• Google Fiber could bring superfast Internet to every town in America, but for now the company is thinking small [slate.com]
• 4G Smartphone Usage Up 70% Among Small Businesses [cellphonedigest.net]
• Apple proposes 'on-the-go' wireless charging via iPad Smart Cover with built-in battery [appleinsider.com]
• Google Pulls Several Prominent Ad-Blocking Apps From Play Store For Violating Developer Distribution Agreement [techcrunch.com]
• FinSpy Software Used To Surveil Activists Around The World [huffingtonpost.com]
• With User Profiles Still In Testing, Netflix’s Social Sharing Feature Makes No Sense [techcrunch.com]
• Blue Coat, Skype and QQ named despots' best friends - Reporters Without Borders slams "enemies of the internet" [theregister.co.uk]
• What's most important? Bandwidth over kilo-miles, or milli-watts? IBM, AT&T brainboxes beg to differ [theregister.co.uk]
• Rumor Mill: T-Mobile to launch handset trade-in program in shift to Value plans [fiercewireless.com]
• Networking Battles to Run the World [nytimes.com]
• Google Hastens to Show Its Concern for Privacy [nytimes.com]

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• Verizon to use cable spectrum for LTE starting this year [cnet.com]
• Fears over spectrum shortage allayed by HSPA+ and LTE [fiercewireless.com]
• Point Topic Claim Residential Demand for 1Gbps Fibre Broadband is Low [ispreview.co.uk]
• Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Z10 goes on sale March 28th, pre-orders begin tomorrow [theverge.com]
• LTE Market Nearly Doubling in 2013 [businesswire.com]
• Fast, unlimited wireless at last? What a combined T-Mobile-MetroPCS means to you [theverge.com]
• Wireless carriers stand to make a killing by tracking your every move [bgr.com]
• More Hotels Embrace Free Wi-Fi in Lobbies [newsfactor.com]
• Security Leader Says U.S. Would Retaliate Against Cyberattacks [nytimes.com]
• Samsung Targets Galaxy 4 at Apple’s Core IPhone Market [bloomberg.com]
• Verizon Wireless making a push for global LTE roaming [fiercewireless.com]

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• Netflix intros a dedicated ISP speed index page to highlight streaming champions [engadget.com]
• OTT services beneficial to 'dumb pipe' ISPs [zdnet.com]
• AT&T's Network Has Fastest 4G LTE Speeds [prnewswire.com]
• 4G UK: Operators say ‘no' to unlimited data plans, except for Three [neowin.net]
• "Zero TV” Households Now At 5 Million, Says Nielsen, Up From 3 Million In 2007, But Still Just 5% Of Market [techcrunch.com]
• Can anyone turn streaming music into a real business? [theverge.com]
• Watching a Video on Your Phone? You’re Probably Using an iPhone, Not an Android [allthingsd.com]
• Earthquake killed your network? Satellite-over-balloon to the rescue! [theregister.co.uk]
• How UK gov's 'growth' measures are already killing the web [theregister.co.uk]
• PS Vita fire sale in Sony stores could signal plans to axe 3G model [theverge.com]

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• Fiber to drive global broadband revenue growth to 2018 [telecoms.com]
• No cash for broadband: Europe's super-fast future torpedoed by budget cuts [zdnet.com]
• Hold off updating your iPhone 4S to iOS 6.1, European carriers warn customers [gigaom.com]
• AT&T: We didn't execute well on T-Mobile deal [fiercewireless.com]
• United Airlines adds Wi-Fi for overseas flights [latimes.com]
• Cellular carriers seek smooth handoffs from LTE to 3G [pcworld.com]
• Google: Self-driving cars in 3-5 years. Feds: Not so fast [extremetech.com]
• At least two-thirds mobile traffic will be video by 2017, Total mobe data shifted doubled during 2012 - Cisco report [theregister.co.uk]
• IP Address Snapshots Not Sufficient Evidence To File Infringement Suit; Prenda Lawyer Faces Sanctions [techdirt.com]
• NTIA will hand out $121.5M to aid FirstNet effort [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• Vehicles and mobility are converging but fragmentation, lack of standards may hinder progress [fiercewireless.com]

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Like several United States telcos, UK telco British Telecom called running fiber to the home "premature," instead opting to milk copper for as long as possible. Also like telcos here, British Telecom has been a master at getting subsidies for doing very little, recently nabbing a £1bn public subsidy ($1,612,914,393) if they promised to expand their network (mostly FTTN) to another 12 million customers.

