Saturday, April 30, 2005
IPTV
CMP Media: "Forrester report warns that telcos are far behind cable companies in deployment; will cost billions to catch up."
Martin Skips VoIP in First FCC Meeting
Martin Skips VoIP in First FCC Meeting: "It was a slow day for the Internet at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In the first post-Michael Powell FCC public meeting, not a single IP-related issue was on new Chairman Kevin Martin's agenda.
That, however, is very likely to change on May 19 when the FCC next meets."
That, however, is very likely to change on May 19 when the FCC next meets."
VoIP expansion to challenge networks
VoIP expansion to challenge networks: "A study released this week by broadband equipment maker Sandvine Inc. of Waterloo, Ontario, found VoIP 'is in the midst of a major marketplace expansion as a myriad of players, from major brand telephone and cable companies to independent operators, 'Mom and Pop' local services and free Internet telephone application developers ... all attempt to cash in on the craze.'"
InformationWeek > Beware The VoIP Boom?
InformationWeek > Beware The VoIP Boom? > Beware The VoIP Boom? > April 29, 2005: "VoIP is growing worldwide, so what could be the problem? Quality of service and other issues loom."
Hooking up with Net phones | CNET News.com
Hooking up with Net phones | CNET News.com: "The Baby Bells may still be the big kids on the block, but they're facing increasing competition from cable companies, ISPs and other phone service wannabes."
EarthLink's 2 percent solution | CNET News.com
EarthLink's 2 percent solution | CNET News.com: "Internet service provider EarthLink later this year will test Wi-Fi cell phones and a high-speed Internet package that includes unlimited local telephone service, the company said this week.
The tests are the latest indication that EarthLink is trying to capture a significantly larger portion of the U.S. telephone service market."
The tests are the latest indication that EarthLink is trying to capture a significantly larger portion of the U.S. telephone service market."
Friday, April 29, 2005
Cable Digital News
Cable Digital News: "Despite the recent moves by many major cable operators to boost the speed of their broadband service, they still have a way to go.
That was the verdict delivered at the NCTA National Show in San Francisco early last month. Several main speakers called on cable operators to keep boosting their data speeds so that they can deliver more services, features and applications with the greater bandwidth. Of course, though, they didn't open up their check books and offer to pay for the upgrades required."
That was the verdict delivered at the NCTA National Show in San Francisco early last month. Several main speakers called on cable operators to keep boosting their data speeds so that they can deliver more services, features and applications with the greater bandwidth. Of course, though, they didn't open up their check books and offer to pay for the upgrades required."
Tempe 1st major city going fully wireless
Tempe 1st major city going fully wireless: "It's official: Tempe will become the first major metropolitan area in the United States to deploy citywide wireless Internet access.
The City Council has approved a contract with MobilePro Corp. and Strix Systems, and staff members are wrapping up negotiations this week. The companies will install hundreds of access points throughout Tempe in phases, starting this summer with south Tempe."
The City Council has approved a contract with MobilePro Corp. and Strix Systems, and staff members are wrapping up negotiations this week. The companies will install hundreds of access points throughout Tempe in phases, starting this summer with south Tempe."
VoIP expansion to challenge networks
VoIP expansion to challenge networks: "WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- New voice over Internet protocol providers are going online at a rapid rate -- numbering more than 1,100 as of April -- and are challenging broadband networks."
Podcasting: Making Waves - Forbes.com
Podcasting: Making Waves - Forbes.com: "Just when we grasped what blogging was all about, along came podcasting, which in some ways is even more disruptive and exciting than blogging. "
Comcast dials in more phone markets | CNET News.com
Comcast dials in more phone markets | CNET News.com: "Comcast plans to introduce its Digital Voice in Boston and Hartford, Conn., by the end of May, and in Chicago and Portland, Ore., by June, Comcast executives said during a conference call Wednesday.
Comcast also said it soon will introduce a combination broadband and unlimited local and long-distance phone plan that will sell for about $70 a month."
Comcast also said it soon will introduce a combination broadband and unlimited local and long-distance phone plan that will sell for about $70 a month."
