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Will the Internet remain neutral?: Probably not. What Net Neutrality advocates forget is what has kept the Internet neutral so far has been market discipline, not government. Most customers want neutrality, and will "vote with their feet" against those carriers who violate it. Assuming, that is, they have a...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!: Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!I hear you thereThe fact that they sell you a system that they know is underperforming due to the crapware is ironic as they advertise these system and "Optimal Performers", "Fast!", ect.(I also charge the same "rates", but they allways...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Desktops, Sony Corp., Apple Safari, Friday Rant; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
Skype is back (for some); damage to reputation is done: Skype is back for some; damage to reputation is doneMaybe this is just academically?Well, seems to me this is more important on the academic field than the business field I might be totally wrong. Skype I think is a very good example of the Second Media Age products, and the...; Tags: Telephony, PRODUCTIVITY, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, skype, Skype Technologies S.A.; Discussion threads 2007-08-17
When there's only five giant computers left, will one or more of them be Sun's?: The folks at Sun -- the company's CTO Greg Papadopoulos in particular -- have a theory spelled out here about how the world's compute power is consolidating into the network. And judging by Sun vice president Peder Ulander's pictured below complete title VP of Redshift and Web, the company...; Tags: Web technology, Video, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Audio from TestBed Videos; Blog posts 2007-07-18
The Verizon FiOS installation: The key points: The Verizon FiOS installation: The key pointsreset netgear routermy experience with FIOS installation was that it took the installers a long time to get Verizon to authorize the install. We were moving one phone line and our internet access to FIOS. One thing that I missed was the...; Tags: Network technology, Routers & switches, DSL, INTERNET, NETWORKING, Broadband Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., Fios, Verizon Fios, router, cable; Discussion threads 2007-07-16

OUTRAGE: Sprint said to cancel nearly 200 military accounts for "excessive roaming": OUTRAGE: Sprint said to cancel nearly 200 military accounts for "excessive roaming"Sprint extended my contractafter a deployment last year I discovered that Sprint tried to help me by suspending my service while I was in the Middle East. When i returned home and had it turned back on they...; Tags: Public relations, Cellular phones, Sprint Communications; Discussion threads 2007-07-06
Senators mull new taxes to fund 911 Net upgrade: Senators mull new taxes to fund 911 Net upgradeWhy is it whenever the idiot politicians......come up with some brain-dead new idea, they always insist that the only way to do it is by raiding, yet again, our wallets.No more feesRight now I think the majority of my phone bill is...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax; Discussion threads 2007-04-10
Vonage customers: Finding a new VOIP provider may be tricky: Vonage customers: Finding a new VOIP provider may be trickySkype Might be An Excellent Alternative but ....Skype has been a boon to some independence to my wheelchair-bound son. He has his own number for under $70 this year so that he can call whoever he wants whenever he wants.However, being...; Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, GLOBALINX, Skype Technologies S.A., Vonage Holdings Corp., phone, VoIP; Discussion threads 2007-04-06
Vonage, Verizon spar in court over patents: Vonage, Verizon spar in court over patentsOnce again the big boys can't take the competition.Once again the big boys try to stifle competition in the communications sector and again resorting to the "patents" ploy. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that the fees they are paying their legal experts...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., patent, Verizon Communications Inc., VoIP; Discussion threads 2007-02-28
Active CallerID (exe): Active CallerID is a powerful Caller ID detection software that will turn your PC into an advanced Caller ID device. It uses your modem and Caller ID service provided by your local phone company in order to identify who's calling. Active CallerID has its own built-in Address Book that will...; Tags: Caller ID, Active CallerID; Software downloads 2007-01-23
