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shared by Bill Kuykendall on 22 Feb 10 - Cached

If Apple cut the price of each TV episode in half — to 99 cents, from $1.99 — would sales on iTunes increase enough to offset the price drop?
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Separately, Apple has proposed to some networks that the store sell a subscription package of popular TV shows. At a price some reports have set at $30 a month, the subscription service would be a direct threat to entrenched cable and satellite providers.
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Pricing is coming up now in part because Apple is keen — some TV executives privately say desperate — to line up content for the iPad, the tablet computer to be available in March.
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shared by Bill Kuykendall on 05 Mar 10 - Cached

FairPoint, which quietly has been expanding its broadband footprint since it took over Maine operations from Verizon Communications in early 2008, claims that the mostly federally funded Three Ring Binder network duplicates what FairPoint is building.
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Allison estimated that the network of “dark fiber” associated with his project would offer 10 times more space than what FairPoint offers.
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that amounts to a monopoly for FairPoint, whereas the Three Ring Binder would be offered on an open access model to any telecommunications company that wants to use it.
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Allison said FairPoint’s efforts to stall the project could result in the evaporation of $25.4 million in federal stimulus money and about $7 million that has been invested privately.
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LD 1697 would prohibit the state and divisions of the state from providing telecommunications services to clients outside the government sector.
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The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Stacey Fitts, a Pittsfield Republican, and FairPoint representatives believe that the Three Ring Binder will enable its partners to offer services at a lower price because of the federal subsidy.
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The Three Ring Binder will run on 36,000 poles across Maine. Roughly half of the poles are owned by FairPoint, which can’t deny access but can be a pain in the neck, Allison said.
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shared by Bill Kuykendall on 06 Feb 10 - Cached

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shared by Bill Kuykendall on 07 May 10 - Cached

Typekit is the easiest way to use real fonts on the web. It's a subscription-based service for linking to high-quality Open Type fonts from some of the worlds best type foundries. Our fonts are served from a global network on redundant servers, offering bulletproof service and incredible speed.
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