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...Internet content, run applications, and connect legal devices of their choice, as well as to choose among network and application providers. “Our job is to decide where to draw the line between discrimination and reasonable network management,” said FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps.Recently, broadband provider Comcast—the U.S.’s largest cable company—came under fire for allegedly stalling uploads with peer-to-peer file sharing applications such as BitTorrent. “The reason we are here today is because of allegations that some companies are violating...
Another way the firm thinks it can stand out: extending treatment to the home, where the brand is well known. For instance, heart patients can be monitored from their living rooms using Philips' new Motiva device, which checks vital signs via a broadband link to a hospital. If something is out of whack, a nurse will intervene; a regular checkup might uncover the problem too late...
...both of which are registered bidders, has the money and the will to acquire enough licenses to break into the wireless game and force the telecom companies to break old habits. Sure Google has the cash, but do they really want to get in the labor-intensive business of broadband networks? Already, startup Frontline Wireless, a venture supported by a group of Silicon Valley investors, has gone belly up, unable to secure funding for its intended bid on the discounted public-private D block of the 700 MHz spectrum that will share airwaves with public-safety responders...
...Windows-based PDA phones [Nov. 19]. Touch interface? Big deal. As you noted, it's been done before. A miniaturized operating system? Done. Windows-based phones are everything the iPhone is and more. The phones can text, mms, email (through pop, imap and Exchange), surf the real Web at broadband speed on evdo networks and open, edit and save documents. The iPhone is for kids. Windows Mobile pda phones are for adults who need to do real work. Eagle Bear Morgan, Seattle...
...based PDA phones [Nov. 19]. Touch interface? Big deal. As you noted, it's been done before. A miniaturized operating system? Done. Windows-based phones are everything the iPhone is and more. The phones can text, MMS, e-mail (through POP, IMAP and Exchange), surf the real Web at broadband speed on EVDO networks and open, edit and save documents. The iPhone is for kids. Windows Mobile PDA phones are for adults who need to do real work. Eagle Bear Morgan, SEATTLE...