[Cybertel-Ann] 3.24 :: Losing Patience :: Google Wins for Losing :: 7% Solution :: The Return of the Nacchio :: Dem FCC Chair Guessing Game :: Where is the NHL on Hulu?!?!? ::

Mon Mar 24 14:12:49 PST 2008

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"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the
experiment. The literature was full of examples that
said you can't do this." -- Spencer Silver on the work
that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It"
Notepads.

The FCC's New Broadband Data Gathering: Even the
Deregulators Are Losing Patience., Tales from the
Sausage Factory
t is a delightful bit of timing that this piece on
European broadband comes the same day the FCC voted to
amend its broadband data collection for the annual
“State of the Broadband” Report. I'd say it was a
happy coincidence, except that there are so many
articles about how Europe is kicking our broadband
bottom these days that the odds were good someone
would publish something contrasting the growing
penetration (and associated economic benefits) in
Europe with the anemic growth in the U.S.
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1112
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

NJ city plans to cover itself with a wireless canopy,
Muni
Perth Amboy, a city in northern New Jersey just across
from New York City’s Staten Island, has struck a deal
to take the town wireless in an effort to economize on
the delivery of city services, according to a story in
the Home News Tribune. The city will be working with a
local integration firm known as the Breaker Group.
Unfortunately, the story did not provide many details
beyond a comparison of modern technology to Ben
Franklin’s discovery of electricity. No one is at the
city offices this weekend and we were unable to even
find a web site for the Breaker Group online. If
anyone can shed more light on this initiative, please
weigh in below with details. We’ll update you as we
learn more.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/256055868/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Municipal Wireless Success Demands Public Involvement,
Experts Say., Sascha Meinrath
An article on municipal wireless I recently wrote for
GovTech's Digital Communities Magazine on the myth
that municipal wireless has been failing just came
out. If you're looking for more background behind my
recent statements in the New York Times, then this is
certainly worth a read:
http://saschameinrath.com/2008/mar/24/municipal_wireless_success_demands_public_involvement_experts_say
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

Google Wins by Losing 700Mhz Wireless Spectrum
Auction, Peerflow
The new rules aren't as good as one might have hoped,
and now somebody has to make the FCC enforce them, but
at least they're better than the old rules.
http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/03/google-wins-by.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

700 MHz Aftermath: Assessing A Rather Complicated
Result — But Not A Disaster As Some Maint
, Tales from
the Sausage Factory
The intervention of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which
is celebrated by getting drunk until you cannot tell
the difference between Verizon winning the C Block and
Google winning the C Block, kept me from posting
sooner. I would have held off unti...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1119
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/w700.htm

Google outlines proposal for 'Wi-Fi on steroids',
CNET`
New plan designed to persuade regulators to free up
unused TV spectrum known as "white spaces" for
high-bandwidth, affordable, ubiquitous wireless
Internet services.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9901747-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Google Unveils 'White Space' Airwaves Plans, Internet
News
Even after the end of the FCC's C Block spectrum
auction, search leader Google still has national
wireless Internet access on its agenda.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/257246422/3736261
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm

Dutch Islam film website 'shut', BBC
A website expected to be used for the publication of a
controversial Dutch film critical of Islam is
suspended.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7310439.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

7 Percent Solution: How Many Complaints the FCC
Enforces, Peerflow
What would happen if you put Dr. Moriarty in charge of
solving Sherlock Holmes' cases?
http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/03/7-percent-solut.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/enforce.htm

Bell Canada Throttles Wholesalers, Doesn't Bother To
Tell Them -, dslreports
Users of the Canadian family-run ISP Teksavvy (which
we profiled last year) have started noticing that Bell
Canada is throttling traffic before it reaches
wholesale partners. According to Teksavvy CEO Rocky
Gaudrault, Bell has implemented "load balancing" to
"manage bandwidth demand" during peak congestion times
-- but apparently didn't feel the need to inform
partner ISPs or customers. The result is a bevy of
annoyed customers and carriers across the great white
north. Says Gaudrault in our forums:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bell-Canada-Throttles-Wholesalers-Doesnt-Bother-To-Tell-Them-92915
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

U.S. Core Search Rankings, February 2008, Clickz
Google continues to lead in share of searches against
other top engines.
http://feeds.clickz.com/~r/clickzstats/~3/255709593/showPage.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

ARIN and CAIDA IPv6 Survey Now Closed, ARIN
No description
http://www.arin.net/announcements/20080324.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Nacchio Gets New Trial and Judge, Peerflow
All guilty counts thrown out, and not just a new
trial, but a new judge:
http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/03/nacchio-gets-ne.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/qwest.htm

Verizon's FiOS Snakes Into Massive Manhattan Apartment
Complex, Ecommerce Times
Verizon's fiber-optic service, so far mainly available
to suburbanites, is making a big push into Manhattan
with a deal to connect an 11,232-unit apartment
complex. Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, an
enclave of 110 buildings on Manhattan's East Side, is
the largest apartment complex in Manhattan and the
largest to get FiOS service anywhere in Verizon's
17-state fiber buildout area. Verizon Communications
announced the deal Monday, but seven buildings are
already connected. It will take some months to connect
the rest.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/62258.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Verizon Brings FiOS Internet to Major NY Complex,
Verizon
Verizon today announced that it will deliver its
broadband fiber-to-the-premises FiOS Internet services
to Tishman Speyer’s Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper
Village, one of the largest apartment complexes in New
York City and maybe the country. The agreement to
bring FiOS to residents in this 110-building, 11,232
–unit complex is the largest Verizon has signed so far
for a multiple-dwelling-unit in an urban area.   FiOS
Internet is already available for sale to more than
7.5 million premises in
http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog/EricRabe9/439/Verizon-Brings-FiOS-Internet-to-Major-NY-Complex.aspx#When:16:09:35
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Cyber Attacks Target Pro-Tibet Groups, Wash Post
Human rights and pro-democracy groups sympathetic to
anti-China demonstrators in Tibet are being targeted
by sophisticated cyber attacks designed to disrupt
their work and steal information on their members and
activities.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~3/255770241/AR2008032102605.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm

Dem FCC Chair Guessing Game, The 463
The good and connected Brooks Boliek at the Hollywood
Reporter makes some educated guesses on who the next
FCC Chair would be if either Senators Clinton or Obama
are elected president.
http://463.blogs.com/the_463/2008/03/dem-fcc-chair-g.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm

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