Cable companies top rankings for SMB services; Paetec CEO lays out cloud, data center strategy

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> Bowman Consulting Group will employ tw telecom's Ethernet services to connect 14 locations across four states. Release

> Cox, Cablevision and Comcast scored high marks with SMBs on J.D. Power and Associates' rankings, but Verizon and AT&T continued to dominate the enterprise market. Article

> Orange and Canal+ are reworking their video services joint venture, reports Reuters citing a La Tribune article. Article

> Nokia Siemens Networks wins TM Forum's Solution Excellence Award 2011 for its approach to field service management. Release

> Dish and DirecTV, whose merger proposal over 10 years ago was squashed by regulators, may be talking again about merging in the wake of Comcast's NBCU merger approval. Article

And finally ... Paetec CEO Arunas Chesonis lays out the details of the CLEC's plans to add an additional 13 data centers to support services in 2012. Article