In this episode, Mark, Dave, and I begin by discussing the prospect of, now that the FCC has approved the use of white space for free Internet access, who is going to invest in building the network to deliver it? This very good article in the Economist prompted the discussion. Other links discussed are below.

Boarding passes on your cell phone
Google tracks flu based on searches You can check out their map here
Digital TV is almost here and FCC just approved a workaround for signal coverage issues
Key notes at the TelcoTV08 conference would indicate the Telcos are the innovators
Alaska in the news this time for WiMAX, not a politician for a change
Cisco lets us know what the marketing hype was about, a fast router (nice video)
Broadband over powerlines back in the news with IBM in the fray
Here is that old Pacific Bell DSL commercial that is very anti-cable (Cable Hog)
Internet thieves going for business secrets, personal data theft not profitable with all the competition
Oh, and not that it is news (well only for Dave and Mark), Slingbox does support mobile devices

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