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Verizon dishes off rural assets to Frontier in $8.6 billion deal

Frontier Communications will acquire rural assets from Verizon in an $8.6 billion stock swap.  The deal appears to be a win-win for both sides. Frontier becomes the largest "pure rural" communications provider with 7 million access lines, 8.6 million voice and broadband connections. Frontier will have 16,000...

Tags: Asset, Verizon Communications Inc., Frontier Communications, Asset Management, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Wanted: Your best/worst customer services stories

Wanted: Your best/worst customer services storiesFrontier CommunicationsI recently had a bad experience with Frontier Communications. I recently relocated for a job, and in the process left Frontier's service area. The issue is that when I cancelled I was told that I would not be charged a cancellation fee. I ended...

Tags: Routers & switches, PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, NETWORKING, Marketing research, Frontier Communications, customer services story, router

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

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Why I am against pure net neutrality

Why I am against pure net neutrality100 per cent disagreeLet's compare this to cable TV. Originally all cable providers were supposed to provide a certain amount of channels/bandwidth to public access stations but once they sobbed for similar reasons -- having to monitor for inappropriate content and to keep costs...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Net Neutrality, pure net neutrality, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.

In today's Wall Street Journal, reporter Amy Schatz writes that a proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost after Federal Communications Commission engineers "concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers." Which is all well and good, except...

Tags: FCC, Airwave, Wireless Internet, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Government, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Palin e-mail hacker indicted, pleads not guilty. Is justice being served?

Justice is being served against the kid who allegedly hacked into Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account, right? David Kernell, the 20-year-old son of Democratic Tennessee state representative Mike Kernell and a student at the University of Tennessee, was indicted on a charge of accessing...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Hacker, Computer, Kid, E-mail, Productivity, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Can a case be made against the Palin e-mail hacker?

It's probably only a matter of time before the feds arrest the kid who allegedly hacked into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account. If the news reports are true, it looks like fingers are pointing to the 20-year-old son of a Democratic state legislator in Tennessee. But, here's...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Service Component Architecture, U.S. Department Of Justice, Hacker, E-mail, Online Communications, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-19

S. Korea moves to tighten the Net

Even as China is being roundly criticized for restricting Internet access even for Western journalists during the Olympics, another Asian country is moving to restrict the net. Reuters reports that South Korea is starting to make moves to restrain the Net, as well. The mass access to the Internet,...

Tags: Media, South Korea, Internet, Government, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-04

FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedent

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday ruled 3-2 that Comcast overstepped its network management authority by blocking BitTorrent peer to peer traffic, but stopped short of fining the cable company. The move clarifies the boundaries a bit for other carriers and sends the message that the FCC enforces network neutrality...

Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality, Network Neutrality Rule, Deborah Taylor Tate, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

9th Circuit: Employees' text messages are private

In a major case marking out the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment in the electronic age, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit held that employers can't read employees' text messages if they're sent through an outside service. They can't even read email unless it's stored on the employers' servers....

Tags: Electronic Communication, Arch Wireless, Online Communications, E-mail, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Voice over SOA sounds promising -- will vendors deliver?

Can SOA add automation and intelligence to the way calls and other communications are routed throughout the enterprise? This may be the next great frontier for SOA -- and, at long last, a tangible benefit of architecture for the business. Digital communications, enhanced by SOA ...

Tags: Business Process, Voice, Communications Server, Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., David Greenfield, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-03-16

In-flight Internet cleared for take-off

I've been skeptical of plans for in-flight broadband access. Let's face it, the airlines don't have a great track record here. No one used those sad phones in the seatbacks. And Boeing's Connexion service--once offered by a few international carriers--is gone. But this time it may finally happen. ...

Tags: Internet Access, American Airlines, Wall Street Journal, Flight, JetBlue Airways Corp., Boeing Co., Equipment, Satellite, Virgin America, Aircell, U.S. In-flight Broadband, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Capturing ambient intelligence

According to Wikipedia, 'ambient intelligence AmI refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people.' In 'Ambient intelligence: snowboarding to the new frontier,' ICT Results reports that ambient intelligence is a key component for future beyond 3G mobile and wireless communication systems. This is why...

Tags: Network, Environment, Wireless Communication, Intelligence, e-SENSE, Sensei, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-15

Telecommuting not so great for those left in office

Telecommuting not so great for those left in officeOne word, "Envy" nt.Email and Blogs have to be for everyone.The USA just did not ensure that the infrastructure for commuting was maintained. We see this so clearly after the Mississippi bridge collapse and Ferry Boat issues in Washington...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Blogging, Telecommuting not-so, telecommuting, not-so, job, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Avaya CIO: Lorie Buckingham - Transcript

Dan Farber: Lorie, thanks for joining me. Lorie Buckingham: It’s a pleasure to be here today. Dan Farber: Now you recently came to Avaya from Visteon which is an auto parts maker, what is it about Avaya that attracted you? ...

Tags: Avaya Inc., Data Centers, E-mail, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-10-16

EFF sues DOJ for lobbying data

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Lawsuit against the Department of Justice to obtain records on telecom lobbying efforts, Ars Technica reports. EFF is seeking documentation of lobbying around amendments to the FISA law and the granting of immunity for surveillance activities. What connections and...

Tags: Ars Technica, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Telecommunications Company, Government, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bush Administration, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-28

Telco lobbyists urge suppression of eavesdropping lawsuits: is this OK?

  Image is from the Saturday Evening Post of June 6, 1964. How little has changed. Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball have the scoop on a joint effort by Verizon, AT&T and the Bush administration to pass legislation that would blog all lawsuits against...

Tags: U.S., Lawsuit, Newsweek, Terrorist, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-20

FBI further abused security letters by requesting 'communities of interest'

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reveals that FBI abuses of "exigent circumstances" letters not only illegally sought information on individual customers but also were used to obtain information on people they frequently called. A Freedom of Information Act request from EFF uncovered the new revelations, staff lawyer Kurt Opsahl...

Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Letter, U.S. Department Of Justice, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-13

KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dud

KPMG on Entertprise 2.0: a dudThey just don't get it...The average tech savvy corporate citizen doesn't even know what a blog or wiki is. The tech unsavvy simply have no clue.The KPMG paper, while extraordinarily light on content, was quite obviously targetted at a reality that the average Enterprise...

Tags: Groupware, KPMG Consulting Inc., E2.0, extreme collaboration

Discussion threads 2007-09-03

9th Circuit to decide whether to dismiss NSA spying case against AT&T

In 2003, Room 641A of a large telecommunications building in downtown San Francisco was filled with powerful data-mining equipment for a "special job" by the National Security Agency, according to a former AT& T technician. It was fed by fiber-optic cables that siphoned copies of e-mails and other online traffic...

Tags: Internet, San Francisco, AT&T Corp., National Security, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-14