* VC investment in ISP and 'Net comms start-ups at lowest level since 1997
Sears to run voice, data, video over MPLS-based network.
* Asia-Pacific is biggest user of broadband Internet access
* Report: Broadband to remain primarily a residential service over next few years
* Telstra's capabilities in the U.S.
* Australia's Telstra wins $8.4 million MPLS outsourcing deal with Hyatt
Home networks move beyond linking PCs . . . Try heating the spa on the way home.
* VC Gary Morgenthaler explains his view of the service provider market
* What attracted Morgenthaler Ventures to Force 10 Networks, Inkra, Voltage