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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (20917)	4/18/2007 1:35:22 PM
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Baller Herbst List: 4-18-07 BROADBAND More on Broadband Stakeholders Group's report finding fiber "essential" for the future zdnetasia.com At long last, FCC launches NPRM on broad- band measurement methodologies news.moneycentral.msn.com eweek.com "200 kbps is not broadband": "Which ever way you look at it, 200 kbps is not broadband. And FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said some- thing we have known all along: '…For too long, we have defined broadband as 200 kbps in one direction—a measure that was outdated even when it was introduced years ago and that has become increasingly untenable today, espe- cially when one considers what consumers in other countries routinely expect and receive'" gigaom.com CableLabs accelerates DOCSIS 3.0 testing -- "operators could begin to deploy Docsis 3.0- based services as early as the second quarter of 2008" lightreading.com "Of the 7.9 million homes in the U.S. that are passed by fiber optics, 1.34 million are now connected, which nearly doubles the number form March of last year." telephonyonline.com WIRELESS Intel's long-range Wi-Fi system news.com.com AzulStar municipal wireless probable for Santa Monica surfsantamonica.com "WiMAX devices, coming soon" gigaom.com More on mobile phones and bees isen.com VIDEO "Verizon suspends push for Mass. franchises" boston.com "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's push for cable a la rate just became a shove. The chairman said Tuesday that Congress may want to mandate a la carte as a way to help viewers deal with controlling indecent and/or violent content." broadcastingcable.com Commr. Copps "really worried" about DTV transition broadcastingcable.com ACA summit highlights concerns of small cable operators: July 1 ban on set-top boxes with integrated security, Feb. 2009 cutoff of analog broadcasting multichannel.com Illinois: "The so called “video competition” bill, HB 1500 is opposed by every community and advocacy group worth its salt." wrythings.net Latest on Tenn. statewide franchise bill debate -- amendments offered timesfreepress.com Wisconsin statewide franchise bill passes out of committee with significant amendments waxingamerica.com Milwaukee City Council approves three year deal with AT&T for U-Verse deployment -- "Racing to stay one step ahead of the Legis- lature, the Milwaukee Common Council today approved a three-year deal with AT&T that would treat the telecommunications company's Internet-based television service much like rival Time Warner Cable. But even as the council acted, an Assembly committee was endorsing statewide television legislation that could override this deal and end all municipal regulation of cable television and similar services." jsonline.com Better Business Bureau takes aim at Charter in St. Louis dslreports.com "The 'Walled Garden' business model [for IPTV] is working because it 'protects the value of the content, secures the highest picture quality up to HDTV and thereby allows the realization of different business models.' Internet TV is unable to protect intellectual property or assure quality, does not provide a continuous billing relationship for the content provider." telephonyonline.com Chm. Martin says Congress could mandate a la carte animators.digitalmedianet.com VOIP "Sprint may be in trouble, but its got enough sense to avoid buying Vonage" techdirt.com "Vonage says it may face bankruptcy" telephonyonline.com OTHER NEWS Congress may not renew ban on Internet access taxes news.com.com ------ If you would like to join or leave our list, please send an e-mail to info@baller.com. ------ THE BALLER HERBST LAW GROUP A Professional Corporation www.baller.com ------