Tuesday, July 3, 2007

FW: Networking Report: Frontline: iPhone shows need for new wireless network

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NETWORKING REPORT

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

* Frontline: iPhone shows need for new wireless network
* Experts: Better broadband stats needed
* Covad to cut workforce by 8 percent
* FTC is neutral on net neutrality
* IBM, HP share bragging rights on supercomputer list
* Sun needs AMD chips to launch new supercomputer
* CA's Spectrum tool now looks at human errors
* U.S. lags behind other nations in broadband speeds

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FRONTLINE: IPHONE SHOWS NEED FOR NEW WIRELESS NETWORK

Complaints about the speed of the network that Apple's new iPhone connects
to points to the need for a new broadband wireless network in the U.S., said
a businessman proposing one.

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EXPERTS: BETTER BROADBAND STATS NEEDED

The U.S. government needs better ways to measure broadband availability and
adoption in order to develop policies that focus on ways to use broadband to
improve the economy, several telecom experts said Thursday.

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COVAD TO CUT WORKFORCE BY 8 PERCENT

As its incumbent rivals get bigger, Internet service provider Covad
Communications Group is getting smaller with layoffs of about 8 percent of
its employees this quarter.

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FTC IS NEUTRAL ON NET NEUTRALITY

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is taking the middle ground in the net
neutrality debate that pits large telecommunications operators against
Internet giants.

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IBM, HP SHARE BRAGGING RIGHTS ON SUPERCOMPUTER LIST

IBM still operates the fastest supercomputer in the industry, but rival
Hewlett-Packard has more of them in operation, according to a closely
watched global survey released Wednesday.

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SUN NEEDS AMD CHIPS TO LAUNCH NEW SUPERCOMPUTER

As Sun Microsystems prepares to demonstrate a new high-performance computer
(HPC) Tuesday at a technology conference in Germany, it hopes that quad-core
processors from Advanced Micro Devices that will power the computer arrive
on time to deliver one of the machines to its first customer.

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