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- Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customers
- Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customersWhy, just Why?Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to becoming Comcast customers? Where I live even DSL is not available so my only choice is Comcast and they are terrible, their customer service is terrible, their installers are unreliable and they...
- Tags: INTERNET, Cable, Network technology, TVs, Broadband Internet, comcast, Comcast Corp., voice customer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart grid
- Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart gridPlease read...(Broadband over Power Lines- BPL)Take a look at the following. While net communication over power lines might be useful in high density areas (like a large Apt. Building in a major city) it is not without...
- Tags: electrical power plug, smart grid, power plug, grid, powerline
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value
- The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...
- Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- AT&T: 'Slinging' violates ToS; barred on all devices
- AT&T: 'Slinging' violates ToS; barred on all devicesiPhone NOT iPCAT&T is treading some pretty fine lines here. I wouldn't be surprised if someone sued them over the wording of their own TOS and the definition of the word "phone".I do not make phone calls on a PC through AT&T....
- Tags: Corporate communications, AT&T Corp., Tos
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.
- Twitter's "Fail Whale" logo is cute, but solving the popular service's availability and scalability issues will be paramount if the web is to rely on it as a communications medium. So, I've been Twittering for a while. I was skeptical of the service...
- Tags: Client-server, Scalability, Twitter, IBM Corp., Storage, Mainframes, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- USB 3.0 arriving - bring on the speed
- USB 3.0 arriving - bring on the speedsweet!ntNice.Nice. No more slow external drives. I've always had a tendency to avoid external drives for that reason.eSATA is nice as well, but it was for drives only.why it took so long?USB3 has been in works for many years.Initially the big selling point...
- Tags: USB3, FireWire, USB
- Discussion threads 2009-01-13
- Underwater Cloud Break
- In my previous post I discussed how historically railways were the supply chain backbone of the US economy as was the case with many other nations 120 years ago. Globally the internet is remarkably similar today: although we tend to think of it...
- Tags: UK Guardian Newspaper, Internet, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- CIO Sessions: Qwest's Pieter Poll
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das in this latest edition of CIO Sessions about choosing the innovative technologies to run one of the leading communication companies in the U.S. They also discuss the company’s role as the network infrastructure provider at the 2008 DNC and...
- Tags: CIO, Bandwidth, Qwest Communications Inc., Net Neutrality, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonableSome bandwidth management neededAlthough totally blocking content is wrong, even though some of it is probably illegal content. The IP is not trying to police content but rather provide a equal experience for all of its customers with a limited amount of bandwidth. Maybe, broadband providers...
- Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Building a High Speed Network With Dark Fiber & Gigabit Ethernet (GigE): A Multi-Point Network That Can Carry Voice Switches, LANs and Video, Built on Fiber and Gigabit Ethernet
- Many companies need to interconnect multiple buildings within a Metropolitan Area Network MAN in a cost-effective way. These companies need things like voice interconnection VoIP; LAN interconnection; the ability to send video signals security or videoconferencing from one place to the other. The boxes to be interconnected include LAN switches,...
- Tags: Network, Gigabit Ethernet, Video, Fiber, Eurofiber, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, LANs, Ethernet, Networking, Marketing
- White papers 2008-03-28
- Logitech says any Microsoft bid 'without sense'
- Logitech says any Microsoft bid 'without sense'Come on nowit would be fine and dandy if the competition owned shares/stakes/assets in its competitor because even if they don't make a sum of money from their own product they could benefit from the 'other' marketshare of the competitor. Now, whether they...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Logitech, software, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Worst-Case Analysis of Dynamic Wavelength Allocation in Optical Networks
- This white paper considers Wavelength Division Multiplexed WDM optical networks. WDM networks use multiple communication channels over a single optical fiber. The channels are at different wavelengths. These networks support lightpaths, which are end-to-end circuit-switched communication connections that traverse one or more links and use one WDM channel per link.
