AT&T, Baby Bells get ready to rumble

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Baby Bells, RIP

Baby Bells, RIP 06/22/2004 10:42 AM
It is clear that the Bells are the losers in the VoIP arms race.

Oracle's Ready to Rumble

Oracle's Ready to Rumble 06/02/2004 08:48 AM
Fortune Jun 2 2004 1:26PM GMT

Robots Are Ready to Rumble

Robots Are Ready to Rumble 03/26/2005 07:37 AM
Folks who are drawn to mangled metal and screeching saws will congregate this weekend at RoboGames, where robot combatants put the pedal to the metal. Daniel Terdiman reports from San Francisco.

Robots ready to rumble

Robots ready to rumble 03/25/2005 04:55 PM
RoboGames in San Francisco gives machines a chance to show their stuff in contests from sumo to soccer.
Photos: Let the robot games begin

BitTorrent hub ready to rumble with
Hollywood

BitTorrent hub ready to rumble with
Hollywood 12/31/2004 06:36 PM
'Help our legal team help you'

Google, Yahoo ready to rumble

Google, Yahoo ready to rumble 12/27/2004 08:38 AM
Article.wn.com - Mon Dec 27, 09:45 am GMT

Robots Are Ready to Rumble - SF
RoboGames this weekend

Robots Are Ready to Rumble - SF
RoboGames this weekend 03/26/2005 06:58 PM
TechWhack Mar 26 2005 10:46PM GMT

Briefly: Robot cars ready to rumble

Briefly: Robot cars ready to rumble 06/09/2004 05:29 PM

Sony to Apple: Let's get ready to
rumble; Lay flayed

Sony to Apple: Let's get ready to
rumble; Lay flayed 07/11/2004 08:39 AM
SiliconValley.com Jul 11 2004 10:41AM GMT

For AT&T, Baby Bells, the real fight
begins

For AT&T, Baby Bells, the real fight
begins 04/23/2004 03:00 PM
Telecommunications players are divided over the meaning of an FCC ruling that says AT&T must pay Verizon fees to complete long-distance calls that are routed, in part, over the Internet.

FCC Rules Baby Bells Don't Have to Offer
'Naked' DSL

FCC Rules Baby Bells Don't Have to Offer
'Naked' DSL 03/28/2005 01:42 AM
Technocrat.net Mar 28 2005 4:51AM GMT

Are The Baby Bells Fiddling With Access
Charges While Their Business Burns?

Are The Baby Bells Fiddling With Access
Charges While Their Business Burns? 05/06/2004 06:59 PM
Since the Supreme Court said that the Baby Bell phone companies no longer had to share their lines at regulated rates, they've been trying to work out new deals with the competitive carriers. Of course, as you might expect, they're trying to charge quite a bit. Some are pointing out just how short-sighted this is. If they charge too much the CLECs will go away, but they also won't be a channel for them any more - and that may be increasingly important because, unlike in the past, the phone companies have a lot of competition these days. At some point, they'll realize that they're missing the big pictures trying to strangle every last dime out of the competitive carriers, and realize that they need to leverage them as they fight against other technology. At least, if the competitive carrier is reselling the line, then the Baby Bell gets the wholesale price for the line. If a competing technology gets the business, the Baby Bell gets nothing. Of course, the carriers aren't really used to being in a competitive position, so it might take them a little while to realize this.

Hockey Gladiators ready to rumble, with
Internet vote selecting last fighter

Hockey Gladiators ready to rumble, with
Internet vote selecting last fighter 06/02/2004 03:03 PM
National Post Jun 2 2004 6:48PM GMT

Drudge--FCC's Powell Drawing Criticism
For Handling Of Telecom Industry Mess:
Arguing that telecom's woes are caused
by market forces outside the FCC's
control, he still pursues his original
agenda: Spurring broadband by
deregulating the Baby Bells and r

Drudge--FCC's Powell Drawing Criticism
For Handling Of Telecom Industry Mess:
Arguing that telecom's woes are caused
by market forces outside the FCC's
control, he still pursues his original
agenda: Spurring broadband by
deregulating the Baby Bells and r 07/21/2004 07:45 AM

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Free baby photo trojan gets new moms to
sell baby-privacy

Free baby photo trojan gets new moms to
sell baby-privacy 04/04/2005 06:24 AM
Cory Doctorow: A friend of mine worked at Procter and Gamble when they hit on the idea of giving away baskets of baby-related freebies to new moms. The idea was that a couple days after the family went home and they needed more diapers, mom would send dad out with the package from the freebies and say, "More like these, please." It's pretty clever, and I'm cool with it -- especially now that the whole thing is handled through brokers who take products from a variety of vendors, with input from maternity wards.

That, I think, is a pretty good way of marketing to new families. It doesn't compromise privacy, it gives them something they need, and it doesn't force them or lock them in. It's informative, useful, and respectful (provided that the marketing makes it clear that there's no medical endorsement of these products).

Compare that to this: a service that sneakily gets moms to agree to a "free baby photo" while they're signing all their necessary medical forms on the morning of their delivery. The company that takes the picture then sells your contact info to anyone who'll buy it.

On the morning of the delivery, the nurse hands a sheaf of forms to the mother-to-be. Buried within is a release form offering a free portrait of the new baby. Mom is wired to three different machines, having her pulse and blood pressure measured automatically while two others sensors detect uterine contractions and the baby’s heart rate and another chattering electromechanical behemoth plots a seismograph of both...

...[T]he photo enterprise is run by a third party, Growing Family. They’ll shoot a picture of your munchkin, in exchange for his or her name and birthdate and your full name and address...

Growing Family will use your information from time to time to promote additional products, services, rewards and special offers from Growing Family Network and its select Network Partners.

