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There’s no real innovation in telecom

October 25, 2007

Telecom has, generally speaking, become a zero-sum game. In fact it probably always was, despite numerous attempts by governments at deregulation. The fact of the matter is that even today, full-duplex voice conversations between two parties is almost entirely controlled by a cabal of international telecom companies, both wireless and wireline, who manipulate [...]

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The Bell Tolls For Thee, Mr. Ebbers…

October 8, 2002

Ah, the infamous staple of American justice: the plea bargain. As various lieutenants cop to minor pleas and agree to help to indict the guy Eliot Spitzer really wants — Bernie Ebbers.
-Ian.
— http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncidR8&e=1&cidR8&u=/ap/ 20021008/ap_on_bi_ge/worldcom_plea Ex-WorldCom Executive Pleads Guilty Tue Oct 8, 8:14 AM ET
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK [...]

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The Rise And Fall of Bernie Ebbers

May 1, 2002

—— Forwarded Message From: Jeff Pulver Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 15:33:25 -0400 (EDT) To: Ian Andrew Bell Subject: Being that this was a Canada paper, I thought you might enjoy this…
Hey Ian,
Sometimes they print the stuff you just don’t expect them to…Jeff
———- Forwarded message ———- The Rise and Fall [...]

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