- Tags: Optical Network, Wavelength, Allocation, University Of Hawaii, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-11-08
- Long Reach Passive Optical Networks
- The paper discusses recent progress in the development of optically amplified, long reach passive optical networks, which aim to significantly reduce network complexity and cost by integrating metro and access into a single, all-optical communication system. Fiber-To-The-Premises FTTP has been envisaged for a long time as an attractive future access...
- Tags: Optical Network, Network, Broadband, IEEE, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Video On Demand (VoD), Broadband Internet, Networking, Network Technology, Modems, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-11-05
- noax Industrial PCs Are Used for Warehouse Logistics and Storage Management at One of the Largest Manufacturers of Windows, Window Doors and Industrial Extruded PVC for Window Frames in Germany
- Salamander Industrial Products is an internationally renowned manufacturer of plastic PVC framed windows and industrial extrusions, as well as leather fiber materials. The forklift drivers at the company wanted access to the Internet in their vehicles, but the person in charge of logistics at Salamander Industrial Products was able to...
- Tags: PC, Storage Management, Window, Logistics, Microsoft Windows, Fiber, Salamander Industrial Products, Supply Chain, Construction, Storage, Business Operations, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-11-05
- SZ7_Drivers.zip 7.14.10.1244 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../Chipset Driver Intel 8.2A_8.2.0.1012/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:Allied Telesis AT-2916T Allied Telesis AT-2971SX v1 Gigabit Adapter Allied Telesis AT-2971SX v2 Gigabit Adapter Allied Telesis AT-2971T v1 Gigabit Adapter Allied Telesis AT-2971T v2 Gigabit Adapter Allied Telesis AT-2971LX...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., PCI Express, PCI64, 82801G, PCI, Chipsets, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Software downloads 2007-11-02
- AR6_Drivers.zip 2007-09-19 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../SATA Driver Intel Non-RAID 7.0A_7.0.0.1020/Readme.txt .../SATA Driver Intel RAID 7.0A_7.0.0.1020/Readme.txt .../Chipset Driver_Intel_ 8.2D_8.2.0.1014A/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS...
- Tags: Adapter, Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., PCI Express, 82801G, PCI64, PCI, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Ethernet, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-09-19
- I HATE pulling cable
- I HATE pulling cableCrimping is very, very, badCrimping to terminate Ethernet is the apogee of ignorance or stupidity, take your choice. A 110 punch for Ethernet is universally a 66 punch for phones. NOBODY, as in ABSOLUTELY NOBODY can precisely crimp to terminate Cat 5e or Cat 3....
- Tags: Network technology, cable
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- AR5_Drivers.zip 2007-06-27 (Windows)
- Click on the following links for the driver package readme info:.../Chipset Driver Intel 8.2C - 8.2.0.1014B/Readme.txt .../SATA Driver Intel (Non-RAID) 7.0A - 7.0.0.1020/Readme.txt .../SATA Driver Intel RAID 7.0A - 7.0.0.1020/Readme.txt This package supports the following driver models:Realtek High Definition Audio IDT High Definition Audio CODEC Bluetooth Hands-free Audio Bluetooth Hands-free...
- Tags: Adapter, Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., PCI Express, 82801G, PCI64, PCI, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Ethernet, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-06-27
- Air Force Reserve Command CIO: Colonel John Hayes - Transcript
- Interview:Dan Farber: Colonel Hayes, Thanks for being here.John Hayes: Dan, it’s my please to be here. I’m looking forward to this interview.Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent the majority of your career in the communications command and now you’re heading up the Air Force Reserves on the communications side;...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- Air Force Reserve Command CIO: Colonel John Hayes - Transcript
- Interview: Dan Farber: Colonel Hayes, Thanks for being here. John Hayes: Dan, it’s my please to be here. I’m looking forward to this interview. Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent the majority of your career in the communications command and now you’re...
- Tags: CIO, Network, Air Force, Technology, Operation, Business Case Analysis, Information Assurance, Web 2.0, Networking, Wireless, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
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