America’s Economy: Why Jason Calacanis’ 120% Solution Won’t Cut It

Jason Calcanis has a simple solution for America's woes. To summarize his eminently readable article in his own words: Full article (884 words) »

Free Broadband Service for USA by Next Year

Free broadband for the entire country! Its not a dream anymore. USA will soon have that day when no broadband service user will have to pay a penny for that. First proposed in 2006, the plan calls for a chunk of airwaves called AWS-3 (now idle) to be used for wireless broadband across the USA. Under terms contemplated by the FCC, the winner of the AWS-3 auction would have to reserve at least 25% of network capacity for free broadband.

The reasons behind this are simple says FCC.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt to be The First CTO of US?

Nothing succeeds like Eric Schmidt. Yes, you can very well change the proverb. Because this man, apart from being Google's CEO and a member of Apple's board of directors, can very well be the first Chief Technology Officer of USA. Trust Obama to take the decision if he becomes the next US president. Eric has been an informal adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

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US versus India Broadband Connectivity Comparison - 50 Times Slower But Costlier

In India I can get 1Mbps from Tata Indicom / VSNL for Rs. 2500 (~ 55.55$ / month with 45Rs-1$ conversion rate) + Tax which brings it to Rs 2800 per month.

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