• Britain's broadband censors: a bunch of students [pcpro.co.uk]
• Is Dish Network's Wireless Play All About Video Streaming? [fool.com]
• AT&T; classily buying merger support from churches, charities [itworld.com]
• You are the product: Verizon users must 'opt in' for privacy [theregister.co.uk]
• Free TV Coalition Says Broadcaster Broadband Could Deliver $400B To Treasury [multichannel.com]
• Here's Rhapsody's Plan To Get Millions Of New Users Without Giving Away Free Music [businessinsider.com]
• Did Anyone Prove AT&T; + T-Mobile Would Create Jobs? [readwriteweb.com]
• Mobile VoIP subscribers will near 410 million by 2015; VoLTE still a long way off [tmcnet.com]
• Hughes: Major Enhancements to Service - More Capacity, Improved Performance for Satellite Internet Customers [prnewswire.com]
• S. Korea Outlines Ambitious Plans for All-Digital Scholastic Network [edweek.org]
• Apple sees record breaking iPhone 4S sale [networkworld.com]
• Skype founders gunning for Netflix with Vdio [gigaom.com]
• British Historian On Porn And Internet Censorship: North Korea Is Right - The Internet Is Our Enemy [techdirt.com]
• Google Music Store Will Launch This Quarter [businessinsider.com]
• Canoe Unveils Consumer Brand [cable360.net]

• Wireless Users Will Get Alerts on Excess Use [nytimes.com]
• RIM offers free apps - not cash - to appease BlackBerry customers [slashgear.com]
• In the battle for pay-TV subscribers, IPTV beats cable, satellite; but the economy casts doubt over all [fierceiptv.com]
• 248 operators globally launching or testing LTE [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• ICANN rescues time zone database [theregister.co.uk]
• Verizon Wireless LTE network outages reported [neowin.net]
• The advantages of integrating technology across the school curriculum with Wi-Fi [computerweekly.com]
• E.U. to Pump Billions into Broadband Development [wsj.com]
• Verizon Ordered To Pay At Least $24M More To ActiveVideo [multichannel.com]
• iPhone 4S Crushes Android Phones in Web Browsing Benchmark Results [pcmag.com]
• Tech Specs For Ultra HDTV Advance [multichannel.com]
• Teachers Union Thinks It Blocked Online Classes - But It Didn't [techdirt.com]
• Samsung Fires Back at Apple iPhone 4S, Seeks Bans in Japan And Australia [wsj.com]
• Salt enables six times the storage capacity for snail-unfriendly hard drives [engadget.com]

• Netflix is slower on AT&T; fiber than everyone else's cable; U-verse customers not happy, wonder why [forbes.com]
• LightSquared: Our LTE network will be better than AT&T;'s and Verizon's [fiercewireless.com]
• Congress, wary of Amazon's Silk browser, demands answers on privacy [arstechnica.com]
• Why Hulu’s Owners Couldn’t Find A Buyer [techcrunch.com]
• Confirmed: Government Was Very Involved Helping RIAA/MPAA Negotiate Six Strikes [techdirt.com]
• Verizon vehicle fleet testing 4G networks nationwide [infoworld.com]
• The iPhone Effect: Slick, New Mobile Gadgets Strain the Limits of Wireless Networks [scientificamerican.com]
• LTE committments, deployment and testing jumps by 60% [fiercewireless.com]
• Customers Sue Frontier Over Broadband Surcharge [cio.com]
• High-End Smartphones Drive Mobile Data Traffic Growth [cable360.net]
• Mobile devices refine video viewing habits [gomonews.com]
• AT&T; Activations Servers Overloaded with iPhone 4S Launch [macrumors.com]
• Apple's US bid to ban Samsung tabs hinges on design; Samsung's lawyer couldn't tell Galaxy and iPad apart [theregister.co.uk]
• Jail Sentence for Pirate Bay Co-Founder Made Final [torrentfreak.com]
• Google takes buzz saw to Buzz, other appendages [theregister.co.uk]

As many had expected, Hulu owners at News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, and Walt Disney have decided to scrap their sale of the platform. "Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners, we have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success," says a blog post.

