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Submission + - What Should our National Broadband Strategy Be? (openleft.com)

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Paul
Paul writes: "Senator Durbin is asking for your input on the national broadband strategy. The site Open Left, who is hosting the discussion starting at 7PM EDT tonight, has proposed three principles for broadband in the US:

  • Broadband access must be universal and affordable;
  • We need to preserve an online environment for innovation; and
  • We need to ensure that broadband technology enables more voices to be heard.


What are your thoughts?"
Microsoft

Microsoft WGA Phones Home Even When Told No 403

Posted by CmdrTaco from the huge-shocker-here dept.
Aviran writes "When you start WGA setup and get to the license agreement page but decided NOT to install the highly controversial WGA component and cancel the installation, the setup program will send information stored in your registry and the fact that you choose not to install WGA back to Microsoft's servers."
Communications

Journal Journal: Getting Cell Phone Reception in a Basement

Journal by Paulrothrock
I'm finishing a walk-out basement to live in. It's great because we can set it up and paint it like we want, and I can build in things like networks and speaker wiring to get the ultimate geek abode, and it's only $450 a month. The only problem is that we don't get cell phone reception, since we're at the bottom of a hill and we're encased in cinder block.

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