Baller Herbst List: 5-10-07
NATIONAL BROADBAND STRATEGY
More on Sen. Rockefeller's resolution calling
for national broadband policy
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“Over the past decades, the United States
has been the engine of global growth; how-
ever its dominance will be challenged in the
not too distant future. If my assessment is
correct, China will replace the United States
as the world’s single most important econ-
omy.”
tinyurl.com
Scott Cleland scoffs a national strategy
precursorblog.com
BROADBAND
"Homes that have fiber to the home (FTTH)
are already perceived to have a higher value...
That value is rising. Add $5,000 to the price if
it has FTTH. Add $7,000 in 2008. In a couple
years, it will be: “You don’t have FTTH?
Here is an offer for $20,000 less.” Worse, it
could be: “Sorry. We’re just not interested
at any price.”
tinyurl.com
Comcast talks up 150Mbps cable modem,
Verizon responds with 400Mbps; "We love
the fact that these industry giants are
battling for our consumer affections with
promises of sweet bandwidth. It's time to
bring on the Mbps."
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FTTH pioneer Grant County PUD mulls
options for expanding
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"Digital divide still alive and kicking"
(from Greg Richardson)
egovmonitor.com
Net neutrality bill in Maine
tinyurl.com
"Public knows too little" about telecom
reform legislation in New York
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More on NYC Council member Gale Brewer's
broadband push
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Brooklyn community broadband hearing,
May 22
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Recent telecom & tech presentations by
Mark Goldstein, International Research
Center (big files):
... Broadband Telecom Tech Overview
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... Advances in Wireless Technology,
Applications and Implications
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... Office Tech Tools and Toys Update
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WIRELESS
"Clearwire LLC is spending big, growing
fast, and losing money hand-over-fist in
its bid to become one of the key WiMax
players in the U.S."
tinyurl.com
Mobile WiMAX breakthrough "this year"
tinyurl.com
Oregon legislature scraps proposal for state-
wide emergency communications network
tinyurl.com
VIDEO
"Qwest plans to relaunch its efforts to reach
video-franchise agreements with a dozen
Colorado cities in the next couple of months"
tinyurl.com
"From a state standpoint, in return for a
statewide franchise that some incumbents
want (like in HB 1500 in Illinois), demand
a statewide upgrade to real speeds (like 1
gigabit). With all the money saved by not
having to negotiate with every municipality,
any carrier should include upgrading to real
speeds to guarantee regional economic
sustainability."
tinyurl.com
Consumer groups urge veto of Florida
franchise bill
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Editorial: “Listen up, Comcast” (from
Donna Mason)
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VOIP
Vonage Q1 earnings report "isn't pretty"
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OTHER NEWS
Glenn Reynolds says FCC is mostly irrelevant
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