• Subscriber data from Internet service providers [MSNBC.com]
• Six Dead – Or Dying –'Cable Killers' [lightreading.com]
• Former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin lobbies for LightSquared [pcadvisor.co.uk]
• EU Commissioner Warns Member States to Back Broadband in New Budget [cio.com]
• LTE-enabled iPhone 5 may prompt AT&T customers to jump ship to Verizon [cnet.com]
• Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920, 820 leak onto the Web [cnet.com]
• HP launches first version of Open WebOS in beta [cnet.com]
• EFF Sues to Get Secret Court Rulings Showing Feds Violated Spy Law [wired.com]
• Amazon Is Developing Ad-Supported Tablet [wsj.com]
• Congressional Reps Question Feds Over Botched Domain Seizures [techdirt.com]
• Poor Areas Of K.C. May Miss Google Fiber's First Wave [multichannel.com]
• Wireless Internet successes due to entrepreneurs, not government [fiercewireless.com]
• UK poll: 40% would drop fixed-line broadband for 4G when it becomes available [heraldonline.com]

• FCC to review mobile spectrum ownership [zdnet.com]
• Smartphone storm may climax with iPhone 5 [totaltele.com]
• Bankrupt LightSquared seeks to pay key executives up to $6m in bonuses [totaltele.com]
• Why Johnny can't stream: How video copyright went insane [arstechnica.com]
• O2 looses legal torpedo at Everything Everywhere's UK 4G monopoly [theregister.co.uk]
• TiVo developing cloud-based DVR software for cable operators [fiercecable.com]
• Verizon restores fiber services in Massachusetts, repairs on copper network continue [fiercetelecom.com]
• Ireland unveils national broadband plan: 30Mbps minimum for all [irishtimes.com]
• Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit Against Samsung In Japan [bloomberg.com]
• Spyware Matching FinFisher Can Take Over IPhones, Blackberrys [bloomberg.com]

As ISPs here in the States begin to act as the entertainment industry's Internet baby sitters despite significant problems with their new enforcement plans, a UK scam highlights yet another potential pitfall of these system: scammers. With the UK set to start implementing a three strikes system in 2014, scammers are already hard at work conning users out of cash by using fake copyright violation letters. The poorly written scam letters (did you know that's usually intentional to help weed out smart folks?) claim to be sent by the "Digital Econnomy Act," warning recipients the must immediately pay a £50 fee.

• Will Apple or Google Buy Sprint to Break Into the Wireless Network Biz? [ecommercetimes.com]
• Canadian banks issue landmark NFC payments guidelines that focus on open mobile wallets and consumer data protection [nfcworld.com]
• Nationwide wireless emergency text alert system launching this month [ubergizmo.com]
• Why is UK ISP TalkTalk’s year-old porn filter suddenly big news? [pcpro.co.uk]
• New Report Lists Top 10 Legitimate Sites Blocked by UK Adult Content Filters [ispreview.co.uk]
• Amped Wireless Unveils the Industry's Most Powerful, Long Range, Indoor Wi-Fi Solution [yahoo.com]
• LightSquared’s bankruptcy is Washington’s failure too [gigaom.com]
• Bell Mobility hit with $100-million class-action lawsuit alleging that expiry dates on its pre-paid wireless services are illegal [cbc.ca]
• Clearwire: Our LTE Advanced network will be able to hit 168 Mbps [fiercewireless.com]
• FBI Sounds Alarm on Hotel WiFi Caper [technewsworld.com]
• Why Anonymous ‘might well be the most powerful organization on Earth’ [nationalpost.com]

• FCC launches mobile broadband subsidy to cover more areas [ubergizmo.com]
• White spaces and happy faces: TV stations drop lawsuit against "super WiFi" [arstechnica.com]
• Virgin Media blocks millions of users from accessing Pirate Bay [cbronline.com]
• UK Government Faces £1.1 Billion Broadband Funding Shortfall [techweekeurope.co.uk]
• Google's Street View Snooping: Congressman Wants Investigation [networkworld.com]
• Gartner: Multi-Device Wireless Plans on the Way [cio.com]
• Boingo and Transit Wireless to bring WiFi to NYC subway [slashgear.com]
• Microsoft Researchers say cybercrime loss estimates are a bunch of bunk [networkworld.com]
• Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate) [torrentfreak.com]
• Google's Fiber Makes MPAA Skittish. Why Does Hollywood See All Technology In Terms Of Piracy? [techdirt.com]
• Side Effect of Wireless Broadband Soft Caps: Death? [networkworld.com]
• Man seeks more than $5m in class suit against Apple for alleged ‘double-billing’ in iTunes [thenextweb.com]

A recent high court ruling in the UK has declared that all ISPs there must now block their users from being able to access The Pirate Bay. Virgin Media is not too surprisingly the first to implement filters, which The Guardian notes remains accessible via many of Virgin’s competitiors at the moment. UK ISPs are using DNS filtering, something the folks over at The Pirate Bay note can be easily bypassed any number of ways, ranging from using a VPN to simply changing to Open DNS or Google DNS servers. While imposing filters isn’t going to stop pirates or piracy, the news coverage did act as free advertising for the Pirate Bay -- which broke traffic records this week as news outlets covered the filtering efforts.

