January 2006

Today's Quote

"I think the content providers should be paying for the use of the network ­ obviously not the piece from the customer to the network, which has already been paid for by the customer in Internet access fees ­ but for accessing the so-called Internet cloud," said AT&T Chief Ed Whitacre. "If someone wants to transmit a high quality service with no interruptions and ‘guaranteed this, guaranteed that’, they should be willing to pay for that. Now they might pass it on to their customers who are looking at a movie, for example.

AT&T chief warns on Internet costs

[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Paul Taylor]

Verizon Splits With Bell Companies On Need For 'Net Neutrality' Solution

[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: Drew Clark]

Bold prediction: telcos will become wholesale providers

[SOURCE: MuniWireless.com, AUTHOR: Esme Vos]

How politics are preventing public access to the Internet

[SOURCE: Utne Reader, AUTHOR: Bennett Gordon]

Another $100 billion gift to Broadcasters from Uncle Sam

[SOURCE: Truth, Justice, and Telecom Policy, AUTHOR: J.H. Snider]

Report: TV Stations Should Pay Ops

[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Moss]

DBS Rules Rural America

[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Moss]

Cable: No Special Deals for Telcos

[SOURCE: MediaWeek, AUTHOR: Todd Shields]

Communications panel studies lessons of Katrina

[SOURCE: InfoWorld, AUTHOR: Stephen Lawson]
An independent panel to study the effects of Hurricane Katrina on communications networks, convened by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), met for the first time Monday to discuss committee structure and a tentative timeline for producing its recommendations.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/30/74904_HNkatrinapanel_1.html?so...

* Citing Katrina Experience, New Orleans Health Officials Plead for Better Communications Capabilities