Broadband - Commentary
A closer look at rural broadband
I expected to have my head handed to me by readers of my recent column, “Forget Universal Broadband.”...
2008: Glad it's over
By contrast, I think we all have unusually high hopes for 2009. A new president with new ideas and broad support for enacting those ideas is one reason...
Recession reprieve?
I’m doing the reporting right now for a February cover story on the state of industry “transformation” projects, and like everywhere else, the shape of the economy keeps creeping up as an issue....
Countdown to CES
Last year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was an eye-opening experience, to say the least....
The Beginning of the Pullback
Telecom had its own triple-play this week with announcements from Nokia, Telecom Italia and AT&T all painting a dire picture for the coming year....
Billing May Be A Ticket to Efficiency
Unfortunately, when it comes to billing, increased technological complexity has led many telecommunications companies down the road of inefficiency...
Is the connected home recession-proof?
Our cover story this week looks at the evolution of the home — well, at least some homes — into hyperconnected, consumer electronics-overloaded "bat caves."...
Broadband Obama
President-elect Obama already has stated that his first priority is to get the economy stabilized and turned around "sooner than later."...
Big broadband secrets
In the midst of the financial system meltdown, the U.S. Congress finally found the time to address the issue of broadband availability by passing the Broadband Data Improvement Act....
Buying Customer Loyalty?
Are things getting tough at AT&T and Comcast? Are they missing their subscriber targets or are they experiencing higher than usual churn?...
Service, Safety and Quality
“No job is so important, nor service so urgent, that we cannot take the time to perform our work safely.”...
Know your rights
A lot has been written and discussed over the last few months about the "right" of every American to have broadband service....
Broadband Agnostics
Broadband is all the rage these days. Seems like you can’t discuss any kind of electronics gear -– phones, computers, or flat screen TVs -- without mentioning high-speed broadband connections...
Changing with the times
Beginning this fall, you'll be seeing a little more of Telephony, but less often. Facing the realities of the shift from print media to the Web, Telephony will be publishing larger issues once a month, rather than smaller ones every other week....
The sun always rises
Since 2000, U.S. telcos have lost about a third of their access lines. They have replaced only half of the 60 million lines lost with broadband access lines and only about 2 million with broadband lines capable of delivering triple play....
The Copper versus Fiber Conundrum
The copper versus fiber debate was reinvigorated last week, after an article in the NY Times questioned whether or not Verizon's fiber bet would pay off....
I’ve heard this before
No one professes to like it. They claim that they’re forced into it. They use words like “inevitable” and “unavoidable.” They claim that since a minority of people misuse the system a majority of people must pay more. Or pay differently....
Bandwidth Caps Will Break Consumer Habits And May Create New Ones
I always try to keep a consumer point of view when I look at developments in the broadband market -- specifically, how carrier plans are going to affect consumer behavior....
Is the FCC closing the barn door too early?
The FCC has decided Comcast illegally disrupted peer-to-peer traffic by using deep packet inspection technology. ...
Belt-tightening and broadband
AT&T’s earnings report today was not as bad as some had feared. But one particularly gloomy aspect was the slow growth in broadband, one more symptom of a sluggish national economy....
