DSL Prime
Level 2 At Last: Alcatel's Green DSL![]() Level 2 low power mode has been in the standard for years, but rarely used. Switching modes caused enough noise that other ... more |
Schneider's Conclusions: WiMAX Chokes Soon, DOCSIS 160/40 in![]() Mr. Kevin Schneider went to DC to let them know major increases in DSL speed are really cheap (DSM,) doubling is inexpensive ... more |
The Buck Stops Here, Mr. Chairman 2009![]() Jules Genachowski takes over after the worst six months for broadband coverage since 1998 when things began. The big four companies that ... more |
CenturyTel-Embarq "Concessions"Terms that are nearly meaningless to the broadband "unserved" http:// bit.ly/Xpn1... more |
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Fiber News
A Wireless Cloud
2013: 92% of U.S. 10 Megabit LTE From Ve10 megabits to almost every U.S. cellphone, Lowell McAdam promises. In four years, Verizon will bring LTE to 284M pops, 92+% of the country.... more |
AT&T Surprises With Best U.S. Mobile Dat![]() T's network famously choked on the iPhone, and Verizon has a reputation as more reliable. But Darren Murph at Engadget tested the performanc... more |
$15 Vergatario, The “People's Cellphone”![]() Hugo Chavez and his nationalized CANTV are ecstatic about the immediate sellout of the new $15 phone with camera, MP3, and much more. It is... more |
Featured
Internet & Television
Tiananmen + Twitter = Tehran?![]() Gordon Brown told the Guardian “"You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually goi... more |
HD Video Delivered: 5-8 U.S. cents per h![]() <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } P.first-line-indent { text-indent: 0.2in } --> Microsof... more |
Stars, Not Geeks, For Webbys![]() The Webby Awards will throw a fancy party June 8 in New York, where you can dress up, meet entertainment stars, and maybe even collect an aw... more |
Slumdog: 60% Digital, 40% Film![]() Anthony Dod Mantle won the Academy Award, although he shot more than half the "film" on a Silicon Imaging camera. The answer to "film or dig... more |
Policy
Headline After Headline: Broadband Leade![]() Digital Britain and infinite D.C. folk are making claims that broadband has an enormous effect on the economy, as much as 1/3rd of economic ... more |
The Failures of Structural SeparationBritain was the great success of separation, leading New Zealand, Australia, and the EU's Viviane Reding to recommend it. Britain went from ... more |
Double checkWorth checking again Fiber to the Home Council, claiming cable can't deliver 100 meg. "This approach was used by Senator Rockefeller and Re... more |
EU ?Accidentally Offering Telcos Veto Ov![]() A telco can block government aid to a fiber build anywhere they have cable competition, based on the next to last paragraph (below) of the c... more |
CenturyTel-Embarq Comments By DaveJulie, Don, Jennifer, MarcusWhen I read Sam Feder's ex parte, I didn't see anything about extending broadband to most of the unserve... more |
Good Government WorkEshoo's Broadband Conduit Deployment Act If broadband matters - and it does - it's almost criminally negligent to build or rebuild a road w... more |
ITU SG5 & The Environment![]() May, 2009 ITU Study Group 5 is working on environmental standards. The meeting May 25-29 in Geneva will center on development of study quest... more |
Speeches of Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretar![]() Some speeches emphasizing his concerns about climate, development, and other issues. GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR ICT & DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL SEMI... more |
Turnaround In U.S. Trade Policy![]() Danny Sepulveda has "promised a through review of the USTR policies regarding transparency," likely to transform the U.S. approach to bodies... more |
Beyond Indecency: FCC Powers Affirmed![]() The Supreme's decision on indecency avoided the first amendment issues, which are profound. The case had been dismissed on grounds the FCC h... more |
Burning Booths![]() Telcos are rarely public favorites, but I've never seen them protested in the streets. 'Art as Crime, Crime as Art' burn down phone booths a... more |
Death of the Telcos![]() “We are a wireless company,” Randall Stephenson's first major public comment as AT&T CEO. He decided in 2003 to let the copper phone net... more |
Incompetent CensorshipWhether you believe in censorship or not, the incompetence of the Australians points to how hard it is to do effectively. Wikileaks posted t... more |
McCormick's Last Stand?The failure of the USTA-TIA show SUPERCOMM may finally persuade the Bells to fire Walt McCormick, which they have been discussing at least s... more |
New Zealand Pushes Out Regulator For Doi![]() "The stalking horses for fed-up Kiwi blue chips began ganging up on Paula Rebstock," the Herald's Fran O'Sullivan writes, partly because she... more |
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