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	<description>Because technology isn&#039;t just for geeks</description>
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		<title>Weekly wrap &#8211; April 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Internet Coalition opposes Open Access Markham Erikson of the Open Internet Coalition says they want Title II “reclassification”, but he doesn’t want to go back to the days of Title II “Open Access” which required broadband operators to provide competing ISPs with access to the Broadband transport infrastructure. This diverges from Net Neutrality supporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to waste perfectly good mobile radio spectrum</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/how-to-waste-perfectly-good-mobile-radio-spectrum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/how-to-waste-perfectly-good-mobile-radio-spectrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was wrong about Claudville’s White Spaces implementation I erred on criticizing Spectrum Bridge and the city of Claudville for wasting White Space mobile spectrum on a backhaul network because it turns out that they were using 200 MHz White Space spectrum for a last-mile broadband network. Spectrum Bridge has a temporary “experimental” license to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s so new about the Nexus One business model?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/whats-so-new-about-the-nexus-one-busines-model/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update &#8211; Google ETF is actually $550 on top of the $180 you already paid!  So if you pull out early, you&#8217;ll have to pay $730 total! I know Justin was impressed with the business model Google&#8217;s new Nexus One phone, but I really don&#8217;t see how it&#8217;s any different.  You can buy the phone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which business models will the FCC ban on the Internet?</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/which-business-models-will-the-fcc-ban-on-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/which-business-models-will-the-fcc-ban-on-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FCC’s Chief Technologist Jon Peha says that the FCC doesn’t know how the NPRM should be defined and they are seeking answers.  This may help explain why these business models are critical to innovation. Figure 1: Which “enhanced” Internet models will the FCC NPRM prohibit?]]></description>
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		<title>The real purpose behind Net Neutrality is anything but honorable</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/the-real-purpose-behind-net-neutrality-is-anything-but-honorable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/the-real-purpose-behind-net-neutrality-is-anything-but-honorable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of use suspected that there were ulterior motives behind Net Neutrality regulations, but we never thought it would be this blatantly underhanded.  I had a chance to speak with one of the biggest experts on Internet peering William Norton and it was an eyeopener for me.  The resulting article below has some very interesting revelations. FCC NPRM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debunking the hype that the new BitTorrent protocol is &#8220;network friendly&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/debunking-the-hype-that-the-new-bittorrent-protocol-is-network-friendly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/debunking-the-hype-that-the-new-bittorrent-protocol-is-network-friendly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P2P]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story that the new BitTorrent client uTorrent 2.0 is “network friendly” is making the top headlines on the Web and mailing lists.  The only problem with this story it that it has no actual data to back up its assertions.  I took the time yesterday to run some tests on the new uTorrent 2.0 beta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO says flu will bring down Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/gao-says-flu-will-bring-down-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The GAO concluded that just 40% of the workforce staying home from illness would lead to severe Internet congestion, but what happens every day after school and after work when everyone is home?  That’s just one obvious hole in the GAO report but the draconian conclusion it draws about the need to block recreational services, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast to warn botnet infected computers</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/comcast-to-warn-botnet-infected-computers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast has announced that they will begin to test a new monitoring system called Comcast Constant Guard that looks for botnets on their network.  Infected customers will get a “service notice” that pops up messages on the subscriber’s web browser telling them they are infected with resources (mostly preventative solutions) to help clean the computer. Read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animated presentation explaining the need for a prioritized Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/animated-presentation-explaining-the-need-for-a-prioritized-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/animated-presentation-explaining-the-need-for-a-prioritized-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quality of Service (QoS) Network prioritization is a very complex technology that is often misunderstood and maligned. Because it is difficult to explain in words and pictures alone, I’ve created a 7 minute animated presentation that attempts to simplify the concept for non-engineers. The first few slides are mostly text so you can skip ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCC 5th principle must allow for reasonable discrimination</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/fcc-5th-principle-must-allow-for-reasonable-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/fcc-5th-principle-must-allow-for-reasonable-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of us have heard by now, the FCC announced yesterday their intention to create a new “5th principle” of nondiscrimination on the Internet. While there are some serious questions as to whether this is a wise mandate for wireless Internet services, such a principle applied to wired Internet services could be a good [...]]]></description>
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