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The Telecom Digest for Dec 29, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 235 : "text" Format
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| Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:19:47 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Government Report: No High Speed Broadband Competition
Message-ID: <20141228161946.GA15205@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Government Report: No High Speed Broadband Competition: Blame AT&T,
Verizon & CenturyLink's Two Decades of Broken Promises.
by Bruce Kushnick
In the last article about broadband I supplied a list of the "video
dialtone" deployments that were filed at the FCC by what are now AT&T,
Verizon and Centurylink to upgrade the utility copper networks and
replace these wires with fiber optics wires -- which never happened.
...
We estimate that by 2014, America paid about $400 billion extra in
higher phone costs and tax perks to the companies, and based on more
recent uncoverings of the phone companies' financials, this number is
low.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kushnick/government-report-no-high_b_6385798.html
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http://goo.gl/1VkyW4
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:28:45 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Uncle Sam rakes in 44 Billion for bandwidth
Message-ID: <20141228162845.GA15234@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
By Chris Neiger
Just in time for the holidays, Uncle Sam's wallet is just a tad bit
heavier coming off the recent Federal Communications Commission AWS-3
wireless spectrum auction. After more than a month of bidding
T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Communications, and others have paid a total
of $44.5 billion for all-important network airwaves. That's much
higher than the expected $10.6 billion to $22 billion initially
expected.
The AWS-3 bidding is one the largest and most important spectrum sales
since the 700 MHz block went up for auction back in 2008 (who could
forget!?!).
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/27/uncle-sams-44-billion-payday-thanks-to-att-verizon.aspx
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http://goo.gl/UplIrD
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:37:57 -0800
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The Slow Death of 'Do Not Track'
Message-ID: <90D87244-9075-492F-9E5F-852AB5990D1B@roscom.com>
The Slow Death of "Do Not Track"
The F.T.C. outsourced its job to industry. The victim: Your privacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/opinion/the-slow-death-of-do-not-track.html
***** Moderator's Note *****
The idea, known as "Do Not Track," and modeled on the popular "Do
Not Call" rule that protects consumers from unwanted telemarketing
calls, is simple. But the details are anything but.
The "Do Not Call" list also turned out to be a dud: as with most
things that claim to protect orginary people these days, the
"watchdog" has no teeth.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:03:54 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon made an enemy tonight
Message-ID: <20141228170354.GA15536@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Verizon made an enemy tonight
by Colin Nederkoorn
On a flight back to New York I read Level 3's assessment of the latest
round of the Netflix vs Internet Provider debacle.
The summarized version is that basically Netflix is slow because
Verizon refuses to add capacity to peer with Level 3. Fixing the
situation would cost Verizon on the order of a few thousand (that's
right thousand) dollars. Level 3 is even willing to foot the bill. But
Verizon refuses.
http://iamnotaprogrammer.com/Verizon-Fios-Netflix-Vyprvpn.html
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This is dated information, but the video download speed test is
amazing, and the information about bypass methods more so.
Bill
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| Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:13:06 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon says it will charge NetFlix no matter what the FCC decides
Message-ID: <20141228171306.GA15604@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
Verizon says it'll still charge Netflix interconnection fees no matter what the FCC decides
by Chris Smith
Verizon earlier this week told the FCC in a filing that it'll still
charge Netflix interconnection fees, Ars Technica reports, no matter
what the Commission decides in the future when it comes to net
neutrality.
Netflix is already paying various ISPs to ensure that its customers
get a decent streaming experience, including Verizon, Time Warner
Cable, Comcast and AT&T, but the company has voiced its concerns more
than once regarding these payments, urging the FCC to look into these
agreements.
http://bgr.com/2014/12/19/verizon-vs-netflix-interconnection-deals/
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These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had the chance to
- Jackson Browne
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