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- Buying on Web to avoid sales taxes could end soon With the recession pummeling states' budgets, their governments increasingly want to fill the gaps by collecting taxes on Internet sales.
- Verizon lights up second I-87 cell tower Two of 13 towers online, with two more to be turned on by January.
- New cell tower activated along Adirondack highway Verizon Wireless has activated the first of a dozen planned cell phone towers along the Adirondack Northway to fill a nearly 50-mile service gap.
- Study: Communications key to Northern Forest economy People who live in northern New England and New York should have the same cell-phone and Internet access as residents of Boston or New York City, according to the Northern Forest Sustainable Economy Initiative.
- APA approves 5th I-87 cell tower this year Verizon tower will fill in three-mile dead zone near Poke-o-moonshine Mountain.
- Mohawk tribe eyes its own broadband network Tribal Council says the American Indian community could save $300,000 a year, create 30 to 40 jobs and enhance the quality of life for its members.
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Broadband network continues to move forward
Phase one of the CBN Connect broadband network will involve construction of its core ring.
- Tech Bits: Flash upgrade; Tesla Motors; Fiber Internet Adobe releases Flash upgrade that helps Google "see" Flash content; Tax break persuades Tesla Motors to keep building vehicles in Calif.; Report: Fiber Internet adds more subscribers worldwide than cable.
- TECHBITS: Smart binoculars; Podcasts; Touch controls Smart binoculars for the military; Reaching students via podcast; Eye and touch controls for consumer electronics.
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FCC chief lays out plan for cell phone fees
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out a plan Thursday to regulate the high fees that cellular phone companies charge consumers for canceling their contracts early.
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