April 2006

Experts Offer Dueling Takes On 'Network Neutrality'

EXPERTS OFFER DUELING TAKES ON 'NETWORK NEUTRALITY'
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: Drew Clark]

USF Reform Hits House

USF REFORM HITS HOUSE
[SOURCE: EarthWebNews]

Senators cast wary eye on Lucent-Alcatel deal

SENATORS CAST WARY EYE ON LUCENT-ALCATEL DEAL
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Jeremy Pelofsky and Susan Cornwell]
The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body that examines foreign acquisitions of American companies, must review and clear the Alcatel-Lucent merger. A number of US senators are already expressing some concerns about the deal. However, it is unclear whether the concerns about security and job losses ultimately will force the telecommunications equipment companies to make any changes to their $14.1 billion merger.

Comcast Baseball Coverage Gets Hill Hearing

COMCAST BASEBALL COVERAGE GETS HILL HEARING
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) has scheduled a hearing Friday, April 7, "Why Most Nats Fans Can't See their Team on TV," on TV coverage, or lack of it, of Washington Nationals Baseball games. Areas of the Washington suburbs served by Comcast can only see a handful of games because the cable company will not carry the Mid Atlantic Sports Network (MASN). Comcast had bid on the rights to the Nationals -- the relocated Montreal Expos -- but lost out to MASN.