• Hulu calls off sale; No one willing to massively overpay for company [reuters.com]
• LightSquared: We need clarity from the FCC before we can raise more funds [fiercewireless.com]
• Service integration is key to telco broadband subscriber gains [fiercetelecom.com]
• U.S. Department of Commerce mum on why it's blocking Huawei from national safety network, citing security reasons [pcworld.com]
• FCC seeks more data on AT&T; jobs claims for T-Mobile USA merger [totaltele.com]
• Undercover Cops and Politicians Escape BitTorrent Lawsuits [torrentfreak.com]
• Does Amazon Want to Monopolize The Entire Publishing Chain? [techdirt.com]
• UltraViolet may fall flat with consumers, analysts warn [fierceonlinevideo.com]
• Facebook accused of violating US wiretap law [theregister.co.uk]
• Rats eat fiber, take down Virgin Broadband in Scotland [eweekeurope.co.uk]
• Google Said to Be Planning an MP3 Store [nytimes.com]
• Microsoft Officially Welcomes Skype [microsoft.com]
• Kindle Fire forecast bumped up to 5M units [cnet.com]
• Apple iCloud may get streaming movies [digitaltrends.com]
• Mysterious charges on your wireless bill? Beware of dead ringers [latimes.com]

• RIM Says Service Fully Restored [wirelessweek.com]
• LightSquared Shows Filtering Technology [thestreet.com]
• Netflix trying to win political support as it attempts to fend off broadband caps, metering policie [politico.com]
• Clearwire shows signs of life [cnet.com]
• Senators aim to cut through 4G baloney [cnet.com]
• Mobile devices increasingly bridging work, personal lives [cnet.com]
• MetroPCS: We could use Clearwire's spectrum [fiercewireless.com]
• Opportunity In The Internet's Voracious Energy Appetite [forbes.com]
• Sonic.Net may end up disrupting the industry more than Netflix and Google combined [gigaom.com]
• RIM still investigating cause of network failure [totaltele.com]
• 40% of Tablet and Smartphone Owners Use Them While Watching TV [nielsen.com]
• “We Are Absolutely in a Feature Race": Google+ [allthingsd.com]
• Steve Jobs patent enables Apple to shut down any new Android product in Australia [Foss Patents]
• PS Vita 3G Download Cap Confirmed, Imposed by Cell Carriers [overclockersclub.com]
• Many users complain of broken iOS 5 upgrade process [networkworld.com]
• Rebtel’s Voice-over-IP app hops between data/voice networks, a first [venturebeat.com]

In 2010 Neil Smit left the CEO spot at Charter Communications, a company that hadn't been profitable since 1999. Smit essentially was brought in to manage the company's bankruptcy proceedings, before leaving to take a job over at Comcast.

• Verizon Wireless To Mine Your Usage Data For Marketing And Ads [gizmodo.com]
• LightSquared: GPS fix to cost industry $400M [cnet.com]
• Busting net neutrality may amount to spying, says EU; Eurocrat warns of 'massive, real-time inspection of comms' [theregister.co.uk]
• Rockefeller: Time For USF Action Is Now; NCTA has ally in opposition to telco right of first refusal [multichannel.com]
• Media Chiefs Want BitTorrent Removed From Home Freebox Entertainment Player [torrentfreak.com]
• Will frustrated customers ditch BlackBerry? [cnet.com]
• AOL chief pitches shareholders on sale to Yahoo [totaltele.com]
• Colombia may force BlackBerry maker to compensate customers [totaltele.com]
• An intelligent approach to monetizing mobile broadband [telecomengine.com]
• New technology allows landline calls to be accessed through mobile phones [telecomengine.com]
• Gulf Air Launches First Aircraft With Global Live TV, Latest In In-flight Connectivity Services [thestreet.com]
• End of an era as Verizon sells most of its pay phones [totaltele.com]
• AT&T; says LTE phones won’t drain battery in a jiffy [ubergizmo.com]
• 'iPad Mini' to take on Kindle Fire? [cnet.com]
• World's First 8-Core Desktop CPU Detailed [ign.com]

