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Vonage sued for patent infringement--again: Vonage sued for patent infringement--againPut a fork in'em...They are sinking faster than the titantic.World is full of parasitesAnother proof that the world (especialy the US) is full of parasite company who contribute nothing and only want to milk succesful company (like Vonage).The US patents system is as useless and abusive...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., telecommunications company, patent, Marguerite Reardon; Discussion threads 2006-07-10
Sorry, the VON Show is not "CES for VoIP": Busy all of last week with my reporting from the Spring VON 2006 show in San Jose, I've just gotten around to reading assessments of the conference from colleagues.One of these colleagues, Marguerite Reardon, has posted a thought-provoking piece entitled "VoIP: Are We There Yet?" Marguerite makes several valid...; Tags: VoIP; Blog posts 2006-03-20

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No Brotherly Love: EarthLink will pull its Wi-Fi network from Philly: EarthLink on Tuesday threw in the towel on its Philadelphia Wi-Fi project, which the ISP was trying to transfer to a non-profit or the city's operating group. Now EarthLink is trying to pull out its gear. EarthLink says in a statement: After months of negotiations with...; Tags: EarthLink Inc., Network, Wi-Fi Network, City, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
What a novel idea: Verizon cooperates with P2P file sharers: Verizon will unveil test results detailing how an Internet service provider can boost download speed by about 60 percent if it cooperates with file-sharing software makers. According to the Associated Press, Verizon's test could represent a turning point between ISPs and P2P firms. The message: If folks are going...; Tags: Result, Network, P2P, Verizon Communications Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-14
Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOA: SI model Jessica Gomes, if you must know. Our own Maggie Reardon expands on a Denver Post story that notes the Denver International Airport has chosen to block Wi-Fi access to such sites as boingboing.net, the website of Vanity Fair magazine, and even the web link to...; Tags: Sports Illustrated, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-03-07

AT&T ready to become Internet cop: So Comcast says it is not blocking but slowing certain kinds of traffic in order to preserve the viability of its network. As a cable provider, Comcast is much better able to offer downstream bandwidth than upstream, therefore mostly what it blocks is upstream peer-to-peer traffic, primarily BitTorrent. ...; Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-01-17
White-space spectrum debate rages: White-space spectrum debate ragesI would side with the broadcastersLet them get the switch to digital completed and then look at reallocation of the white space.I feel broadcasters are right...They paid to use a frequency segment under certain conditions (including the availability of the white space to avoid interference), then others...; Tags: Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, NOAA Weather Radio, Mhz, spectrum; Discussion threads 2007-08-16
Vonage CEO:"shocked" by SunRocket's rapid demise: During yesterday's quarterly conference call with analysts, Vonage founder-chair-interim CEO Jeff Citron was asked what he thought of SunRocket's rapid demise, and how it was handled."I was shocked to see the company go from having capital troubles to not signing up new customers and closing its doors," colleague Maggie Reardon...; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Demise, SunRocket, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-08-10
At least three reasons why Vonage subscriber count is flat-lining: During yesterday's quarterly conference call with analysts, Vonage founder and interim CEO Jeff Citron noted that for the second quarter the company spent just $68 million on marketing, compared to $91 million in the first quarter.The cuts helped Vonage reduce their losses for the quarter by about 50 percent, but...; Tags: VoIP, Vonage Holdings Corp., Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-08-10
FAQ: The 411 on radio frequency interference: FAQ: The 411 on radio frequency interferenceAll Phones?This happens with all cellphones -- really?? I have 2 Verizon cellphones -- a RAZR and an old LG (remember the one with the green screen?). I use both, one's for work and the other's personal. I have never had either of those...; Tags: Cellular phones, radio frequency, radio, Cingular/ATT GSM, CDMA, phone, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2007-07-27
Time to boycott Sprint over its customer treatment: Sprint Nextel is booting customers that call customer service too much and tossing soldier accounts due to excessive roaming. All potential customers should just boycott Sprint--after all you may have to call customer service once in a while or even roam (gasp). Now let's add this up. As Russell Shaw...; Tags: Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Mobile, General; Blog posts 2007-07-07
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
Verizon CEO on iPhone craze: we've got compelling offerings, too!: While I was participating in a AT&T Video Share demo, here at NXTcomm, my colleague Marguerite Reardon from the News.com side of our shop was at a press conference featuring Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.So happens that Seidenberg runs the wireless services company that is the number one competitor of AT&T Wireless-...; Tags: Verizon, SBC-AT&, T, Apple; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Verizon gains more FiOS Internet, TV traction; delusional on iPhone impact: Verizon said Wednesday that it has 1 million FiOS Internet customers and nearly 500,000 FiOS TV viewers.The disclosure was made at the NXTcomm Conference (see Russell Shaw's blog coverage). FiOS is Verizon's residential fiber-optic service that's encroaching on cable turf. That Verizon is getting traction--not sure a family video of...; Tags: Wired & Wireless, Verizon, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Mobile, iPhone, General, Apple; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Enterprise communication: Flexibility trumps security: Before wireless email became commonplace, executive management would often forward their most important email messages from their corporate account to their free, consumer email account (e.g., hotmail) -- so that they could access them at a public kiosk while traveling. Consumer instant messaging (IM), and the plethora of free "2.0"...; Tags: Collaboration, Email, Messaging, Security, Social communities, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2007-04-27
BlackBerry: database problem caused the crash: Colleague Marguerite Reardon reports that BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has finally issued a statement identifying the cause of the 14-hour service disruption earlier this week.In a statement, RIM has "determined that the incident was triggered by the introduction of a new, noncritical system routine that was designed to...; Tags: Outages, News; Blog posts 2007-04-20
Here's what probably caused the BlackBerry outage: Colleague Marguerite Reardon has talked to several networking administrators about the BlackBerry outage.Shes just posted an analysis of how this could have happened, and what technology systems were at fault.The blame seems to be on issues at one of BlackBerrys Network Operations Centers. Probably the one in Waterloo, co-located...; Tags: Uncategorized, Outages, News; Blog posts 2007-04-18
WiMax products, services a key theme at CTIA: The CTIA show begins today in Orlando, Florida. Several of my colleagues are there. Im "there" too, but virtually.One of the underlying memes of this years show is a substiantially upgraded profile for WiMax services and products-both at the carrier and the handset level. WiMax is the solution which can...; Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, CTIA, WiMAX; Blog posts 2007-03-27
Details on the Cisco IP Phone security vulnerabilities: As my colleague Marguerite Reardon reports, Cisco is spreading the word about some security vulnerabilities in their Unified IP Conference Station and IP Phones.Heres what Cisco is saying:The Cisco Unified IP Conference Station and IP Phone devices contain the following vulnerabilities:1. It may be possible to access the Unified...; Tags: Cisco, General, Security; Blog posts 2007-02-22
Photos: Touring the 3GSM World Congress: CNET News.com reporter Marguerite Reardon is in Barcelona this week to take in the gadgets, trends and latest strategies in the mobile industry.; Tags: Barcelona, photograph, strategy, mobile marketing; Image galleries 2007-02-13