Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.
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- FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual
- Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Dxsoft CallTTY 2.30 (Windows)
- A program to communicate with phone TTY/TDD devices Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf via a sound card, without TTY modem. A simple interface between sound card and phone line or acoustic connection with phone handset are used. Together with "Virtual Audio Cable" software CallTTY can work via Skype Internet-phone, without...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Twitter and web forgery
- Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Business Week: 1.4 million Google Voice users, global push in the works
- "Google has argued that Google Voice is not a telecommunications service"Yea right. And Howdy Doody doesn't have a wooden.....what a crock.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_voice
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Business Week: 1.4 million Google Voice users, global push in the works
- In documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, Google said it had more than 1.4 million Google Voice users - with some 570,000 using the service seven days a week - and hinted that it has plans to expand the service, or possibly elements of it, beyond the U.S. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Start up cellular provider Globalive denied license to operate in Canada
- In a stunning victory for Bell Canada, Telus and Rogers, the CRTC denied new start up Globalive a license to operate as a telecommunications cellular service provider in Canada by Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Verizon preps fourth quarter device barrage; Droid will 'stimulate demand'
- Nice and Sharp Future Focus of Verizon!! BUT....The article covered most of the solid facts containing the research of verizon. They are the strong contender for the future of Wireless Industry of US.But still, the roadmap of telecom is not predetermind.Also the dwindling policies of FCC are creating roadblocks for...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step
- For over a century the Bells have been masters of the bureaucratic game. Their failure in the Bell break-up, which delivered huge profits to investors, only taught them to fight harder. So after putting themselves together like the broom in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," of course they're going...
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet
- The Internet's big guns have signed their names to a letter of support for a continued open Internet, sending it to the FCC this morning, just days before the agency is slated to vote on network neutrality rules. The letter is actually from the Open Internet Coalition,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- AT&T: Google has it in for nuns, mom, and apple pie
- Ummm what?Ok let's start:Blocking ambulance services: Errrm would a call to this service always be without error? no.Blocking other numbers: ok they might have a case.Does the blocking of the other numbers prevent the User from contacting those numbers by not using Google Voice?... I think not.Does AT&T has...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- AT&T: Google has it in for nuns, mom, and apple pie
- AT&T upped the ante in its war with Google this week with a blistering new letter to the FCC. In it, the telecommunications giant attacked not only the Google Voice service, but broadened its offensive to cover Google Search and Advertisements as well. More flame-bait than legalese, the letter accused...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Pakistan continues crackdown on illegal VOIP gateway networks
- The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority PTA has raided and seized 15 IP-based gateways that connected inbound voice traffic from abroad into the country. by Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- AT&T to FCC: Close loopholes and write rules that apply to Google, too
- AT&T has taken off the boxing gloves in its fight with Google over the Google Voice service and proposed Net Neutrality rules. In a letter to the FCC PDF this week, AT&T went on the attack to portray Google as a big powerful company that's trying to fool the FCC...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Google defends itself as FCC asks for more information
- Per Wikipedia Google Voice IS a Telecommunications Service "Google Voice formerly GrandCentral is a telecommunications service by Google[1] launched on March 11, 2009. The service provisions a U.S. phone number, chosen by the user from available numbers in selected area codes,"and as such they should be required to play by...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-11
- Lawmakers to FCC: Time for a closer look at Google Voice
- There's been yet another twist in the ongoing drama surrounding Google, AT&T and the FCC. Washington lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have asked the FCC to launch a formal investigation of Google Voice, specifically Google's blocking of calls to certain rural exchanges, according to a...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Telecom Expense Management: 5 Best Practices for Reducing Telecom Cost
- Telecommunications expenses are among the largest cost items on corporate income statements. According to leading industry analysts, many companies can lower their telecommunications costs by 15% or more without damaging their service quality, and the savings would go directly to their bottom lines. In this white...
- White papers 2009-10-05
- The 'Seven Laws of Projects'
- great!Seventh Point is the one always happen.RE: The 'Seven Laws of Projects'Unfortunately very true.A successful project is typically one where someone gets lucky and manages to balance your seven points to an 'optimal' level.Accepting #2 has given us the opportunity to go for more of an agile approach. If you...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
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- Case studies 2009-10-01
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