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Notes from Telecommunication Mergers and the Public Good Talk

Notes from Telecommunication Mergers and the Public Good Talk | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Today the Humphrey Institute hosted a discussion on the AT&T T-Mobile mergers.
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Hype Over Comcast’s “Low Income Internet” Reaches New Levels of Ridiculousness

Hype Over Comcast’s “Low Income Internet” Reaches New Levels of Ridiculousness | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
1.5Mbps "broadband" is not the cure-all Comcast claims it to be.
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CenturyLink’s Savvis to power Virgin Media’s cloud service drive

CenturyLink’s Savvis to power Virgin Media’s cloud service drive | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) Savvis has become the engine behind UK-based Virgin Media's (Nasdaq: VMED) new cloud and data center service.
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Reports: Microsoft-Verizon Xbox announcement imminent

Reports: Microsoft-Verizon Xbox announcement imminent | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
In recent days, the telecom industry has been buzzing about the possibility that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) could align with Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and cable TV giant Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) to deliver TV programming through the...
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AT&T Starts Warning Customers They Used “Too Much” Internet, Will Slow Their Speeds

AT&T Starts Warning Customers They Used “Too Much” Internet, Will Slow Their Speeds | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Courtesy 9 to 5 Mac AT&T has begun sending out warnings to wireless customers deemed to be using too much of their “unlimited data plans” and are now subject to speed throttling that will reduce their wireless Internet experience to one more...
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America’s Best Broadband Value: The U.S. Postal Service?

America’s Best Broadband Value: The U.S. Postal Service? | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Allen Wan from Chicago dropped Stop the Cap!
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Why data centres have a key role to play in a nation's broadband strategy - PRWire

Why data centres have a key role to play in a nation's broadband strategy - PRWire | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Why data centres have a key role to play in a nation's broadband strategyPRWireThe shift in geo-political power wrought through globalisation has raised awareness among governments in the Asia Pacific region, of the absolute need for technology to...
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Spotlight on Commerce: Anna M ... - Broadband and Social Justice

Spotlight on Commerce: Anna M ... - Broadband and Social Justice | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Though much of my time is spent on management, I also work on public policy, especially the challenges of expanding broadband Internet use in underserved communities and improving communications for the nation's first responders.
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Media: FCC holds hearing on community info needs « Summit ...

Media: FCC holds hearing on community info needs « Summit ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Because we are dedicated to serving the local information needs of our communities, we read your working group report, The Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age, with great interest.
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Other municipalities try fiber systems

Other municipalities try fiber systems | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The concept of a municipality venturing into the world of cable television and Internet service, largely dominated by private companies, has generated controversy for years.
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Information Needs of Communities - Arizona Field Event | FCC.gov

Information Needs of Communities - Arizona Field Event | FCC.gov | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
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Establishing Interoperability

Establishing Interoperability | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The quest for true interoperability dominates our daily work within the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.  Interoperability is elusive and exacting.  It must be pursued as a full-time job with full knowledge of the factors that have...
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Community Fiber Networks Are Faster, Cheaper Than Incumbents

Digging into the reality of community broadband - we compare the broadband prices and speeds of community networks to incumbent providers, using ...youtube.com...
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Amazon deal with California may set precedent for online tax collection

Amazon deal with California may set precedent for online tax collection | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
After years of refusing to collect sales tax from online purchases, Amazon.com has agreed to do it in California. Retailers and state governments elsewhere are hoping for similar treatment.
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Integra puts $11M into network in Midwest, Western regions

Integra puts $11M into network in Midwest, Western regions | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Integra Telecom continues to be aggressive with building out its network to serve both SMBs and increasingly larger business customers and its latest $11 million investment in Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada and Washington is a continuation of that...
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Verizon preps home monitoring service push

Verizon preps home monitoring service push | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) reportedly is preparing to announce a broader rollout of its home monitoring and control service that will be priced at $9.95 per month.
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Sluggish stimulus deployments affect FTTH sector

Sluggish stimulus deployments affect FTTH sector | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Reports out of last week's FTTH Council and Conference in Orlando suggest that the show this year didn't achieve the sense of anticipation and excitement that it had in past years.
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Alcatel-Lucent Announces VDSL2 Vectoring: 100Mbps on Copper Phone Lines

Alcatel-Lucent Announces VDSL2 Vectoring: 100Mbps on Copper Phone Lines | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
While most rural telephone companies are selling customers 1-3Mbps copper-delivered DSL service, Alcatel Lucent has announced the commercial availability of VDSL 2 Vectoring, a new way of delivering up to 100Mbps over the copper wire telephone...
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Business and labor agree on one thing in the San Francisco Bay area: Broadband

Business and labor agree on one thing in the San Francisco Bay area: Broadband | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
A coalition of businesses and labor groups, Alliance for Jobs and Sustainable Growth, is now supporting BayWEB (Bay Area Wireless Enhanced Broadband System).
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FCC Chair: “Get Our Broadband Infrastructure Right'

FCC Chair: “Get Our Broadband Infrastructure Right' | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Delivering probably his most poignant speech on broadband deployment and job growth, Genachowski cited the FCC's National Broadband Plan. The plan, which was delivered to Congress in March 2010, highlights the FCC's goal of making an additional ...
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The FCC's job and unlicensed spectrum – Waldman report | Susan ...

The FCC's job and unlicensed spectrum – Waldman report | Susan ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
In 2008 I co-led the transition team for the FCC between the Bush and Obama administrations, and I served as a Special Assistant to the President for technology policy for 2009. ....
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LUS Fiber at a crossroads

LUS Fiber at a crossroads | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it

What does the future hold for LUS Fiber?There are two end points on the spectrum.
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Republicans looking to recapture broadband grants from stimulus bill - The Hill's Floor Action

Republicans looking to recapture broadband grants from stimulus bill - The Hill's Floor Action | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
House Republicans next week will seek to pass legislation that would require federal agencies to terminate grants aimed at expanding broadband access in the U. S.
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The Future of IT Leadership on Campus

The Future of IT Leadership on Campus | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
This past year, I've written four columns for Educause Quarterly on the Future of Higher Education. The first column dealt with the Future of Education and the different and evolving needs of learners.
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Digital Learning in the 21st Century

Digital Learning in the 21st Century | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
From Des Moines to Charlottesville school districts across the country are making sure there is a laptop in the hands of every high school student. California’s e-textbook initiative augurs the nationwide rise of digital course materials.
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