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
Fear Factor in BitTorrent debate
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| There is no shortage of bit-carrying capacity in the U.S. There is no
| shortage of core bandwidth, there is not even any shortage of end bandwidth.
|
| What we have is a shortage of competition. The answer is for We The People,
| through our government, to demand competition. As our forefathers did over a
| century ago. As was done 20 years ago by a Republican Administration.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1767
Yesterday:
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
Related:
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 takes over Microsoft TV code
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| Unhappy over the memory footprint of applications and delays in rolling
| them out, Verizon has ditched some of Microsoft's television software and
| has chosen instead to write its own.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060914-7742.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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