Dutch wireline telephony lines rise in Q2; Google employs Avail-TVN to deliver TV content

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> California consumers went on an Amazon.com shopping spree before the sales tax deadline. Article

> Dutch wireline telephony lines rose by a net of 47,000 in Q2 2012 to 6.08 million. Article

> Google employs Avail-TVN to deliver the content for its Fiber broadband TV service in Kansas City. Article

> Here's the list of rural hospital broadband grant winners. Post

And finally … Vonage reports that voice mail use dropped 8 percent in the past year. Article