Monday Morning Links
Links: home · search · speed test · login · more ·
Monday Morning Links
06:42AM Monday Sep 29 2008 by Revcb
tags: dsl · legal · prices · satellite · fcc · business · bandwidth · cable · telco · security · legislation · privacy · stats · world · UK · broadbandbits · consumers · Comcast · wireless · cellular
• Verizon Takes More Heat for Electrical Issues [multichannel.com]
• Britain mulls taxing Ipod users [theinquirer.net]
• Sprint takes wireless service to the max in Baltimore [usatoday.com]
• USDA announces $342 million in rural broadbvand loans [agrimarketing.com]
• Comcast Restores Service To 81% Of Houston-Area Customers [multichannel.com]
• BT's third Phorm trial starts tomorrow [theregister.co.uk]
• Ixia First to Offer 100 GE Testing Capability [techwhack.com]
• Can Browser Plug-ins Be a Business? [gigaom.com]

Related:
  1. Tuesday Evening Links
  2. Wednesday Evening Links
  3. Thursday Morning Links
  4. Thursday Evening Links
  5. Friday Evening Links
  6. Monday Evening Links
  7. Wednesday Evening Links
  8. Friday Evening Links
Links: New Topic
Forums »

Cudni @ 29th Sep 11:27AM:
Phorm no matter what

annoying thing is that cookie needs to stay on the machine or else
reply
DustySilicon @ 29th Sep 12:16PM:
USDA announces $342 million in loans

Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc. in Mojave Valley, Ariz., will use a $16.9 million Rural Development telecommunications loan to connect 60 subscribers


WTF! 60 subscribers? Fiber? 2,000 sq. ft. facility? Sounds like a pork barrel loan to me...
reply
BF69 @ 29th Sep 07:41PM:
Re: USDA announces $342 million in loans

said by DustySilicon :

Fort Mojave Telecommunications, Inc. in Mojave Valley, Ariz., will use a $16.9 million Rural Development telecommunications loan to connect 60 subscribers


WTF! 60 subscribers? Fiber? 2,000 sq. ft. facility? Sounds like a pork barrel loan to me...
Um it's a LOAN. Which by most definitions means it has to be paid back with INTEREST. So who cares? Now if it was a GRANT which doesn't have to be paid back, that's different.
reply
DustySilicon @ 29th Sep 09:44PM:
Re: USDA announces $342 million in loans

You mean paid back like all the Freddy and Fannie May loans? Yeah right. With 60 subscribers our childrens, children won't ever see it paid back. Give me a break, this is an out right give away. I've got about 20 neighbors that would like to have fiber to their houses, maybe I can get 1/3 of what they gave them as a "loan".
reply

Thank you for using lo-fi dslreports.com - report bugs
© 99-2008 silver matrix LLC