Another friend of mine had his baby daughter die from crib-death a few weeks after she was born. For years afterward, he and his wife got a steady stream of marketing materials, including ghastly "birthday cards" from marketers who'd bought the information that they'd had a baby, but never received the message that the baby had died. Needless to say, when their next baby was born, they never, ever bought products from the companies that ghoulishly continued to market to their dead daughter. Link (via A Whole Lotta Nothing)

Three Way DDR-550 Memory Rumble @
TweakTown

Three Way DDR-550 Memory Rumble @
TweakTown 06/18/2004 05:01 AM

RISC OS rights rumble becomes war of
words

RISC OS rights rumble becomes war of
words 06/17/2004 08:33 AM
System builders suspend shipments

AMD Athlon 64 Chipset Royal Rumble

AMD Athlon 64 Chipset Royal Rumble 12/02/2003 12:38 AM

Rumble in the 'triple play' jungle

Rumble in the 'triple play' jungle 06/21/2004 08:19 PM
Cable companies and Baby Bells are set for a face-off over bundles that package TV, phone and broadband service.

Prince sequel offers a royal rumble

Prince sequel offers a royal rumble 07/31/2004 03:45 AM
Prince of Persia 2, due at the end of the year, aims to improve on a widely acclaimed game.

DDR-2 533MHz Memory Royal Rumble @
TweakTown

DDR-2 533MHz Memory Royal Rumble @
TweakTown 09/18/2004 04:45 PM

Prince sequel offers royal rumble

Prince sequel offers royal rumble 08/01/2004 03:24 AM
BBC Aug 1 2004 8:01AM GMT

Google tackles spam as search wars
rumble

Google tackles spam as search wars
rumble 12/19/2004 03:44 PM
Gmail service adopts antispam technology from a rival domain. Also: Google's new desktop search tool and a rumored move into IM.

Olympics: Phelps in Gold Rush, Doping
Scandals Rumble On

Olympics: Phelps in Gold Rush, Doping
Scandals Rumble On 08/17/2004 09:11 PM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 18 2004 1:45AM GMT

Dallas police arrest dozens of students
after rumble organized on Internet

Dallas police arrest dozens of students
after rumble organized on Internet 05/13/2004 06:38 AM
Financial Post May 13 2004 10:41AM GMT

Those unbundling Bells

Those unbundling Bells 05/29/2004 09:33 AM
Unbundled phone and DSL service? Competition in phone and internet service are leading the Bells to seeek alternatives to forced bundling.

Why the Bells Should Be Very Scared

Why the Bells Should Be Very Scared 11/11/2003 11:39 AM
Business Week Nov 11 2003 10:48AM ET

spOre Bells

spOre Bells 06/09/2004 07:28 AM

If you are a filthy hippie, and the neighborhood association has required you to get a real address for your yurt or Vanagon or whatever, you might as well throw on one of these strange aluminum and resin 'spOre Bells,' just to spruce the place up a bit. The smushy buttons will entertain and the internal LEDs will dance and shimmer like a tiny rave every time a Division of Family Services officer comes by to pick up your children. spOre Bells run between $29 and $89 (food stamps not accepted).
Read [SporeInc via FunFurde]

Bells Freed From 'Naked' DSL

Bells Freed From 'Naked' DSL 03/28/2005 03:46 PM
Internet News Mar 28 2005 7:51PM GMT

All the Bells and Whistles? It Just
Sounds Like It

All the Bells and Whistles? It Just
Sounds Like It 12/24/2004 12:15 PM
Your PC's noise is easy to ignore, but tuning it out still takes mental energy. What are the options for those who want the sound of silence?

Bells Win a Battle, Not Necessarily the
War

Bells Win a Battle, Not Necessarily the
War 07/22/2004 09:42 PM
AT&T's withdrawal from the consumer phone market gives a temporary advantage to the regional Bell telephone giants, but the future still poses uncertainties.

Bells loosen their grip

Bells loosen their grip 05/28/2004 03:22 PM

FCC Favors Bells in DSL Vote
(washingtonpost.com)

FCC Favors Bells in DSL Vote
(washingtonpost.com) 03/26/2005 02:13 AM
washingtonpost.com - The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday that states cannot require regional phone companies to sell high-speed Internet service as a stand-alone product.

Lots of Bells and Whistles (DVD
Included)

Lots of Bells and Whistles (DVD
Included) 04/28/2004 07:02 PM
Hollywood producers say they are increasingly looking to eye-popping technologies to make their DVD's stand out.

Wedding bells for Microsoft and Google?

Wedding bells for Microsoft and Google? 11/01/2003 09:48 PM

Bells Are Catching Up in Battle for
Broadband

Bells Are Catching Up in Battle for
Broadband 07/27/2004 09:38 PM
The regional Bell phone companies, long dismissed as laggards stuck with a declining fixed line businesses, are coming back into favor again.

Increasingly, the Bells See Their Future
on a Screen

Increasingly, the Bells See Their Future
on a Screen 04/03/2005 09:48 PM
In the coming months, the Bell telephone companies, including SBC and Verizon, will start selling television programming in their most recent effort to crack a market in which they have had almost no presence.

Jingle Bells! Batman smells!

Jingle Bells! Batman smells! 04/29/2004 02:42 PM
The Online Dictionary of Playground Slang. Includes not just slang words, but also all those obnoxiou s rhymes we sang. "My little Pony, skinny and bony..."

Ding Dongs & Wedding Bells

Ding Dongs & Wedding Bells 09/25/2004 05:09 PM
Why straights shouldn't marry. "Phil and Pam both loved to eat Twinkies and Cup Cakes as children. On their first date, Phil ended a day of golf with a bottle of champagne and Cup Cakes to munch on as they watched the sun set over the Hudson." (via Holy Shitake.)
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