Baby Bells, RIP

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AT&T, Baby Bells get ready to rumble

AT&T, Baby Bells get ready to rumble 04/23/2004 04:17 PM
ZDNet Apr 23 2004 8:28PM GMT

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

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.

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.

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)

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]

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

Bells loosen their grip

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

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 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 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..."

Warning Bells for Specialty Pharmacy?

Warning Bells for Specialty Pharmacy? 08/30/2004 02:08 PM
Accredo Health lowers earnings guidance for 2005.

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.)

Wedding bells for Microsoft and Google?

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

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.

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.

FCC: States can't order Bells to sell
stand-alone DSL

FCC: States can't order Bells to sell
stand-alone DSL 03/28/2005 06:49 PM
The FCC has approved a request from BellSouth to stop states from forcing local U.S. telephone carriers to offer stand-alone DSL service to customers who get voice service from a competitor.

Regional Bells Blocking Broadband
Competition

Regional Bells Blocking Broadband
Competition 01/05/2005 01:37 AM

Sacré SVG: SVG and Typography:
Bells and Whistles

Sacré SVG: SVG and Typography:
Bells and Whistles 06/02/2004 06:37 PM
This third installment of our look at typography in SVG introduces the SVG versions of well-known effects such as blurs, shadows, gradients and bevels.

Bells, White Smoke Will Announce New
Pope (AP)

Bells, White Smoke Will Announce New
Pope (AP) 04/05/2005 07:41 PM
AP - Responding to Pope John Paul II's request, the Vatican will depart from centuries-old tradition by ringing bells in addition to sending up white smoke to signal the election of his successor.

Wedding Bells for Gays in Massachusetts
Monday

Wedding Bells for Gays in Massachusetts
Monday 05/16/2004 09:23 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 16 2004 1:46PM GMT

ClearCube puts bells and whistles on
blade PC

ClearCube puts bells and whistles on
blade PC 05/26/2004 03:01 PM
British back end

Gartner: Users want wireless without the
bells and whistles

Gartner: Users want wireless without the
bells and whistles 04/15/2005 04:23 AM
Stuff goes here.

Bells dig in to dominate high-speed
realm

Bells dig in to dominate high-speed
realm 01/04/2005 06:46 AM
USA Today Jan 4 2005 10:56AM GMT

VOIP will change the business model of
the Bells

VOIP will change the business model of
the Bells 11/13/2003 03:08 AM
It may not happen this year or next but VOIP is going to start having a serious impact on the...

Wireless and VOIP will cause Bells to
play nice

Wireless and VOIP will cause Bells to
play nice 05/07/2004 03:29 AM
Just as the music industry is facing changes in it's marketplace so are the Baby Bells. With more people using...

Patents add bells and whistles to cell
phones

Patents add bells and whistles to cell
phones 11/04/2003 08:16 PM
CNET Nov 4 2003 6:52PM ET

States Cannot Order Bells to Sell
Stand-Alone DSL (Reuters)

States Cannot Order Bells to Sell
Stand-Alone DSL (Reuters) 03/25/2005 06:44 PM
Reuters - BellSouth Corp. and the other big local U.S. telephone carriers on Friday won a decision barring states from requiring them to offer stand-alone high-speed Internet service to customers who buy voice service from a competitor.

Bells dig in to dominate high-speed
Internet realm

Bells dig in to dominate high-speed
Internet realm 01/04/2005 01:59 AM
USA Today Jan 4 2005 6:22AM GMT

Motorola to build bells and whistles
handset for DoCoMo

Motorola to build bells and whistles
handset for DoCoMo 08/27/2004 01:23 PM
Computer Weekly Aug 26 2004 10:29AM GMT

Administration Sides With Bells on Lease
Discounts for Rivals

Administration Sides With Bells on Lease
Discounts for Rivals 06/09/2004 05:35 PM
The Bush administration won't seek an extension today of the regulations that require the dominant regional Bell companies to lease their equipment to their rivals at heavy discounts.

In Pivotal Phone Case, Bush Sides With
Bells

In Pivotal Phone Case, Bush Sides With
Bells 06/09/2004 10:34 PM
The Bush administration decided not to challenge a court ruling that will allow four Bell telephone companies to charge more from competitors who use their networks.

Wedding Bells for Gays in Massachusetts
Monday (Reuters)

Wedding Bells for Gays in Massachusetts
Monday (Reuters) 05/16/2004 07:56 AM
Reuters - Same-sex couples will legally exchange vows on Monday when Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to allow gay marriage, an election-year milestone likely to fuel legal and political battles nationwide.

Mobile companies go into a tizzy, alarm
bells ring for 3G

Mobile companies go into a tizzy, alarm
bells ring for 3G 12/22/2004 01:33 AM
Economictimes Dec 21 2004 10:22PM GMT
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