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Verizon Wireless is making a big announcement in New York on Tuesday. Could the news be the long-awaited Verizon iPhone? On Friday, the company sent reporters an invitation to a press event hosted by Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s chief operating officer. The event, which will take place at Lincoln Center, is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET. (That’s 1/11/11 at …

Editor’s note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. LAS VEGAS–Attendees at a standing-room-only debate over Net neutrality were treated to a rare occurrence at the Consumer Electronics Show: consensus. Unfortunately, the only thing that Federal Communications Commission and congressional officials, along with representatives from industry and public interest groups, could agree on was that the fight …