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  1. WiMax Is (And Will Remain) A Niche Player - http://is.gd/4lp7p (now hopefully everyone else realizes this)
  2. How turnkey can open community fiber be? - http://is.gd/4iwqk (terrific question. i hope the answer is VERY! anyone have any thoughts?)
  3. Belgium to require fiber to new homes - http://is.gd/4futI (such a no-brainer, hope we can see this in the US some day, no new copper!)
  4. Real-Time Collaboration Has Stalled... For Now - http://is.gd/4dUPd (interesting piece about how nascent real-time comm. tools are in biz)
  5. Why Uploading is Slower Than Downloading - http://is.gd/3YXsC (great piece on how broadband's asymmetry is about economices more than tech)
  6. Does broadband need its own government "nutrition label"? - http://is.gd/3Sfsz (nice work, OTI!)
  7. AT&T Invests in OnLive - http://is.gd/3OZrr (this could be a fantastic investment for AT&T as OnLive's distributed gaming platform is cool)
  8. FTTH deployments face predatory cable pricing - http://is.gd/3OZ3y (really interesting article)
  9. RT @melancon Social Media Revolution http://bit.ly/4DLpNK (worthwhile YouTube video to watch with some eye-opening stats on social media)
  10. Incumbents Do Not Have a Veto! - http://is.gd/3qdR7 (exciting article about stimulus funding from @cjsettles )
  11. Incumbents Do Not Have a Veto! - http://is.gd/3qdR7 (exciting article from Craig Settles)
  12. "Enough" broadband is never enough - http://is.gd/3l8Rj (Amen to that!)
  13. Tremendous speech by Blair Levin - http://is.gd/3hq2g (about the need for robust, open, honest debates in broadband policy to move forward)
  14. Is the cost to map broadband access off the charts? - http://is.gd/3hb2P (this article raises some worthwhile points about costs of bb maps)
  15. couldn't hit 200Kbps upstream. not surprising. kind of sad that i'm getting better connectivity at 30k feet than some people can get at home
  16. Just went over 1.2Mbps downstream!!
  17. I'm getting surprisingly good connectivity at 30,000 feet. Topping 800Kbps down. May have to test the upstream too
  18. DSL vs. Carrier Pigeon - http://is.gd/34Tc2 (sad story about how it's faster to transfer a 100Mbps file via carrier pigeon than DSL)
  19. @abitnerdy Thanks! You too! @FiberforAll THANKS! Made my day to get the news of my win. I dedicate it to everyone who wants fiber! :)
  20. @michaelmccarthy great point re: DC-NET. guess what I should've said is that I don't know of any fiber providers that serve me yet. :)