Baller Herbst List: 5-31-07
AMERICA’S GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
Average US household will need 50 Mbps
bandwidth within three years.
"’When you start adding up how much
bandwidth that the average home with a
couple of teenagers might consume
between 6 and 9 at night -- two or three
people watching HDTV shows, playing
music from the Internet, playing online
games -- the bandwidth demands are
going to be gigantic,’ says Mark Weg-
leitner, Verizon's chief technology
officer.”
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Tom Evslin: Why State or Vermont
should support rural broadband.
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Leaders of NH, ME and VT issue joint
statement on need for expanded access
to broadband
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BROADBAND
"Telecoms Charge AT&T With Delaying
New Service -- Long Waits Hindering
Fiber-Optic Plans, Say Groton Firm,
Others"; "[T]he company has had to wait
— in some cases for over a year — to
attach fiber-optic cable to utility poles
owned by AT&T so it can bring the
broadband to homes in its five-town
service area."
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In-Stat broadband predictions: by 2011
the number of broadband subscribers
around the world will double, increasing
to over half a billion subscribers
dslreports.com
W.Va. governor explains why he vetoed
broadband bill (JB: Gimme a break!)
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WIRELESS
So. Cal. Edison submits tariff filing for
Wi-Fi attachments and unmetered power
usage to Calif. PUC; includes specifics
on rates, etc. (from Ken Desforges)
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Tucson, AZ City Council consider wireless
azstarnet.com
"The City of London WiFi network has
only registered 6,000 users in its first month
out of a possible 350,000, despite offering
the service for free. Such disappointing
take-up ... raises fears that on-street wire-
less access will not be commercially viable."
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More on Wireless Silicon Valley delays . . .
"Who would have thought a project span-
ning 1,500 sq mi and dozens of cities, a
few counties, and other entities could ever
possibly go wrong? "
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Fleischman)
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Ellison
Sprint CFO: "WiMax network could yield
a tenfold increase in improved cost per-
formance"
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VIDEO
Union sues Comcast, charges discrimination
against black workers
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VOIP
"Telcos' evolving responses to Net phone
services"
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Emerging trend "toward cyber-criminals
moving to take advantage of VOIP
platforms as they become increasingly
popular."
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OTHER NEWS
More on Internet access tax debate
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