Baller Herbst List: 12-29-05
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AMERICA'S GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
Internet hits 1 billion users; US to drop to 15% worldwide
by 2015 as China and India surge (from Bill St. Arnaud)
useit.com
BROADBAND
Southwest Virginia receives $3M federal grant for fiber optic
backbone project
tricities.com
More on LaPSC support for Lafayette in BellSouth suit
2theadvocate.com
Clarion County, PA, seeks to expand broadband availability
www2.theclarionnews.com
Broadband speed does matter: "What we're stuck with is
Pentium speeds, while the rest of the world is getting Pentium
IVs. As a result, we can't develop, or deploy, the new appli-
cations that will really define the future. Other countries, like
Korea, will do that. And we'll be left behind."
corante.com
ARRL "cautiously optimistic" about Texas BPL deployment:
"If TXU is going to install a BPL system, the ARRL is glad
that TXU has chosen Current's system--which avoids using
spectrum allocated to the Amateur Radio Service--in prefer-
ence to one that has proven to be problematic,"
dslreports.com
arrl.org
S&P "goes negative" on U.S. telecom
telephonyonline.com
378 rural communities in Scotland get broadband
news.bbc.co.uk
... similar efforts under way in British Columbia
vicnews.com
Jupiter says 30% Internet users get news from cable sites
blogs.zdnet.com
WIRELESS
More on Tempe municipal wireless provider's wholesale deal
with Arizona State Univ.
bbwexchange.com
"[S]taunch opponent to municipal Wi-Fi" Andy Seybold says
Google and other free Wi-Fi efforts will fail due to interference
techworld.com
Bleak outlook for national public safety radio interoperability
usatoday.com
Free-market commentary scalds FCC spectrum management:
"tyranny of the FCC"
freemarketnews.com
VIDEO
More on EchoStar seeking conditions on Adelphia takeover
by TWC/Comcast
multichannel.com
Cox files effective competition petition in Greenville, N.C.
reflector.com
Will 2006 be the year of a la carte? (from Diane Lachel)
seattlepi.nwsource.com
More on retrans. consent dispute between Charter and
Corpus Christi ABC affiliate
multichannel.com
MediaCom obtains FCC "effective competition" determin-
ation for Algona, IA, based on municipal competition (from
Neil Lehto)
hraunfoss.fcc.gov
VOIP
MobilePro Corp., "which specializes in municipal Wi-Fi
networks," will become a "facilities-based provider of
wholesale and retail VoIP services"
newtelephony.com
PRIVACY
Bells silent on their role in NSA spying (from Karl Bode)
chicagotribune.com
"[W]hen it comes to invading its people's privacy, nobody
beats Britain."
wiredblogs.tripod.com
OTHER NEWS
More on Calif. Telco Bill of Rights
techdirt.com
New street address standard up for public comment
fcw.com
"There's an Acronym Explosion (AE) Going On"
lightreading.com
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