is enclosed for $___________ -OR-
Please bill my:___VISA ___MasterCard ___American Express
Card No.______________________ Exp. Date_________________
Name on Card_____________________________________________
Signature________________________________________________
Registrant's Name________________________________________
Title____________________________________________________
Preferred First Name for Badge___________________________
Company / Organization___________________________________
MS / Dept._______________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________
City________________________ State______ Zip_____________
Telephone________________________ Fax____________________
Do You Require Special Handicapped Access? ____Yes ____No
Will you be staying at the Waldorf? ____Yes ____No
Final agenda subject to change, especially as the program expands and
additional speakers are added. CANCELLATIONS must be received in
writing and postmarked no later than December 22, 1993 to receive a
50% refund of the paid registration. No refunds will be issued after
December 22, 1993, regardless of when the registration is received.
NO SHOWS are liable for the entire conference fee. SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENTS for the handicapped will be made if requested in advance.
To make a request, contact the "Conference Coordinator" at
1-214-516-4900.
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1993 12:26:15 EST
From: Paul Robinson <
[email protected]>
Reply-To: Paul Robinson <
[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Restrictions on Repeat Call and Return Call
Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA
Carl Moore <
[email protected]>, writes:
> Arriving with my Delaware phone bill, and I have put some comments
> in in brackets; *69 for return call and *66 for repeat call, with
> 11 replacing the * if used from rotary phone:
> Some phones may not respond properly to the Repeat Call and Return
> Call special rings. A local or toll charge may apply for calls
> made with Repeat Call and Return Call. [What is the special ring
> like, and what does such improper response consist of? I guess the
> internal signal is different in some way.]
The standard ring on a phone is one six second ring. The "return call
ring" is three one second rings. Your phone or answering machine may
take this as one ring or as three, and if you have your answering
machine set at three rings, may pick up the phone.
> Repeat Call and Return Call do not work with calls made to most
> 700, 800, and 900 numbers. [What are the exceptions, and what
> happens if you attempt this and it indeed does not work?]
There is no means on "return call" to identify where the call is
coming from unless the call on every single switch it traversed, ran
on SS7 switches. Nothing else provides the information to tell where
the call came from.
There is no means on "repeat call" to put through a call to a normally
busy line unless the local switch can query the destination to see if
it is busy without ringing the destination.
If you try to use these services on numbers that aren't accessible,
you get a recording saying they can't do it.
> You can request your local business office to restrict Repeat Call
> and Return Call from your telephone line at no extra charge. [What
> happens if such a restriction exists at the receiving end of your
> intended call? Or does this mean that if I have such a
> restriction, I cannot use these features?]
It means if you have such a restriction, you cannot use these
features. These are normally sold in two flavors: pay per view and
per month. Per month means you pay a charge for usage during the
month -- here in Maryland it's $4 a month, each -- and you can use it
as many times as you want. "Pay per view" means you pay 75c each use
with no maximum, e.g. if you used it 100 times during the month,
expect to be billed $75.00.
Its operation varies depending on where you are and how smart the
switch is. In Pat Townson's Chicago area, if you try to repeat call to
the number you are at, it calls you to tell you the number is clear,
then finds it busy when you answer, then when you hang up it calls you
to tell you it's clear, then finds it's busy when you answer, and so
on for the next 30 minutes.
Here if you try that, and the number is still busy when you pick up
the phone, it informs you that it has cancelled your request because
the number has become busy while waiting for you to answer the phone.
I did some interesting tests on Caller ID and repeat call/return call
that I'll probably mention later.
Paul Robinson -
[email protected]
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From : TELECOM Digest Moderator
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[Moderator's Note: It has been repaired here also, and now it only
attempts once to connect you with yourself. It finds your line free
and calls you; then once it gets you on the line of course it finds
your line busy and advises you it is cancelling the request. I sort
of liked it better before it was debugged. :) PAT]
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From: Joe Whalen <
[email protected]>
Subject: Re: TDD Software Wanted
Date: Sat, 18 DEC 93 22:10:44 EST
Organization: Delphi Internet
Michael,
You are probably aware that TDD's normally use the Baudot code
instead of ASCII, like computers do. I have not ever found software
that can send Baudot code. You best bet is talking to ASCII TDD's.
