[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 10.31.07

[Marianne Granoff]

Edited for interest.  FYI.


>FCC To Ban Exclusive Broadband Deals - New rules to be
>handed down on Wednesday
, DSLreports, 10/31/2007
>For months, AT&T and Verizon have been asking the FCC
>to ban cable operators from maintaining exclusive
>service contracts with the owners of apartment
>buildings, developments and MDUs (multiple dwelling
>units). When the phone company asks for something, the
>FCC delivers:
> 
>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-To-Ban-Exclusive-Broadband-Deals-88914
>
>Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Make Broadband
>Access More Affordable, Senate, 10/31/2007
>No description
> 
>http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248976
>
>
>Billions of Reasons Not to Grant Forbearance, PK,
>10/31/2007
>How many reasons are there for the Federal
>Communications Commission (FCC) to reject the
>deregulation petitions Verizon filed for six cities in
>the Northeast? How about 2.4 billion? That’s not a
>number pulled from the air. A new study, sponsored by
>XO, Covad and other of the hardy band of surviving
>competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), found
>that if the petitions are granted, consumers and
>businesses will pay $2.4 billion more for local phone
>service, high-speed Internet service and business
>connections.
>  http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/176867550/1250
>
>
>Net Neutrality’s Second Coming, Save the Internet,
>10/31/2007
>Don’t always believe the purveyors of conventional
>wisdom in Washington. Some of these DC pundits are so
>steeped in their own “knowledge” that they get stuck
>spinning their wheels when faced with evidence to the
>contrary.
> 
>http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/10/29/net-neutralitys-second-coming/
>
>
>
>Ban on Net access taxes extended until 2014, CNET,
>10/31/2007
>House of Representatives approval means most American
>consumers will continue seeing tax-free Internet
>connection bills. President Bush is expected to sign
>off before current law expires this week.
> 
>http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9807418-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
>
>Covad Bought By Platinum Equity - $304 million deal,
>or $1.02 per share
, DSLreports, 10/31/2007
>Earlier this month, a Covad insider tipped us off to
>the fact that the CLEC was shopping itself around to
>potential sugar daddies, with names like AT&T, Sprint
>and even Best Buy being tossed around as acquisition
>partners. In the end, however, it appears that Covad
>got the best deal from Platinum Equity, who will pay
>$304 million (or $1.02 per share) for the CLEC. Covad
>CEO Charles Hoffman waxes optimistic in the company
>press release:
>  http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Covad-Bought-By-Platinum-Equity-88909
>
>Verizon profit drops one-third, Globe and Mail,
>10/31/2007
>Taxes take a bite, while revenue rises
>  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/176653624/