February 20, 2008
Who says telecom issues aren’t mainstream? Check out what MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has to say about President Bush’s obfuscation of facts in the FISA fiasco.
David Isenberg, whose blog has been All FISA All The Time lately, boiled it down to a simple statement, one that’s hard to disagree with.
If there is a valid reason for the telcos’ behavior, let it be judged in a court of law — and not by an executive branch which receives political contributions from the same companies.
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February 19, 2008
Think there’s any relation between the rumored Intel-Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal and the flurry of new cell data plans being announced today by both Verizon and AT&T? The guess here is that it would have been hard to justify top-dollar prices for cell data plans if and when WiMax launches with much faster speeds (and we hope, much lower rates).
Not a bad move by the telcos to jump now — and maybe sign up more data customers to long-term contracts before they get a chance to see what WiMax is all about.
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Posted by Paul
February 16, 2008
Thanks to all our new visitors for checking out SIDECUT REPORTS. The long-term goal of SIDECUT REPORTS is to provide an online home for long-form analysis of topics at the intersection of Telecommunications, the Internet and Public Policy.
Stay tuned for our inaugural Sidecut Report on WiMax, coming soon! To receive an email update when it’s ready, send a message to info@sidecutreports.com.
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