Sandvine, an internet monitoring companyfile sharing still going at full speed, but, not on Kazza. As you might imagine, nobody wants to be sued by the RIAA.

Why must we regulate wireless you say? Well as this SF Chronicle article (by the "bill of rights" auther Geoff Brown) states, there are several issues that consumers consistently complain about. And most of these are justifiable. For instance, who wants a cell phone service that does not work at their home?

Of course the CPUC is not going to help the carriers when, in attempting to improve coverage, they are prevented by local communities from installing new cell towers. For example, Nextel has been trying to get a tower that would improve coverage where I live for about 5 years. There are already many towers and building cell sites for the other carriers. But every time they have to go through the local city council, somebody will show up, literally crying, about how these "ugly dangerous cell towers are ruining our community and..endangering the life of my faimly". OK. But it's the same people who are in the phone store, literally screaming this time, that "the service is horrible at my home..endangering the life of my family".

Well, the bill of rights passed today. Maybe this will help some.

Aperto launches PacketWave 760 while it outlines their WiMAX plan (s) Sort of. Not much new here...rumor has it they wrote much of the WiMax MAC. Hmmmm....

Under the "waiting for DV" dept., Len Lauer said that Sprint PCS would soonreveal their network upgrade plans. Well..how exciting is that?? Moreover, they are looking at Flarion and other technologies?

U.S. Is Spam Superpower: 83 Percent Of All Mail Junk > May 25, 2004

Wow. I suppose this is not really "news" to most people, but it is staggering.

Broadband penetration nearing 50% of active Internet users

As Telephony magazine points out, broadband penetration nearing 50% of active Internet users. How long did that take? Ten years? How long until 50% of all broadband users have mobile broadband?

What will the FCC think of next? That rare element, not listed in the periodic table "Unobtainium" is also known as "mobile wireless spectrum. In their zeal to mine some more, the FCC will try to use the spaces between TV channels. Good idea. Here's a better idea: remove all the broadcast channels but two or three except in rural areas where cable access is low. Anyhow, this is a good start; keep chipping away at the broadcaster barrons...

Yahoo! News - FCC Proposes Using Airwaves Between TV Stations

Long time no blog. Took this photo at Swami's beach in Encinitas. Testing out this new format...tired of the old one. Lot's of good wireless news this week coming out of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. more later...ttfn