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- Net Neutrality vs. "do no evil"
- 6 of onehalf dozen of another. Like all extremists you paint a nice picture from one perspective. All these internet companies are so innocent and all they want is a fair shake . . . yeah right. In order to maximize profits, they purposely underbuilt their networks. They advertize high...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Regulations, regulation, Videotron, network, Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, Bush
- Discussion threads 2009-10-03
- Who will manage the smart grid?
- Who will manage the smart grid?Smart Grid - who owns itI certainly think that the consumer / home owner will have NO control over the smart grid being connected to their home. They may be able to see what they are consuming, but giving them control defeats the purpose...
- Tags: grid, smart grid
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Report: Improper use of Deep Packet Inspection could be Internet game-changer
- There are legitimate uses for a technology called Deep Packet Inspection. But it's the "improper" use of the technology that prompted Washington-based Free Press to release a report this week entitled: "Deep Packet Inspection: The End of the Internet As We Know It." In a nutshell,...
- Tags: DPI, Internet Service Provider, Phorm, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- 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
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over againCerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again[i]Rather than a volume cap, I suggest the introduction of transmission rate caps, which would allow users to purchase access to the Internet at a given minimum data rate and be free...
- Tags: Pricing, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, Net Neutrality, Vint Cerf, simple pricing, pricing strategy, Internet, Cerf, network
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?
- Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?Comcast buys PlaxoI canceled my account.RE: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?Comcast is entirely out of touch with what it's customers want. For instance, a 1 year discount on an overpriced service doesn't attract anyone who's been paying cable...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, user number, TV, Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., social networking, network
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Comcast traffic management issue before FCC
- Today is the deadline for the FCC call for comments on the Comcast traffic management case brought about by a formal complaint from the Free Press and Public Knowledge. As a former network engineer who designed networks and servers and as someone who has written extensively on these matters, I...
- Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, Packet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Problem, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, DOCSIS, Network Management, BitTorrent Seeder, Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Multi-Bid Auctions for Bandwidth Allocation in Communication Networks
- This paper designs a bandwidth pricing mechanism that solves congestion problems in communication networks. The scheme is based on second-price auctions, which are known to be incentive compatible when a single indivisible item is to be sold (users have no interest to lie about the price they are willing to...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Network, Computer Science, Allocation, Pricing Strategy, Auction, Pricing, Marketing
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos
- Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcosA little thing called competitionTelcos have to compete with cable broadband providers. Competition is the best regulator. Government regulation never works. We pay way to much for our phones due to government regulation, taxes and fees all meant to...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, QoS, telecommunications company
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- An Optimal Weighted-Average Congestion Based Pricing Scheme for Enhanced QoS
- Pricing is an effective tool to control congestion and achieve Quality of Service QoS provisioning for multiple differentiated levels of service. This paper considers the problem of pricing for congestion control in the case of a network of nodes under a single service class and multiple queues, and presents a...
- Tags: QoS, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing
- White papers 2007-09-28
- Akamai beefs up its HD distribution capabilities
- Via an interview with Akamai Chief Technology Officer Mike Afergan, Om's all over Akamai Technologies' announcement yesterday that via enhancements to its Content Delivery Network, it now feels more than up to the task of delivering high-def video over the Web."While broadband service providers like Verizon are putting fiber-based broadband...
- Tags: Server, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., HD, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Stackelberg Approach for Pricing Differentiated Services
- This paper considers both real-time traffic as well as data transfers sharing a common bottleneck link. The paper assumes that data transfer uses TCP congestion control protocol and that real-time traffic uses some TCP- friendly transport protocol that satisfies the same square-root formula for throughput. The performance measures are determined...
- Tags: Congestion Control, Computer Science, TCP, Pricing Strategy, Performance Measure, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-28
- Broadband penetration isn't the whole story
- Broadband penetration isn't the whole storyUhmmmmDial-up is not broadband, it's a fact that internet dial-up access in the US is very cheap, but they tried the same in the NL, only when people get used to the speeds delivered by broadband, they will never switch back. But that's easy talk...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, DSL, mobile Internet, broadband, telecommunications company, Dial-up, Dana
- Discussion threads 2006-02-06
- Socially responsible online shopping
- Socially responsible online shoppingBuy AmericanIf they can point me to American products and the companies that sell them, then I would definitely use their site. I'd rather keep my money in my country and help a fellow American than send it halfway around the world.Social values schmocial valuesI wish...
- Tags: pure profit motive, profit motive
- Discussion threads 2005-08-05
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