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Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network

Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband networkSo funny"It will be the largest infrastructure project in Australia?s history, Rudd said, and would support 37,000 jobs ? not a bad idea since the country?s jobless rate may move above 7 percent next year thanks to the global economic downturn."Out of work...

Tags: Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Rudd, infrastructure fund, broadband network, network, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network

Australia says it will build a $43 billion Australian, or roughly $30.7 billion USD, national high-speed fiberoptic broadband network. In a surprise decision that rejected bids from some of the country's top telecoms firms, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Australian government would ask private companies join...

Tags: Broadband Network, Network, Australia, Broadband, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

The Thin Client Wireless Broadband Network Project in the Irish Primary School Sector - An Analysis of Baseline Data

The Thin Client wireless broadband project, is a pilot initiative involving a cluster of nine primary schools based in North County Dublin, Ireland. It is a four year project designed to investigate firstly, the extent to which a centrally managed network, based on thin client technology, can deliver an effective...

Tags: Broadband Network, Network, Thin Client, Analysis, EdITLib Digital Library, Thin Clients, Hardware

White papers 2008-05-13

WiFiTalkie 1.0 (Mobile)

RNS:: WiFiTalkie turns your Palm into a Walkie-Talkie. Using a broadband network connection such as WiFi it lets you communicate between 2 or more Palm devices. WiFiTalkie uses VoIP Voice over IP technology to broadcast audio data. Features of WiFiTalkie: Supports full duplex mode, which lets you broadcast and receive...

Tags: Broadband Network, Device, Mobile, Network, RNS, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Telephony, Networking

Software downloads 2008-03-07

FCC to investigate Comcast

The Federal Communications Commission will investigate allegations that Comcast shuts down users' connections when they upload files through P2P programs such as BitTorrent, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday. In November two consumer groups, PublicKnowledge and Free Press, asked the FCC to...

Tags: FCC, Broadband Network, Network, Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Broadband Network Solution for the Largest Telecom Event in Latin America

Futurecom is the largest and most important telecommunications and IT event in Latin America. Futurecom is an event that demands a highly trustworthy network infrastructure. During the four days of the event, exhibitors conduct downloads, uploads, demonstrations of applications, VoIP calls, contacts back to headquarters, and video conferences, among other...

Tags: Broadband Network, Event, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Broadband, Futurecom, Data Volume, Networking, Telephony, Telecommunications

Case studies 2007-12-07

Europe and telecommunications regulations

Europe and telecommunications regulationsComments.Already in Europe, there is deregulation, and a requirement on the old monopoly operators to "unbundle the local loop". This means, in essence, they are obliged to let competitor have access to the copper between the exchange and the customer (not for free, of course).This has generally...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Network technology, telecommunications, British Telecommunications, copper, village, broadband, broadband network

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

FCC: Build wireless emergency broadband network

The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a national wireless, IP-based, broadband emergency network to be built by private companies, the BBC reports. "Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to hear local public safety personnel recount their experiences on the ground during the tragic events of...

Tags: network, FCC, Government technology, Mobile/wireless, Emergency

Blog posts 2006-12-22

Photos: WiMax in the Amazon Basin

A WiMax tower on Parintins island connects two schools, a hospital, a community center and a university to a broadband network.

Tags: photograph, broadband network, network, broadband, Amazon.com Inc., WiMAX, hospital

Image galleries 2006-09-20

WiFiTalkie (Mobile)

RNS:: WiFiTalkie turns your Palm into a Walkie-Talkie. Using a broadband network connection such as WiFi it lets you communicate between 2 or more Palm devices. WiFiTalkie uses VoIP Voice over IP technology to broadcast audio data.Requires two or more Palm OS 5 devices with a broadband network connection. Devices...

Tags: Broadband Network, Device, Mobile, Network, Palm Inc., Broadband, RNS, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking

Software downloads 2006-06-27

EarthLink: Bells must share broadband networks

EarthLink: Bells must share broadband networksBroadband monopolyWhile I think the Bell's have a limited monopoly, the cable companies surely have a monopoly. The FCC needs to look at the whole broadband market not just the phone companies. As long as cable has no competition, the consumer is getting raped. I...

Tags: Network technology, Federal government, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, network, broadband network, EarthLink Inc., cable, broadband, Right-Of-Way, FCC

Discussion threads 2006-05-10

44 mln broadband networks in the US

In 2005 there were more than 44 mln broadband networks among the more than 100 mln households in the United States, according to Belkin. Of that number, 16.2 mln are expected to be wireless by the end of in 2005. In 2003, 3.9 mln households had wireless access to the...

Tags: Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, broadband network, broadband, network

Blog posts 2006-03-05

Choose the broadband technology that's right for you with this Cisco Press sample chapter

Learn about the data networking principles of broadband networks and how you can use access networks to deliver high capacity rates to your home. Examine the data networking principles of broadband networks and how the emerging set of access networks can be used to deliver high capacity...

Tags: Broadband Network, Network, Broadband, Data Networking, Cisco Systems Inc., Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking

Book chapters 2005-09-08

Verizon readies national broadband network

Verizon readies national broadband networkHuh? 56 markets = National???Pardon me for saying it but 56 markets is hardly what one could call a national rollout...Verizon needs to....expand their rural coverage, as they been promising for years, before they start delving into other areas... or get out of the network...

Tags: Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, network, RSU, Verizon Communications Inc., broadband network, broadband

Discussion threads 2004-04-14

Additional Resources

Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., CRM, Games, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Client virtualization will help you create your next generation desktop

Full circle to dumb terminal or network appliance right?RE: Client virtualization will help you create your next generation desktopAs always, speed is the unquantfied variable. If its good, then the apps will run great with no significant degradation. If not (as is usually the case with cost cutting companies now...

Tags: Terminal services, dumb terminal, Client virtualization, generation desktop, desktop, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Opera 10.01 (Windows)

Welcome to Opera's newest Web browser: Opera 10. Opera is a free and innovative Web browser which allows you to experience the web on your terms. Discover what over 40 million people have already experienced by downloading Opera's fast and safe Internet browsers. This latest Opera Web browser version comes...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Windows, Opera 10, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-27

AT&T cuts churn rate; Activates 3.2 million iPhones; Touts network upgrades

AT&T's bet on the iPhone continues to work well. The company reported a better-than-expected third quarter, delivered post paid churn of 1.17 percent (a low for AT&T), activated 3.2 million iPhones and boosted data revenue by 33.6 percent. The telecom giant on Thursday delivered net income of...

Tags: Network Upgrade, Apple iPhone, Network, AT&T Corp., Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?

Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-10-21