• Iran To Shut Down Internet Permanently; 'Clean' National Intranet In Pipeline [ibtimes.com]
• New York hotel stops its WiFi network from inserting code [neowin.net]
• Fifth-Generation Wi-Fi Is Coming: Are You Ready for 802.11ac? [pcworld.com]
• Behind the NetflixPAC: a broadband power play [gigaom.com]
• Wireless Carriers Join Forces To Build Database Of Stolen Phones [huffingtonpost.com]
• CSIRO patent trolls all of America [theregister.co.uk]
• No, Netflix Has NOT Formed A Pro-SOPA SuperPAC [techdirt.com]
• FCC says Boston can regulate Comcast cable rates [fiercecable.com]
• Chrysler announces industry-first in-vehicle wireless charging system [bgr.com]
• AT&T extends union talks after deadline, avoids strike [totaltele.com]

• Think 4G is 10 times faster? Think again [gigaom.com]
• Move over SOPA & PIPA, here comes CISPA [digitaljournal.com]
• The Internet is ruining your brain [shortlist.com]
• How to budget megabytes becomes urgemt for users [nytimes.com]
• 'Don't break the internet': How an idiot's slogan stole your privacy [theregister.co.uk]
• iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management [computerworld.com]
• Ruling in YouTube case could lead to a "new way to attack" content-sharing services [multichannel.com]
• Unlocked iPhones from AT&T may benefit FreedomPop and H2O [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• LTE becoming an M2M prerequisite [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• Hotel Caught Injecting Banner Ads on “Complimentary” Wi-Fi Network [maximunpc.com]
• Is the BlackBerry on the Verge of Downfall? [techvert.com]

• Arizona Politicians Scramble To Adjust Internet Censorship Bill After The Internet Mocks Them For Being Clueless [huffingtonpost.com]
• Verizon dominates today, but which operators will lead in 2016? [fiercewireless.com]
• Obvious Alert: LTE will spur data demand, claim UK mobile retailers [fiercewireless.com]
• MPAA Pretends Dodd Didn't Say That New SOPA Negotiations Were Underway [techdirt.com]
• Former Cybersecurity Czar Thinks DHS Should Spy On All Internet Traffic Crossing Our Borders [nytimes.com]
• Comcast launching HBO Go on Xbox 'early next week' [theverge.com]
• Low-latency networks aren’t just for Wall Street anymore [gigaom.com]
• AT&T to unlock off-contract iPhones starting April 8 [slashgear.com]
• Top secret AT&T HTC One X surfaces, sold on eBay [cnet.com]
• 5 charged for taking teen's kidney in return for iPhone, iPad [cnet.com]
• Is the SMS stronghold being crumbled by slick upstarts? [fiercewireless.com]

• Cable vs. Tellco: Verizon-Cable industry stop competing, forced to collude [broadbandconvergent.com]
• MPAA chief: SOPA and Protect IP back from the grave? [cnet.com]
• LTE-A Will Add to Mobile Broadband Confusion, Heavy Reading Reports [sacbee.com]
• Q4: ILECs bulked up on video, business and broadband [fiercetelecom.com]
• TWC Kansas City: We Have DOCSIS 3 - We're Ready For Google Fiber [multichannel.com]
• Google tablet delayed until July, is Wi-Fi-only [CNet UK]
• Sprint set to offer cure for poor wireless voice quality [computerworld.com]
• New 'Scoreboard' ranks top 20 global operator groups by mobile connections [fiercewireless.com]
• Political expedience on 700 MHz trumps physics, revenue and consumer interests [fiercewireless.com]
• The limitless possibilities of Bluetooth 4.0 [cnet.com]

• With LTE on deck, India primes to leapfrog U.S. in mobile broadband rankings [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• Are Broadband Markets Stagnating? [forbes.com]
• A quarter of the world's households now have Wi-Fi [macworld.com]
• T-Mobile: We use spectrum 50% more efficiently than Verizon in top markets [fiercewireless.com]
• Verizon challenges other carriers' network speeds in '4G throw down' [fiercewireless.com]
• AT&T’s Wi-Fi experiment: Watch ads, get access [gigaom.com]
• Viacom's anti-Google copyright case rises from the dead [theregister.co.uk]
• Geotargeting And The Slippery Slope To Fragmenting The Internet With Localized Censorship [techdirt.com]
• Clearwire, NetZero 4G and the coverage quandary [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• Dish hoping to receive FCC go-ahead by summer's end [fiercebroadbandwireless.com]
• New York State Attorney General Announces Purge of Sex Offenders From Online Games [forbes.com]
• Comcast, TWC Still Bullish On Interactive TV [multichannel.com]

