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Major U.S. VoIP operator suspends operations

SunRocket, Inc., the second-largest supplier of Voice over IP in the U.S., cut service to its more than 200,000 customers without warning on Monday. SunRocket, Inc., the second-largest supplier of Voice over IP in the U.S., cut service to its more than 200,000 customers without warning on Monday. One of those customers would be me. [...]

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Broadband cited as impetus for Kentucky jobs growth

The latest report affirming that high-speed Internet access is an impetus for economic growth comes from Kentucky. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, IT jobs there grew by 3.1 percent compared to .1 percent nationally in 2005.The latest report affirming that high-speed Internet access is an impetus for economic growth comes from Kentucky. According to [...]

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Maryland incumbents defeat broadband information bill

Art Brodsky sounds off on Verizon and Comcast lobbyists’ successful defeat of a Maryland bill that would have offered consumers access to information and boosted broadband competition in the state.Art Brodsky of Public Knowledge, a public interest group that advocates an open Internet, recently tackled the subject of incumbent interference in a Maryland bill to [...]

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AT&T acknowledges need for a national broadband policy

AT&T’s Senior Vice President Jim Ciconni says that the nation needs a national broadband policy.In its coverage of the recent Technology Policy Summit in San Jose, Technology Liberation Front quotes AT&T’s Senior Vice President Jim Ciconni saying that the nation needs a national broadband policy. It’s good to see a growing concensus on this front. [...]

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Toledo RFP nets two proposals

Toledo, Ohio, received two proposals to its RFP to build a citywide wireless network. MetroFi and Buckeye CableSystem responded but neither proposal grants the city’s request for free service for city operations.Toledo, Ohio, received two proposals to its RFP to build a citywide wireless network. MetroFi and Buckeye CableSystem responded but neither proposal grants the [...]

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