Tag Archives: Broadband Bytes

• (@elforesto) FCC thinks it can conduct warrantless searches to inspect your wireless electronics. http://is.gd/BW1Z #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) NTIA delaying broadband grants until December. http://is.gd/CeiR #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Landline networks may have value for wireless backhaul. http://is.gd/CmHD #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Cable incumbent stall tactics in Lafayette, LA. http://is.gd/ColV #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Qwest’s sale of its long-haul network will yield short-term cash at the expense of long-term profits. http://is.gd/Comp #f … #
• (@elforesto) Cable losing 1M customers per year due to poor service. http://is.gd/Cq5Z #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) US still lags at 15th in broadband adoption, 13th in price, 19th in speed. http://is.gd/Csbx #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) Amazon’s solution to sucky broadband? Send your data by snail mail. http://is.gd/C2nh #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Hulu to be available from and pick up content from the UK. http://is.gd/C2nX #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) HughesNet sued for terrible service. http://is.gd/C1pi #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Is Apple working on a touchscreen netbook? http://is.gd/C1oN #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) American Cable Association bites back on retransmission costs. http://is.gd/C7g4 #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Surprise, surprise. Cable lobby wants fewer regulations. http://is.gd/C7gj #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) FCC says their broadband plan is the biggest thing they’ve ever done. http://is.gd/C7gM #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Hulu plans to stream a live Dave Matthew’s Band concert. This is the future of broadcast. http://is.gd/C8r4 #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) WiMax could cannibalize DSL. http://is.gd/BHCH #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) We’re watching as much TV as ever, but now we also watch a ton of online video. http://is.gd/BKBr #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Netflix streaming now available in Windows Vista Media Center. http://is.gd/BM55 #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) Unsurprisingly, pay TV services still have terrible customer satisfaction. http://is.gd/BmNG #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Comcast’s stronger focus on service is paying off. Can they keep it up? http://is.gd/BmO3 #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Lawsuit or not, Cablevision plans to roll out their networked DVR this summer. http://is.gd/BmOD #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) Pay-for-play “journalism” in action. It’s disgraceful and disgusting. http://is.gd/B1Ef #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) FIOS wholesaler undercuts Verizon, who is probably depending on bundles to keep customers. http://is.gd/B1ER #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Verizon lowers overages on 3G data, likely to drive netbook adoption. http://is.gd/B1FU #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Hulu pulling more content to appease content owners. http://is.gd/z9uj #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Cogent thinks Qwest is asking too much for its long-haul network. http://is.gd/B36y #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Comcast lobbying expenses increase 25-fold in just 8 years. http://is.gd/B4qt #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Qwest doesn’t want a war of speeds, mostly because they know they’ll lose. http://is.gd/B6Cz #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) Telecom incumbents have some ‘splaining to do. http://is.gd/AgKs #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Old media unsurprisingly doesn’t understand the Internet. http://is.gd/AbgV #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) Consolidated rural telcos may not have the funds to deploy real broadband. http://is.gd/A9Wz #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Evidence of rural telco failure? Fairpoint got $50M from NH just to stay in business. http://is.gd/A9Yy #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) RT @XMission: City 2.0 http://bit.ly/PHaQr #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Verizon-Frontier deal makes for easy pickings for Comcast. http://is.gd/AbgB #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Feds could lay conduit under all federal highways to promote fiber deployment. http://is.gd/AdX2 #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Customer can’t get his ISP to fix his account, so he hacks them and does it himself. http://is.gd/AeB2 #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) AT&T may have shot down the SlingPlayer app for iPhone to promote their own app. http://is.gd/zOkM #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Broadband growth jumps back up. http://is.gd/zOJs #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Frontier could hit the same hard times as Fairpoint. http://is.gd/zQfQ #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) FCC opens public comments on nat’l broadband plan. http://is.gd/zTyy #freeutopia #

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• (@elforesto) Should cable ditch the STB? (Hint: YES.) http://is.gd/zm8L #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Rural telco consolidation binge continues as Frontier snags 4.8M lines from Verizon. http://is.gd/zw9g #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) FCC manipulated data on BPL to push the tech. http://tr.im/lfCk #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) FCC will cut the landline port window from 4 days to 24 hours. http://is.gd/zyaY #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) There’s 30 days until the DTV switch and 2.9% of the country still isn’t ready. http://is.gd/zAff #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Uh-oh. Broadweave’s phone switch is reportedly owned by Traverse Mountain. Provo customers could lose phone service. #freeu … #

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• (@elforesto) From the Blog: Broadweave could be booted from Traverse Mountain. http://is.gd/zbvR #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Is Redbox killing DVD sales? And could they kill VOD? http://is.gd/zc1l #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Charter sues DirecTV for exploiting their bankruptcy filing in their ads. http://is.gd/zdGo #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) FTC could bonk incumbent heads and shake up the duopoly. http://is.gd/zf4e #freeutopia #
• (@elforesto) Broadband Shysters: http://is.gd/zgJy #freeutopia #

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