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- Comcast CEO kinda, sorta gets there are "horrific" customer service problems
- Comcast CEO kinda, sorta gets there are "horrific" customer service problemsHe doesnt get it...He is just adding a bigger band-aid with adding more call support staff. You need to step back and look at those 250 million calls and sort out the 10-100 reasons and work on resolving the...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., cable, sorta, customer service, service call, cable industry
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- FCC backs away from cable regulation plan
- FCC backs away from cable regulation plancompetitive industry???[i]Beyond doubts over the data, many Republicans, including lawmakers who have written to the FCC, have fundamental objections to imposing new federal regulations on an industry they say is competitive.[/i]These guys must get lots of bribes to say with a straight face that...
- Tags: Network technology, Now Let, cable monopoly, cable industry, cable, FCC
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- Senators criticize .com price increases
- Senators criticize .com price increasesWith the mini-monopolies the cable industry has, why aren't they rememberedAfter all, I'm stuck with comcast and can't switch to roadrunner despite the advert for roadrunner's service in my area...Want prices to go down? De-segregate the cable industry.Why?"Sen. Gordon Smith, an Oregon Republican, questioned why...
- Tags: VeriSign Inc., Gordon Smith, cable, cable industry
- Discussion threads 2006-09-20
- Public TV, cable industry ink digital deal
- Public TV, cable industry ink digital dealWhy do all PR people write like this?"Cable operators recognize that public TV has been a leader in producing new and compelling digital television content," NCTA chief executive Robert Sachs said in a statement. "Through the agreement, the cable industry is ensuring that our...
- Tags: cable, cable industry, Robert Sachs, TV
- Discussion threads 2005-02-01
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- 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
- TechCrunch throws down on cable boxes: Who can argue?
- Cable cardsCable Labs = evil. Just let me buy the damn box from a company like ATI, rather than having to spend a crap load of money on a new computer that is certified by CableLabs and runs Vista, neither of which I need or want.Hulu or similar services...
- Tags: Network technology, TechCrunch, cable box, cable
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- TechCrunch throws down on cable boxes: Who can argue?
- The TechCrunch blog usually covers start-up culture, but a post today takes a diversion into the limited, primitive realm of cable boxes. You know 'em, you hate 'em. As post author MG Siegler points out, the interfaces are archaic, the horsepower anemic, and the remotes unappealing. He rightly suggests that...
- Tags: TechCrunch, Cable Box, TV, CableCard, Siegler, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...
- Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Sylvania LC320SLX
- Surprisingly, it won't work with Dish or DirectTV remotesThe Sylvania LC320SLX flat-panel LCD television is a great value for the money EXCEPT for a glaring problem which should be advertised on the box - remotes for the Dish and DirectTV satellite TV systems won't operate it. If I had...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Sylvania, TV
- Discussion threads 2009-10-04
- LifeSize PassPort: The First Skype-Compatible Telepresence System
- Cisco's $3 billion offer to buy Tandberg yesterday may bring Cisco a more economical telepresence solution than its own not saying much, but that's only part of the challenge of bringing the technology to the small business and our homes. On Monday, LifeSize will take a big step towards solving...
- Tags: Video Call, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Cisco Systems Inc., HD, Passport, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it
- Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...
- Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Nokia N86
- The Nokia N86 8MP first made its appearance at GSMA 2009 and stepped up as the most advanced camera phone in the company's N series of multimedia smartphones. Nokia even went as far as to say that it could replace your standalone point-and-shoot camera. We can't say we agree with...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Nokia N86, Nokia Corp., camera, Nokia N86 8MP
- Product reviews 2009-09-29
- Intel's Light Peak to cut the cables
- ExceptThe hardware to interface to this would be the same for all devices. The cost to connect a lower end communication device would be as high as the higher end devices. This will be cost prohibitive.I don't think my mouse needs 10 Gb/s communication... well, okay maybe during some of...
- Tags: Network technology, Light Peak, cable, Intel Corp., cell phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Can Microsoft duplicate the "Apple Store" experience?
- I hope they do much better than Apple Store..My two experiences with Apple Stores both sucked, so I hope they do a lot better than Apple stores.Duplicate? I hope not....I think they need to focus on creating their own in-store experience. My experience limited, but good.I went in the other...
- Tags: Public relations, Insurance, Apple Store, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules
- How They RollThis is just how the GOP rolls. When Bill Clinton left office we were number one or two in broadband. Now we're down around 17 behind some Eastern European countries. The GOP keeps saying they're about competition, but they keep passing bills to stifle real competition. Sort of...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, GOP, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- FCC lays out Net neutrality framework: Transparency of network management eyed
- Thank GoodnessIf left to the ISPs and Computer Industry, within 5, years you would be paying outrageous fees for limited Internet access and bandwidth, and your ISP would dictate what applications you used, where you went and when you went there. Imagine if Apple, with its controlling, narrow mindedness,...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Internet Service Provider, Internet, cable, network management, content provider, FCC, network, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]
- Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a first-person shooter or a feature-length film, can it? Ask AMD's Charlie Boswell, and he'll not only tell you it's possible, but he'll nearly leap with excitement about it. Boswell, AMD's director of digital...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cloud, GPU, OTOY, Fusion Render Cloud, Jules, Games, Cloud Computing, Internet, Virtualization, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- 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
- Hands-On Review: The Promote Control
- Earlier this summer I wrote that Promote Systems released the Promote Control, a remote device for digital SLR cameras. Well, I've managed to get my hands on one and see what this accessory is really like. Out of the box, there's the control, two AAÂ alkaline batteries, a...
- Tags: Photograph, Camera, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Analyst: Apple to offer iPhone on U.S. carriers within a year; replace cable with iTunes subscriptions
- THANK GOD!!!!Ditch AT&T PLEASE!!!"Should never have been Allowed"AT&T Definitely needs competition. They are only gouging because they can. Exclusive deals are never good for the consumer. As it is, there are only two major cell phone providers which grab 70% of the market. AT&T and Verizon both overcharge for their...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Exclusive Deals, Apple iTunes, cable, iTunes subscription, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
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