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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Who can we rely on to act in support of the (global) public interest--IBM, Google, Facebook, AT&T, the USG, "the market"….?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mobileactive-discuss@googlegroups.com [mailto:mobileactive-discuss@googlegroups.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Katrin Verclas<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Stanford tech list List; MobileActive-discuss<br><b>Subject:</b> [MobileActive Discuss] Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy- Bloomberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>A smart rant by Susan Crawford on telco policy and the impotent Federal Communication Commission. Important lessons here - not just for the US.<o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-15/why-cell-phones-went-dead-after-hurricane-sandy.html">http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-15/why-cell-phones-went-dead-after-hurricane-sandy.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google<br>Groups "MobileActive-discuss" group.<br>To post to this group, send email to<br><a href="mailto:mobileactive-discuss@googlegroups.com">mobileactive-discuss@googlegroups.com</a><br>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to<br><a href="mailto:mobileactive-discuss+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">mobileactive-discuss+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a><br>For more options, visit this group at<br><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/mobileactive-discuss?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/mobileactive-discuss?hl=en</a><br> <br>MobileActive.org: A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>