Baller Herbst List: 6-8-07
[ note: there was no 6-7-07 issue ]
BROADBAND
Summary of Rep. Boucher's keynote at
Broadband Policy Summit
publicknowledge.org
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"Fiber Optic Files" - blog on Wilson, NC FTTP
project, covering N.C. anti-competition bill, etc.
(from Brian Bowman)
wilsonfiber.wordpress.com
. . . More on N.C. anti-muni broadband bill:
"In short, HB 1587 is bad for the communities
of North Carolina and bad for United States
as a whole. It is particularly offensive because
it is touted as being necessary to achieve a
"level playing field" for the incumbent com-
munications providers, yet the incumbents
do not, and could not, comply with HB 1587
themselves. To determine how bad a bill HB
1587 really is, the North Carolina legislature
need only ask the incumbents whether they
would be willing to abide by its restrictions
themselves. HB 1587 should be defeated
in its entirety."
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"Popularity of Bandwidth-Intensive Appli-
cations Is Creating a Demand for Fiber to
the ‘x’ (FTTx) Optical Access Infrastructure"
tinyurl.com
More on success of Tacoma Click! Network
tinyurl.com
"Over the past 18 months, lobbyist consult-
ing firm MultiState compiled a database of
over 2,000 communities interested in building
a municipal broadband or wireless platform.
Each had 60,000 or fewer inhabitants."
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New broadband stats from LRG: "53%
of all US households now subscribe to a
broadband high-speed Internet service
at home. Broadband services now account
for about 72% of all home Internet sub-
scriptions – compared to 60% last year."
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State-by-state map of Internet speeds
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Minister for New South Wales Australia,
The Hon. Tony Catanzariti: “The time is
now for communities to plan and deter-
mine their own destiny and identify what
their industries, businesses and community
needs, and broker a solution tailored to
their community's unique needs. In a nut-
shell, public broadband is about affordable,
accessible, always on and anywhere con-
nectivity for the whole community.” (from
Greg Richardson)
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ARRL says FCC avoiding BPL interference
issue
dslreports.com
WIRELESS
FCC issues Order in 3650-3700 MHz
proceeding; statement from Media Access
Project (from Harold Feld)
tinyurl.com
hraunfoss.fcc.gov
attachmatch/FCC-07-99A1.doc
AT&T and Verizon oppose Google et al's
proposal for 700 MHz auctions
tinyurl.com
AT&T Wi-Fi in San Antonio
dslreports.com
"BelAir Will Guarantee Muni Wi-Fi Perform-
ance -- The promise is a direct response to
early metro-wide deployments that have
been dogged with complaints about spotty
coverage and low performance."
tinyurl.com
"Minneapolis Wi-Fi boots up"
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Mixed reviews for Portland, OR wireless
project
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Breakdown of the 700 MHz auction, from
New America Foundation . . .
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... working paper on "How Incumbents
Manipulate FCC Auction Rules to Block
Broadband Competition"
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Will Wimax to 'overtake Wi-Fi' in public
networks by 2010?
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Wireless power
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VIDEO
Cable industry tries to shed its bad service
reputation
dslreports.com
"AT&T now offers the service in portions
of eighteen major markets, with roughly
25,000 users now signed up for service";
updated schedule of metro rollouts
dslreports.com
Michigan: "AT&T entrance into local market
prompts utility box concerns"
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NYT on DTV transition, new converter
boxes; NTIA to issue "$40 gift cards"
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Internet and TV "are destined to live side
by side - though not necessarily in harmony."
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OTHER NEWS
More on cell phone carriers' control over
user hardware
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