The Baller-Herbst Newsletter of 02-05-07
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AMERICA'S GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
Canadian cable operator plans to offer 100
Mbps service by the end of the year using
DOCSIS 3.0
lightreading.com
Doubts grow about Project Lightspeed: "But
despite AT&T's stellar performance of late, the
company faces serious questions about whether
Project Lightspeed can deliver on its promise.
Technology glitches hobbled the rollout last
year. And though the TV service is up and
running in fewer than a dozen markets with
prices that undercut cable bills, a growing
chorus of rivals, analysts, and engineers are
skeptical that the network will offer enough
bandwidth a few years from now to handle
phone service, high-speed Internet, and
multiple streams of high-definition TV."
(from Benton Foundation)
businessweek.com
More on our proposed 8-step plan for national
broadband planning
gordoncook.net
BROADBAND
Paul Venturella joins MStar
newswiretoday.com
Comcast "is projecting capex in 2007 of $5.7
billion, versus $4.6 billion in 2006. 'We're going
to invest capital to drive that [RGU] growth,'...
Comcast officials were downplaying any poten-
tial bandwidth issues. 'Frankly, we have plenty
of capacity right now, and we will have plenty
of capacity, in our opinion, for the next six to 12
months, given the available products,' Roberts
said."
cedmagazine.com
Australian gov't seeks advice on production
of broadband deployment guidelines -- "These
draft guidelines are intended to assist local
government authorities in framing their parti-
cular policies and planning regulations."
muniwireless.com
"The telco battle of mice and incumbents"
gigaom.com
"While San Francisco debates its plan, Seattle,
after testing a Wi-Fi network, is working on a
fibre-based network."
australianit.news.com.au
Update on muni broadband in South Africa
mybroadband.co.za
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CALEA COMPLIANCE
NATOA hosting teleconference on CALEA:
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 3 p.m. EST; registration closes
noon on Friday -- "The session is intended for
any community that currently offers Internet
access or VoIP to the public—and for any
community that is considering a community
broadband project."
natoa.org
WIRELESS
NYT on "micro-mesh": Meraki Networks et al. . . .
nytimes.com
... "Where the Times article is spot on is in specu-
lating about the value of Meraki's approach for
digital inclusion initiatives. By seeding inexpen-
sive access points around a low-income area,
allowing many homes to share a few DSL or cable
modem lines, you could create an access cloud
at extremely low cost. Add in a pool of low-cost
PCs, and you could rapidly digitally-enable a
school or neighborhood."
muniwireless.com
FON reportedly close to deal with BT
wifinetnews.com
"St. Louis mayor wants AT&T to unwire the city:
where's the public tender?... Doesn't anyone else
think this is strange?"
muniwireless.com
Proxim releases integrated mesh Wi-Fi/WiMAX
device
unstrung.com
Wireless Silicon Valley trials in February in San
Carlos
gigaom.com
Patent infringement lawsuits filed against Tropos
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VIDEO
Op-Ed rebuts endorsement of Qwest's proposed
franchise legislation in Colorado (from Ken
Fellman)
rockymountainnews.com
Kerry wants FCC to investigate sports exclusivity
(from Benton Foundation)
broadcastingcable.com
"Americans unaware of digital TV switch" --
"On February 17, 2009, all TV stations must
switch their analog signals to digital" . . .
tvpredictions.com
. . . Converter boxes won't be free
broadcastingcable.com
tvpredictions.com
CBS says digital multicasting hurts HD picture
quality
tvpredictions.com
Mediacom and Sinclair reach deal on retrans.
consent (from Sal LoBianco)
qctimes.com
multichannel.com
AT&T completes rolloutof Homezone
cedmagazine.com
VOIP
"A difficult 2007 for competitivne VoIP?"
gigaom.com
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