• BlackBerry Outages Spread to North America [wirelessweek.com]
• Verizon Wireless denies Clearwire wholesale talks [fiercewireless.com]
• From the "Surprise!" Dept. - Comcast's Studio bows to theater pressure, shelves $60 VoD test [lightreading.com]
• German states defend use of 'Federal Trojan' [theregister.co.uk]
• Could wireless voice service go extinct? [cnet.com]
• Demand concerns for planned London 2012 Wi-Fi network [cable.co.uk]
• WiFi Soon To Be the Norm on Airlines? [tmcnet.com]
• LightSquared and Aircado to Bring Wireless Broadband to "Micropolitan" Markets Across the Country [mobileburn.com]
• Why we should never take broadband for granted [computing.co.uk]
• Everything Everywhere bargains with EU over divested spectrum [fiercewireless.com]
• NFC starts to take off in Europe, but challenges remain [fiercewireless.com]
• That Didn't Take Long: Amazon Sued For Patent Infringement For New Kindle Fire Tablet [techdirt.com]
• Apple IOS 5 now available through iTunes [broadbandgenie.co.uk]
• Apple Is Reportedly Working On A $250-$300 'iPad Mini' [businessinsider.com]
• Charter President to Depart [cable360.net]

DirecTV recently admitted that the studio plan to get customers to pay $30 to watch movies at home a little earlier wasn't drawing much interest. NBC Universal's response? Make the offer more expensive! Universal is working with parent company Comcast on a plan that would involve offering movies to home users the same time they're in theaters -- for $60.

• US telcos hope data plans offset slowing long-term contract growth [totaltele.com]
• Huawei Aims to Be Major Player in U.S. Smartphone Market [pcadvisor.co.uk]
• CEO of Sprint comes under fire; CEO Hesse's position at helm of company in danger? [detnews.com]
• Can default P2P settings break the law? US says yes [arstechnica.com]
• 91% of kids are gamers, research says [cnet.com]
• Sony network ransacked in huge brute-force attack [theregister.co.uk]
• BlackBerry services splutter back into action (again); still spotty in some areas [theregister.co.uk]
• CenturyLink, Colorado regulators battle over 20-year old phone service reimbursement plan [fiercetelecom.com]
• Websites fail to protect your data; Some don’t realize how far information spreads on Internet [pressherald.com]
• Telco USF Plans Could Harm Competitors [multichannel.com]
• Best Buy, Microsoft join FCC in bid to boost broadband [abcnews.com]
• Opera proposal brings a book look to the Web [cnet.com]
• T-Mobile Bobsled Gives Facebook Users Free Mobile and Land Line Calls [mashable.com]
• Cadillac’s Connected Car System Arrives in Style [wired.com]
• MS wipes out 23 flaws in October's Patch Tuesday [theregister.co.uk]

• Second BlackBerry Outage Hits Right After "Fix"; Problems Now On Four Continents [nytimes.com]
• US blocks China-based Huawei from public safety LTE trial [totaltele.com]
• Germany spyware: Minister calls for probe of state use [bbc.co.uk]
• Cellphone Subscriptions Outnumber People in U.S. [cio.com]
• Sprint CEO: Wireless industry can help our troubled economy [cnet.com]
• NCTA Chief: Telco USF Plans Could Harm Competitors [multichannel.com]
• Here Comes Another Cloud: Hollywood Hopes “UltraViolet” Will Save DVDs [allthingsd.com]
• ACA to Rockefeller: FCC Should Rein-In Proposed USF Right of First Refusal [broadcastingcable.com]
• This generation's light bulb is broadband [fiercetelecom.com]
• Wearable devices are the next step in M2M market [fiercewireless.com]
• Wireless CEOs trade jabs over AT&T;, T-Mobile merger [washingtonpost.com]
• The Only Way To Stop File Sharing Is To Stop Private Communications [techdirt.com]
• Mobile Devices Seen Doubling by 2020 [allthingsd.com]
• AT&T; Objected To Proposed Regulations Just Weeks Before Massive LA Outage [CBS Los Angeles]
• Clearwire May Go Bankrupt By Next Year [seekingalpha.com]
• AppleCare+ to End Informal Free Replacement Policy for Damaged iPhones [macrumors.com]

Arris has announced that the broadband gear vendor has struck a deal to acquire video hardware vendor BigBand Networks in a deal worth $172 million, or $53 million net of estimated BigBand cash on hand. BigBand gives Arris a leg up in the switched digital video (SDV) market, technology which helps cable operators free up spectrum by holding unwatched channels at the edge router. "We are both enthusiastic and optimistic about the BigBand acquisition because it builds on our stated business strategy of growing our current businesses into a more complete portfolio including a strong video product suite and investing in the evolution towards network convergence onto an all IP platform," Arris CEO Bob Stanzione said in a prepared statement. "We are delighted to welcome the BigBand employees to ARRIS."

