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- Time to make a competitive Internet a priority
- Time to make a competitive Internet a priorityA dsicussion of internet access without mentioning cable?Put the telcos at a competitive disadvantage and you've created a cable monopoly instead of a duopoly.If you're going to set rules, generalize enough to apply them to the other companies with last mile connections.Competition is...
- Tags: Network technology, cable, wireless, Internet, Wireless Infrastructure
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Comcast raises broadband speed
- Comcast raises broadband speedIt's fast enough.... a lower price is what's needed>> Faster speeds may help justify cable subscriptions that average $45 a month
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband market, Comcast Corp., cable, DSL, broadband, oligopoly
- Discussion threads 2005-01-17
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- Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'
- Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'that's like SAP "wrecked" outsourcing...while I agree the govt inquiry may come to nothing, Moffat's argument is ingenious. By agreeing to a locked SIM, allowing AT&T to continue to play games with 3rd party apps like Skype...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Apple Inc., wireless business, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity
- Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivityGimme? No, its socialism in actionWhy do you figure the government has any right to dictate what phones are available through what carriers? I don't happen to like the iPhone - but I know a lot of people...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, text message pricing, carrier exclusivity, phone, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Circuit City files Chapter 11
- Circuit City files Chapter 11ConsolidationCircuit City's reduction decreases the number of stores in which to purchase electronics in many areas.There are now three super banks in the US after the mergers and bankruptcies.Most industries go through a period of consolidation when they mature. Software is a good example. ...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Chapter 11, Circuitcity, consolidation, Fascism
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- U.S. Internet down by law, not market
- U.S. Internet down by law, not marketPlease refrain from the BS, Dana[i]ISPs are free to set terms and conditions of service, but if those terms become onorous the consumer can simply change carriers[/i]And we cannot?If I do not like Comcast I can move to Verizon, Cavalier, AOL, ATX, the list...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, broadcaster
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- First Data Could Allow User Generated Financial Credit Reports
- First Data Could Allow User Generated Financial Credit ReportsConfidentiality?Aren't CC transactions confidential between the buyer & seller and card issuer? I like the idea of consumers controlling their own credit reports, but I don't like the idea of First Data saving and compiling records of transactions after they've cleared.RE: First...
- Tags: Financial accounting, financial, First Data Corp., Financial Credit Reports, Allow User
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- When will textbook publishers get a clue?
- When will textbook publishers get a clue?I buy all my books onlineI mostly use half.com, which is part of eBay. But there's also:http://www.allbookstores.com/This is an aggregator, so it searches a bunch of sites.Here's how much you can save: My "Advanced Suse Linux" book retails for $146.95 at school...
- Tags: Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Office, textbook, Textbook Publishers
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Traditional software licensing: Why you pay more and a look at your options
- It's hard to believe that some of the most profitable software companies in the world--Oracle, Microsoft and SAP--are sitting on a licensing model that is untenable in the long run and will increasingly irk customers. But there may be a revolution in the cards that could tip the balance of...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Open Source, Software Company, Margin, Tools & Techniques, Software As A Service (SaaS), Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Google applies for image text patent
- Google applies for image text patentOh Google, you're so grand and growingcould you please take over every aspect of a person's life and data, kind master.RE: Google applies for image text patentThis patent should not go through because its Google applying for it. Google has been known to steal...
- Tags: Thre, patent, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- In search of the Google phone
- In search of the Google phonegphone as softwareIf gphone is a software bundle, why wouldn't it be made to work on the iphone. Seems like a good combination.Sounds very interesting, in combination with the 700 MHz band coming upfor auction. I can see Google driving the prices sky high...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., Google Phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- Rebuilding a competitive Internet market
- One of the comments on the previous thread got to me. "The only way to deal with companies not providing you with the service you want is to boycott them. They have a right to run their ISP any way they want just as long as they are upfront...
- Tags: Broadband, Fact, Boycott, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- EU opens antitrust probe against Qualcomm
- EU opens antitrust probe against QualcommWhine, whine, whineThat's all I'm hearing. "They're charging us more than we want to pay - go get 'em, EU commission."QUALCOMM and MicrosoftPress from QUALCOMM. This very much is related to Microsoft."May 04, 2006 — QUALCOMM Incorporated and Microsoft Corp. today jointly announced a...
- Tags: Corporate law, Benefits, Qualcomm Inc., Microsoft Corp., antitrust
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Google's open access challenge
- You can have the money if you break the monopoly. That's the summary of Google's proposal for 700MHz, as laid out in a letter from CEO Eric Schmidt to the FCC. Google will bid up to $4.6 billion for spectrum if it gets open access rules on...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- RIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talk
- RIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talkRIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talkWe can only hope this true. Then RIM and blackberries won't suck so bad.OR, this is something leaked by Rim todrive up their share price during their negotiations with Google??Competition is good :)Competition is good. Especially if...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Handhelds, WIRELESS, Free trade, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Corp., WiMAX, RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- Hollywood's copyright enforcer
- Hollywood's copyright enforcerI got here from Law School - that says it allLets get businessmen back into business and put the lawyers back into home offices. From this businessman's perspective what is the difference between going to your local library and checking out the film vs pirate copies? How about...
- Tags: Lets Get
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- The iPhone bill demonstrates need for open spectrum
- The iPhone bill demonstrates need for open spectrumUser has video on YouTubeI believe this same user has a video on YouTube at: http://tinyurl.com/25h8z4Very interesting.www.danmosqueda.blogspot.comHuh? Open Spectrum has what to do with it?I don't see how which freq. used changes your use or the billing practices.It's still billing practicesThe iPhone...
- Tags: Open Spectrum, spectrum, billing, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Mobile phone architect lists 10 iPhone problems
- Mobile phone architect lists 10 iPhone problemsWillie Lu can't think outside the box...the iPhone is a game changer all the old rules about what a mobile phone is has changed and is being redefined by Apple. Apple is ahead of the game, not behind.. they just leap frogged everyone....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Advertising & Promotion, mobile, FM-radio, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., IPHONE IS, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Verizon tells Congress open access spectrum a very bad idea
- Verizon tells Congress open access spectrum a very bad ideaSo it's not a free market......unless it's an oligopoly. Thought as much, but I think it would have been news to Adam Smith.
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-07-13
- Open spectrum is why the iPhone will fail
- Until Larry Dignan pointed it out, I had not realized just how busy we ZDNet bloggers had gotten in talking about the Apple iPhone.It's hardware, it's proprietary, so I really planned on keeping my mouth shut about it. But there is one point I have decided to make, one related...
- Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, politics, mass market, Hardware, Government, business models, Applications, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
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