Lawsuit: Free chats cost Qwest a bundle
By STEVE ALEXANDER, Star Tribune
Last update: February 24, 2010 - 10:43 PM
Feb 24, 2010
Is a free chat room for singles a bargain for romance or a telecom
scheme to bilk Qwest?
Qwest Communications alleges in a new Minneapolis U.S. District Court
lawsuit that it's a scheme. Qwest, a 14-state regional telephone company
based in Denver, is suing Tekstar Communications of Perham, Minn., for
alleged unfair competition.
Tekstar, which provides local phone service in more than a dozen rural
northwestern Minnesota communities, said it has done nothing wrong.
Qwest's suit claims Tekstar drove up its volume of incoming
long-distance calls from around the world
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
93 MILLION AMERICANS DISCONNECTED FROM BROADBAND OPPORTUNITIES. FCC
Survey Finds Cost and Digital Literacy Main Barriers to Broadband
Adoption. News Release. News Media Contact: Jen Howard at (202)
418-0506, email: Jen.Howard@fcc.gov OCH
http://ping.fm/xVkAy
http://ping.fm/DMPC9
http://ping.fm/IdRHl
The survey identifies three main barriers to adoption:
* Affordability: 36 percent of non-adopters, or 28 million adults, said
they do not have home
broadband because the monthly fee is too expensive (15 percent), they
cannot afford a computer,
the installation fee is too high (10 percent), or they do not want to
enter into a long-term service
contract (9 percent). According to survey respondents, their average
monthly broadband bill is
$41.
* Digital Literacy: 22 percent of non-adopters, or 17 million adults,
indicated that they do not have
home broadband because they lack the digital skills (12 percent) or they
are concerned about
potential hazards of online life, such as exposure to inappropriate
content or security of personal
information (10 percent).
* Relevance: 19 percent of non-adopters, or 15 million adults, said they
do not have broadband
because they say that the Internet is a waste of time, there is no
online content of interest to them
or, for dial-up users, they are content with their current service.
Survey Finds Cost and Digital Literacy Main Barriers to Broadband
Adoption. News Release. News Media Contact: Jen Howard at (202)
418-0506, email: Jen.Howard@fcc.gov OCH
http://ping.fm/xVkAy
http://ping.fm/DMPC9
http://ping.fm/IdRHl
The survey identifies three main barriers to adoption:
* Affordability: 36 percent of non-adopters, or 28 million adults, said
they do not have home
broadband because the monthly fee is too expensive (15 percent), they
cannot afford a computer,
the installation fee is too high (10 percent), or they do not want to
enter into a long-term service
contract (9 percent). According to survey respondents, their average
monthly broadband bill is
$41.
* Digital Literacy: 22 percent of non-adopters, or 17 million adults,
indicated that they do not have
home broadband because they lack the digital skills (12 percent) or they
are concerned about
potential hazards of online life, such as exposure to inappropriate
content or security of personal
information (10 percent).
* Relevance: 19 percent of non-adopters, or 15 million adults, said they
do not have broadband
because they say that the Internet is a waste of time, there is no
online content of interest to them
or, for dial-up users, they are content with their current service.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
http://ping.fm/ri0aq
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Here is a link to SF 2535, which would amend the area served franchise
requirement in Minnesota Statutes 238.08.
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Here is a link to SF 2535, which would amend the area served franchise
requirement in Minnesota Statutes 238.08.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
FRIDAY, February 12, 2010
8:30 AM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Sheldon Johnson
Agenda: Federal Broadband Stimulus update
HFXXXX/SF2254
(Johnson) High speed
broadband state goals*
*The House companion to SF2254
will be introduced on
Thursday
John Reich
Committee Administrator
Commerce and Labor Committee
Telecom Regulation & Infrastructure Division
578 State Office Building
100 Martin Luther King Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-7175
8:30 AM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Sheldon Johnson
Agenda: Federal Broadband Stimulus update
HFXXXX/SF2254
(Johnson) High speed
broadband state goals*
*The House companion to SF2254
will be introduced on
Thursday
John Reich
Committee Administrator
Commerce and Labor Committee
Telecom Regulation & Infrastructure Division
578 State Office Building
100 Martin Luther King Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-7175
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