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- How much for a video-friendly Internet?
- I complain a lot about the monopoly ISPs in this space, but these are hard times for them. Despite their dominance of cellular, despite their phone monopolies, and their duopolies on Internet service, shares of AT&T and Verizon have barely budged in the last year. ...
- Tags: Phone, Duopoly, Video, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- Fear Factor in BitTorrent debate
- Fear Factor in BitTorrent debateAmenDuopolies are a poor substitute for a free market and government has to own up to the anticompetitive consequences of its own actions.This is a republic and not a true...democracy. Therefore the few elected to represent the many are easily bought off by big business...
- Tags: Vertical industries, cynicism, duopoly, government, Comcast Corp., democracy, big business, BitTorrent
- Discussion threads 2007-12-04
- duopoly watch: SAP and Microsoft chatter (again)
- SAP and Microsoft are rumored to be an item again, according to Reuters. Let's hear it for European traders looking to get a little volume moving. This report, citing market talk, is as flimsy as they come. But hey Microsoft and SAP were talking way back when but anything...
- Tags: SAP AG, Duopoly, Microsoft Corp., Pricing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Technology's natural state: duopoly (or close to it)
- Technology's natural state: Duopoly (or close to it)Vintage Michael PorterOften markets will support a "tri-opoly". Michael Porter's works on competition tell us there are three ways companies differentiate and compete:1) Build the best product.2) Be the low cost provider.3) Satisfy a nice or vertical better than...
- Tags: Cable, Product marketing, Telecom & Utilities, duopoly, natural state
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Technology's natural state: duopoly (or close to it)
- The merger of Activision and Vivendi to create a video game juggernaut on par with Electronic Arts was the big news over the weekend, but from a high level it's more of the same: Another tech sector and another duopoly in training. The Activision-Vivendi deal, announced Sunday, is being...
- Tags: Security, Google Inc., Duopoly, VMware Inc., Western Digital Corp., Microsoft Corp., Technology, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Net neutrality debate re-ignites
- The recent blocking of BitTorrent by Comcast has re-ignited the network neutrality debate. Rep. Rick Boucher has called Comcast on the carpet, but AT&T has responded forcefully. They not only deny the need for network neutrality, they call it a positive harm, adding there is no...
- Tags: Phone, Network, Comcast Corp., Duopoly, Net Neutrality, MuniWireless, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Phony choices in the net neutrality debate
- Phony choices in the net neutrality debateThe Internet has always had some level of intelligenceThe Internet has always had some level of intelligence. As the father of the Internet Robert Kahn says: "I'm against anything that bans intelligence inside the cloud". Even Vint Cerf tries to shy away...
- Tags: Web site development, Network technology, duopoly, Net Neutrality, Internet, phone, cable, streaming video, phone company, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- 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
Additional Resources
- Promises, promises: A look at Waste Management's case against SAP
- Waste Management's lawsuit against SAP for a "complete failure" of a $100 million software implementation boils down to promises. What did SAP promise Waste Management? And how much responsibility does Waste Management bear for believing those promises? As background, news surfaced last week that Waste Management filed...
- Tags: Software, SAP AG, Waste Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Apple saved us when Google would not
- Had you told me a year ago that Verizon would win the big 700 MHz spectrum auction, and therefore cement the wireless duopoly it has with AT&T I would have been very gloomy. But this was before the iPhone. While all of us were...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Lawsuit: Comcast is a 'totalitarian' business
- Lawsuit: Comcast is a 'totalitarian' businessThere is a REASON . . . .that they are known as CRAPCAST!!!RE: Lawsuit: Comcast is a 'totalitarian' businessCharter was using a similar tactic when they cut the bandwidth to they newsgroup servers down to 128k and claimed no knowledge of the slow down.Comcast didn't...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Miro going nowhere without net neutrality
- Miro, the open source video player, is on a roll. The company is planning a European tour (hope it goes better than the Spice Girls' tour) following a co-branding announcement which drew immediate support, including Germany's public broadcaster. The new version of the software...
- Tags: Interest, Net Neutrality, Corporate Communications, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Open Source, Marketing, Internet, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Pity the fools at Time-Warner
- Pity the fools at Time-WarnerBitTorrent and DivXSeems [url=http://www.divx.com/company/press/press_detail.php?pr_id=286]Sony[/url] and [url=http://www.divx.com/company/press/press_detail.php?pr_id=287]AMD[/url] have taken an keen interest in using DivX.The interesting part about DivX is that it is portable across many devices, and the compression is excellent resulting in relatively small video files without sacrificing video/audio quality.My money is on DivX and...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, DivXNetworks, Time-Warner
- Discussion threads 2008-01-21
- Pity the fools at Time-Warner
- Contrary to the spin of Time-Warner, bits don't have a cost. (This is a real product, a bandwidth meter using the image of Mr. T.) What costs is two-way bandwidth, equipment to transmit it and the labor needed to install and maintain it. It's the capacity for...
- Tags: Network, Fact, Business Model, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"i'm with you 100% on this one.Time Warner is pissing me off. I was considering changing services. Now I am doing it for sure.RE: To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit...
- Tags: Pricing, Vertical industries, Nanny State, Time Warner Inc., download pricing plan, pricing plan, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- FCC starts Comcast cover-up on net neutrality
- The Bush FCC has launched an "inquiry" which will likely kill net neutrality complaints by deeming throttling of BitTorrent traffic "reasonable." Having watched the FCC of Kevin Martin, and other Bush Administration agencies, transform Internet access from a highly competitive marketplace into a cable-Bell duopoly, I'm more than...
- Tags: FCC, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality, Cable, News, Bush FCC, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Cowen: Debating SaaS slowdown; Google Apps and AMD market share
- Cowen & Co. outlined its top 10 potential technology surprises for 2008 and a slowdown in software as a services is front and center on the list. There are also a few wild-cards such as Google Apps adoption and AMD giving up on the market share war. ...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Google Apps, Software-as-a-service, Cowen & Co., Market Share, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- FCC to investigate Comcast
- FCC to investigate ComcastIt's about time!I think Comcast is going to have a really hard time explaining why they're basically [b]impersonating users via forged reset packets[/b]. The "den of thieves" defense fails on legit users who get blocked, as does "managing the network" when they're performing an illegal act as...
- Tags: Federal government, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., network, bandwidth, FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-01-09
- Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"
- Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"The reason - Multiple ProcessorsI can not speak of Leopard but Vista is a problem where the "Why and How" is well known. This time last year it was clear that the Vista team had built its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, PC World, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Leopard, collaborator, Intel Corp., team
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- Fear Factor in BitTorrent debate
- In arguing the monopolists' case against net neutrality today, our own George Ou plays a version of Fear Factor. The slimy bug we're supposed to gag on is the idea of a "metered Internet," which the EFF and other net neutrality proponents have offered as an alternative...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Net Neutrality, Government, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
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