Join the Campaign to Bring Internet Home to Mom
Broadband's Impact, Expert Opinion, National Broadband Plan, Universal Service
September 7th, 2010
Join the cause to bring home the internet to mom and the kids on the farm. BIHT’M (Bring Internet Home to Mom) leads the fight to reconnect a mother with her property, relations and the world around her. The time for seclusion is over. Let the inundation of over-stimulation in the information age commence!
Broadband Initiatives: Impact will depend on Wireless & Fixed Strategies
Expert Opinion, FCC, Mobile Broadband, National Broadband Plan, Wireless
August 6th, 2010
With the advent of continued proliferation from wireless coverage throughout the U.S., and the projected exponential growth in mobile access, adoption and affordability through LTE to 4G technology; the realities of serving less populated areas becomes increasingly more likely. The strides being made in technology within the mobile arena can significantly impact the broadband community.
Bandwidth: Why Fast Is Important in a Global Economy
Broadband Updates, Expert Opinion, National Broadband Plan
August 2nd, 2010
Bandwidth is the basic foundation for Internet traffic as a connector to everything important in our lives. Whether it is basic bandwidth for connecting to family and friends, or a super fast highway for global reach and competitiveness in the business world, bandwidth constitutes the speed at which we connect as a global presence within the expanding sphere of Internet communication.
WISPA Tackles Key Issues at Summer Meeting in St. Louis
Expert Opinion, FCC, National Broadband Plan, Spectrum, States, Uncategorized, Wireless
July 30th, 2010
ST. LOUIS, July 30, 2010 – The Wireless Internet Service Providers’ Association took the opportunity to address key issues of concern to its members at its summer meeting in St. Louis this month.
Cisco’s Kevin Shatzkamer Discusses the Future of Mobile Video
Expert Opinion, Mobile Broadband, Net Neutrality, Wireless
July 19th, 2010
Kevin Shatzkamer is the Chief Architect for Cisco Mobility and speaks to the mobile research Cisco has developed in helping Mobile Service Providers reach their ROI goals and objectives in projecting an increasingly demand driven market.
Cisco Courts Consumers at Home and at Work
Expert Opinion, Mobile Broadband, Wireless
July 15th, 2010
Cisco’s mantra continues to be about networking and collaboration, and that is what it continues to offer consumers and busy executives with an array of products.
Cable’s move into Mobile: Calculated and Deliberate
Expert Opinion, Mobile Broadband, Wireless
July 9th, 2010
If you believe Cable Operators are not thinking about Mobile Networks and what kind of synergies could bring them increased cash-flow in the future, then you’ve probably missed the obvious signs laid out since 2008.
FCC: We Will Regulate Broadband
Broadband Plan Commentary, Expert Opinion, FCC, National Broadband Plan
June 23rd, 2010
Since the dust has settled from a stinging defeat in federal court, the FCC has decided to move on its own to settle the broadband regulation dispute.
Why offering the Quad Play would help Cable’s Stock Price
Broadband Updates, Broadband's Impact, Expert Opinion, Wireless
June 15th, 2010
The mobile phone market is growing exponentially and will continue to evolve for years to come. Why has the Cable Industry not moved into the lucrative mobile phone market? It could definitely be a revenue bonanza, as it currently is for telecom companies.
Genachowski to Broadband: Reduce Prices, Increase Speeds, Increase Access, Embrace Competition
Expert Opinion, National Broadband Plan, Net Neutrality
May 19th, 2010
Broadband providers are not taking the recent move by the FCC to reclassify broadband under Title II; i.e., put broadband under its regulation arm along with the likes of telephone companies, very lightly and have come out swinging to stop that effort.
Expert: With Savings of $15 Billion Annually, Telework Improvements Act a ‘No-Brainer’
Broadband's Impact, Expert Opinion
May 12th, 2010
Last week’s “no” vote on H.R. 1722—The Telework Improvements Act, will cost American taxpayers $15 billion dollars a year. That’s what passage of the bill could have saved in real estate, electricity, absenteeism, turnover, gas, imported oil, and other costs.
UTOPIA, Perfection or Fantasy: Partnering public-private sectors with broadband
Expert Opinion, Smart Grid, Transparency
May 9th, 2010
UTOPIA, billed as providing light-speed to your door while connecting you with friends, family, entertainment, businesses, healthcare, and education, highlights itself as being part of your home, not owned by any network provider.
Set-Top-Box Revisited: How does the Gateway solution increase competition?
Broadband Plan Commentary, Expert Opinion, FCC, National Broadband Plan
April 30th, 2010
The FCC seems determined in revisiting and repairing the current CableCard rules fiasco in which it chose to mandate a universal Set-Top-Box for Cable, Telco, and DBS providers. Where does a solution lie, and is the FCC going down another road of improbable acceptance?
Let Consumers See Clearwire’s Network: They’ve Got a Map For That
Broadband Data, Broadband's Impact, Expert Opinion, Transparency, Wireless
April 29th, 2010
By now, the omnipresent television commercials have drummed Verizon’s 3G message into all our heads: big red map good, splotchy blue map bad. But nascent national WiMAX provider Clearwire has taken the “maps” battle to a whole new level, in a way that potential wireless users might find more useful than anything offered by Verizon or AT&T: How about coverage maps that use real network data to show actual expected performance on a block-by-block level?
