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1. Cisco: New router will serve as foundation for new Internet
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 09, 2010
Cisco Systems touted its announcement today by saying it will "change the Internet" forever. The gear maker then introduced a router, the CRS-3, designed for large ISPs. The company asserted the router supports 12 times the traffic of current models and is much speedier as well. CEO John Chambers defended the hype, saying the CRS-3 will provide the backbone for next-generation video services, which he termed "the killer app." CNET (03/09)
2. AT&T deploys new Cisco router in 100G trials
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 10, 2010
AT&T trumpeted its first successful field trial of 100-Gigabit optical-network technology -- a 900-kilometer ultra-long-haul link between Louisiana and Florida. Verizon Communications last month demonstrated an end-to-end 100G link in Dallas. Multichannel News (03/09)
3. AT&T triumphs: Time Warner Cable backs down from "free HD" claims
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 05, 2010
AT&T's complaint to the Council of Better Business Bureaus led Time Warner Cable to "curtail" putting the word "free" in its advertising to describe its HD video service as well as pull ads that assert AT&T's U-verse service requires a long-term contract. The BBB ruled that what Time Warner was terming "free" actually represented the combined price of its HD and regular video service. Multichannel News (03/04)
4. RUS allots $255M in rural-broadband grants
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 05, 2010
U.S. Commerce Department officials on Thursday disclosed another series of broadband-stimulus grants, a $254.6 million allocation from the Rural Utilities Service for 22 projects in 18 states, all part of the stimulus program's first round of funding. The grants bring to $895 million the monies the RUS has earmarked, about one-third of its total allocation. Computerworld (03/04)
5. Windstream bundles broadband, wireline with price promise
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 11, 2010
Windstream expects broadband to continue to be a strong performer as it rolls out its $59.99 Internet and unlimited local and long-distance wireline offering, which offers a "for life" price guarantee. "When you look at our consumer offering, it is anchored around broadband and bundling," Windstream Chief Financial Officer Tony Thomas said Wednesday. Light Reading (03/10)
6. FCC wants USF fund to support broadband service
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 08, 2010
The FCC has included a proposal in its national broadband plan that would replace voice service with high-speed Internet access as the recipient of universal service funding. The FCC's plan would retain the Universal Service Fund's size and convert it over 10 years in three stages through the creation of two funds. Multichannel News (03/05)
7. Qwest lays out blueprint as growth company
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 05, 2010
Instead of talking about cutting costs and holding its own, Qwest Communications CEO Ed Mueller is describing the telecom as a rejuvenated growth company with opportunities in a number of fertile areas. "More than 50% [of the company's capital investment] is going to things we like to make money on, and it's starting to pay off," Mueller said while providing a flexible time frame for returning to profitability. Wall Street Journal, The (03/03)
8. Devices help TV viewers cut the cable cord
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 11, 2010
A growing number of people, according to this report, are finding out that they can enjoy just about everything TV has to offer without the monthly bills from their cable company. Thanks to the Internet, iPhone, Xbox and the like, viewers are finding new ways to cut the cable cord without giving up on programming quality. New York Times (free registration), The (03/10)
9. Level 3 won rare carrier stimulus grant with pragmatism
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 05, 2010
With few telecom service providers applying for and winning federal stimulus grants, Level 3 Communications copped a $13.7 million award by submitting a practical "middle mile" plan for expanding an existing fiber-based network keyed to a solid business model, the company said in this profile. Level 3 will match the grant with $4.2 million to build 47 access points in six states. ConnectedPlanetOnline.com (03/04)
10. Telecoms seek to retain talented executives
USTelecom dailyLead | Mar 09, 2010
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