• Anti-piracy law challenged by two of UK's biggest ISPs [New Europe Online]
• VeriSign demands website takedown (sans court order) powers [theregister.co.uk]
• India proposes free roaming, "right to broadband" in new telecom policy [globalpost.com]
• As Expected, Alternative DNS Systems Sprouting Up To Ignore US Censorship [techdirt.com]
• Mobile devices account for 6.8% of total US data traffic in August [totaltele.com]
• Calif. Governor Veto Allows Warrantless Cellphone Searches [wired.com]
• Hackers Claim That German Officials Have A Backdoor Trojan For Spying On Skype, Which Is A Huge Security Risk [techdirt.com]
• Sling Media Announces Availability of SlingPlayer for Android Tablets [marketwire.com]
• Pornography to be blocked by UK ISP's unless users opt in [guardian.co.uk]
• Belgian Court Orders Blocking Of The Wrong PirateBay Domain [techdirt.com]
• Anti-Piracy Company Pirates Deus Ex in Controversial Experiment [torrentfreak.com]
• iPad now 97% of tablet traffic, eclipses iPhone, iOS remains mobile leader [appleinsider.com]
• Broadband speeds 'should be regulated more' [computeach.co.uk]
• BlackBerry users back online after major outage [theregister.co.uk]
• MS kills, then un-kills, now (again) kills Zune player line [reghardware.com]

• Huge Blackberry blackout in Europe, Middle East, Africa; millions affected [ft.com]
• DirecTV Creates TV Everywhere Device [cable360.net]
• WIPO boss: the Web would have been better if it was patented and its users had to pay license fees [boingboing.net]
• iPhone 4S pre-orders obliterate sales records [theregister.co.uk]
• What is gigabit broadband good for? Doing stuff you couldn't do before! [gigaom.com]
• More people than ever watch mobile TV [smartgorillas.com]
• China Cripples Android With Fitful Blocks of Gmail, Market Apps [penn-olson.com]
• Think 2014 if you're waiting for 4G in the UK [theregister.co.uk]
• FairPoint pushes for relaxed telecom regulations in NH [fiercetelecom.com]
• Windstream could face bidding war for PAETEC [fiercetelecom.com]
• Level 3's Bandwidth Optimizer offers CDN, IP service bundle for gaming providers [fiercetelecom.com]
• Mobile app vs. mobile website - which wireless strategy works best? [fiercewireless.com]
• NYTimes Sues The Federal Government For Refusing To Reveal Its Secret Interpretation Of The PATRIOT Act [techdirt.com]
• Emerson wins $100 million contract for Australian national broadband deployment [totaltele.com]
• LTE: A Latent Problem? [lightreading.com]

• Surprise! ISPs "exaggerate the cost of data" [pcpro.co.uk]
• iPhone 4S already the most successful iPhone launch ever, says AT&T; [edibleapple.com]
• German government accused of spying on citizens with state-sponsored Trojan [zdnet.com]
• Australia Has Most Government Intervention In Broadband Internet [foxbusiness.com]
• Deficit Committee Members Seek More Government Spectrum For Wireless Broadband [multichannel.com]
• No matter how much bandwidth is available, it's never enough [theregister.co.uk]
• Yang eyeing Yahoo buyout with private equity? [reuters.com]
• UK Report Claims Broadband ISPs Still Charge You Too Much for Data Use [ispreview.co.uk]
• HP says networking vendors can't make money on IPv6 [theinquirer.net]
• Free Texts Pose Threat to Carriers [nytimes.com]
• Cutting the cord: how the world's engineers built Wi-Fi [arstechnica.com]
• Sprint's 4G strategy: More questions than answers [fiercewireless.com]
• One of Russia's largest telcos bans Skype, other VoIP services [slashdot.org]
• The Little ISP That Stood Up to the Government [wsj.com]
• Microsoft readying dual-core, LTE phones, report says [cnet.com]

