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An upstart outfit named M2Z networks wants to offer wholesale wireless broadband access to 95% of the population using a 20MHz chunk of unused spectrum in the 2GHz band. The company wants Uncle Sam to give them free access to spectrum in exchange for 5% of the company’s profits. They claim they’ll deliver free 384kbps [...]

NBC has pulled all content from iTunes after Apple and NBC couldn’t agree on pricing. NBC wanted Apple to pay more than double its wholesale price for the content, which would have raised the prices for TV shows from $1.99 per episode to nearly five dollars, according to an Apple statement: “We are disappointed to [...]

Several users in our Embarq forum suggest that the Sprint spin-off will be unveiling a 10Mbps/896kbps speed tier in Las Vegas starting on September 17, with expanded deployment of the tier coming in early 2008. It looks like the price will be $64.95 when launched in Vegas, with a $10.00 discount if users bundle a [...]

Wired News takes a look at the growing complaints from ISPs about how p2p video is overwhelming their networks and the steps they’re taking to manage it. They also touch on the creation of the P4P Working Group, an organization that’s working with ISPs to make sure both p2p developers and ISPs are happy. The [...]

TiVo service via Comcast has been a long time coming, considering the deal was originally announced back in 2005. Comcast certified the platform for deployment to customers last June, though no deployment date was specified by either company. This week sees reports that Comcast will fund further development of the software for use on both [...]

Australia recently launched a plan to clean up the Internet by spending $89 million on a porn filter that’s already been beaten by kids. The plan also mandates that ISPs filter offensive material at the source. Mirroring a similar push here in the States, ISPs are also being pressured to identify piracy on the networks, [...]

You can tell the wireless industry didn’t much like the last few months of getting picked on before Congress for their closed networks, locked and crippled phones, nickel and dime billing and restrictive user agreements. Instead of addressing the problems, the industry does what it always does: fires up their public relations departments and think [...]