Verizon Pulling Plug on Free Wi-Fi
Verizon Pulling Plug on Free Wi-Fi: "NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. is turning off the free wireless Internet access it beams from New York City telephone booths for DSL subscribers who use laptops away from home or the office."
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Counterpoint: VOIP's Here And It Works - Yahoo! News
Counterpoint: VOIP's Here And It Works - Yahoo! News: "I can't quite shake the feeling, however, that Vonage is living under the shadow of TiVO, the personal-video recorder service which is essentially being copied by every cable and satellite service provider under the sun. While Vonage's European chief assured me that its own VOIP service wouldn't become marginalized by the competition because of the diversity of services it could provide on its IP communications network, I'm not so sure."
The New York Times > Technology > Psst! Want Internet Phone Service?
The New York Times > Technology > Psst! Want Internet Phone Service?: "Woodrow Cundiff is a born salesman. Like many others before him selling the likes of Amway, Tupperware and Avon products door to door, he has been waiting for the 'next big thing' to pitch. And like others before him, he found it on the Internet: a newfangled digital phone service offered by a Canadian company."
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
RED HERRING | FCC Boss Wants VoIP-911 Plan
RED HERRING | FCC Boss Wants VoIP-911 Plan: "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin calls for action on VoIP-911 issue. Local communities and FTC will also have a say on the problem."
Monday, April 25, 2005
Muni broadband: dueling white papers
VoIP | News.blog | CNET News.com: "A number of public policy groups on Monday released studies that both praised and scorned the economic viability of municipally funded broadband networks."
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry: "Sadly, such visions are short in coming from most of the incumbent telecom providers – or even MSOs. Given financial constraints and their cultural roots, this isn’t surprising. They're plumbers, not content guys. Moving to an entirely new video model contains substantial risk, and it will cost a lot of money. But you have to ask this question: Will the telcos really compete with cable companies by simply offering the same thing?"
Qwest gives Vonage the 911 | CNET News.com
Qwest gives Vonage the 911 | CNET News.com: "Vonage says it has negotiated access to Qwest Communications International's 911 infrastructure, another sign that Vonage and other VoIP operators are closer than ever to tackling a major hurdle to offering better emergency service."
Bells' fiber plans spark political flame war | CNET News.com
Bells' fiber plans spark political flame war | CNET News.com: "Verizon Communications and SBC Communications' plans to wire American homes with high-speed fiber connections may encounter regulatory roadblocks, members of Congress suggested Wednesday."
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Hear This, Verizon!
Hear This, Verizon!: "Opinion: Verizon spends millions on its 'Can you hear me now?' ad campaign that promised ubiquitous wireless phone coverage, and then the company CEO calls consumers' expectations unrealistic. Now he expects us to listen when he calls municipal Wi-Fi access 'dumb.' Should we? "
SBC - IPTV
SBC - News Room: "Company Calls for 'Light-Touch' Regulatory Approach to Ensure Consumers Receive New Technology Quickly"
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
CLEC - Technical - DSL Prime: Trouble in Paradise
CLEC - Technical - DSL Prime: Trouble in Paradise: "Whether it's Verizon fiber or Korean broadband, those living in paradise don't have trouble-free lives. And Broadband Reports continues to deliver the goods."
Vonage cracks into market dominated by landlines | CNET News.com
Vonage cracks into market dominated by landlines | CNET News.com: "Net phone operator Vonage has teamed up with Alarm.com to tackle a common problem that has kept some consumers with home alarm systems from subscribing to Internet phone services."
GigaFight
GigaFight: "Who wouldn't want cheap, public Internet access? Comcast, for one."
Monday, April 18, 2005
Yahoo! News - Verizon Offering 'Naked' DSL in Northeast
Yahoo! News - Verizon Offering 'Naked' DSL in Northeast: "WASHINGTON - Verizon Communications said Monday that some customers who already subscribe to its phone and high-speed Internet service can drop their local calling plans but still keep their speedy Web connection."
