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- Survey: Consumers prefer bundles from telecoms
By a substantial majority, consumers would prefer to receive bundled services from telecom companies rather than cable operators, according to the CFI Group, which released its annual satisfaction survey Tuesday. The poll of more than 1,200 households found twice as many preferred the telecoms and cited service and high rates from cable operators as their reasons. CED Magazine
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- Sprint balances "open" policy with bandwidth demands
Customers of Sprint Nextel's new Xohm WiMAX service will face no formal restrictions on their Internet usage, but the company warned that it reserved the right to intervene in extreme instances of bandwidth usage, such as file sharing. With the launch of its WiMAX service in Baltimore, Sprint touted its "open Internet business model" at the same time the carrier referred to its "acceptable use" policy "to make sure no one uses a disproportionate share of the network to the disadvantage of other customers." Network World/IDG News Service
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Top Broadband Executives Convene in Silicon Valley
Top executives from the nation's broadband industry are set to convene in Silicon Valley as USTelecom's Executive Business Forum kicks off today. Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner will keynote the three-day event, themed "Disruptive Technologies, Demanding Consumers and Your Broadband Future." Other headliners include Verizon's Link Hoewing and AT&T's Chris Boyer. The summit also features technology companies that are key partners to the broadband industry. Learn more.
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- Ex-Cisco executive takes key strategic post at 3Com
3Com has hired a former Cisco Systems engineering executive to lead its unit devoted to long-term planning as senior vice president of worldwide products and solutions. Saar Gillai, a 20-year industry veteran, will oversee such areas as pricing, position, requirements and the company's road map, 3Com said. Network World
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- Role of service provider changing with technology
Traditional definitions of what exactly constitutes a network-service provider are changing as the lines blur between telecom, computer, consumer-electronics and content companies, a number of industry executives are saying. The role is in flux, said Perry LaForge, chairman of CDMA Development Group (CDG), who added: "As business models evolve and they start moving into videos and content, things they don't necessarily own, they have to start partnerships that are different." Telephony Online
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- New measure seeks to provide better picture of broadband use
The Broadband Data Improvement Act, which has been approved by both the House and Senate, is intended to provide a better picture of which regions of the country are lacking in broadband access. The measure beefs up the FCC's data collection on this topic, with new mandates, including surveying consumers in urban, suburban and rural areas, along with large and small business markets, and requiring the Census Bureau to add queries in its surveys on Web use. The Washington Post/The Associated Press
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