[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 6.2.8

[Marianne Granoff]

Edited for interest.  FYI.


>New WiMAX report: Why the 'New' Clearwire gives WiMax
>its best chance at success in the US marketplace, Muni
>Sidecut Reports has just released a new updated
>version of their WiMax report, which includes a
>comprehensive study of the "new" Clearwire WiMax deal
>and its $3.2 billion of investment from a group that
>includes Google, Comcast, Intel and Time Warner Cable.
>  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/302758867/
>
>Comcast Contractors Arrested for Animal Cruelty -
>Comcast just can't seem to work with people who stay
>out of trouble, dslreports
>Comcast subcontractors are notorious for engaging in
>bad (often illegal) behavior that s included
>everything from falling asleep at customer s homes to
>murder. In keeping with that ongoing tradition, three
>contractors have been arrested for animal cruelty
>after they were caught torturing a kitten (see news
>video). The kitten was rescued after being spray
>painted and kicked nearly to death. As per usual,
>Comcast isn t happy to hear the news and insists that
>it s doing everything it can to quit working with
>people who are going to act this way.
> 
>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Contractors-Arrested-for-Animal-Cruelty-94895
>
>
>US VoIP Gains Mean RBOC Pain, Telegeography
>New data from TeleGeography reveal that voice over IP
>(VoIP) telephone service, which was only recently a
>novelty, is now commonplace in the U.S. By the first
>quarter of 2008, 16.3 million consumer VoIP lines were
>in service, representing 13.8 percent of all U.S.
>households, and 27 percent of broadband households.
>  http://www.telegeography.com/wordpress/?p=70