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Why Satellite Internet service is so slow

Why Satellite Internet service is so slowReal world is worse.Ping statistics for 75.104.128.61: Packets: Sent = 25, Received = 22, Lost = 3 (12% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 626ms, Maximum = 3690ms, Average = 1385msThis is the nameserver within WildBlue's...

Tags: Network technology, Real World, Embarq, satellite, Satellite Internet Service, satellite Internet, latency

Discussion threads 2008-02-24

Embarq Corporation to Cut Product Development Time by 30 Percent With Improved IT Governance

EMBARQ provides a range of flexible and integrated communications services to both residential and business customers. To maintain client loyalty and satisfaction, EMBARQ needed to constantly improve the customer experience through the launch of new services and products. With technology playing a key role in the company's new offerings, they...

Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., EMBARQ, Strategy, Product Development, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations

Case studies 2007-10-25

Newest telecom CEO speaks at TelecomNext

Dan Hesse, CEO of Embarq, gives keynote in Las VegasSprint Nextel is set to spin off a local phone carrier named Embarq later this year. Embarq CEO Dan Hesse talks about VoIP and service for rural areas.

Tags: Embarq, Dan Hesse

Videos 2006-03-22

Embarq Improves Customer Relationship Management While Increasing Employee Efficiency and Productivity

Embarq Corporation, a telecommunications company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, has a heritage going back more than a hundred years. The challenge was to improve customer support and sales support quickly and efficiently within the confines of multiple legacy infrastructures. To solve this, the company implemented IBM WebSphere Application Server,...

Tags: IBM WebSphere, IBM Corp., CRM, Embarq, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Additional Resources

Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemail

Inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, Verizon Communications, and others. Verizon has already sued Klausner over the validity of his patents. SAN FRANCISCO--Emboldened by settlements with Apple and AT&T, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google,...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Patent, Settlement, Verizon Communications Inc., Voicemail, Litigation, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Reuters, patents, legal, voice mail, Judah Klausner, Klausner, Google, Verizon

News items 2008-08-27

Time for Google to take out Sprint

Time for Google to take out SprintWhy change the name?The Sprint name stands for poor quality. Google has a reputation for high quality.I assume that, along with the name change, Google might institute policy changes which would decrease dissatisfaction with the brand, in order to protect its own good name.Sprint...

Tags: WiMAX, Product marketing, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Branding, Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting

Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waitingNO MORE MERGERSAs of late, almost every merger in the last 5 years hasn't made sense, nor have many been successful. While on the other hand, we do look at IBM spinning off their PC division and watch them fly with it.Sprint spun...

Tags: Cellular phones, Mergers & Acquisitions, Graham Ruck, Sprint Communications, T-Mobile, CDMA

Discussion threads 2008-03-07

Comcast on Digital Voice: "we're now number 4 telco, and we ain't VoIP"

Here at CES, Comcast is proudly heralding their new ranking as the fourth-largest residential phone service provider in the U.S. At one time they were the sixth largest, behind, Verizon, AT&T, Qwest, Sprint-spinoff Embarq,and Vonage. But now, they've passed Embarq. They passed Vonage about sixth months ago. ...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Voice, Vonage Holdings Corp., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Microsoft's Windows Live finally starting to come into its own

Microsoft's Windows Live finally starting to come into its ownMS Announces Zune IIOh wait, I mean Windows Live. For a second I got it confused with Zune. Late to the market, ugly and a poor second to Google.That doesn't mean I think it will be a failure. ...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

AT&T DSL 1.5 mbps service = 0.3 mbps throughput

AT&T DSL 1.5 mbps service = 0.3 mbps throughputRegarding the DSL serviceRegarding your DSL speed issue, what is the proximity to the DSLAM provider infrastructure as this can have an effect on the speed averages DSL speed advertises peak not average. As DSL is basically converting a digital channel...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, AT&T Corp., DSL, AT&T DSL, AT&T DSL 1.5 mbps service, AT&T DSL 1.5

Discussion threads 2007-10-28

Telco offers reward for leads on copper theft

Telco offers reward for leads on copper theftthey use this excuse often here in VegasA company I did work for had a problem with embarq service and they claimed this was the issue. I don't know how they got a brand new setup within 3 hours and still claimed...

Tags: copper theft

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Stupid FioS broadband tricks

Stupid FioS broadband tricksFix your typoI've had 15 kbps since the early 90's.So where is this?Those numbers are nice and all, but really of little value without knowing where you're getting this service. Little Rock, AK? Tijuana? Ontario?I thought of FIOS...But to be honest and i know this is unusual,...

Tags: Network technology, latency, broadband, Fios, cable, Kbps

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

Sprint, is there no limit to your stupidity?

My colleague Marguerite Reardon's piece on Sprint sending out severance letters to customers who call their customer service lines too often doesn't surprise me.Just to bring you up to speed, the letters read:"Our records indicate that over the past year, we have received frequent calls from you regarding your...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, SprintNextel

Blog posts 2007-07-06

'Seattle Spammer' arrested

'Seattle Spammer' arrestedYou also forgotEvery computer owner who's resources were stolen by him to send out spam. He should have to pay the old IBM rate for the computer time used on each computer..estimated by the computer owner of course.. as the damages.Nothing stopping itThis is a criminal case,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, spammer, Seattle Spammer, computer, spam, Nothing

Discussion threads 2007-05-31

Is cable in Verizon's crosshairs?

Is cable in Verizon's crosshairs?Be very worried!People make fun of Vonage. Instead you should be hating Verizon. Vonage bought or leased patents for their business -- they did everything right in that area. Verizon claim is their patents trump everything! You should be scared.I am a...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, cable, Verizon Communications Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, patent

Discussion threads 2007-04-13

Hey AT&T, just park that U-verse DSLAM in my yard

Hey AT&T, just park that U-verse DSLAM in my yardSign me up!AT&T can use my yard under the same terms. I think AT&T putting these boxes in private owners' yards in exchange for service would be a triumph of the free market over excessive regulation.B-52s versus FiberLet get this...

Tags: Network technology, TVs, TV & Home Theater, AT&T Corp., yard, fiber

Discussion threads 2006-12-20

Four months in SunRocket LNP limbo

Reader Timothy Youngard has spent much of the last four months trying to get his legacy phone number switched over to his new SunRocket account.The problem, as Tim describes it to me, has been that Pacwest, the entity used by SunRocket...

Tags: General, Case Studies, SunRocket

Blog posts 2006-11-06