[Cybertel-Ann] 12.15.6 :: FiOS is Doomed :: Blimps are Filled with Hot Air :: But We Still Like DSL! ::

[Robert Cannon]

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Investor: Fios Is Doomed - 'This is the beginning of
the end for FiOS,', Broadband Reports, 12/15/2006 
Op/Ed Verizon shares are falling, and it's believed
that investor nervousness about Fios deployment
investment is the reason. Near-sighted and myopic
investors generally aren't keen on Fios anyway,
because it lacks immediate returns for their...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80296
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fiber.htm

DSL: Still The World's Favorite - Global breakdown:
65% DSL 23% cable 10%FTTH, Broadband Reports,
12/15/2006 
According to Point Topic, the global number of
broadband users topped 263.8 million during the third
quarter, with 16.9 million lines added over the
quarter. DSL continues to be the world's favorite
broadband flavor, with 173 million DSL lines now...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80292
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm

Broadband By Blimp Company Still Full Of Hot Air, Tech
Dirt, 12/15/2006 
For going on five years now a company named Sanswire
Networks has been issuing press releases every six
months or so, promising the world broadband via
"Stratellites"; giant airships positioned 64,000 feet
up, able to provide broadband and wireless...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20061214/120127.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Stalemate Keeps AT& T-BellSouth Merger Off of FCC's
Agenda, Wash Post, 12/15/2006 
Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he did not
know how soon it would consider AT&T's proposed $86
billion acquisition of BellSouth after the deal was
left off the agenda for Wednesday's meeting because of
a...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121401682.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/merger.htm

Rural Customers Sue Charter - Say they get a quarter
of the advertised 3Mbps, Broadband Reports, 12/15/2006

While Charter has been deploying 10Mbps broadband to
competitive areas, many of our users will tell you
they never saw the last round of upgrades from 3Mbps
to 5Mbps. Charter's heavy debt load has resulted in
fairly sluggish upgrade timelines, and...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80276
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/charter.htm

Three-Quarters of U.S. Web Users Are In the Fast Lane,
Clickz, 12/15/2006 
Broadband serves 78 percent of American active online
at-home Web users.
http://clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3624188
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm

Skype Unveils $30/Year North American Calling Plan, IP
Democracy, 12/15/2006 
The big news for today, and I’m not sure why this is
so important, is that Skype has unveiled a $29.95/year
calling plan that allows for unlimited calling to
regular landline and mobile phones anywhere in the
U.S. and Canada. Skype kicked off..
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2006/12/13/#002197
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/skype.htm

Congress Approves Internet Enforcement Bill, CDT,
12/15/2006 
During its final week in Washington, the 109th
Congress passed the US SAFE WEB Act, a law that will
help the Federal Trade Commission be more effective in
protecting consumers from spam, spyware, and Internet
fraud on a global scale. The bill...
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/955
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/

Hatfield Chair of Spectrum Advisory Committee, NTIA,
12/15/2006 
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
John Kneuer today announced Dale Hatfield, an
independent consultant and adjunct professor in the
University of Colorado Interdisciplinary
Telecommunications Program, as chairman of the...
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/2006/specadvisory_121306.htm
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm


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