12:40 PM -- Lots going on this morning...

• EchoStar to Buy Sling Media
  
  
• Reminder: The Person of the Year poll closes on September 28. Cast your vote right here.
  
  
• I might go down to Fair Park to witness Time Warner Cable's next-gen TV efforts later this week. Oct. 1 sounds like a good day.
  
  
• Is it really retro or futuristic when Calix Goes for 1-Gig ONTs?
  
  
• It may not result in world peace, but Google's Building Unity Underseas.
  
  
• The deadline for entering the Leading Lights awards is September 28. Check out this site to get all the details on the awards, the venue, and the exciting evening we have planned: http://www.lightreading.com/leadinglights.
  
  
• Even wireless carriers appreciate the value of a good,old-fashioned,wired connection. At least that's what we're to assume when we hear that Orange Uses BT Fixed Lines.

— Phil Harvey, Barely Managing Editor, Light Reading