Move over iTunes. Here comes the Secure Video Processor Alliance: Meet Jas Saini. He's chairman of the Secure Video Processor Alliance -- an alliance whose members are not about to take Apple's incursion into the home entertainment and content multiplexing market lying down.The battle to be your content multiplexer is on. It's a battle that most people don't...; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., content multiplexer, multiplexer, personal video recorder; Blog posts 2006-09-21
Vonage's red ink: why all the woo-hoo in the world won't help: Vonage's red ink: why all the woo-hoo in the world won't helpNot surprised Vonage is going under!Vonage seems very expensive and their ads show people doing stupid things ;) Almost ingnoring 9-1-1 and spending $29.95+ for net long distance is stupid when you have Skype!Billy in Sugar LandPoor serviceVonnage is...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonnage, phone, Vonage Holdings Corp., ViaTalk, cable, VoIP; Discussion threads 2006-08-02
Legal loophole emerges in NSA spy program: Legal loophole emerges in NSA spy programMy RIGHT to my life...trumps your "right" to privacy.deal with it.What bothers me the most isthese clauses that say revealing that I'm being spied upon is a criminal offense. And this bullsh*t that their protecting me against foriegn terrorist while the terrorist are killing...; Tags: Vertical industries, E-mail, Nothing, government, customers privacy, FISA Court; Discussion threads 2006-05-17
The NSA phone call database is illegal: The NSA phone call database is illegalMissing the goalThe goal is to find more rats.You know that ZM was a terrorist. So you see whohe called. See who they called. Look to seewho else called those numbers. The other part is to watch these numbers...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, data base information, NSA, phone; Discussion threads 2006-05-11
My analysis: what will the AT: My analysis: what will the ATTwo dinosaurs matingjust before the asteroid hits. That's MY analysis.Big Bang Theoryand the closed universe concept. 1984 saw the "Big Bang", the breakup of the Bell operating system. Seems the universe created back then has reached it's maximum expansion point, and is contracting back in...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, environment, stupidity, government, Bad News, AT&T Corp., BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., analysis; Discussion threads 2006-03-06
Internet life speeding up in small-town America: Internet life speeding up in small-town AmericaRural Development USDAVisit the federal agency USDA Rural Development to see how we are bringing broadband to rural America. www.rurdev.usda.govBroadband usage proportional to costTry getting broadband out in rural areas at a cost less than twice of urband areas. My only option is...; Tags: Modems, Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cable, broadband, modem; Discussion threads 2006-02-26
Rebuttal to charges by Wireless Philadelphia's Neff: In my post "ISP marketing priorities, cumbersome regulations blamed for U.S. broadband "fiasco," I cited perspectives and quotes about the city of Philadelphia's efforts to build a municipal Wi-Fi network with Earthlink.This information, including several quotes attributed to the City of Philadelphia's chief technology officer Dianah Neff, comes via an...; Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless Philadelphia; Blog posts 2005-10-19
Without T-1 QoS, consumer VoIP winners will be enterprise losers: Fellow VoIP blogger Ted Wallingford writes that a big obstacle to consumer-branded VoIP access services entry into the enterprise space is the fact that most don't control the data connection as well as the service."Because most home broadband connections don't support Quality of Service QoS technology (which prioritizes voice traffic...; Tags: VoIP, Ted Wallingford; Blog posts 2005-09-26
OneCleveland the model for citywide broadband: OneCleveland the model for citywide broadbandgovernment ownership of the means of production ...Didn't somebody try having government own the means of production? And wasn't the outcome abandoning the effort, after thousands began leaving Warsaw Pact countries for the West?Seems like there's a lesson to be learned there.Re-inventing the wheel...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OneCleveland, broadband; Discussion threads 2005-08-25
What should be Skype's business model? I sort through the visions: On Om Malik's Broadband Blog, guest writer Jesse Kopelman sees Skype as some sort of a worldwide, next-generation, virtual PBX/Centrex. And on The Motley Fool investment-related site, contributor Rick Aristotle Munarriz sees Skype as an uber social networking enabler.In this post, I will try and weave these two disparate visions...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A.; Blog posts 2005-08-18