Verizon anxious to fight for government accounts; Committee tackles NYC’s digital divide

Opinion
May 11, 20071 min

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Verizon anxious to fight for government accounts, 05/09/07:  Verizon Business says it’s ready to take on as much of the federal government’s business as it can win.

Committee tackles NYC’s digital divide, 05/09/07:  Providing affordable or free broadband access to a city of more than 8 million is a daunting task. But a movement spearheaded by New York Councilwoman Gail Brewer aims to do just that, and taking a different tack from other U.S. cities trying to build metropolitan Wi-Fi networks.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for IPv6 ‘killer app’:  Author Expert blogger Jeff Doyle writes: “I’ve done countless media interviews about IPv6, and among the first questions is invariably, ‘What is the ‘killer app’ for IPv6?’ The answer: ‘There isn’t one.’”

Enter to win Routing TCP/IP Vols I and II:  We have 15 copies each of both volumes of Jeff Doyle’s Routing TCP/IP book, renowned as a must-have resource for network managers troubleshooting IP routing problems, to give away. Also, check out Jeff’s blog at Cisco Subnet.