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- Will telcos ever embrace open source?
- Will telcos ever embrace open source?You're not really discussing open source here.You're talking about the business model for the delivery of information.So when you write:The Internet itself grew up in defiance of the telcos. Its business model is anathema to them. Thus telcos and cable operators do all they can...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, open source, telecommunications company, Internet, cable, business model
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- Vonage narrows losses; Inks deal with Covad
- Vonage is still losing money, but the bottom line is moving in the right direction. The company also signed a deal with Covad to offer DSL service. The VOIP provider on Thursday reported a first quarter net loss of $9 million, or 6 cents a share, compared...
- Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Company, DSL, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Marketing Research, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- AT
- ATSomething for a journalist to investigate...or maybe you already know.Is it possible that your esteemed landlord is getting a discount/kickback for making AT&T the exclusive provider of broadband in your complex?I must say Mr. Ou I sympathize with you..You are well aware im NOT a proponet of Comcast in ANYWAY...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, DSL, Network technology, Fios TV, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Kbps, SBC
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Verizon's fiber-optic payoff
- Verizon's fiber-optic payoffFIOS vs Cablevision Optimum service on LII recently made the switch to FIOS. Basic 'CABLE' channels are clearer on FIOS than Cablevision; HD is HD. Biggest difference is in the usability of the "boxes". Cablevision's boxes were a lot easier to use to scan what's...
- Tags: Network technology, DSL, Cable, Fiber optics, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, fiber-optics, Cablevision Systems Corp., Fios, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- Broadband grand slam
- According to Leichtman Research Group, a Durham, N.H.-based broadband market research company, cable modem and DSL providers added a record 3.06 million new customers in the first quarter of 2006, according to the Center for Media Research. DSL continues its gains against cable, adding more businesses and homes...
- Tags: Covad Communications Group Inc., Qwest Communications Inc., broadband, DSL
- Blog posts 2006-07-14
- Why EarthLink should acquire Boingo
- Broadband provider EarthLink has won the bid to build a citywide Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia. Yesterday, EarthLink announced that it is partnering with broadband access wholesaler Covad Communications to offer VoIP. The service, which will cost $69.95 for the top tier package, will feature unlimited calling within the U.S.,...
- Tags: EarthLink Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-01-31
- Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with Linux
- Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with LinuxResponse from Fonality CEODana - you asked two questions at the closure of your blog and I have replied to them below:> Once everything moves to the Internet,> is a PBX really anything more than a very> limited operating system?The answer is:...
- Tags: Telephony, VOIP, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fonality, Asterisk, PBX, voice quality
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
- Top US broadband ISPs: Comcast, SBC, Time Warner, Verizon
- 37,590,531 broadband hookups in the US were active by the end of Q2 2005, with 1,803,769 new customers added in Q2 2005. While cable maintained dominance in the market, DSL operators won by number of new customers added in Q2 2005. US broadband market in Q2 2005 Broadband ISP Total customers New in Q2...
- Tags: Q2 2005, broadband
- Blog posts 2005-11-12
- While Baby Bells sit on their assets...
- While Baby Bells sit on their assets...Why are municipalities the only competitors?The current battle is telephone vs. cable. I think we can agree that both will survive, and absorb related technologies. Telephone/cellular and cable/satellite.What's left? WiFi/WiMax.WiFi is being supplied by the telephone companies, but not as the...
- Tags: Government, Wireless LANs, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, asset, duopoly, cable, phone, municipality, Baby Bell, Google Inc., cable company
- Discussion threads 2005-08-22
- Largest US ISPs: Comcast, SBC, Time Warner, Verizon
- Provider Subscribers at End of Q3 2004 Net Adds in Q3 2004 Cable Comcast 6,554,000 549,000 Time Warner 3,716,000 168,000 Cox 2,430,555 184,446 Charter 1,819,900 108,500 Adelphia 1,253,407 85,605 Cablevision 1,259,024 79,984 Bright House Networks 700,000 25,000 Mediacom 350,000 23,000 Insight 311,500 37,600 RCN* 215,000 5,000 Cable One 165,600 13,300 Total Top Cable 18,774,986 1,279,435 DSL SBC 4,679,000 402,000 Verizon 3,253,000 309,000 Bell South 1,872,000 134,000 Qwest 956,000 103,000 Covad 524,900 10,555 Sprint 432,000 49,000 ALLTEL 216,885 22,351 Cincinnati Bell 123,000 6,000 Century Tel 120,869 12,049 Total...
- Tags: Network technology, Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Time Warner Inc.
- Blog posts 2004-12-08
- Largest US ISPs: Comcast, SBC, Time Warner, Verizon
- Provider Subscribers at End of Q3 2004 Net Adds in Q3 2004 Cable Comcast 6,554,000 549,000 Time Warner 3,716,000 168,000 Cox 2,430,555 184,446 Charter 1,819,900 108,500 Adelphia 1,253,407 85,605 Cablevision 1,259,024 79,984 Bright House Networks 700,000 25,000 Mediacom 350,000 23,000 Insight 311,500 37,600 RCN* 215,000 5,000 Cable One 165,600 13,300 Total Top Cable 18,774,986 1,279,435 DSL SBC 4,679,000 402,000 Verizon 3,253,000 309,000 Bell South 1,872,000 134,000 Qwest 956,000 103,000 Covad 524,900 10,555 Sprint 432,000 49,000 ALLTEL 216,885 22,351 Cincinnati Bell 123,000 6,000 Century Tel 120,869 12,049 Total...
- Tags: Network technology, Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Time Warner Inc.
- Blog posts 2004-12-08
- Competition stirs cable, DSL
- Competition stirs cable, DSLDemand Demand DemandIf the WiMax companies can provide faster than DSL/Cable service the customers will come. Bundled with such features as VOIP, I'd let them put an antenna on my property in a New York minute. If nothing else to unwire my house.Quality, service and...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, WIRELESS, DSL, WiMAX, cable
- Discussion threads 2004-07-29
- Bell tolling for DSL?
- Bell tolling for DSL?a simple question...The Bells complain that their costs exceed their mandated wholesale rates. Their competitors claim otherwise. Who's right?That wasn't a simple question, but this may be: If the wholesale rates are not below costs, why are the new entrants not doing their own...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, ATT, DSL, cable
- Discussion threads 2004-06-15
- AOL subscribers, sales keep sliding
- AOL subscribers, sales keep slidingBYOA = bye-bye AOLAs a former user of AOL's "Bring your own account" service, I can assure you that there is NO compelling reason to stick with AOL once you have a cable or DSL connection. I maintained my BYOA account solely to keep the...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Now IT, sales, America Online Inc., DSL
- Discussion threads 2004-03-16
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