January 9th, 2009
Communication
Samueli is leaving his guilty plea in place as he pursues the appeal, his attorney, Gordon Greenberg, said Tuesday during a hearing in U.S. District Court before U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney.
In June, Samueli pleaded guilty to lying to investigators from the Securities and Exchange Commission about backdating at Broadcom.
He made the plea under a deal with federal prosecutors that would have let him pay $12 million and get probation instead of prison.
Carney rejected the deal as too lenient, saying he did not want the public to think the billionaire owner of the NHL Anaheim Ducks could buy justice.
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November 26th, 2008
Communication
“Im certainly concerned with the increasing cable prices that consumers are facing,” Martin said. “They are getting less and being charged the same or more.”
The FCC wrote to Verizon and 11 cable companies last month about their practice of moving analog channels into digital tiers to free up bandwidth for other uses, such as high-definition channels.
To watch channels that have been moved, subscribers to analog service must either subscribe to a more expensive digital tier, rent a digital set-top box or use an adapter, which service providers are starting to offer for free.
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October 1st, 2008
Communication
Regulators in New York have found problems with the fiber installations taking place in the big apple. They cited issues with electricity at junction boxes witch could give the end user a jolt greater that their monthly cable bill. Lagging behind several nations in high speed communication, united states communications providers have finally started deploying systems such as Verison’s FiOS.
Poorly grounded equipment or cables could give electrical shocks or start fires, but there have been no reports of FiOS equipment causing harm to people or property, Verizon said.
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