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The 'Plot To Kill Google'AT&T, Microsoft lobbyists wage lobbying blitzkrieg
11:16AM Tuesday Jan 20 2009 by Karl Bode
Google's
positions on things like network neutrality and wireless competition
have made them a serious target for Comcast, Microsoft, AT&T and
other lobbyists, who've been on a tear the last year trying to smear
the search giant's public image. Efforts have ranged from Comcast and
Microsoft lobbyists' use of corn farmers to attack Google on privacy issues -- to telco-industry talking head Scott Cleland's recent argument that Google was an Internet bandwidth freeloader that failed to contribute to Internet infrastructure. Wired News
has an interesting read on Google's 2008 crash course on lobbying, with
their biggest critic (particularly on privacy issues) now being
AT&T.
Belkin Employee Says It Goes Deeper Than Fake ReviewsWho needs good product when you have good PR...
09:41AM Tuesday Jan 20 2009 by Karl Bode
Fresh off of being busted for paying people to post fake positive reviews to Amazon, an anonymous employee tells Gizmodo
that Belkin's bag of tricks goes much deeper. According to the post,
Belkin has consistently told employees to do whatever's necessary to
get good reviews -- from sending routers with specially tweaked
firmware to reviewers, to actually paying magazines for good reviews.
"In the past there have even monthly awards given to Business Units who
achieved the most positive reviews, regardless as to the products rate
of customer returns," says the poster.
Verizon Flip-Flops, Supports DTV DelayAfter receiving assurances it will be the only one...
09:04AM Tuesday Jan 20 2009 by Karl Bode
Last week we noted
that Verizon was opposed to Congressional plans to delay the digital TV
transition from February to June, saying that any delay could seriously
impact their plan to deploy 700Mhz LTE wireless broadband technology in
2009. It looks like Verizon has since had a change of heart, and now supports a delay
provided it's short, and isn't followed by subsequent delays. Verizon's
deployment of LTE in 2009 was to be in only one small test market, with
serious delivery of the technology not expected until late 2010 or
later. The telco spent $9.63 billion on 700Mhz spectrum last year they
can't use until the transition is complete.
Cable Carriers Fined For Stalling FCC Price InvestigationKevin Martin's parting shot at the cable industry....
08:50AM Tuesday Jan 20 2009 by Karl Bode
The
FCC recently began investigating the ever-increasing TV pricing of
several large cable operators and Verizon (but not AT&T). An
initial inquiry sent to companies demanded information on how and why
carriers were bumping channels into costlier digital tiers, and whether
they were using the DTV transition to push more expensive services.
story continues..
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