Monday, December 06, 2010

Consumer Reports Names AT&T Worst Wireless Provider

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Monday, December 6, 2010

HIGHLIGHTS:

TOP STORY
- Consumer Reports: AT&T Is The Worst

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- RadioShack Selling iPhone 4 For $24

ANALYTIC REPORTS
- Web 2.0 Summit

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- Consumer Reports: AT&T Is The Worst
Consumer Reports' latest member survey ranks AT&T's wireless services as the worst in the U.S.
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- RadioShack Selling iPhone 4 For $24
RadioShack is offering a range of deals on Apple's iPhone 4, including a trade-in program that drops the net price of Apple's smartphone to just $24.
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- Apple iOS 4.2 For iPad Reviewed
AirPlay, AirPrint, folders and multitasking come to the iPad with Apple's latest software update, but is it the enterprise tablet we've been waiting for? Here we put it through the paces to find out.
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- Clearwire Sells $1.2 Billion In Debt
With Verizon's 4G LTE network rollout stoking competition, Clearwire is considering selling spectrum or adding investors to fund its network buildout.
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- FCC's Copps Calls For Broadband Reclassification
Setting up a conflict with FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, the commissioner Michael J. Copps has publicly advocated for net neutrality deliberations to weigh changes that would bring carriers and cable companies under increased regulation.
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- iPads Hit The Enterprise
Businesses are embracing a new generation of tablets, but they require IT support and potentially development resources.
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WHITEPAPERS
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- Multi-Site and Campus-Area Wireless LANs: Benefits of the Centralized Approach
Be a leader, not a laggard, by implementing the 802.11n protocol. Read this Aberdeen Group report to understand how its increased throughput and range is one way enterprises can address the pressure for increased performance despite the complexities of extended WLAN coverage.
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