Fortunately, most of the newer TDD's can be switched from one protocol
to the other. :)
Joe
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From: Stewart Fist <
[email protected]>
Subject: Re: International Calls via Cable or Satellite
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 02:31:00 GMT
Dr Weiyun Yu writes about fax over Australian international cable
systems:
> Correct me if I am wrong. Exactly the opposite happens.
> The 0015 lines primarily use the satellite route while
> the 0011 numbers has the cable route when ever possible
> to provide better voice quality (no echoes).
> Apparently the fax machines are immune to echoes.
That's not my understanding; I checked with Telstra's National Network
Information Centre. Fax only goes over satellite when nothing else is
available.
In fact, the main problem that fax machines face is echo, especially
on modern international circuits where the line quality is now very
good (and so, therefore, are the echos). It is essential that
echo-cancellation be in place or multiple errors in the receiver will
likely cause the sender to retransmit the document, again, and again,
and again (One morning I had five copies of an MCI 15 page press
release).
The problem is that the echo cancellation circuits get turned off by
the 2100Hz tone in the handshaking routine. And since this is a
half-duplex system (without Echoplex), cancellation needs to turn back
on again to handle the 9.6k data rate. This would normally be forced
by a deliberate pause following the handshake transmission (part of
the fax standard), but with high-quality circuits and a bit of echo on
the line, the pause is camoflaged by noise and the echo-cancellation
stays locked out, which then creates problems during the transmission.
This happens even on the 0015 international fax lines.
Over satellites, fax has problems with protocol collisions during the
turn-around at the end of each page, also, because of the delayed
echo. However fax is used over satellites to the Pacific Islands
(where there's nothing else available) so it obviously works, but it
is not desirable. Speech interpolation and bit-stealing are however,
the main reasons why special cable circuits are designated for fax.
The DCME/DCMS interpolation systems tend to clip the transmissions as
they switch in and out, and cause errors, and the bit-stealing during
peak load periods on international circuits causes a quality loss
which the fax often won't tolerate.
About 80% of Australia's voice traffic and 100% of its fax traffic
goes by cable to the USA and Europe, I am told. This is up from about
50% for voice and fax, a few years ago when satellite was more in
vogue and before the Pacific fibre systems became operational.
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From:
[email protected] (Robert Cohen)
Subject: Re: Carrier For 800 Number?
Organization: Calif. Home for the Unruly
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1993 00:25:35 GMT
Gerry,
Simply put, when I dial +1800.950.3535 from San Francisco, Microsoft
Sales answers.
Robert Cohen
[email protected]
[Moderator's Note: But Bob, he was not asking who the customer was
with the number, but *what carrier* they were using. For that info,
I still suggest whoever handles telecom for Microsoft Sales is
going to have to discuss that with him. PAT]
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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 93 02:42:43 GMT
From:
[email protected] (Dave Niebuhr)
Subject: Re: AT&T's New Facility
[email protected] (John J Butz)
> Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I traveled south on I-95 from NYC to
> Washington, DC. After emerging from the tunnel in Baltimore, the AT&T
> cable laying ships are visible from the "port-side" in the harbor. On
> Friday morning, both vessels were docked. However, on the Sunday
> return trip, only one boat was still in port. Perhaps to Long Island
> is where the second ship went?
It's possible since the cable laying is to begin shortly. I was in
Maryland last year (Laurel and Columbia) and saw the ships on both
drives to there and back.
> I've been sailing on the Great South Bay out of Islip and it looks
> deep enough to handle an ocean going vessel. Also, the Robert Moses
> causeway bridge to Fire Island would definitely provide clearance for
> a fairly tall ship. However, I've been fluke fishing enough times to
> tell you that most of the Great South Bay is pretty shallow. Dave,
> perhaps you could go on a recon-mission and let us know if the AT&T
> ship is there? 8-)
The bay is about ten feet deep, at most except for the intercoastal
waterway.
If AT&T is smart, that's the way to come into the bay. Moriches Inlet
is closer to the crossing point but it has been officially closed to
traffic due to the offshore shoaling. Boats still use it though.
There's still one more bridge to sail under, Smith Point, in Shirley
where the cable will cross the bay. A large, ocean-going vessel
shouldn't be needed for this part of the operation.
Dave Niebuhr Internet:
[email protected] (preferred)
[email protected] / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
Senior Technical Specialist, Scientific Computing Facility
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 (516)-282-3093
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