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry: "After missing its goal of passing 1 million homes with its new fiber to the premises (FTTP) network by the end of 2004, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board) is now pressing authorities to rewrite laws so it can deploy its services more quickly"
Yahoo! News - Verizon Wants to Carry TV's Digital Channels
Yahoo! News - Verizon Wants to Carry TV's Digital Channels: "LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday said it wants to carry digital programing offered by local television broadcasters, as the biggest U.S. telephone company expands into video."
ISP-Planet - Market Research - IPTV: The Big Picture
ISP-Planet - Market Research - IPTV: The Big Picture: "There's a compelling business case but also a number of risks, so, in this article, we get the world's leading DSL analysts to weigh the pros and cons of IPTV"
Saturday, April 16, 2005
� Internet pioneer: VoIP is NOT telephony | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com
� Internet pioneer: VoIP is NOT telephony | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com: "Vint Cerf does not want VoIP to be regulated. His fear, though - one that I share, is because VoIP 'looks like telephony,' regulatory bodies all over the world will knee-jerk assume that it needs to be governed.
'My concern here is the fact that VoIP looks like, and sounds like telephony,' Cerf told the group. 'This is horribly misleading. To leap to that conclusion is extremely dangerous. VoIP is really just another application on the Internet. Nothing special about it.'"
'My concern here is the fact that VoIP looks like, and sounds like telephony,' Cerf told the group. 'This is horribly misleading. To leap to that conclusion is extremely dangerous. VoIP is really just another application on the Internet. Nothing special about it.'"
Rocky Mountain News: Opinion
Rocky Mountain News: Opinion: "Municipalities offering Internet as a service is fundamentally no different from governments building the 'information delivery' infrastructure of the last century - roads and highways and paying for them by tax money. Or from providing public utilities - power, water, gas, sewer - and charging for them by monthly billing. Why are not these illegal?"
Thursday, April 14, 2005
USATODAY.com - Vonage to get Internet phone competition
� 10% of US business lines are VOIP | IT Facts -- Your Daily Research Synopisis | ZDNet.com
� 10% of US business lines are VOIP | IT Facts -- Your Daily Research Synopisis | ZDNet.com: "A Yankee Group survey of 231 business VOIP usage found that 39% of US businesses were using IP telephony in some form. Of those, 9% were testing, 25% were partially deployed and 5% were fully deployed. Of the 113 mln US business handsets in use today, only 10% use VOIP. Yankee Group estimates 50% of new lines shipped this year will use IP."
� Who will have the most VoIP subs at the end of this year? | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com
� Who will have the most VoIP subs at the end of this year? | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com: "New post in Telephony Online has a leading broadband analyst predicting that at before the year is out, two VoIP-over-cable providers could have more subscribers than Vonage."
Monday, April 11, 2005
ITworld.com - Broadband Internet, the last mile
Sunday, April 10, 2005
High-speed Internet eluding rural Maine
High-speed Internet eluding rural Maine: "To a layperson, the language in this bill seems unexciting, the policy goals worthwhile. But both Verizon and independent phone companies represented by the Telephone Association of Maine testified against passage of the bill, which has been tabled by a legislative committee."
Philadelphia: Muni Wi-Fi's Worst-Case Scenario
Philadelphia: Muni Wi-Fi's Worst-Case Scenario: "Opinion: Philadelphia has started soliciting bids for its proposed $10M muni Wi-Fi project; telecoms and cable companies oppose it. Will this be the beginning of the end for muni Wi-Fi? "
Saturday, April 09, 2005
� VoIP is giving the states heartburn | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
� VoIP is giving the states heartburn | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com: "VoIP is only one part of this competitive explosion. What makes it so disruptive, however, is that it is the first old-line utility that can be delivered over any broadband medium. 'These technologies are no longer beholden to the platforms they travel on,' says David Quam, director of federal relations for the National Governors Association. 'Our entire regulatory and tax systems are set up on these silos -- the infrastructure, as opposed to the service. But with VoIP, you don't have to lay lines, have facilities or physical plants. None of that is required. It's the poster child for the future of communications.'"
Friday, April 08, 2005
EETimes.com - Passive optical fiber seen growing 310 percent by 2009
EETimes.com - Passive optical fiber seen growing 310 percent by 2009: "The race by worldwide telecommunications carriers to roll out passive optical network (PON) fiber is creating a boom in the market with shipments jumping 310 percent from $525 million in 2004 to $2.2 billion in 2008, according to a report from Infonetics Research."
