Mike Masnick argues that because the broadband networks operate on public right of ways and because the Telcos took lots of subsidies like the Universal Service Fund (USF), these networks aren’t private. But the reality is that the Telcos pay a lot more into the USF than they actually receive.

Before the iPhone 4 with Apple’s FaceTime application was released to the public, I estimated 667 Kbps to 2000 Kbps based on the assumption of full screen quality at 960×640 resolution.  It turned out that my assumption that Apple would opt for full screen resolution would be wrong and the actual resolution looks to be [...]

The media keeps perpetuating the myth that there are “seven key holders to the Internet”. The reality is that those seven people don’t actually hold recovery keys to DNSSEC much less the Internet or the World Wide Web, and those seven people couldn’t just waltz into the secure facilities to grab a copy of the recovery keys.

AppAdvice has posted that FaceTime is now available on jail broken iPhone 4 devices via an app called My3G. The app which runs for about $2.99, tricks FaceTime into thinking it is on a WiFi connection. Though AppAdvice states that the resolution over 3G appears to be less than stellar seeing as how FaceTime is optimized for a WiFi connection.

[Cross-posted from The AEI Enterprise Blog.] The staff of the Boston Fed recently released an econometric study, “Who Gains and Who Loses from Credit Card Payments? Theory and Calibrations” (in this context, “cash” includes checks, debit cards, prepaid cards, bills, coins, and an undefined “etc.”), and concluded, according to the press play: “Credit card fees [...]

Bennett comments to the FCC on disclosure of network performance for wireless networks. He believes that customers should receive clear information about wireless network performance when signing a contract with a provider.