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- FCC's Net neutrality push: Is wireless access different?
- Stop coddling wireless companiesThey are no longer fledgling upstarts but the new normal. It is simply mind-boggling why they get away with a much looser regulatory framework than landlines. Why is it, for instance, that you do not have a choice of carrier for international calls the way you do...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- 20% of U.S. households shun landlines, go mobile-only
- 20% of U.S. households shun landlines, go mobile-onlyWould you drop your landline and go mobile-only?Would you drop your landline and go mobile-only?Tell us in TalkBack.No - its just not cost effective..Instead I have opted to tell Verizon Local good-bye and hello to Broadvoice a VoIP Telephony company. This is great...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- HD Telephony: The Next Big Step?
- How much will you pay to sound great on the phone? That's the question Jeff Pulver and crew will need to answer when vendors and customers meet at the upcoming HD VoIP Summit in New York later this month. Sit in on any conversation over...
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Cable’s Conundrum: Does It Need Wireless?
- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The iPhone has been the object of the creation of more applications than any other platform, Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts noted on stage today at the 2009 Cable Show. Now, Skype is available on the iPhone. Besides Skype, there are and will be...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Underwater Cloud Break
- In my previous post I discussed how historically railways were the supply chain backbone of the US economy as was the case with many other nations 120 years ago. Globally the internet is remarkably similar today: although we tend to think of it...
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- This Recession, The Internet Is More Important Than TV
- In past recessions, downcast consumers could still be counted on to come home, plunk down in their chairs and watch TV, to escape from the clutches of economic doldrums. And pay their TV bills, because cable at home was cheaper than going out to the movies....
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- LiMo, dude, where's my Internet?
- LiMo, dude, where's my Internet?Get a real phone, er a whatsthemajigNokia [url=http://www.opentoanything.com/]Open to anything[/url]RE: LiMo, dude, where's my Internet?LiMo wasn't formed to combat the iPhone (which didn't exist at the time), it was formed to combat Windows Mobile and Symbian. YOU may want an internet terminal (I might, too), but...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- SmartTweaker 2008 (Mobile)
- Smart Tweaker the ultimate Windows Mobile tuning utility !SmartTweaker provides dozens of tweaks and software solutions for improving the functionality of your Windows Mobile Smartphone. An extremely popular application for its low price and the broad range of useful modifications it offers."The folks over at Jooping know these devices well...
- Software downloads 2008-06-23
- The harsh reality of suburban broadband
- Like millions of other Americans and many of New York City's "bridge and tunnel" crowd, I live in the 'burbs. While I do a great deal of travel for my full time job, I am also classified as a "mobile" employee, so I'm not formally attached to an office --...
- Blog posts 2008-06-22
- WDM/CWDM/DWDM: Segmentation Primer-Maximizing Capacity for Revenue
- Node segmentation provides a good tool for cable operators to increase targeted ser1ces, such as EOD, Internet data, and telephony. In many cases, cable operators have limited fibers and/or they could reclaim fibers for emerging opportunities such as commercial services. WDMICWDMIDWDM techniques offer better utilization of the existing fiber resources....
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Videotron Offers Its Subscribers Innovative SIP Services
- Videotron is one of the largest Canadian carriers providing telephony, Internet access, television and wireless services to residential and business customers. Recognizing the global Hyperconnectivity megatrend and an inevitable decline in the traditional POTS market, Videotron set about to deliver a comprehensive set of new, in-demand, revenue-generating services. The success...
- Case studies 2008-05-15
- Making the Right Call: Ensuring a Successful IP Telephony Implementation
- The benefits of a converged network seem obvious: not having to create, staff, and run two different networks for voice and data, running just one cable to desktops instead of two, and a reduction in phone tariffs are all good for business. But more interestingly,the converged network introduces a new...
- White papers 2008-03-24
- Is 2008 the year the telcos crack SaaS?
- If the world is converging on The Big Switch to utility computing, then where are the telcos? As utility providers of the access and transmission infrastructure of the Internet, you'd think they'd be at the forefront of the SaaS revolution. But they're not. The history of software-as-a-service â€" especially if...
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- New torrent technology a serial industry killer
- I got the annual notice from my cable company last week.  Some channels in. Some channels out. And if it's something you really like you can bet it's now been pushed to a higher tier, at a higher price. They don't just play...
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Open Source Cars and More
- The Consumer Electronics Show CES might be in full throws this week, but some of the coolest devices may be found off the Net -- blueprints and all. A burgeoning trend in open source hardware is putting up some devices on the Web -- from machines that make anything...
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- Why the GOS will fail
- The GPC with GOS is really quite amazing. I remember feeling pretty frugal early this decade, when I bought a 733 MHz PC with a 40 Gigabyte hard drive for just $700. Here you've got something twice as fast, with twice the storage, for $200 retail. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogs
- Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogsFree Cuba, drop laptops with air cards!Free Cuba, drop laptops with air cards! Let the Cuban people see what has passed them by, revolution via the Internet!spreading democracyProbably the single most significant action the free world could take to bring democratic reform to...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Sprint's WiMax dilemma
- Sprint's WiMax dilemmaWiMax - its our digital democracy - its our digital economyWiMax in the < 1ghz spectrum represents the greatest advancement of the US economy of all time. This is because it is the spectrum that goes through walls, is fully mobile, and because the towers were already built...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Report: Lucrative future for mobile TV
- Report: Lucrative future for mobile TVWiMax - It is Japan - It is USA - It is not EUA colleague returned from Japan with news that mobile TV, interactive TV, wireless broadband Web 2.0, digital democracy, YouTube, what every you want to call it, is already being rolled out in...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Your thoughts on net neutrality
- Your thoughts on net neutralityYeah. Hows that workin out for us so far?"The Department submits, however, that free market competition, unfettered by unnecessary governmental regulatory restraints, is the best way to foster innovation and development of the Internet."The US has internet services that are made a laughing stock by...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-07
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