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		<title>The FCC&#8217;s other big vote: small cities await their broadband fate</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/25/the-fccs-other-big-vote-small-cities-await-their-broadband-fate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 05:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big battle over net neutrality will go to a vote on Thursday but, for many people in small cities, it's the other item on the agenda that matters most: whether the agency will allow&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A year later, is the huge Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal doomed?</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/14/a-year-later-is-the-huge-comcast-time-warner-cable-deal-doomed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year ago, Comcast, the largest cable provider in the country announced it would buy Time Warner Cable, the nation's second largest cable provider, in a deal valued at $45 billion&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Routing breakthrough could boost long haul capacity by 40 percent</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/12/routing-breakthrough-could-boost-long-haul-capacity-by-40-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/12/routing-breakthrough-could-boost-long-haul-capacity-by-40-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Submarine communications cable]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combining the long haul fiber optic networks with IP transit routing networks could help telecom operators save 40 percent in costs or could let them boost their network capacity by the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sonic brings gigabit service to the East Bay&#8217;s Brentwood</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/12/sonic-brings-gigabit-service-to-the-east-bays-brentwood/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/12/sonic-brings-gigabit-service-to-the-east-bays-brentwood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sonic, the regional ISP that is transitioning from a copper-based DSL and telephone company to a fiber-to-the-home provider, has announced plans to expand its fiber construction to Brentwood, a Silicon Valley&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>UK&#8217;s BT lays out gigabit broadband plans with a hint of a threat</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/30/uks-bt-lays-out-gigabit-broadband-plans-with-a-hint-of-a-threat/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/30/uks-bt-lays-out-gigabit-broadband-plans-with-a-hint-of-a-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BT is stepping up its superlatives. "Superfast" broadband speeds are so 2014 – now the British telecoms giant is planning a shift to "ultrafast" broadband of up to 500 megabits per&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Google Fiber coming to four more cities</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/27/google-fiber-coming-to-four-more-cities/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/27/google-fiber-coming-to-four-more-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey Higginbotham]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Google has since confirmed that it will expand to 18 cities within the four metro areas below, with construction to start "within several months," according to Dennis Kish, the VP&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Switch to build huge data center near Tesla battery factory</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/16/switch-to-build-huge-data-center-near-tesla-battery-factory/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/16/switch-to-build-huge-data-center-near-tesla-battery-factory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Fehrenbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[switch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stretch of land that will house Tesla's new massive battery factory just outside of Reno, Nevada, will become home to another very large customer: what's being billed as the world's&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the unofficial U.S. Ambassador to Cuba: The internet</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/17/meet-the-unofficial-u-s-ambassador-to-cuba-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/17/meet-the-unofficial-u-s-ambassador-to-cuba-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has instructed U.S. Secretary of State of John Kerry to reopen the U.S. embassy in Cuba after more than 50 years, but Obama will be sending something else to Cuba&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>NYC unveils its pay phone Wi-Fi plan, promising 10,000 hotspots</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/17/nyc-unveils-its-pay-phone-wi-fi-plan-promising-10000-hotspots/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/17/nyc-unveils-its-pay-phone-wi-fi-plan-promising-10000-hotspots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYC has selected CityBridge, a consortium of companies including Qualcomm and Transit Wireless, to replace up to 10,000 outdoor pay phones in all five boroughs with slick new internet stations called Links.]]></description>
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		<title>The hardest part about Google Fiber isn&#8217;t digging ditches, but buying TV rights</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/06/the-hardest-part-about-google-fiber-isnt-digging-ditches-but-buying-tv-rights/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/06/the-hardest-part-about-google-fiber-isnt-digging-ditches-but-buying-tv-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janko Roettgers]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gigaom.com/?p=878748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You thought that building out all that physical infrastructure is what has been slowing down Google Fiber's expansion? Think again: Google Fiber head Milo Medin has called TV rights the "the single&#8230;]]></description>
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