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European Parliament to revisit telecom regulations

The Members of the European Parliament MEP are to convene once more to discuss Internet access and the rules that are currently being tabled and will be the sole topic up for discussion. by Doug Hanchard

Tags: Telecom Regulation, European Parliament, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Networking, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-11-04

The future of telecom regulation in Europe

The future of telecom regulation in EuropeYou still need a passport to utiliza an Internet CafeWhile it may no longer be necessary to present a passport at the border when traveling in the EU, you still have to present a passport when using a computer at an Internet Cafe. Something...

Tags: INTERNET, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, passport, telecom regulation, Internet Cafe, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

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FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality

Gov't fix, oh joyUh yeah, the internet is undecidely broken. This has a strong possibility of leading to usage limits. Comcast already has walked that line because they are behind the curve on their backbone upgrades. Why would a company who is being paid not provide better...

Tags: INTERNET, FCC, Net Neutrality, socialist, Nazi, Godwin, leader, Microsoft Windows NT, government

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Google Voice shows need to update telecom laws

Is a Google Voice a phone service or a web service? The fact is, it's a question that can't be answered under our current definitions. But one thing is clear: Google Voice is the camel's nose under the policy tent that should - and perhaps will - cause a full-blown...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Telecommunications, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-11

AT&T cries foul to FCC, uses Google Voice to spark Net Neutrality debate

There's a Net Neutrality battle going on and AT&T has put a double-edged sword at the feet of the FCC - and Google's name is written all over it. AT&T sent a letter to the FCC today, asking the regulatory agency to look into the practices of...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Google Voice, Federal Government, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules

How They RollThis is just how the GOP rolls. When Bill Clinton left office we were number one or two in broadband. Now we're down around 17 behind some Eastern European countries. The GOP keeps saying they're about competition, but they keep passing bills to stifle real competition. Sort of...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, GOP, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?

Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

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

Will telcos ever embrace open source?

Will telcos ever embrace open source?You're not really discussing open source here.You're talking about the business model for the delivery of information.So when you write:The Internet itself grew up in defiance of the telcos. Its business model is anathema to them. Thus telcos and cable operators do all they can...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, open source, telecommunications company, Internet, cable, business model

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Why ComCast hates - and fears - the Internet

Why ComCast hates - and fears - the InternetCooling process"Gigabit Ethernet to every home should be a national goal. Let people, not companies, decide what they want to see. Let entrepreneurs build new services to use that bandwidth and see what happens."I agree with the UK government's answer to piracy...

Tags: NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., Internet

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

"Net neutrality" is stupid

Today's net neutrality tempest - Google: are they or aren't they? - is a marketing mistake with grave public policy implications. The mistake was law professor Tim Wu's: creating a new label when a perfectly good one is already there. "Net neutrality" is another term for "common...

Tags: Professor, Network, Network Neutrality, Federal Express, Net Neutrality, Carrier, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for

Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...

Tags: Consumer, U.S., Cost, Google Inc., Bandwidth, Study, Broadband, Precursor LLC, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Big telecom acquiring a Google fixation

Big telecom acquiring a Google fixationPlease clarify.I don't understand your conclusion.Quoting:What Google, and all of us, most need to do is work that problem, finding business models through which content owners can profit while the end-to-end integrity of the search-and-find Internet is preserved.That will break the link between the content...

Tags: Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, Google Inc., content delivery

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

The candidates on tech

Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues â€" broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum â€" although TechPresident notes the list is not comprehensive and conceivably is biased towards Obama. Here's the breakdown. Broadband. McCain: D....

Tags: Broadband, H-1B, Human Resources, John McCain, Labor Relations, Net Neutrality, Obama, Richard Koman, Spectrum, Telecommunications

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Cable: Natural born monopoly?

The second quarter results are out and it appears that the cable industry is winning share in broadband, phone and TV connections and handily thwarting encroachment by the likes of Verizon and AT&T. In fact, TV and broadband service is meant to be a monopoly and cable appears to be...

Tags: verizon communications inc., broadband, at&t corp., ma bell, satellite, moffett, broadband growth, cost reduction effort, network technology, cable, broadband internet, telecommunications, networking, personal technology, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?

Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?a little betterIt's better, in that it involves some competition between private companies, and not full government involvement. It's also good that it provides coverage to everyone.However, as you stated, much of it is paid for by "the wealthy", which...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Dutch model, right reform, U.S. Healthcare, health care, reform, government, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone rates

Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone ratesYou should see how much Rogers charges for cableThey do like their high prices. With the Canadian market being only 10% of the size of the US market, the level of competition between sellers is not the same as the US.For that matter, you should...

Tags: Cellular phones, Rogers, Rogers iPhone, Canucks, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-06-28

At FCC, change must be the mantra

At FCC, change must be the mantraUniversal service is a worthy goal? In the USA it is a birthrightThe mantra is that the air is a public commons. There is no privatization opportunity here. We can not have trans national big businesses mucking up the greatest public commons of all...

Tags: Federal government, Universal Service, FCC, mantra, spectrum

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Comcast+traffic+management+issue+before+FCC

Comcast+traffic+management+issue+before+FCCPricing varies by market...but in the Salisbury, MD and surrounding markets, for HSI only yes is 54.99. I still think there should be some punitive damages against Comcast for what they are doing because they still have grossly oversold the loop and therefore created the problem for themselves. Cox communications...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cable, Verizon Communications Inc., pricing strategy, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, network

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking Twitter

Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking TwitterGeorge Ou is completely wrong about "Net Neutrality".This is a GREAT example about why there is a need for regulation that outlaws the telcos from interfering with the content they are delivering. Unless they are stopped, they will do it more, and more,...

Tags: T-Mobile, Net Neutrality, Twitter, Marianne Maestas, George Ou

Discussion threads 2007-12-14