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Monday Morning Links
by Revcb
Monday Feb 04 2013 07:44 EDT

• Will You Be Trapped by Your Wireless Provider? [fool.com]

• Ofcom to liberalise remaining 2G and 3G spectrum for UK 4G services [computerworlduk.com]

• Tech, telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks [washingtonpost.com]

• Dish made $3 billion bid for Clearwire before Sprint did [bizjournals.com]

• FTC issues new privacy guidelines for mobile firms - 'Clean up your act, or Congress may do it for you' [theregister.co.uk]

• House Of Representatives Bans Spotify Because P2P Tech Must Be Evil [politico.com]

• Clearwire leaves door open to Dish's offer, but still recommends Sprint deal [fiercewireless.com]

• IPTV subscriptions slow in 2012; webchat popular contact center option [fiercetelecom.com]

• TWC admits cable TV is 'anti-consumer,' but a la carte pricing is unlikely [bloomberg.com]

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silbaco
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silbaco

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2013-Feb-4 11:05 am

Spotify

It has nothing to do with P2P being evil. P2P does also use up significant amounts of bandwidth compared to competing services. Spotify is both insecure and tracks it's users. There is no place for such a thing on government networks.
2013-Feb-4 11:05 am: · hey mods ·
elray
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elray

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2013-Feb-4 1:57 pm

Cable, anti-consumer?

The article says nothing of it, nor is there any "admission".
Creative headlining strikes again.

What the author illustrates is simply that it is easier for cable to (rightly) blame the content owners for the lack of ala-carte, than for them to take the risk and refuse to force the entire customer base to pay for them.

The "math" of ala-carte works just fine. It just doesn't work the way consumers, bloggers, or industry fantasizes.
2013-Feb-4 1:57 pm: · hey mods ·