On 2nd spectrum front, Google does own testing
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| Google Inc. is forging ahead on a second spectrum-related initiative, by
| filing its own testing results for so-called "white spaces" wireless
| technology with the Federal Communications Commission, according to a public
| filing posted Thursday.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/second-spectrum-front-google-does/story.aspx?guid=%7B20373546-75CF-4730-9BDD-8F33ACE46916%7D
http://tinyurl.com/2oz2dq
AT&T Fires Back at Verizon in the Open Source War
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| Nevertheless, open source advocates have something to be pleased about—
| namely, that the big wireless companies are starting to take this issue
| seriously.
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http://www.tmcnet.com/comsol/articles/16031-att-fires-back-verizon-the-open-source-war.htm
http://tinyurl.com/2ql7zb
How to Jump on the Open Access Bandwagon By Doing Absolutely Nothing
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| Earlier this morning, the interweb was aflutter with various reports that
| AT&T had, in the words of a USA Today article, "flung open its network" to
| any and all devices. Problem was, this revelation was based solely on the
| aforementioned article, and the assumption many had (and still seem to have)
| was that AT&T had in fact changed its network policy in some way. As many
| have noticed, nothing in fact has changed, other than the fact that AT&T got
| a healthy dose of positive press out of the misrepresentation.
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http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/how-to-jump-on.html
Related:
AT&T admits it censored other bands
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| It looks like Pearl Jam isn't the only band that has had its politically
| charged comments bleeped from concerts streamed from AT&T's Blue Room Web
| site.
|
| [...]
|
| AT&T quickly apologized for the incident and blamed the company that handles
| the Webcasting for performances on Blue Room.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9759184-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Customers can sue AT&T, after all
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| A federal court in San Francisco has decided that AT&T's wireless contract
| is "unconscionable".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/20/court_slames_att_wireless_contract_clause/
AT&T takes another step towards filtered network with investment in Vobile
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| AT&T announced earlier this year that was planning to introduce content
| filtering of some sort for all video passing across its network. Exactly what
| AT&T was thinking remained unclear: would the company truly attempt to
| reassemble the fragments of peer-to-peer transmissions, then extract video
| from all sorts of different codecs, then attempt to match it-in real time-to
| some database of copyrighted works? Would such a thing even be possible?
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071114-att-takes-another-step-towards-filtered-network-with-investment-in-vobile.html
http://tinyurl.com/3a998z
When Networks Collide: AT&T suddenly doesn't like Apple so much.
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| What I believe is troubling the relationship between AT&T and Apple is the
| upcoming auction for 700-MHz wireless spectrum and AT&T's discovery that --
| as I have predicted for weeks -- Apple will be joining Google in bidding.
| AT&T thought its five-year "exclusive" iPhone agreement with Apple would have
| precluded such a bid, but that just shows how poorly Randall Stephenson
| understood Steve Jobs. Steve always hurts his friends to see how much they
| really love him, so AT&T probably should have expected this kind of corporate
| body blow.
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http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20071129_003521.html
Hey, AT&T, What's the Value of a Closed Network Again?
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| Closed networks, its proponents maintain, offer a trade-off. Individuals or
| outside developers can't make any changes or improvements to it. But since
| the network and its applications are controlled at a single source,
| individuals are supposed to get an easier experience in which they don't have
| to think about the network, just what they're doing on it. Trust the network.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/11/hey_att_whats_t.html
How AT&T chewed up, and spat out Net Neutrality
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| In an interview with Business Week in October 2005, Whitacre said
| he thought taking over BellSouth would be rejected by the FCC.
| He also made another memorable comment that began the process
| which culminated in the FCC's approval in December.
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http://www.theregister.com/2007/01/10/whitacre_wins_big/
Verizon: Open access should cut costs
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| Verizon Communications Inc.'s plan to open its wireless network to any
| devices, not just Verizon cell phones, is partly motivated by a desire to cut
| costs, the company's chief operating officer said Wednesday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_open_network
Verizon Embraces Google's Android
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| In yet another sudden shift, Verizon Wireless plans to support Google's
| (GOOG) new software platform for cell phones and other mobile devices.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2007/tc2007123_429930.htm
Verizon to support the Linux desktop, but only if your rich...
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| Verizon has been supporting the linux desktop for Red Hat for
| various applications for a while now. It wasn't until recently
| that with the help of some unpaid employees that they got it
| working for Ubuntu.
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http://www.treeninjas.com/?p=12
Thin clients in, PCs out at Verizon Wireless
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| Sun's Sun Ray is unique among thin clients, many of which still use
| some kind of embedded Windows or Linux operating system, even though
| the applications are shifted to servers.
|
| [...]
|
| With about 5,000 Sun Ray terminals installed at three Western call
| centers, and a fourth in progress, Verizon has seen a 60% to 70%
| drop in desktop problems and a 30% decline in electrical use at
| each center.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/050407-thin-client-verizon.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Verizon Business Expands OS Support for Enterprises
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| "Windows is our most deployed system, but Linux is our fastest-growing
| one..."
|
| [...]
|
| He also said that AIX and UX also have strong cross-platform
| compatibility with systems like Linux, and are well designed to
| handle applications requiring huge memory and scalability.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/53095.html
Verizon sues FCC over open-access auction
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| Media reform group Free Press, a supporter of the open-access rules, accused
| Verizon Wireless of sending "lawyers, FUD and money" in an attempt to
| overturn the FCC's decision.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070914/tc_infoworld/91833
Google vs. Verizon: The 'open access' saga continues
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| First with Net neutrality and now with so-called "open access" rules for
| forthcoming wireless networks, there seems to be no end to the discord
| between Google and Verizon.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9778508-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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