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RIAA boilerplate complaint thrown out

Few would have expected a Supreme Court decision limiting plaintiffs' ability to sue telcos for alleged conspiracy and price-fixing to result in damage to the Recording Industry Association of America. That is the result, however, of Bell Atlantic v. Twombley, a Supreme Court decision that held that proof that the...

Tags: RIAA, Bell Atlantic, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Additional Resources

Why AT&T won???t support MMS and tethering on the iPhone 3GS

Why AT&T won???t support MMS and tethering on the iPhone 3GSPlease stop the whining If you want MMS or tethering, there are other phones and other providers more then willing to work with you.Apple chose AT&T; You chose Apple.If you want to use technology that adapts to the way you do...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, MMS, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, Cingular Wireless, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Will telcos ever embrace open source?

Will telcos ever embrace open source?You're not really discussing open source here.You're talking about the business model for the delivery of information.So when you write:The Internet itself grew up in defiance of the telcos. Its business model is anathema to them. Thus telcos and cable operators do all they can...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, open source, telecommunications company, Internet, cable, business model

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Improved hurricane forecasts with VORTRAC

U.S. researchers have developed a new technique that provides a detailed 3-D view of an approaching hurricane every six minutes, helping to determine whether the storm is gathering strength as it nears land. The technique, known as VORTRAC Vortex Objective Radar Tracking and Circulation, has been tested in 2007 at...

Tags: Hurricane, Radar, VORTRAC, NCAR, Aerospace & Defense, Productivity, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-13

Net neutrality debate re-ignites

The recent blocking of BitTorrent by Comcast has re-ignited the network neutrality debate. Rep. Rick Boucher has called Comcast on the carpet, but AT&T has responded forcefully. They not only deny the need for network neutrality, they call it a positive harm, adding there is no...

Tags: Phone, Network, Comcast Corp., Duopoly, Net Neutrality, MuniWireless, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Complete Verizon-Vonage Patent analysis Part Two: 6,104,711

Now we will check out Verizons patent 6,104,711 - Enhanced internet domain name server.To me this is the most overgeneralized of all Verizons claims. As a matter of fact, this is a patent granted to Verizons predecessor Bell Atlantic back in 1997. The Patent Abstract describes:An enhanced name translation...

Tags: General, Vonage

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Verizon Wireless

Editor's note: Because evaluating wireless coverage requires experience with the network in a wide variety of physical locations, CNET does not rate wireless carriers. We can, however, tell you everything you need to know about the major carriers. We invite your feedback and ratings in our User opinions section--the more...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Verizon Communications Inc., telephone, network, Verizon Wireless, CDMA

Product reviews 2007-02-15

Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheap

Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheapBungled roll out ....FIOS is available on the street adjacent to our neighborhood, but not in our neighborhood. Despite Verizon sending us weekly mailings saying it IS available. Incompetence is my guess.If Verizon fails, it will be because of bungled opportunites like this.Cable...

Tags: Network technology, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Old Tech, TV, broadband, INcompetence, God, Verizon Communications Inc., fiber, WiMAX, Fios

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

Verizon pays $48.9 million in discrimination suits

Verizon pays $48.9 million in discrimination suitsThey shouldntta got knocked-up!.... just kiddingWhat did they do?How did they discriminate?I'm not sureAnd without actually reading an article everything that I Would say would be an assumption and a guess on my part.Here is what I would think most likely happened though: ...

Tags: Gender and diversity, women, Verizon Communications Inc., lawsuit

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

EarthLink and Google win San Francisco Wi-Fi bid

EarthLink and Google win San Francisco Wi-Fi bidWonder who the other bidders were?Specifically I wonder if the Telco's made a bid?poor SFThose poor San Franciscans. i've had people on the line for 7 hours to Earthlink support, being bounced back and forth across the Pacific; and another client made...

Tags: Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, EarthLink Inc., network, RFP, telecommunications company, wireless, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-04-06

Opening salvo in Net neutrality battle

Opening salvo in Net neutrality battleMa Bell is rearing her head."The network builders are spending a fortune constructing and maintaining the networks [Why do they do this? I would presume it is to make money. Well, just how do they get that money? From us. The...

Tags: Fiber optics, Optical networking, Network technology, NETWORKING, Ma Bell, neutrality, network, Internet, Google Inc., fiber-optics, Verizon Communications Inc., Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2006-02-08

Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with Linux

Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with LinuxResponse from Fonality CEODana - you asked two questions at the closure of your blog and I have replied to them below:> Once everything moves to the Internet,> is a PBX really anything more than a very> limited operating system?The answer is:...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fonality, Asterisk, PBX, voice quality

Discussion threads 2006-01-30

Ten examples of SOA at work, right now

1 To manage a world of data: An SOA-focused deployment is helping the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to streamline access to its mounds of data, as well as link users of the data to the services they need to process the data.2 To manage workflows: A BPEL-based workflow system...

Tags: SOA

Blog posts 2006-01-03

FAQ: FCC sets rules for VoIP 911

FAQ: FCC sets rules for VoIP 911The FCC does not have the technicalexpertise required for today's communications environment. They need revamping in the worst way before they ruin what they are supposed to be overseeing.Modify HardwareCan they modify the VOIP hardware to include a landline connection then if 911...

Tags: Telephony, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Kevin Martin, VoIP, FCC, phone

Discussion threads 2005-06-15

SOA cuts IT budget by half

SOA's first proving ground is integration and consolidation, especially within large, diverse operations. Verizon Communications claims it averages about 2.5 million to three million Web services transactions a day through a "home-grown" service-oriented architecture. In a new ComputerWorld article, the company says its SOA, which it calls IT...

Tags: SOA

Blog posts 2005-04-18

Verizon's sure to buy MCI. Here's why

Verizon's sure to buy MCI. Here's whyRats eating each otherwhile the ship sinks. Telcos, ALL telcos will be belly up in the next few years. The WiMAX steamroller having squashed them all flat. Go ahead and do it Verizon, get REAL big so the steamroller has a bigger target!They're both...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Communications Inc., MCI Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-02-01

Verizon raises DSL prices to cover tax costs

Verizon raises DSL prices to cover tax costsSo after 9 months what will happend?"The fee will last for about nine months, until the new Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act goes into effect in November."-Will the price go back down after that 9 month period? Doubtfull...Business TaxesInterestingly business don't pay taxes (never...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Network technology, tax, Verizon Communications Inc., government, DSL, cable

Discussion threads 2005-01-21

PeopleSoft customers, employees weigh deal

PeopleSoft customers, employees weigh dealIn other words, it's business as usual. nt.It is sooooo amazingthat companies that thrived due to mergers and aquisitions would complain about Oracle. DaimlerChrysler, Verizon Communications and Cox Communications complaining? DaimlerChrysler is the easy one - oh hey all those Chrysler folks that...

Tags: Daimler AG, PeopleSoft Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-12-14

Bush wants FCC to delay phone hikes

Bush wants FCC to delay phone hikesHe just cant win at losingIts a sad state our president is in. I kinda feel bad for Bush. Nothing is going his way. He appears to have littled himself to begging anyone and everyone to change what they are doing...

Tags: phone, Nothing, phone hike, FCC

Discussion threads 2004-06-16

Accenture Case Study: Verizon

Verizon Communications, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communications services. Verizon has been faced with several challenges over the last two years that led to the need for a new ordering solution. The Federal Communications Commission imposed mandates...

Tags: Accenture Ltd., Verizon Communications Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Integration, EAI, Federal Government, Middleware, Investment, Finance, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Government

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