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Racks of telecommunications equipment in part of a data center. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) IP telephony: a revolution for structured cabling systems | PC Tech Magazine :  "The need for power over UTP: Today’s phones are fully functional during power outages , but emergency power units are not available for most of the data network equipment . Once the two applications are running on the same network, powering some –if not all –active network equipment will be required. Therefore, IP telephony–ready structured cabling systems will need a plan to power active devices during a power outage. Power over UTP will be a critical technology used to achieve this goal." Related articles Action Communication Helps You for Better Connectivity VoIP: Design Your Communications Infrastructure Hitachi to Reorganize IP Telephony-related Products Business for Information & Telecommunication Systems Company Install High Quality Business Telephone Systems from Action Communica...

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A schematic illustrating how FTTx architectures vary — with regard to the distance between the optical fiber and the end-user. The building on the left is the central office; that on the right is one of the buildings served by the central office. Dotted rectangles represent separate living or office spaces within the same building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Stockholm and Leverett: Case Studies in Fiber Deployment :  "A recap: Fiber to the home deployments in America will bring both direct and indirect economic benefits to the country in the form of new and better access to new jobs, the creation of new businesses, increased home values, better access to healthcare, improved educational resources, and more effective government services. But even though FTTH is routine and inexpensive in cities in countries like Sweden and South Korea (and prices for fiber connections are far lower in Seoul , Amsterdam , Olso , Copenhagen , Paris , Stockholm, and Singapore than t...

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Verizon Eliminates Free Backup Batteries - Consumer Reports News :  "The company said that as of early as December, new FiOS customers who want a backup battery will have to pay a one-time charge of $29.99, buy it elsewhere, or do without. During a blackout, FiOS customers without a battery, household generator, or other type of backup power system will lose their landline voice service, including access to emergency 911. (Read our generator buying guide.) Verizon’s decision comes about 14 months after Superstorm Sandy knocked out power to millions of homes and disrupted cell phone service in widespread areas. “We will no longer provide the free 12-volt lead-acid battery. We’ll begin the policy later this month or early January,” said Verizon spokesman William Kula. New FiOS business customers will continue to receive a free battery, at least for the time being."

ADVOCACY: Doing for clean energy what John Muir did for preservation -- Monday, December 9, 2013 -- www.eenews.net : "Part of the Sierra Club's modern work on the legislative front also involves dipping its toes into the recently successful push to reform Senate rules that lead to filibusters and holdups of nominations, as well as voting rights. To that end, the club was a co-founder earlier this year of the Democracy Initiative along with Communication Workers of America, Greenpeace and the NAACP. It jumped into the immigration debate this year and also launched an internal democracy program this past summer. "This is about access, and if our voice is being drowned out at the ballot box, that hurts all of us," said Courtney Hight, the organization's new democracy director." ...ero.

Why is Google Funding Grover Norquist, Heritage Action and ALEC? | Alternet :  "Google has a distinctively progressive image, but in March 2012 it hired former Republican member of the House of Representatives, Susan Molinari as its Vice President of Public Policy and Government Relations. According to the  New York Times, Molinari is being “paid handsomely to broaden the tech giant’s support beyond Silicon Valley Democrats and to lavish money and attention on selected Republicans.”"

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