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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21313)	5/10/2007 2:45:28 PM
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Baller Herbst List: 5-10-07 NATIONAL BROADBAND STRATEGY More on Sen. Rockefeller's resolution calling for national broadband policy tinyurl.com “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." tinyurl.com tinyurl.com FTTH pioneer Grant County PUD mulls options for expanding tinyurl.com "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 tinyurl.com More on NYC Council member Gale Brewer's broadband push tinyurl.com Brooklyn community broadband hearing, May 22 tinyurl.com Recent telecom & tech presentations by Mark Goldstein, International Research Center (big files): ... Broadband Telecom Tech Overview tinyurl.com ... Advances in Wireless Technology, Applications and Implications tinyurl.com ... Office Tech Tools and Toys Update tinyurl.com 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 tinyurl.com Editorial: “Listen up, Comcast” (from Donna Mason) tinyurl.com VOIP Vonage Q1 earnings report "isn't pretty" tinyurl.com OTHER NEWS Glenn Reynolds says FCC is mostly irrelevant tinyurl.com ------ If you would like to be added to or removed from this list, please send an email to info@baller.com. ------ THE BALLER HERBST LAW GROUP A Professional Corportation www.Baller.com ------