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Three Ways IT Can Become a Baby Bell

Three Ways IT Can Become a Baby BellSeen it beforeCan you say Rolm?

Tags: Strategy, Baby Bell, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

Three Ways IT Can Become a Baby Bell

With cutting costs looming as THE big issues for IT next year, Unified Communications vendors are turning to service providers as a model for reducing capital expenditures.  I’m hearing three approaches from  vendors along these lines. Here what...

Tags: Information Technology, PBX, Baby Bell, Covergence Session Manager, Aastra, Telephony, VOIP, Strategy, Telecommunications, Networking, Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Reader Reid: I can still log on to my SunRocket account and do stuff!

If you don't believe Reid, take a look at the date sig in the lower right hand corner of the screenshot I just made. I gotta tell ya, if I receive more stories like this around Halloween, gonna nominate SunRocket for a Living...

Tags: SunRocket, Baby Bell, Reid, SR, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-17

Another nail in the coffin for the Baby Bells? Skype offers unlimited annual calling for next to nothing

Perhaps signaling the next phase of extinction for the Baby Bells, Skype today released a new pricing strategy for using its software or Skype-certified hardware to make outbound calls to just about any phone number in the US and Canada. For consumers and businesses that sign up for the service...

Tags: Podcasts, Baby Bell, Skype Technologies S.A., telephone, hardware

Blog posts 2006-12-13

Telcos checkmate net neutrality. Bring on the mesh (or I'll move to France)

Maybe now, the citizens of the US will recognize a largely overlooked 2005 FCC ruling for what it was: the clever positioning of a bishop in a high stakes game of chess that looks to have ended today with a checkmate of Internet neutrality (aka "net neutrality"). In...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Baby Bell, Internet, cable, cable company, Net Neutrality

Blog posts 2006-04-06

Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?

Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?Telcos versus people - forever.Because it started as a physical business - wires and equipment to individuals from a government assisted monopoly, the 'telephone' companies love theie captive cusotmers and hate competition. A lot of years and...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Government, Telecom & Utilities, wireless, Katrina Recovery, telecommunications company, Wi-Fi, Baby Bell

Discussion threads 2005-12-05

Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?

Via Dan Gillmor and Dave Winer, the Washington Post has a story detailing how the New Orleans' plans to blanket the city with free WiFi may have stepped on enough of Bellsouth toes to cause the local Baby Bell to withdraw its offer to help the city's police department get...

Tags: BellSouth Corp.

Blog posts 2005-12-04

While Baby Bells sit on their assets...

While Baby Bells sit on their assets...Why are municipalities the only competitors?The current battle is telephone vs. cable. I think we can agree that both will survive, and absorb related technologies. Telephone/cellular and cable/satellite.What's left? WiFi/WiMax.WiFi is being supplied by the telephone companies, but not as the...

Tags: Government, Wireless LANs, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, asset, duopoly, cable, phone, municipality, Baby Bell, Google Inc., cable company

Discussion threads 2005-08-22

While Baby Bells sit on their assets...

Let's ask David Berlind's question again. "Are Baby Bells abusing their government granted right-of-way?" The answer is NO they are not -- but only because they are doing exactly what the government is allowing them to do. They do it because they can get away with it. The more interesting...

Tags: Baby Bell

Blog posts 2005-08-22

Are baby bells abusing their gov't granted right-of-way?

Look outside your window or check the manhole cover down the street. Not just anyone can hang a wire on that pole or drag one underground -- a wire that eventually connects to your house. The electric company can. The cable TV company can. And...

Tags: Baby Bell

Blog posts 2005-08-16

Unshackling telecom innovation

David Berlind's "The double-edge of the FCC's DSL ruling" brings up some very interesting points. Whether you agree or disagree with David depends a great deal on how you feel about government regulation in general. All we have to do is look at the last 20 years (that's a lifetime...

Tags: Baby Bell

Blog posts 2005-08-15

Baby Bell networks hit with price freeze

Baby Bell networks hit with price freezeIt's only temporary until the electionsNeither Bush nor the FCC give a rip about you or how much you get ripped off for phone service. Bush bullied the FCC into freezing rates until after the election just to avoid yet another reason for...

Tags: Federal government, network, FCC, Baby Bell

Discussion threads 2004-08-23

Baby Bells win another FCC victory

Baby Bells win another FCC victoryMonopoly Good! Competition Bad!Monopoly Good! Competition Bad!Lock-in Good! Choice Bad!Closed Good! Open Bad!Greed Good! Sharing Bad!Innovation Bad! Bad! Bad!It will crumble fastIf monopolies do take over...then the information will be the same on all broadband connections...If we are not hearing and seeing real content then...

Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Coop, cable, telecommunications company, FCC, Baby Bell

Discussion threads 2004-08-05

The real fight begins for AT&T, Baby Bells

The real fight begins for AT&T, Baby BellsThere must bea specific application, service AT&T was providing,and specific by name rather than just generalizing AT&T as person in noun of this. Many have AT&T long distance service. But not as many that do are aware of doing so making long distance...

Tags: Federal government, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AT&T Corp., FCC, VoIP, Baby Bell, information service

Discussion threads 2004-04-23

Baby Bells win another battle

Baby Bells win another battleJust as long as the Baby Bells upgrade and maintain the lines.

Tags: Baby Bell

Discussion threads 2004-03-25

Additional Resources

Snow Leopard: Why students shouldn't care less

NonZealot, 1You've just gone up a notch in my books. Good comment!RE: Snow Leopard: Why students shouldn't care lessIt's obvious that you are happy with that old code clunker Windows that is held together with string and chewing gum so stick with it and have a good day.Apple digs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Snow Leopard, driver upgrade, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

1 billion of Apple's app downloads may be bogus

1 billion of Apple's app downloads may be bogusbunkI've only re-downloaded an app twice, and both of those no more than once. Both times, as a result of a possibly corrupted file.Re-loading your iPhone, or even restoring it, re-loads the apps from iTunes, NOT from the App Store, at least...

Tags: Financial accounting, Apple Inc., app download

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?

Ed Whitacre. The quintessential amalgator of companies. He's going to save GM, as its new chairman? Don't get me wrong. He did a pretty amazing job with the hand he was played in telecommunications. He took the smallest of the Baby Bells,...

Tags: AT&T Corp., Southwestern Bell, General Motors Corp., Internet, Operational Planning, Telephony, Business Operations, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-09

How Microsoft blew the keyword business; And how you still can't count Redmond out

How Microsoft blew the keyword business; And how you still can't count Redmond outGoogle's search is just plain better.MS and Yahoo can do what they want. But until they have a search engine that can compete with Google's they aren't going anywhere.I personally hate having only one really good...

Tags: keyword business, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

News to know: Palm, Oracle, Google, Mac sales and iPhone Nano

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Palm's CES news. Just in time or too late? Larry Dignan: Oracle's second quarter: A mixed bag, cost cuts likely Richard Koman:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Palm Inc., Net Neutrality, Sales, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-16