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- Five things I'd like to see from my broadband provider
- Five things I'd like to see from my broadband providerYou can already have these!Large file download caps / VoIP & gaming bandwidth allocation could both be achieved by getting a better router with support for QoS. Then you could set quotas for each user in the house to make sure...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, broadband
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- FCC hearings: Comcast versus Vuze
- The FCC held its hearing on Comcast's Network Management practices at Harvard University yesterday. Vuze executive Gilles BianRosa whose company filed one of the two FCC complaints against Comcast reportedly told the FCC yesterday that BitTorrent does not hog bandwidth. Since most Internet experts would dispute that claim, I generated the...
- Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Broadband Provider, Broadband, Vuze, Congestion Problem, Free Press, Broadband Internet, Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- FTC to Congress: Hands off Verizon and Comcast
- The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission cautioned Congress against passing Net Neutrality legislation -- what she termed "new regulation" of the Internet -- in a speech last night, AP reports. Her comments reported on the five-month-long work of the agency's Internet Access Task Force. The report takes a...
- Tags: Net neutrality
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- HP Helps Broadband Provider MVB Offer "Triple Play" Services Over High-Speed Network
- HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. HP along with Cisco and MidtVest Bredbaand MVB, a Denmark-based broadband provider introduced, to build a high-speed, fiber-to-the-home network for the delivery of advanced services such as video on demand and...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Broadband Provider, Broadband, Cisco Systems Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Video On Demand (VoD), Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Case studies 2007-05-22
- What should be your Plan B if Vonage locks you out or goes away?
- In light of todays U.S. District Court ruling that Vonage will not be able to add any new customers until some form of final resolution is reached in the issue of infringement of three of Verizons patents, many, including colleague Larry Dignan are wondering about such issues as: ...
- Tags: yahoo, Vonage, Skype, News, Gizmo Project, General, AOL
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Photos: Senators on Net neutrality
- Senate Commerce Committee holds hearing on whether or not to enact stiff "Net neutrality" regulations targeting broadband providers.
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Net Neutrality, stiff, broadband provider, senator, U.S. Senate, regulation, broadband
- Image galleries 2006-05-26
- Photos: Senators on Net neutrality
- Senate Commerce Committee holds hearing on whether or not to enact stiff "Net neutrality" regulations targeting broadband providers.
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Net Neutrality, stiff, broadband provider, senator, U.S. Senate, regulation, broadband
- Image galleries 2006-05-26
- Verizon warns financial sector on Net neutrality
- Verizon warns financial sector on Net neutralitySounds like extortion to meThese telocos need to get a clue. Google already pays for bandwidth when they pay their hosting bill. Customers like me pay for access when we pay our internet bills. Who do they think they are fooling? The telcos aren't...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, financial, Verizon Communications Inc., Net Neutrality, VideoCo, broadband provider, broadband
- Discussion threads 2006-05-08
- Net neutrality and politics
- Zoe Lofgren, representative of the 16th district of California the region that contains Silicon Valley, recently wrote an article for ZDNet where she defended net neutrality rules as a means of preventing broadband companies from acting as gatekeepers to the Internet. From the article: Instead of continuing our freedom to...
- Tags: Google Inc., broadband, Net Neutrality
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- Politicos divided on need for 'net neutrality' mandate
- Politicos divided on need for 'net neutrality' mandateI have a problem with this"The provisions would bar broadband providers...from creating 'private networks that are superior to the Internet access they offer consumers generally.'"So in other words, we are all forced onto a lowest common denominator Internet. Yeah, that's the way to...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, network, network activity, broadband provider, private network, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-02-07
Additional Resources
- Net Neutrality: Hit satire coming to a theatre near you
- wow bravo again encore bravowhat what a introduction ... Come on Doug bring some more .... If this is the type of blog that you are planing ill by hook like a addict .... give us more dammit .Goverment should nationalize the infrastructure...
- Tags: Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- 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...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Federal Government, Telephony, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Let the smart grid vendor consolidation begin!
- Award winning journalist?You speak of Smart grid vendors as if they peddle some cheap USB devices that can be had on ebay for a $1 each. Does the enlightened award winning journalist realize that smart grids aren't selected by bidding on ebay. A smart grid deployment is expected to last...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, grid deployment, grid vendor consolidation, smart grid vendor consolidation, vendor consolidation
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Wireless service boosters: A good idea but we shouldn't have to pay extra
- You would think that the news of an AT&T Femtocell product - basically, a network extender that can help boost a weak cell phone signal in homes and buildings - would be a welcome product, especially for the iPhone users who regularly have to deal with dropped calls. ...
- Tags: Network, AT&T Corp., Wireless Service, Wireless, Network Extender, Networking, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Wireless And Mobility, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Young man yells at cloud
- Nice theory, but..."Or as Mark Twain once said, ?Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket.?"But isn't moving to the "cloud" putting all your eggs all in one basket...and that all you can do is watch...because you have NO control over it.And how about when your "cloud"...
- Tags: Desktops, Thin clients, SECURITY, Young Man
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- AT&T actually offers iPhone customers the service they pay for?
- Who doesn't love the iPhone? I don't even own one, and I have a big nerd crush on it. But, I have kept myself from purchasing an iPhone because I live in New York City, and I figure that if I'm going to pay an arm...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., HSPA 7.2 Technology, 3G, Smart Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Highest Quality at the Lowest Cost
- Swisscom is Switzerland's primary telco provider, with over 5 million mobile phone customers and around 1.8 million broadband connections. Swisscom wanted to develop new USPs to differentiate Swisscom IT Services from its competitors in the Swiss market and act quickly to meet the IT requirements of existing and new customers....
- Tags: Swisscom AG, Intel Corp., Servers, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- More cool HDTVs are announced for Asia; we wait to find out if we'll ever see them here
- If you have electronics envy for the big continent to the East, who can blame you. They already have 3D TV in Japan, and seemingly everyone in South Korea has broadband speeds that make ours look like dial-up. Salivating over the latest TV introductions in Asia is almost pointless, as...
- Tags: Organic Light-emitting Diode, HDTV, Asia, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-08-30
- Will China save Apple?
- Save Apple from what?All their industry leading profits when there is supposed to be a recession?yea, and I don't even like Applebut how can you justify a heading like this? Oh, I forgot, they have to be 'provocative', right? More and more these blogs have become running jokes and...
- Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
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