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1. Concerns Raised by Broadband Element of Economic Recovery Plan

   [ Article ] Topic: Broadband Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 02/12/2009

   The broadband element of the economic recovery legislation being cooked up in Congress is raising concerns among experts. It’s safe to say that it is difficult to fairly and efficiently dole out billion of dollars on the fly, especially when nobody is quite sure of what they are doing. There is...

2. Cable, Telcos Squeezing Last Bits of Life out of Infrastructure Before Next Big Thing

   [ Article ] Topic: Broadband Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 03/27/2009

   One of the great dramas in the rollout of convergence of voice, video and data services is which of the two major telecommunications networks – cable or telephone – will dominate. The phone companies are moving to fiber-rich architectures and their approach is fairly set. The biggest...

3. The IP Divide, and the Race to Close It

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: Clark Atwood | Date Published: 06/18/2007

   When I was kid, what separated the "haves" from the "have-nots" was money. The "haves" had the huge houses and house boats. Their parents took them to Sunday brunches and exotic family vacations. They drove fancy and exotic cars. Even Santa favored them with piles of toys, goodies and clothes. ...

4. WiMax, Competitors Vie to Create Powerful Ecosystems

   [ Article ] Topic: Cellular Platforms | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 06/27/2007

   Several very interesting issues are at play in the rollout of wireless broadband technology . Indeed, the landscape that will dominate the next decade and beyond is being created now, as WiMax increasingly consolidates on one of two initial versions and steels itself for competition against...

5. Some Fiber Deployments Slowed by Recession, Stimulus Bill

   [ Article ] Topic: Telecommunications Vendors | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 08/07/2009

   Experts say that the roll out of fiber in the United States has been affected in a variety of ways by the recession and the looming broadband stimulus program. They add that the impact has been greater on smaller carriers in rural areas than on tier-one telcos. The reality is that spending on...

6. Agencies, Industry Dragging Feet on Emergency Alert Systems

   [ Article ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 09/04/2009

   Crisis situations involve two important information flows: First responders and other professionals must be able to communicate with each other, and officials must keep the public informed about what is going on. Crises – September 11, the Virginia Tech shootings, Hurricane Katrina and others –...

7. Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age

   [ Article ] Topic: Broadband Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/12/2009

   In the olden days, explorers paid a lot of money for maps that they hoped would lead to buried treasure. Things apparently haven’t changed too much from the days of Hernando Cortez and Ponce de Leon, as broadband mapping companies hope to find their pot of gold – or at least a...

8. Washington and Big Business Deciding Your Technical Future?

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Business Communications | Author: Clark Atwood | Date Published: 07/19/2007

   Every few days we read another story or press release about big business and Washington trying to decide your technical future. This week's example is in the area of wireless. Does Washington's meddling in the competitive process help or hurt business? In 1984 we saw the divestiture of the...

9. Mobile VoIP for Business: A Big Market up for Grabs

   [ Article ] Topic: VoIP | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 01/02/2009

   Business people use IP-based mobile calling today. What most are doing, however, is utilizing platforms and services aimed at consumers. Service providers and a wide array of vendors are increasingly looking at business travelers as a unique market group. "Right now, mobile VoIP continues to grow...

10. Unseen M2M Communications Add up to Massive Market

    [ Article ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 03/17/2009

    In some ways, machine to machine (M2M) communications is the dark matter of the telecommunications universe. Like the mysterious stuff that represents most of the matter in space -- but that nobody has ever seen -- there is a surprising amount of M2M traffic flowing through the Internet. It is...

11. Home Is Where You Hang Your HAN

    [ Article ] Topic: Networking | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 07/24/2009

    Add a new “area network” to the familiar list. There already is the wide-area network , the personal-area network, the local-area network and the metropolitan-area network. The logical next step is the intriguing, if as-yet ill-defined, home-area network, or HAN. The world of...

12. Femtocells: The Time Is Now -- Almost

    [ Article ] Topic: Access Points | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 08/19/2009

    The remaining months of 2009 and 2010 will see the carefully planned and extraordinarily important rollout of femtocells go into high gear. Femtocells are small base stations that serve two vital purposes: They extend coverage by pushing the telecommunications network into offices and homes and...