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	<title>the VoIP Digest</title>
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	<description>VoIP News, VoIP Reviews, and VoIP Information</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Updated: AT&#038;T now makes nice and gets FCC merger approval</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/updated-att-now-makes-nice-and-gets-fcc-merger-approval.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General</category>

		<category>Regulatory</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

		<category>net neutrality</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Updated: Deal approved Friday afternoon. From Washington comes late word tonight that a compromise has apparently been hammered out that will clear the way for AT&#38;T to acquire BellSouth for $85 billion.
That&#39;s the AT&#38;T headed by &#34;one-time,&#34; fierce net neutrality opponent Edward Whitacre, Jr. You&#39;re lookin&#39; at him.&#160;
The compromise is said to be one [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/ip-telephony/~4/67906628"/>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Updated: Deal approved Friday afternoon. From Washington comes late word tonight that a compromise has apparently been hammered out that will clear the way for AT&#38;T to acquire BellSouth for $85 billion.
That&#39;s the AT&#38;T headed by &#34;one-time,&#34; fierce net neutrality opponent Edward Whitacre, Jr. You&#39;re lookin&#39; at him.&#160;
The compromise is said to be one [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/ip-telephony/~4/67906628"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>AT&#038;T’s promises to FCC are full of holes</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/att%e2%80%99s-promises-to-fcc-are-full-of-holes.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/att%e2%80%99s-promises-to-fcc-are-full-of-holes.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General</category>

		<category>Regulatory</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Memos and follow-up bouncing around between AT&#38;T and the FCC appear (keyword-appear) to have AT&#38;T pledging that if the FCC breaks its 2-2 deadlock and approves the acquisition of BellSouth, then AT&#38;T will be good.
Broadband everywhere, free broadband modems handed out like Santa on Christmas morn, a pledge to hold the line on rate requests, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Memos and follow-up bouncing around between AT&#38;T and the FCC appear (keyword-appear) to have AT&#38;T pledging that if the FCC breaks its 2-2 deadlock and approves the acquisition of BellSouth, then AT&#38;T will be good.
Broadband everywhere, free broadband modems handed out like Santa on Christmas morn, a pledge to hold the line on rate requests, [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sorry, the VON Show is not &#8220;CES for VoIP&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/sorry-the-von-show-is-not-ces-for-voip.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General</category>

		<category>Verizon VoiceWing</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

		<category>Spring Von 2006</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Busy all of last week with my reporting from the Spring VON 2006 show in San Jose, I've just gotten around to reading assessments of the conference from colleagues.One of these colleagues, Marguerite Reardon, has posted a thought-provoking piece entitled &#34;VoIP: Are We There Yet?&#34;&#160;Marguerite makes several valid points, but I must differ with her [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&nbsp;Busy all of last week with my reporting from the Spring VON 2006 show in San Jose, I've just gotten around to reading assessments of the conference from colleagues.One of these colleagues, Marguerite Reardon, has posted a thought-provoking piece entitled &quot;VoIP: Are We There Yet?&quot;&nbsp;Marguerite makes several valid points, but I must differ with her [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BellSouth&#8217;s WiMAX plans: cannibalization or competitive weapon?</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/bellsouths-wimax-plans-cannibalization-or-competitive-weapon.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/bellsouths-wimax-plans-cannibalization-or-competitive-weapon.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>Research</category>

		<category>WiMAX</category>

		<category>WiFi</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that BellSouth is investigating Wi-MAX technology as an inexpensive (to them, that is) way to provide high-speed Web services in areas where its wired network has been damaged, degraded, or not yet built-up.Testing efforts are scheduled for various BellSouth labs in the coming months, with live testing likely in the fall.&#160;BellSouth vice-president for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Reuters reports that BellSouth is investigating Wi-MAX technology as an inexpensive (to them, that is) way to provide high-speed Web services in areas where its wired network has been damaged, degraded, or not yet built-up.Testing efforts are scheduled for various BellSouth labs in the coming months, with live testing likely in the fall.&nbsp;BellSouth vice-president for [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How Google can tell Ed Whitacre to get lost</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/how-google-can-tell-ed-whitacre-to-get-lost.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/how-google-can-tell-ed-whitacre-to-get-lost.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Vonage</category>

		<category>General</category>

		<category>trends</category>

		<category>Google</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>WiMAX</category>

		<category>WiFi</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Whitacre is CEO of AT&#38;T- which intends to buy BellSouth and hopes to charge high-bandwidth content providers like Vonage and Google carriage over their pipes.But that photo is one of dark fiber, of which Google has lots. If Google plays it right, those fiber strands could strand the broadband access monopolists. In this post, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ed Whitacre is CEO of AT&amp;T- which intends to buy BellSouth and hopes to charge high-bandwidth content providers like Vonage and Google carriage over their pipes.But that photo is one of dark fiber, of which Google has lots. If Google plays it right, those fiber strands could strand the broadband access monopolists. In this post, [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My analysis: what will the AT&#038;T-BellSouth merger mean?</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/my-analysis-what-will-the-att-bellsouth-merger-mean.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/my-analysis-what-will-the-att-bellsouth-merger-mean.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Vonage</category>

