Broadband Surf Report: Feb. 28

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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