• Apple investigates iPad Wi-Fi issues and replaces affected units [slashgear.com]
• How the Aussie government "invented WiFi" and sued its way to $430 million [arstechnica.com]
• Looks like Apple paid off victim of warrantless 'priceless' iPhone prototype search [networkworld.com]
• Federal court throws out 2010 Colorado law meant to spur online retailers like Amazon to collect state sales tax [denverpost.com]
• South Korea tops in home WiFi, followed by UK; US way down on list [reghardware.com]
• The trouble with wi-fi on airline flights [ottawacitizen.com]
• China's 1 Billion: Just a Stat [lightreading.com]
• Tribune, DirecTV Hammer Out A Deal [multichannel.com]
• Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting [arstechnica.com]
• Neil Young Trademarks New HD Audio Format [rollingstone.com]
• Court Says Sony Is Free To Change Its Terms Of Service Because Accessing PSN Is A Choice [techdirt.com]

• Are you down with OTT? [paidcontent.org]
• Sprint quietly confirms LTE will be unlimited [techhog.com]
• Colorado lawmakers back Dish Networks' wireless case against FCC [Denver Business Journal]
• 'Netflix for magazines' released [allthingsd.com]
• Many complaining about poor iPad 3 Wi-Fi reception/performance; tests performed by staff in Apple stores allegedly show it too [reghardware.com]
• Businesses could be liable for criminal offences under proposed EU cyber attack laws [out-law.com]
• Wi-fi wars! It’s a battle to offer net on the go [thisislondon.co.uk]
• Will ISPs beat Fair Use to death with infringement clubs? [computerworld.com]
• Xbox 360 credit card slurp alert under fire; sniffing wiped private info not possible, says Microsoft [theregister.co.uk]
• Update of Android malware uses exploit to take over [cnet.com]
• Surprise: Microsoft makes list of top 20 Linux kernel contributors [geekwire.com]

• Which cities have the fastest Internet in America? [smartplanet.com]
• Some in New Zealand government calling for espionage investigation into Chinese broadband company Huawei after Aussie NBN ban [3news.co.nz]
• AT&T Redefines the Meaning of 'Unlimited' Data Plan [cio-today.com]
• Row 44 Now Offers In-Flight Video-on-Demand for Any Airline Worldwide [streetinsider.com]
• Apple offers 4G iPad refunds over Australian LTE confusion [slashgear.com]
• T-Mobile battles the subsidy beast (by raising prices) [gigaom.com]
• RapidShare Declared Legal In Court, With a Twist [torrentfreak.com]
• New UK broadband advertising rules restrict speed claims and 'unlimited' services [broadbandgenie.co.uk]
• Verizon Envisions 4G Wireless in Just about Anything [technologyreview.com]
• Here's How Law Enforcement Cracks Your iPhone's Security Code [forbes.com]
• Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Return to the UK [torrentfreak.com]
• A surge in learning the language of the Internet [nytimes.com]
• Comcast now offering business customers fully managed VoIP service, eliminates the need for on-site phone systems [multichannel.com]

• Austin, TX tops San Francisco in download speed study; Fort Worth & El Paso TX at bottom of list [smeet.org]
• The Solution To The Wireless Spectrum Shortage: More Wires [forbes.com]
• Public Knowledge asks FCC to investigate data-capped broadband plans; Urges FCC to ask why caps are necessary and how consumers are affected by them [broadcastingcable.com]
• Why 2012 Is LTE’s ‘Breakout’ Year [cable360.net]
• Wi-Fi is more important than ever, but standards are lacking [fiercewireless.com]
• Clearwire CFO Lays Out Trump Card: Capacity [wirelessweek.com]
• 2012: The year of the App-ocalypse? [cnet.com]
• Sprint needs - and can handle - next iPhone, analyst says [Kansas City Business Journal]
• Report: Operators cut handset subsidies to safeguard data revenue gains [fiercewireless.com]
• ValCom sues Megaupload for up to $900 million in damages [thenextweb.com]
• Massive Conflict Of Interests In ICANN Called Out By CEO, Start To Get Some Attention [techdirt.com]
• US broadcasters put the squeeze on small-town cable TV [theregister.co.uk]
• Facebook says it may launch legal action against employers who ask for user passwords [thenextweb.com]