		<category>News</category>

		<category>General</category>

		<category>Regulatory</category>

		<category>Providers</category>

		<category>CallVantage</category>

		<category>Microsoft</category>

		<category>Packet 8</category>

		<category>Verizon VoiceWing</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;That's AT&#38;T CEO Ed Whitacre, superimposed on a Google Earth map of territory that for the most part,will fall under his company's domain if a blockbuster acquisition of BellSouth goes through.We have lots of details here, as well as my FAQ-style explanation and vision of what is going to happen, how, and why.&#160;AT&#38;T-which is still [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&nbsp;That's AT&amp;T CEO Ed Whitacre, superimposed on a Google Earth map of territory that for the most part,will fall under his company's domain if a blockbuster acquisition of BellSouth goes through.We have lots of details here, as well as my FAQ-style explanation and vision of what is going to happen, how, and why.&nbsp;AT&amp;T-which is still [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fee-happy broadband cable shows its true &#8220;net neutrality&#8221; colors</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/fee-happy-broadband-cable-shows-its-true-net-neutrality-colors.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/fee-happy-broadband-cable-shows-its-true-net-neutrality-colors.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<category>Regulatory</category>

		<category>Providers</category>

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		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>Comcast</category>

		<category>SBC-AT&#038;T</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;As the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held hearings about net neutrality yesterday, it's worthy to note that cable broadband service providers have been strangely noncommittal about their feelings on the issue.Net neutrality is the principle that high-speed Internet service providers should not charge- and not be allowed to charge - fees to high-bandwidth services to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&nbsp;As the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held hearings about net neutrality yesterday, it's worthy to note that cable broadband service providers have been strangely noncommittal about their feelings on the issue.Net neutrality is the principle that high-speed Internet service providers should not charge- and not be allowed to charge - fees to high-bandwidth services to [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Big telecom and VoIP singing &#8216;Kum Ba Ya?&#8221; This is Ultimate Fighting, people!</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/big-telecom-and-voip-singing-kum-ba-ya-this-is-ultimate-fighting-people.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/big-telecom-and-voip-singing-kum-ba-ya-this-is-ultimate-fighting-people.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<category>Regulatory</category>

		<category>Providers</category>

		<category>trends</category>

		<category>SBC</category>

		<category>Packet 8</category>

		<category>Verizon VoiceWing</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Talk is rife with the stated wishes of telecom-based broadband Internet access providers such as AT&#38;T, Verizon and BellSouth to impose or negotiate surcharges for high-bandwidth content and services such as VoIP.But rather than the looming battle over net neutrality that many (including yours truly) and I predict in Congress, the FCC and the Courts, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&nbsp;Talk is rife with the stated wishes of telecom-based broadband Internet access providers such as AT&amp;T, Verizon and BellSouth to impose or negotiate surcharges for high-bandwidth content and services such as VoIP.But rather than the looming battle over net neutrality that many (including yours truly) and I predict in Congress, the FCC and the Courts, [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Broadband cable avoiding net neutrality issue</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/broadband-cable-avoiding-net-neutrality-issue.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/broadband-cable-avoiding-net-neutrality-issue.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category>General</category>

		<category>SBC</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

		<category>Comcast</category>

		<category>Time Warner Cable</category>

		<category>Cablevision</category>

		<category>Cox</category>

		<category>Charter Communications</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the same time big telecom broadband service providers such as AT&#38;T (formerly SBC) and BellSouth are making all sorts of noise about charging content creators of rich content extra for network carriage, the cable companies haven't been that vocal.Not by a long shot.Today, cable industry trade paper Multichannel News explores the issue, commonly referred [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[At the same time big telecom broadband service providers such as AT&amp;T (formerly SBC) and BellSouth are making all sorts of noise about charging content creators of rich content extra for network carriage, the cable companies haven't been that vocal.Not by a long shot.Today, cable industry trade paper Multichannel News explores the issue, commonly referred [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>VoIP carriage fees? What&#8217;s a &#8220;deal&#8221; to some could be &#8220;shakedown&#8221; to others</title>
		<link>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/voip-carriage-fees-whats-a-deal-to-some-could-be-shakedown-to-others.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevoipdigest.com/voip-carriage-fees-whats-a-deal-to-some-could-be-shakedown-to-others.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<category>SBC</category>

		<category>Google</category>

		<category>CES</category>

		<category>Verizon VoiceWing</category>

		<category>BellSouth</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the traditional phone companies are at it again, looking for pounds of flesh that they can extract from the feature-rich Internet-based services and sites that want carriage over their networks.Just yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (I'm there) Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg talked of willingness to strike up deals with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, the traditional phone companies are at it again, looking for pounds of flesh that they can extract from the feature-rich Internet-based services and sites that want carriage over their networks.Just yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (I'm there) Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg talked of willingness to strike up deals with [...]]]></content:encoded>
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