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- Comcast passes Vonage in digital voice subscriber rankings
- A report from the Yankee Group now shows that Vonage has recently lost its ranking as the Internet phone service with the most subscribers.Noted on PC Magazine's website this morning, the Yankee Group now says Comcast Digital Voice basic connection diagram at the top of this post reported 2.4 million...
- Tags: Vonage, Comcast
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Hey Vonage, it's a STAY, not a WIN
- In the somewhat self-delusional world that some Vonage execs, analysts and users seem to inhabit, yesterdays stay of an order allowing Vonage to keep signing up new customers until the patent infringement issues with Verizon are settled amounts to a win.I have a hard time viewing this attitude as reality....
- Tags: Vonage, Regulatory, General, Comcast
- Blog posts 2007-04-25
- #9 Most-Read Post in 2006: "Some Vonage users are frustrated about Comcast Connection quality"
- This week, I am going to count down the Top 10 most-read items on this blog during 2006. Number 9 is "Some Vonage users are frustrated about Comcast connection quality."Originally posted back on March 1, the controversy first flared when a Vonage Forum Member named rdstoll began a...
- Tags: Telephony, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., Comcast Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
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- Should Palm drop their Linux plans and embrace Android?
- Should Palm drop their Linux plans and embrace Android?No brainerWhy wouldn't they. since the OS is at the "I want it" level, the Treo's are robust devices, than they can sell phones lower than $100 on the market. Imagine a Centrino running Android. The price of the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Palm Treo, operating system, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?Bring it on! I'll biteIn the Baltimore Washington area we have one maybe two choices for broadband access if you are lucky. The more competition the better. I'll drop Comcast broadband in a heart beat for WiMax. I'll stay if the service is...
- Tags: Modems, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WiMAX, broadband, modem
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Top US sites in August 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Internet 188,937 1 Google Sites 144,738 2 Yahoo! Sites 141,549 3 Microsoft Sites 123,466 4 AOL LLC 110,623 5 Fox Interactive Media 89,236 6 eBay 71,495 7 Ask...
- Tags: Site, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review
- [Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspection
- ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspectionIm sure everyone will back away except..Comcast. Anything they can do to line their pockets with more revenue from their "happy" customer-base and make their experience as "COMCASTIC" as possible - they will do. So while Verizon, TWC, and AT&T backaway, Comcast sees...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, packet inspection
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- The mother of all notebook hard drives: Scorpio Blue
- The mother of all notebook hard drives: Scorpio BlueSamsung M6 beat you to itI've had a 9.5mm height Samsung Spinpoint M6 500GB for about 3 months now in my 17" MacBook Pro. I had to order it with an external enclosure from a reseller as Samsung initially wasn't selling the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Scorpio Blue, notebook hard drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., hard drive, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- News to know: Oracle goes hardware; MSFT confirms pre-beta Windows 7; Netbooks or notebooks?
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database Dana Gardner: HP and Oracle team up on ‘data warehouse appliances' that re-architect...
- Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, MSFT, Microsoft Windows, Business Intelligence, Storage, Notebooks, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- News to know: Google and T-Mobile on G1; OpenWorld; SOA; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics) Ed Burnette: Google releases Android 1.0 SDK Hands-On with...
- Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantic Web, Web Services, Research & Development, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Comcast really does care (aka how Twitter helped save Nick at Nite)
- Comcast really does care aka how Twitter helped save Nick at NiteYou are not the only one...Fresh Prince is still cool and funny. I did the same as you, but once I started making use of my media center in vista I was watching recorded shows of Inuyasha and Angel...
- Tags: DVR, Fresh Prince, Comcast Corp., Nick-at-Nite, Twitter, CableCard
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Comcast really does care (aka how Twitter helped save Nick at Nite)
- It's a little embarrassing for me to admit this, but I go to sleep every night watching Nick at Nite. Loser, right? What can I say, I never tire of the antics of Will and Carlton on the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." All was fine last...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Twitter, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?UPGRADE YOUR NETWORK!You are certainly paid enough money to provide the services you are SUPPOSED to provide.If you can't, leave the business and let someone else step in. Please...RE: Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?Nope. Its still unreasonable. They are still taking an antiquated...
- Tags: INTERNET, Comcast Corp., Robb, QoS, Internet Engineering Task Force
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?
- Network neutrality advocates are taking contrasting views towards Comcast's new network management plan. The new plan de-prioritizes heavy users in 15-minute chunks. If your upload traffic is more than 70% of maximum bandwidth or your download traffic is more than 80% of max, you'll be de-prioritized. Free...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality Advocate, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- News to know: Windows 7; Oracle OpenWorld; Adobe CS4; Search 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services Ed Bott: How to set up a new PC in one easy session ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, BEA Beehive, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Open World, Help Desk, Java Development Tools, E-books, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Software
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- NBC To Internet: TV Is Still King
- NBC To Internet: TV Is Still KingI watch the traffic channelPBS is bugs,alligators and squalor.yeah..that's probably because they didn't make full video available. And 5 years is not what they should be thinking about.RE: NBC To Internet: TV Is Still KingToo bad the Olympics website SUCKED. I visited it a...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Still King, NBC, TV, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Comcast submits plan to limit heavy users
- Comcast submits plan to limit heavy users"Second Stream", or Setting Up the "2-Tiering" Stage?"Comcast will do this by creating a second stream of traffic for recent heavy users that will have a lower priority when compared to its other customers..."The new scheme would seem to be a lot fairer than...
- Tags: INTERNET, Cable, Comcast Corp., heavy user
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Comcast submits plan to limit heavy users
- Comcast officially submitted its network management plans to the FCC. As expected, they include no more stomping on BitTorrent, replacing that scheme with "slowing Internet speeds for its heaviest users at peak times when its network is congested," the Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast will do this...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Network Administration, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic
- Comcast details changes for managing Web trafficJust web traffic?Im wondering when they say "web traffic" - do they mean all traffic put on the pipe from the sub? or just Port 80 http traffic? If they get caught "slowing down" VoIP I could see where regulators could come back down...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, TVs, TV & Home Theater, ATT, Comcast Corp., digital reciever, paid-for, reciever
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
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