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Jeffrey Kendall

U.S. aid to spread broadband access criticized | The Columbus Dispatch - 0 views

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broadband technology rural access rural broadband

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      Jeffrey Kendall on 13 Apr 10
       
      Companies always complain about competition when it's too late and they've already missed the band wagon. These other companies have had chances even if it was small and incremental to make improvements to their broadband offerings and they chose not too. They also had an opportunity to bid for this stimulus money and unfortunately they did not receive it. If they had they would not be complaning right now.
  • These local phone and cable companies fear that they will have to compete with governmentsubsidized broadband systems, paid for largely with stimulus dollars. If the taxpayer-funded networks siphon off customers by offering lower prices, private companies might be less likely to upgrade their lines, endangering jobs and undermining the stimulus plan's goals, they warn.
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      Jeffrey Kendall on 13 Apr 10
       
      this is similar to Googles plan to introduce gigabit service to smaller cities on a limited scale to see if the results are profitable. I will be interesting to see if these underdeveloped areas really do take advantage of this service or if it will be lost on them.
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  • Many existing systems, they note, lack the capacity to meet mush rooming demand for bandwidth. The new, stimulus-funded networks will provide far more-robust connections - many of them offering speeds of up to 100 megabits or even 10 gigabits per second to schools, libraries and other "anchor institutions." That's 20 to 2,000 times faster than the DSL and cable wires linking most U.S. homes.
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 13 Apr 10
     
    Government stimulus attempt to bring broadband access to rural areas that have limited or no high speed internet access.
Scott Thomas

Broadband Too Pricey? There May Be Options : NPR - 0 views

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internet access high speed broadband Google Gigabit

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  • Scott Thomas on 15 Apr 10
     
    Talks about Google's Plan to offer Broadband service called "Google Gigabit". Google will offer broadband service at 1 GB speed!! Google will test it out on a small population of about 50,000 and see how it does.
Scott Thomas

FCC Chair Lays Out National Broadband Plan : NPR - 0 views

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  • Scott Thomas on 16 Apr 10
     
    Chairman for the FCC discusses plan to bring broadband high-speed internet access to every American.
Andrew Clinton

Verizon Preparing Improved Voice Calls, Video Chat With 4G LTE Network - 0 views

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  • Andrew Clinton on 09 Feb 11
     
    It is amazing how far phone services have come. The fact that you can download from 5 Mbps to 12 Mbps over you phone. That is faster than many high speed internet providers
Mark Klinger

"Boomers zero in on social networks" - 0 views

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  • Mark Klinger on 08 Feb 11
     
    This is a recent article I found that relate's to this weeks topic of social networking. The article discusses the uses of social networking for older generations, and provides many statistics, some of which come from the Pew Project we study. As the article shows, older generations use social networking for many of the same uses as teens and young adults. The article may be help you think of questions related to this week's discussions. Here's a little excerpt to help you get an idea of what the article is about: "Whether it's congressmen Twittering during presidential speeches, parents connecting with high school flames on Facebook or empty-nesters planning group outings on grown-up sites such as Eons.com, Baby Boomers are speeding up the Web's ongoing metamorphosis from limitless void to global watering hole. Social networking is fast becoming a staple for a growing number of adults as Web use surges. One-third of adult Internet users have a profile on a social networking site, up from 8% in 2005, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And though adults share some teen habits - checking in with friends, planning get-togethers - they differ from the younger set in their desire to use the medium to meet new friends from across the country." Enjoy!
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