RED HERRING | Cable Rivals to Buy Adelphia
RED HERRING | Cable Rivals to Buy Adelphia: "But when the two top operators in the industry cooperate in an effort to acquire a total of 5.3 million subscribers, and a third major player also makes a bid, it could mean that they believe size could help insulate the former monopolies from some of the penalties of tighter competition. At $18 billion, the deal would value each subscriber at nearly $3,400."
MSN Adds VoIP, Video Calls to Messenger
MSN Adds VoIP, Video Calls to Messenger: "Microsoft launched the latest version of its MSN Messenger client, version 7.0, which boasts a long list of new features including full screen video calls, VoIP (define) and shared search functionality.
Microsoft also updated its MSN Spaces blogging service, which it claims is one of the fastest growing blogging communities on the planet."
Microsoft also updated its MSN Spaces blogging service, which it claims is one of the fastest growing blogging communities on the planet."
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry
Light Reading - Networking the Telecom Industry: "Time Warner Inc.'s AOL division finally rolled out its consumer VOIP service today, and even though the service isn't a big deal to analysts, its existence, backed by AOL's marketing muscle, is forcing the VOIP issues with incumbent carriers."
Thursday, April 07, 2005
IPTV's Revolution May Be on Hold
IPTV's Revolution May Be on Hold: "The Internet technology could transform home entertainment. Problem is, what's the point of unlimited channels if studios won't provide content? "
Yahoo! News - Philadelphia Plans First U.S. Citywide Wi-Fi Network
Yahoo! News - Philadelphia Plans First U.S. Citywide Wi-Fi Network: "The city of Philadelphia will become the largest U.S. Internet 'hot spot' next year under a plan to offer wireless access at about half the cost charged by commercial operators, city officials said on Thursday."
Cable girds for wireless fight | CNET News.com
Cable girds for wireless fight | CNET News.com: "For the first time in years, cable operators are playing catch-up to phone company rivals in the all-important battle of the bundle.
The Bells--SBC Communications, BellSouth, Qwest Communications International and Verizon Communications--are fighting cable for dominance in broadband and fending off new Internet phone services. They're risking billions of dollars on massive network upgrades to provide TV services and challenge cable providers on their home turf."
The Bells--SBC Communications, BellSouth, Qwest Communications International and Verizon Communications--are fighting cable for dominance in broadband and fending off new Internet phone services. They're risking billions of dollars on massive network upgrades to provide TV services and challenge cable providers on their home turf."
Should cities hook up to WiFi? | Tech News on ZDNet
Should cities hook up to WiFi? | Tech News on ZDNet: "Recently, parties lacking experience and facts have suggested that municipalities should not promote or fund broadband wireless networks. Their arguments ignore a growing number of successful municipal deployments and rely on incorrect assertions."
Yahoo! News - AOL Launches Internet Phone Service
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Technology News: Commerce: VoIP Growing at Internet Speed
VoIP is silently being undermined by many internet service providers
� This city-owned cable system will offer VoIP | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com
� Canada regulators to VoIP providers: basic 9-1-1 in 90 days or else | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Yahoo! News - VOIP Panel Seeks Standard
IDC: A Boom in VoIP
IDC: A Boom in VoIP: "In 2005, research firm IDC expects that 3 million Americans will subscribe to residential VoIP services. By 2009, the number of subscribers is forecast to balloon to 27 million."
InformationWeek > Cable Execs Say They're Not Blocking Outside VoIP > Cable Execs Say They're Not Blocking Outside VoIP > April 4, 2005
InformationWeek > Cable Execs Say They're Not Blocking Outside VoIP > Cable Execs Say They're Not Blocking Outside VoIP > April 4, 2005: "Would cable companies block independent Internet services like Voice over IP from their broadband offerings?"
More Cities Seeing WiFi Zones as Destinations
Lightwave - Chelan County PUD picks ETI for FTTP provisioning
Monday, April 04, 2005
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