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Weekend Open Thread
You might feel better if you talk about it...
08:23PM Friday Nov 20 2009 by Karl Bode
The weekend has finally arrived. Empty your head into the comment section below.

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Friday Evening Links
07:14PM Friday Nov 20 2009 by Revcb
Is mobile broadband pricing finally starting to decline? [fiercewireless.com]
Broadband stimulus grants delayed [networkworld.com]
UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support [techdirt.com]
Analysts: Nokia unlikely to snap up Palm [fiercewireless.com]
NPR reporter blames - wait for it... the Internet for Ft. Hood rampage [npr.org]
Air Canada Will Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi, Too [gigaom.com]
Verizon Referral Program Offers Up To $600 In 'Reward Cards' [multichannel.com]
Ebay closes Skype sale [theinquirer.net]

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Verizon Brings FiOS To Philadelphia
First neighborhoods in 7 year project come online
04:20PM Friday Nov 20 2009 by Karl Bode
While Comcast lobbyists tried their best to slow the encroachment of Verizon FiOS into their hometown of Philadelphia, the Philly city council authorized a citywide franchise back in February (you can read the agreement here (pdf) if you're into that kind of thing). As per the deal, Verizon has around seven years to wire the whole city, though these agreements (as with NYC and DC) often have loopholes that let Verizon extend deadlines or wiggle out of obligations should certain adoption numbers not be met. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, service this week went live in Chestnut Hill, South Philadelphia and North Philadelphia, near Girard College. Additional neighborhoods should come online this year, but Verizon isn't saying which ones. Verizon does keep a PA construction notice (pdf) on their website, but it's quite often outdated.

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Deutsche Telekom Looking For U.S. T-Mobile Partner
Wants to make move to improve fourth place showing
02:47PM Friday Nov 20 2009 by Karl Bode
There's been a flurry of rumors lately surrounding T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom, and their desire to improve T-Mobile's fourth-place fortunes in the U.S. wireless market. Rumors recently suggested that Deutsche Telekom wanted to buy Sprint and merge the company with T-Mobile, despite some headache-inducing technical and network integration differences. When that rumor was debunked, a new rumor surfaced saying that Deutsche Telekom wanted to partner with Clearwire, funding Clear deployment in exchange for access to spectrum. This week, insiders tell the German Handelsblatt newspaper that Deutsche Telekom is still looking for a U.S. network investment partner, and is in fact considering some kind of deal with AT&T, MetroPCS and/or Clearwire.

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Telus Sues Rogers Over Ad Claims
Canadian carriers feud over 3G speed crown
12:51PM Friday Nov 20 2009 by Karl Bode
Apparently taking a page out of this month's advertising debate between AT&T and Verizon, Canadian carrier Telus has sued Rogers Communications for ads claiming that the Rogers wireless network is "the fastest and most reliable in the country." Telus and Bell Canada have of course just launched their new, $1 billion HSPA network, which offers speeds up to 21 Mbps to Canadian customers. As such, Telus demanded earlier this month that Rogers stop making advertising claims that they held the 3G speed edge -- a request Rogers ignored, since they too offer 21 Mbps HSPA+ service. "Telus has not submitted any data on their network performance and we look forward to vigorously defending our position in court," says Rogers.

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