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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 11:34 AM
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FCC's Rural Call Completion Task Force to hold first workshop | in ...

FCC's Rural Call Completion Task Force to hold first workshop | in ... | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The FCC also will vote on comprehensive reform of the intercarrier compensation system that sets those rates, along with Universal Service Fund reform at its next open meeting on Oct. 27. The workshop is essentially divided ...
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 11:30 AM
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TODAY’S STUDY: OVER THE NATURAL GAS BRIDGE TO THE NEW ENERGY ERA

TODAY’S STUDY: OVER THE NATURAL GAS BRIDGE TO THE NEW ENERGY ERA | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Natural Gas and Renewables: The Coal to Gas and Renewables Switch is on!
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 11:27 AM
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Frontier faces lawsuit over broadband surcharge

Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) has found itself in a legal bind as a new federal class action suit has accused the service provider of illegally collecting an "HSI surcharge" from consumers that it says are mandated by the government.
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October 18, 2011 11:26 AM
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Military Smart Grids & Microgrids Conference | ASDEvents

ASDEvents | Military Smart Grids & Microgrids Conference | United States | 19 October, 2011 - 20 October, 2011 (Military Smart Grids & Microgrids Conference - hear Ambient CTO Ram Rao speak http://t.co/BcNNkiCZ...)...
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 11:03 AM
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Electric Car Charging Standards Split

Electric Car Charging Standards Split | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
To no one’s surprise, American automakers Ford and GM have agreed on a single EV charging port connector standard that has been in development by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) for several years.
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October 18, 2011 10:58 AM
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AT&T Illinois President: “T-Mobile is Going To Go Away”

AT&T Illinois President: “T-Mobile is Going To Go Away” | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
La Schiazza AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza is in the business of predicting the future of other mobile phone companies.  In an interview with the Journal-Star, La Schiazza said AT&T should be permitted to complete its purchase of...
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October 18, 2011 10:56 AM
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Sprint, LUS Fiber announce partnership - KATC Lafayette News

Sprint, LUS Fiber announce partnership - KATC Lafayette News | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Sprint, LUS Fiber announce partnershipKATC Lafayette NewsSprint today announced a unique collaboration with LUS Fiber to provide wireless products and services to the customers of the community-owned network at special discounted rates, subject to...
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October 18, 2011 10:38 AM
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Can We Just Admit That It's Insane When Microsoft Has A 'Licensing Program' For Someone Else's Products?

Can We Just Admit That It's Insane When Microsoft Has A 'Licensing Program' For Someone Else's Products? | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
There have been a string of similar "deals" announced recently (though we do wonder about the details), but Microsoft has announced that Qanta is the latest company to "license" its usage of Android and Chrome.
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October 18, 2011 10:35 AM
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Branson on hand as Virgin Galactic's spaceport opens

Branson on hand as Virgin Galactic's spaceport opens | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport opened today in New Mexico, marking another milestone in the public-private transition of space-based efforts in the U.S.
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October 18, 2011 10:32 AM
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FairPoint: The Little Company That Couldn’t, Wants To Be Deregulated

FairPoint: The Little Company That Couldn’t, Wants To Be Deregulated | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
FairPoint Communications, which took control of Verizon landlines in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont in 2009 and then promptly went bankrupt is now appealing to New Hampshire’s regulators and legislature for deregulation.
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October 18, 2011 10:15 AM
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dailywireless.org » Alca-Lu's LTE Public Safety Network in Charlotte, NC

dailywireless.org » Alca-Lu's LTE Public Safety Network in Charlotte, NC | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Police vehicles with 5 live cameras, iPad-wielding cops, and mobile command centers with hundreds of thousands of dollars in mobile broadband gear, manned by network engineers are impressive — if wildly optimistic.
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 10:11 AM
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Cornell Researchers Explore Smart Grid Technology

Cornell Researchers Explore Smart Grid Technology | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
In an effort to combat energy waste nationwide, the National Science Foundation gave a team of four Cornell faculty members a four-year, $1.9 million grant to research how to improve energy allocation through a “smart” electrical grid.
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October 18, 2011 10:07 AM
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SunPower embraces microinverters for the first time

