What people fail to realize is today’s cable modem and DSL experience is very much like the party line of old in the early era of the telephone. I am constantly amazed that we think a shared pipe even at what we get from the cable MSO’s is going to deliver the same kind of … Read more
What people fail to realize is today’s cable modem and DSL experience is very much like the party line of old in the early era of the telephone. I am constantly amazed that we think a shared pipe even at what we get from the cable MSO’s is going to deliver the same kind of … Read more
First I’m fortunate to live in a Rev. A community, San Diego. And as Sprint rolls out more markets the usefulness of the EvDO USB modem from Novatel Wireless, the U720 will only increase. With that, my first impressions are: 1) It works great for reading web pages 2) Is solid for sending and receiving … Read more
When I read blog posts from people saying things like this I just smile, knowing that my team and client over the past year have worked very hard to reach out to the general market, not the early adopter, to enjoy the power of real time video communications on a personal level. We’re not talking … Read more
Covad, which is rising like the Phoenix, has just announced a deal with “low price” leader United Online for a DSL play. Given how tattered AOL is these days, United Online and Earthlink, both Covad customers are looking more and more like the emerging victors in the independent market for Internet customers. United Online has … Read more
Om has been a staunch believer, like myself, that the cable modem folks have a better offer than the DSL guys. Now he may be changing his tune. He’s not alone. After seeing ADSL in action recently in my hotels around Europe I’m more convinced it’s how the USA based telcos set things up than … Read more
For those fortunate enough to live in an area where Sprint has upgraded EvDO to Rev. A, like my fiance (Sacramento) and myself (Del Mar, CA) the promise of really fast mobile broadband is supposed to be here now. While I’ve been a user of both Sprint and Verizon’s EvDO service since their inception, the … Read more
It appears the highly touted San Francisco WiFi project continues to hit speed bumps. The fact that only 12 concerned citizens (if they were all citizens and not PR and Policy representatives) is a bigger source of concern. 12 in a city as digital as San Francisco…What are we talking here? HomelessWireless? Maybe GrandCentral can … Read more
It appears the highly touted San Francisco WiFi project continues to hit speed bumps. The fact that only 12 concerned citizens (if they were all citizens and not PR and Policy representatives) is a bigger source of concern. 12 in a city as digital as San Francisco…What are we talking here? HomelessWireless? Maybe GrandCentral can … Read more
One of the product lines under Peanut Butter Manifesto’s author Brad Garlinghouse is their email product line. If not, he’s a very lucky Sr. VP, as it leaves a lot to be desired. As an experiment I let my Yahoo Mail email account alone for fifty days. End result was over 1600 emails, of which … Read more
