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Network Neutrality Revisited: Level 3 Complaint & Comcast Response
Level 3 Communications Complains about Comcast's excess charges for video content delivery: Level 3 Communications Inc., a Broomfield, CO based Internet backbone company ("carriers carrier") complained Monday November 29th that Comcast Corp. is charging it an unfair fee for the right to send streaming video and other large data files to its subscribers. The company said it agreed to pay…
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Viodi View – 11/24/10
IPTV Takes Off at Internet Speed To date, the “I” in Internet Protocol Television has been about the protocol. If the 2010 TelcoTV Conference is an indication, IPTV may have caught up with the rapid pace of change associated with the Internet. Based on the demonstrations on the TelcoTV tradeshow floor, 2010 may be the…
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Early Stage Startups Get Wings from TiE Angels- Highlights of Nov 15th meeting
Introduction to TiE Angels With venture capital and private equity firms concentrating their investments on existing portfolio companies and unwilling to invest small amounts of seed capital, where does an emerging start-up company look for funding? Where can they express their value proposition to a serious group of individual investors? The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) has…
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FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands
[Editor's Note: Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] According to a recent report published by Cisco, online video now accounts for more than 25% of all broadband traffic. In all likelihood that number will only go up, straining the capacity of existing backhaul alternatives. The FCC thus…
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IPTV Takes Off at Internet Speed
To date, the “I” in Internet Protocol Television has been about the protocol. If the 2010 TelcoTV Conference is an indication, IPTV may have caught up with the rapid pace of change associated with the Internet. Based on the demonstrations on the TelcoTV tradeshow floor, 2010 may be the year that IPTV finally goes from…
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Looking for Cool Stuff at CES!
Cool new gizmos and gadgets are always one of the attractions about CES. We are looking for gadgets and other interesting things that will affect the delivery of video over broadband and will be discussing whether these developments hurt or help the traditional ways of distributing video. We will have a diverse panel of experts…
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