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Rumors have been floating around for at least six months that the FCC might change the definition of “broadband” actually to mean the real high-speed connections we need access to in the real world — and now it looks like they finally are.
The FCC has to provide a report on the state of broadband deployment in the U.S. to Congress every year. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler circulated the draft of the most recent version to the rest of the Commission this week, and it finally ups the stakes, as Ars Technica reports, defining broadband as a connection that pulls a download speed of 25 Mbps or greater, and an upload speed of at least 3 Mbps.
Wheeler said in a speech back in September that the current benchmark of 4 Mbps is insufficient for modern use, so it’s not a surprise that he’s moving to increase the minimum threshold. However, it was unclear whether Wheeler would set the benchmark at 10 Mbps or shoot for the higher 25 Mbps standard. It appears the FCC is going with the latter.
In their draft report, the FCC also finds that broadband deployment across the U.S. is incredibly uneven, and that rural customers are the ones who suffer most, as the map above shows.
Roughly 55 million Americans lack access to 25 Mbps service, the FCC says. 22 million of those are rural customers, representing over half (53%) of the population of rural America. It’s not that folks on the farm don’t want to watch House of Cards just as much as their urban brethren do, though; it’s that the services are simply not provided where they live. The figures are even worse on Tribal lands, where 63% of residents don’t have access to 25 Mbps broadband.
Even for those of us who do already have access to 25 Mbps, though, there are still challenges. A government report released last month echoes the FCC’s findings, saying that roughly 86% of Americans have access to 25 Mbps speeds from at least one provider — but it also shows the bad news: only 37% of us have a choice between even two providers in a local duopoly, and only a bare 9% of the country lives in a place with at least three providers actually competing to provide service at that speed.
ISPs are not exactly all in favor of this move. AT&T and Verizon — both companies that run slower, older, DSL networks — both objected to Wheeler’s remarks earlier this fall, basically calling the FCC’s average usage estimates bunk. 4 Mbps is perfectly fine for almost everyone, the companies argued, despite the fact that even streaming your basic HD program on Netflix needs a 5 Mbps connection, to say nothing of a multi-user household with multiple devices.
The full draft report has not been made public, but the final version will be available once to the FCC has voted on it.
Only 25Mbps and up will qualify as broadband under new FCC definition [Ars Technica]
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The Kodak smart lens aims to turn consumers’ smartphones into professional grade photographic machines.
Because most consumers carry around their smartphones everywhere they go, it makes sense to whip it out at the first sign of a picture-perfect moment.
While consumers’ ever-increasing use of smartphones as cameras has no doubt changed the way phone makers have designed their devices, it has also forced traditional camera companies to rethink their products.
Emily Wong, Kodak Pix Pro assistant manager of marketing, admits that the company has struggled to address consumers’ fondness for smartphone cameras in the past, but that’s changing.
“We started building a lot of products with WiFi that fit into everyone’s needs,” she says. “We’re taking the smartphone and extending the function.”
To do that, the company created the Pixpro SL10 Smart Lens, a 10x or 25x optical zoom lens that snaps onto a smartphone to produce high-quality photographs.
“Smartphones are great for the everyday shot because they are convenient, but for special events like weddings and sporting events you need more,” Steve Parsons, business director for digital devices for Kodak tells Consumerist.
In addition to the smartphone lens, Kodak introduced the C360 video camera – a GoPro like device that allows users to take full circle video while out and about.
The Nikon D5500 comes with built-in WiFi to make uploading photos to smartphones easier.
The new D5500, a DSLR camera with WiFi and remote capabilities, allows the consumer to connect directly to their smartphone for easier transfers, Steve Heiner, senior technical manager for Nikon tells Consumerist.
“It brings quality and convenience to all areas,” he says.
Unlike previous Nikon cameras, where consumers had to purchase a $60 connector to enable WiFi, the latest cameras come with the technology built in. Additionally, the D5500 can turn your smartphone into type of remote – through the Nikon app, of course.
For example if a user is assembling a large family photo, the feature allows them to use the smartphone to view what the camera is seeing and to press a button to snap the photograph.
Margaret Piemonte, a representative for Canon, tells Consumerist that the company is focusing on consumers’ desire to seamlessly share and store their photos.
“We’re constantly trying to evolve and give people the option to back-up and share,” she says.
Canon introduced a hub-like photo sharing machine called the Canon Connect Station – CS100 during CES.
This week, Canon is focusing on the CS100, a hub-like device that allows users to store, share and view their photos on any device.
In addition to the connect station, the company has also put its focus on cameras equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, that allows devices to transfer photos with a simple tap.
While the products being shilled by Kodak, Nikon and Cannon all aim to capitalize on the popularity of smartphone cameras, the convenience provided by them will cost consumers a pretty penny.
The Kodak Smart Lens costs $229 for the 10x zoom and $299 for a 25x zoom, while the SP360 camera sells for about $350.
Over at Nikon the new D5500 will run consumers between $1,000 to $1,200 depending on the accessories and kit purchased.
The Cannon CS100 will be available for purchase in June for about $299.
So, while the companies are attempting to stay relevant, the high cost of their products – rivaling the price of a new smartphone – might make it difficult to convince consumers they need these new products to up their photography game.
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The key question in the federal case, Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk et al., was whether the time that workers (in an Amazon order fulfillment center, in this specific case) spend waiting in line for security checks before they leave work and time they spend being checked is “integral and indispensable” to their jobs. That’s the language in a 1956 Supreme Court ruling: that case involved butchers who demanded to be paid for time spent sharpening the knives that they used to do their jobs.
Bloomberg Businessweek reports that other companies, including retail stores, have faced similar lawsuits regarding the question of whether employees should be paid for security checks. The Busk ruling is clear and favors businesses: since the employees are not hired to stand in lines or undergo security checks, doing so is not part of their jobs. That’s federal law, though. State laws may differ, and the statute in California does.
California’s Supreme Court ruled almost 15 years ago that while federal law might limit what activities an employee can be paid for while at work, states can set a different standard if they want to. California’s statute says that employees must be paid for any time they spend “under the control of an employer.” If someone is required to wait for a security check before leaving the store where they work, they are still under the employer’s control. In the 2000 ruling, California’s Supremes explained that “an employee who is subject to an employer’s control does not have to be working during that time to be compensated.” They can be waiting for a supervisor to check their purse, or waiting for their backpack to roll down a conveyor belt.
Other states have similar statutes, and the lawyer who argued Busk has lawsuits based on state law ongoing in California and three other states. If the state courts agree that workers are eligible for pay, that could become very expensive for retailers that are currently making employees wait off the clock.
Apple and Amazon’s Unpaid Security Checks Face a New Challenge in State Courts [Bloomberg Businessweek]
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