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#289 1:10:36

GNC-2007-07-31

Started the show very late here in Hawaii but a huge amount of news tonight and info on a upcoming FCC decision you will want to pay attention to. Sponsors: [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.] Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page [Get a SSL Cert for

#284 1:11:30

GNC-2007-07-13

I get on the soapbox over Verizon and the FCC along with getting you up to date on the latest online radio information. Sponsors: Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.] Twitter Me http://www.twitter.com/geeknews Comments to 619-342-7365 e-mail to geeknews@gmail.com Listener Links:

#244 53:40

GNC-2007-02-23

Ok early morning departure for Honolulu time to get out of Florida and head home to be with the family. Quick 55 minute show tonight back to full format next show. Sponsors: Sponsor: Save Money with all our GoDaddy Codes see our Promo Code Page [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit card needed.] Comments to 619-342-7365

AT&T – BellSouth Merger Approved

How soon we forget on why the Bell’s were broken up in the first place and why AT&T was regulated to only being a Long Distance carrier. I laughed when I read their concession on Net Neutrality and some price locks on some services. This merger is going to come back and haunt those in the Bell South service area.

VOIP callers will Pay Universal Service Fee Taxes

Well I know what this means for Vonage customers, your bill is about to go up, and you will now be contributing to keep small rural telephone companies in business. You will be paying to support companies that are still trying to surcharge for touch tone services. The very companies you are routing around you will now indirectly have to

FCC will support TV a la carte pricing

If TV executives where not shaking in their boots they need to be a upcoming FCC decision could change the landscape of programming options to pro-consumer. If I could pick and choose the channels I want to pay for on my cable box. The first thing to go would be all the home shopping networks, followed by all sports channels

Rate of U.S. Broadband Adoption Increasing, Says FCC

In a report just issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the number of U.S. broadband users has nearly tripled between June 2001 and December 2003. As of the survey, 28 million lines of high-speed access to the Internet, defined as at least 200 Kbps bandwidth in at least one direction, are in use in the United States.