• Open internet is important to broadband growth, study claims [broadband-finder.co.uk]
• Sprint: No more Clearwire devices after 2012 [MSNBC.com]
• OpenRange bankruptcy will leave taxpayers on the hook [gigaom.com]
• First nationwide test of Emergency Alert System scheduled by FEMA, FCC [fiercecable.com]
• YouTube launches movies in the UK [thinkbroadband.com]
• Be Broadband planning network overhaul to prepare for IPv6 [cable.co.uk]
• Sprint says it's ready for iPhone's traffic [networkworld.com]
• Low-cost broadband access: How do MSOs compare? [fiercecable.com]
• Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy [physorg.com]
• Kindle Fire Orders Keep Climbing [allthingsd.com]
• EU clears Microsoft's Skype acquisition [reuters.com]
• Norway The Latest Country To Look At Censorship As A 'Solution' To Entertainment Industry's Failed Business Models [techdirt.com]
• Comcast To Test IPTV Service For PCs And Macs [multichannel.com]
• TiVo CEO: Cable should encompass over-the-top video in pay TV subscriptions [fiercecable.com]
• Tablet shoppers don't care much about 3G/4G [fiercewireless.com]

Over the last few months news outlets have been crediting the cable TV industry for trying to finally compete on price, except if you actually bothered to look at the new "lower cost" tiers being offered by companies like Time Warner Cable, you'd notice they are loaded with restrictions and fail to offer any real value. More recently the press has been claiming that the cable industry was also finally changing their tune on offering a la carte programming, except again -- if you took a closer look at how they're defining "a la carte," you'd note there's really not a whole lot of choice involved.

• The first ever 4G trial to cater to both mobile and fixed line broadband goes live [itpro.co.uk]
• FCC files motion to toss Verizon’s net neutrality appeal suit [bgr.com]
• Suddenlink Goes Live With Metered Broadband [lightreading.com]
• Microsoft’s universal gaming portal rivalling OnLive in 2012 [product-reviews.net]
• Open Range rural broadband dies despite last minute deal with Lightsquared [theregister.co.uk]
• Capitol Hill Reacts To USF Proposal [multichannel.com]
• Should Microsoft buy Yahoo? [theweek.com]
• T-Mobile Client Losses Seen Tripling on AT&T; Deal Review: Tech [businessweek.com]
• Wi-Fi roaming will make mobile operators connectivity providers [gigaom.com]
• Apple's iPhone 4S may not be that different, but wireless industry now is [fiercewireless.com]
• Starbucks rolls out free WiFi in the UK [thenextweb.com]
• Component vendors sampling LTE Advanced [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• MS kills, un-kills Zune HD media player [reghardware.com]
• Ice Cream Sandwich to launch next week [cnet.com]
• Spotify comes to the TV screen with new WD player [gigaom.com]

• Is the FCC Reaching Into Your Pocket to Pad Industry Profits? [huffingtonpost.com]
• CableLabs successfully completes voice calls over networks employing IPv6 [cablelabs.com]
• Amazon strikes tax deal in Tennessee, plans to add 2,000 jobs in the state [geekwire.com]
• Canada's broadcasting sector loses battle with Netflix [totaltele.com]
• FCC Cracks Down on Sellers of Cell Phone Jammers [wirelessweek.com]
• OnLive subscribers urged to keep tabs on broadband data usage [cable.co.uk]
• Delivering on the 4G user experience promise with micro-cellular networks [telecomengine.com]
• Miramax CEO says Apple a bigger threat to movie industry than piracy [appleinsider.com]
• Time Warner Cable banks on wideband Internet in battle for subscribers [fiercecable.com]
• Frontier extends metro Ethernet footprint into 55 markets [fiercetelecom.com]
• Comcast Eyes PS3, Wii, Roku And Connected TVs For 'Xcalibur' Next-Gen Guide and Service [multichannel.com]
• On-Demand Movies To Generate $2 Billion In Sales In 2011 [multichannel.com]
• Sprint confirms unlimited data plans for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 [fiercewireless.com]
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus full specs revealed; Verizon Wireless exclusive [bgr.com]
• PS Vita games 'too large' to be download-only, 4GB quoted [shacknews.com]