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Events over the past few weeks have made many participants at this week's Voice on the Net conference nervous. But regulators at the Federal Communications Commission are offering assurances that the long arm of the U.S. government will not embrace network favoritism.

A key moment came when the FCC slapped a $15,000 fine on Madison River Communication, a Mebane, N.C., telco that has become firma non grata among VON attendees for blocking VoIP providers from accessing its network. VoIP, which lets people make voice calls over an Internet pipe, is seen as a competitive threat to … Read more

Our daily look at telecom stories around the Web, heavy today on the VON conference news:

VOIP port blocking draws congressional interest--eWeek

Don't expect telecom reform in '05, VON panelists say--Networking Pipeline

Small telecom carriers focus on providing choices--Infoworld

VoIP outage mania: CallVantage, Lingo, Vonage outages--Broadband Reports

VON: Consumers not thrilled by cheap VoIP--Telephony Online

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Cisco steps up plans for Airespace products--eWeek

Applications ease VoIP management--eWeek

Cell TV: Vegging out in front of the phone--Wired

Quick and painless Wi-Fi security--PC Magazine

Bell Canada to offer 'naked' DSL--The Toronto Star

Survey: 52 percent of enterprises already use VoIP--Networking Pipeline

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The MCI merger saga continues. Now MCI's largest shareholder is weighing in, and he doesn??t seem happy.

Carlos Slim Helu, dubbed the richest man in Latin America by Forbes, filed a form with the Securities and Exchange Commission saying that he has taken an "active interest" in merger talks between Verizon Communications and Qwest Communications International, and he has urged MCI's board to "maximize value for the owners of common shares."

The Wall Street Journal reported that a spokesman for the billionaire said he viewed both the Verizon and Qwest offers as too … Read more

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Hotspot consolidation: SBC roams with Airpath and Boingo--

Texas bill would ban free wireless networks--Houston Chronicle

Startup's chip integrates wireless, wired networks--Infoworld

Nokia drops plans to develop fuel cells--Associated Press

Cingular tweaks family plans to boost its revenue--Investor's Business Daily

Illinois anti-municipal broadband bill delayed--Muni Wireless

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DSL surge still can't catch cable modems--Networking Pipeline

Technology plays satellite radio on cell phones --Mobile Pipeline

Nokia launches mobile trio--Newsfactor

Siemens sees mobile phone activities in red at start of 2005--AFP

Illinois anti-municipal broadband bill delayed--Muni Wireless

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Our daily look at telecom news around the Web (Paris Hilton-free!):

Costa Rica may criminalize VoIP--Techweb

Wireless companies turn their eyes to TV--Investor's Business Daily

Facial recognition secures cell phones--PC World

Mobile spam alert: Covering the same report, Information Week notes that wireless spam has doubled and Telephony Online's jaw drops on hearing that it totals 43 percent of all text messages.

Public Wi-Fi networks slow to take off at airports--USA Today

Skype delivers text messaging for global wireless networks--Newsfactor

Cablevision's Voom deal falls through--The Street

Pre-WiMAX ISP to trial citywide voice service… Read more

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Why your broadband sucks: Telecom toadies (ahem, state officials) stifle competition to keep prices high--Wired

Louisiana fiber and 'economic blackmail'? BellSouth clarifies call center comments--Broadband Reports

Big telecom takes on public-sector competition--Associated Press via Networking Pipeline

Motorola's mesh cloud links police cruisers--Daily Wireless

Motorola merges its plan for faster Wi-Fi--PC World via Yahoo

Known hole aided T-Mobile breach--Wired

Mobile marketing comes to North America--TechNewsWorld

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Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Researcher questions demand for mobile TV--Mobile Pipeline

Skype users may soon be sending text messages--Infoworld

China walks out of WLAN security talks--EE Times

Mobile users get touchy with their feelings--Hindustan Times

BellSouth: Lay fiber, we yank jobs -- Louisiana exec issues employment threat--Broadband Reports rounds up the lastest.

NYC Council adopts resolution to provide broadband to affordable housing residents--Yahoo has the press release.

The state of handhelds & VoIP--Wi-Fi Planet

NTT develops hydrogen fuel cell for mobile phones--Infoworld

Spam arrives on a new front: Instant messaging… Read more