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- Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice
- How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Darkmane, ATT, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- 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
- Gmail FAIL - What it says about Google and email in general
- A little perspective...2 hours of downtime since May. That's at least 3 months of uptime if the May outage happened to fall on the last day of the month. Applying a little math, that tells me that GMail has had an uptime percentage of 99.999%. That's the...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Gmail, Google Inc., Gmail FAIL, uptime, downtime, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- FCC to vote on wireless industry competition inquiry; Watch out Verizon and AT&T
- How does the current setup stiffle innovation?Is the fcc indicating that they feel phones are not as advanced as they should be, or that wireless networks are not as innovative as they chould be?The current setup prevents consumers from ....1. Choosing the device they want2. Using it with...
- Tags: 3G, Federal government, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Asian Governments, bureaucrat, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., FCC, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?
- Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don't
- Palm gets personal, Apple & RIM don'tThey just lost a customerNo way I'm buying a Pre now.Why does Palm need that information?It's just really queer when RIM & Apple manage to do very well without it. Is it more than just a lawyer being overprotective? RE: Most Stupid Article...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., Palm Gets
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal
- FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive dealConsider thisAt face value it would appear that the devices would be much more expensive if we did away with exclusive carrier / device relationships. 2 Things come to mind though. If a device maker is not in an exclusive deal with just one...
- Tags: Smart phones, Federal government, Cellular phones, phone system, carrier, phone, FCC, smart phone
- Discussion threads 2009-06-19
- $99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience
- $99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer ExperiencePhone as a uniform data device NOT mobile providers' preferenceMobile phone companies prefer NOT to be treated as just a data ISP. Instead they have traditionally maintained false fragmentations, such as separate voice, SMS and lately data streams, when all can be...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Wireless Customer Experience, phone, wireless, carrier, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- $99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience
- Selling the iPhone at $99 is simply an opiate for the masses. But like any addictive drug, it doesn't fix the real miseries plaguing wireless service carriers. This week, Apple did the unthinkable -- it lowered the price of the existing 8GB iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Transceiver, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Wireless, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Email service provider: 'Hack into our CEO's email, win $10k'
- A newly launched startup called StrongWebMail is aiming to add a new layer of secure authentication for its customers - phone verification prior to logging in and alert services for potential email compromises. The company is in fact so confident in its approach that it's currently offering...
- Tags: Phone, Password, Spamming, Feature, Computer, CEO, Dancho, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Unlocking Successful Net Access While Globe Trotting
- Getting online in places you've never been before can be a huge challenge, especially if you're on the move a lot. Paying for hotel wifi and staying late at conferences or clients are options, but what about when you're visiting a country for the first time - how...
- Tags: Internet Access, SIM Card, Phone, Mobile, Network, Service, Murphy, Modems, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Networking, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Components, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- New Apple ads focus on support, TCO
- New Apple ads focus on support, TCOIt's a great ad because......anyone who HAS had to deal with telephone support has had EXACTLY that experience, and will relate to it. Those of us in the IT world who do most of our own support will chuckle or shake our heads;...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, OSX, advertisement, New Apple ad, New Apple, Microsoft Corp., TCO, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- HD Telephony: The Next Big Step?
- How much will you pay to sound great on the phone? That's the question Jeff Pulver and crew will need to answer when vendors and customers meet at the upcoming HD VoIP Summit in New York later this month. Sit in on any conversation over...
- Tags: Phone, Open Source, Audiocodes Ltd., Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- What Price Bandwidth? Time Warner Cable Should Not Back Off
- What Price Bandwidth? Time Warner Cable Should Not Back OffWhat Price Bandwidth? For a more balanced view of the TWC caps and overage charges story: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Time-Warners-Broadband-Cap-Plans-Draw-Lawmakers-Ire-202147/ It also seems that you are unaware of NetFlix movie downloads via the Internet, which I don't think...
- Tags: INTERNET, Business services, Corporate communications, Peer to peer (P2P), Telecom & Utilities, BACK OFF, TWC, Time Warner Cable Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-16
- What open source should tell the FCC
- What open source should tell the FCCyou are rightThe very wealthy in the US will not give up their power easily. Open and free internet is the enemy of the rich and powerful.The free flow if ideas is what they are trying to stop, here and in places like China.I...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, open source, DSL, broadband, FCC, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Five things I'd like to see from my broadband provider
- Tom Steinert-Threlkeld posted yesterday five things he would like to see change about his cable operator. As cable is practically a thing of the past over here in the UK, with satellite and Freeview free digital channels hitting most television sets, I thought long and hard about where the next...
- Tags: House, Bandwidth, VoIP, P2P, Broadband, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use
- I passed Jason's post about getting DMCA'd by Warner Music onto Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You'll recall that Jason and his wife put up on Vimeo a reunion slideshow with several tracks of music and that Warner Music Group promptly filed a DMCA take-down notice. Fred's...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, YouTube Inc., DMCA, Warner Music Group Corp., Fred, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Warner Music Group: All your memories belong to us
- I would consider myself to be a law-abiding citizen and as a writer, someone who has respect for copyright laws, particularly as it applies to the written word and major works of media, such as music, television shows and movies. So I completely understand why a...
- Tags: Memory, Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Music, Material, Vimeo, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- DDoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com
- Several NeuStar UltraDNS managed DNS service customers, including Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, advertising.com and Petco.com, were knocked offline for several hours yesterday morning by a distributed denial of service attack, reports rival Dynamic Network Services. Neustar confirmed the attack to NetworkWorld with the following statement: "Early...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., DNS, UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Distributed Denial Of Service, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Frustration at broadband stimulus sessions
- Frustration at broadband stimulus sessionsI'm Rurally Pessimistic.Put most of the money toward getting rural customers onto the hard-wired high-speed web. More customers means more cash opportunities for businesses.RE: Frustration at broadband stimulus sessionsI have to agree that the lack of service holds us back. Speed is only half the...
- Tags: broadband stimulus session, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
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