SunPower embraces microinverters for the first time | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Solar panel giant SunPower has decided to embrace microinverters, which are a new emerging form of solar inverter that are embedded on each panel and are used to convert direct current generated by solar panels into alternating current for the grid.
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October 18, 2011 11:32 AM
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ViaSat Hopes ViaSat-1 Changes Satellite Broadband Economics – Though Western U.S. Residents Won’t See Much Improvement

ViaSat Hopes ViaSat-1 Changes Satellite Broadband Economics – Though Western U.S. Residents Won’t See Much Improvement | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Assuming everything goes according to plan, ViaSat this week should launch ViaSat-1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, finally providing U.S. residential satellite broadband providers with added capacity.
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October 18, 2011 11:29 AM
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Does Policy Count? at U-reka Broadband Blog

On the federal level, we discussed net neutrality, online sales tax and USF/ICC reform, which I think is likely to have the most influence on Minnesota's broadband future.
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October 18, 2011 11:27 AM
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UK universities in smart grid collaboration

UK universities in smart grid collaboration | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
The University of Westminster has been chosen to lead a new £500,000 project to support research into smart grids and explore the future of UK energy provision.
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 11:23 AM
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Introducing the Facebook social energy app

Introducing the Facebook social energy app | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
While there’s a good number of green and energy-focused Facebook apps out there, here comes one that looks like it could be a game changer.
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October 18, 2011 11:02 AM
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Siemens to invest $1.4 billion in Russia; energy, transport

Siemens to invest $1.4 billion in Russia; energy, transport | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Siemens will invest $1.4 billion in Russia's energy and transportation industries over the next three years. Will it awaken the sleeping giant?
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October 18, 2011 10:58 AM
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Level 3 extends wireless backhaul reach via 52Eighty partnership

Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) has established an agreement with 52Eighty, a wireless tower infrastructure company, to create 200 new wireless tower access sites that will be situated near its Extended On-Net (EON) sites.
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October 18, 2011 10:38 AM
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Launch of the WAI-ACT Project to Support eAccessibility

The WAI-ACT project will develop a framework for open, expanded cooperation among European and international stakeholders, technical guidance on advanced web technologies; an evaluation methodology for web accessibility; and a research agenda for...
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October 18, 2011 10:36 AM
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IBM Joins EcoGrid EU Renewable Energy-Smart Grid Consortium

IBM Joins EcoGrid EU Renewable Energy-Smart Grid Consortium | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
IBM's signing on as a member of EcoGrid EU, a consortium of companies that's planning a demo renewable power-smart grid system on the Danish island of Borholm.
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October 18, 2011 10:33 AM
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Solar startup Sunpreme raises $50M, heads to China

Solar startup Sunpreme raises $50M, heads to China | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
UPDATED: China has been the epicenter of its own solar manufacturing industry for years but the country has more recently become a destination for U.S. startups setting up their first manufacturing bases in the country as well.
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 10:22 AM
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$850000 federal grant to support Bassett Healthcare upgrade - WKTV

$850000 federal grant to support Bassett Healthcare upgrade - WKTV | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
$850000 federal grant to support Bassett Healthcare upgradeWKTVThe HRSA grant will be administered over the next three years and will be used to purchase equipment, install broadband networks and provide training for staff.
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 10:12 AM
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Longmont, CO vs. The Empire. Latest Flashpoint in the Muni Broadband Battles

Longmont, CO vs. The Empire. Latest Flashpoint in the Muni Broadband Battles | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
Two years ago, Longmont, CO decided it wanted to take back via a referendum its right to determine its own broadband future, only to have Comcast and its allies go ballistic and kill the measure. This year, Longmont is back for round 2.
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Scooped by Chuck Sherwood, Former Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc
October 18, 2011 10:08 AM
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ICANN Takes Over Time Zone Database; Dares Astrolabe To Sue

ICANN Takes Over Time Zone Database; Dares Astrolabe To Sue | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it
You probably heard a few weeks ago about how an astrology software company, Astrolabe, claimed it now controlled the copyright for the historical time zone database that nearly every Linux and Unix system uses to set clocks to local time...
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