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	FCC's opportunity to improve ISP speed testing Peter Sevcik and Rebecca Wetzel: Good public policy requires good information, and as we pointed out last week, when crafting its national broadband policy the FCC relied on tests that measured the wrong things, and did so inaccurately. In the FCC's defense, repurposing comScore data was expeditious and better than nothing -- but for public policy's sake the FCC should get better data in the future. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. In this Issue How the FCC can still move on net neutrality Universal broadband access? Not yet Verizon follows Comcast lead on IPv6 Groups launch effort to get broadband to older US residents Sprint's next Airave femtocell will get 3G Must-have iPad apps for business professionals High-definition matters—and will increase in importance Cisco's data center deluge (slideshow) E-GUIDE: APC by Schneider Electric 5 Ways to Shrink a Data Center Most data centers can support an average density of 100 to 200 watts per sq. foot. The future of high-density computing – beyond 30 KW - will have to rely on water-based cooling, but is that cost effective? This expert guide discusses the latest energy technologies for today and the future. Read Now. How the FCC can still move on net neutrality The FCC could still enforce net neutrality, but any way forward includes significant barriers. Read More Universal broadband access? Not yet One of the recurring themes in our newsletters over the years has been primary and backup high-speed access for supporting teleworkers as a part of the overall telecommunication network infrastructure. In fact, almost 15 years ago Steve was writing about the need to make sure that you were within a given number of cable-feet from a central office (or appropriate repeater) in order to receive ISDN service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Improve Productivity by Optimizing your SSL VPN Are you getting all you can from your SSL VPN? Read this whitepaper to find out Learn More Verizon follows Comcast lead on IPv6 Verizon appears to be playing catch-up to broadband rival Comcast with its announcement Tuesday of a residential trial of IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More Groups launch effort to get broadband to older US residents Broadband offers many benefits for older U.S. residents, including telemedicine, increased contact with family and friends, and shopping without leaving the house, but they subscribe to the service at a much lower rate than other people, some advocates for the elderly said. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps IT Service Management: Beyond the Myths Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More! Sprint's next Airave femtocell will get 3G Home cellular base stations are about to get a lot more useful and available in the U.S., with Sprint Nextel preparing to join AT&T and possibly Verizon Wireless in offering a femtocell that delivers 3G data speeds. Read More Must-have iPad apps for business professionals With less than 48 hours until the official launch of the Apple iPad, the App Store is beginning to populate with apps for the new tablet device. The first iPad apps include the requisite entertainment -- like the Netflix movie-streaming app, or Need for Speed: Shift -- but there are also a fair number of apps targeted specifically at business professionals. Read More High-definition matters—and will increase in importance When most little girls get birthday money, they want to run to the store and spend it on clothes, toys, dolls, or jewelry. Breaking from the norm as usual, my daughter decided to spend a large chunk of her 10th birthday money on Wrestlemania, a pay-per-view event broadcast live from Phoenix and attended by 75,000 people. Read More Cisco's data center deluge (slideshow) Cisco rolled out sweeping extensions to its data center portfolio, including new servers, fabric extenders, SAN switches and more. Read More
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