[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: 2.24.9

[Marianne Granoff]

Edited for interest.  FYI.



>Qwest: $1 Billion Would Provide 95% DSL Coverage 
>- Carrier continues to complain about $7 billion plan..., dslreports
>Qwest last week claimed that it would cost them 
>$3 billion to get 7 Mbps broadband service 
>available to 95% percent of its current 
>footprint. That's of course first-generation 
>DSL, providing even deployment of their 12Mbps & 
>20Mbps ADSL2+ service would cost substantially 
>more. Qwest has been lobbying a long time for a stimulus plan that would
> 
>http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-1-Billion-Would-Provide-95-DSL-Coverage-101048
>
>BPL Lives On, Again, Techdirt
>Broadband over powerline has gotten lots and 
>lots of attention and investment over the past 
>decade or so, but remains little more than a 
>black hole of hype. Every once in a while, a 
>story comes along to remind us that despite its 
>near-total lack of traction, BPL abides. Now it 
>could apparently be in line to get some money from the economic stimulus bill.
>  http://techdirt.com/articles/20090220/0916293842.shtml
>
>The King is Dead, Long Live the King: 802.11n 
>dramatically improves Wi-Fi outdoors, Muni
>IEEE 802.11n is the new international standard 
>for wireless Local Area Networks, incorporating 
>new smart antenna technologies (MIMO - Multiple 
>In and Multiple Out) permitting a 5x performance 
>and 2x coverage improvement for WLANs. While 
>this new technology is becoming the de facto 
>standard in consumer and enterprise networks, it has not
>  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/ciOMPahy2AM/
>
>FCC Hammers Slammer Jammer, CommLawBlog
>Never mind the personal jet packs. We just want 
>a little gadget in our pocket with a pushbutton 
>on it, so when the teenager behind us in line at 
>the post office ­ or worse, sitting next to us 
>on a long and crowded commuter train ride ­ whips out her cell
>  http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CommLawBlog/~3/s8i1w_XC4k4/
>
>
>Rural Broadband And Telemedicine Save Stroke Victims’ Lives, Speed Matters
>Broadband saves lives -- at least according to a 
>recent article in the USA Today. A two-way video 
>and audio link -- made possible by rural 
>broadband access -- saved the life of a woman experiencing a stroke.
>  http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/rural-broadband.html
>