1,000 exchanges get go-ahead for broadband

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Broadband changes ahead

Broadband changes ahead 07/18/2004 12:52 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Jul 16, 07:52 am GMT

Broadband divide ahead

Broadband divide ahead 07/20/2004 01:33 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Sun Jul 18, 12:44 pm GMT

US broadband steams ahead

US broadband steams ahead 12/24/2004 12:39 PM
The number of broadband connections in the US has jumped by 38% in a year, according to official figures.

Broadband steams ahead in the US

Broadband steams ahead in the US 12/24/2004 12:40 PM
BBC Dec 23 2004 9:37AM GMT

Broadband leaps ahead of AOL

Broadband leaps ahead of AOL 05/13/2004 03:20 PM
For the first time, broadband customers surpass the number of people who subscribe to America Online, a sign of the growing influence of high-speed Net services.

Dial-up fades away as broadband pulls
ahead

Dial-up fades away as broadband pulls
ahead 06/03/2004 12:07 PM
ZDNet UK Jun 3 2004 4:05PM GMT

FCC moves ahead with power-line
broadband rules

FCC moves ahead with power-line
broadband rules 02/13/2004 05:19 PM
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to move forward with a process to measure interference caused by broadband over power-line service.

Exchanges Explore Data Value

Exchanges Explore Data Value 04/16/2005 03:01 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 16 2005 6:44PM GMT

Fifty more exchanges to get SDSL

Fifty more exchanges to get SDSL 12/04/2003 11:57 AM
Some people like it fast both ways

User exchanges: Past their prime?

User exchanges: Past their prime? 06/10/2004 08:05 AM
ZDNet Jun 10 2004 12:13PM GMT

Professional Employment Exchanges to be
computerised

Professional Employment Exchanges to be
computerised 01/22/2004 06:18 AM
KeralaNext.com Jan 22 2004 10:32AM GMT

More promiscuous data exchanges with
strangers

More promiscuous data exchanges with
strangers 12/05/2003 09:07 AM
Bluepods, Personal Servers, and instant radio

User exchanges: It's good to share

User exchanges: It's good to share 06/10/2004 06:39 AM
Open-source idealism meet commercial software in the shrinking world of code-swapping user exchanges.

Internet Sites Allow Gift Card Exchanges
(AP)

Internet Sites Allow Gift Card Exchanges
(AP) 12/31/2004 01:28 AM
AP - The gift card — often viewed as the little, plastic solution for keeping friends and family out of the return lines — doesn't always serve as the ideal present. Responding to consumers who don't want to buy themselves another sweater, or will take a pass on a fancy steak dinner, Internet businesses have sprung up allowing people to sell or swap unwanted gift cards.

Internet Sites Allow Gift Card Exchanges

Internet Sites Allow Gift Card Exchanges 12/31/2004 02:03 AM
AP via Los Angeles Times Dec 31 2004 6:30AM GMT

NT 'won't take lead' on Internet betting
exchanges

NT 'won't take lead' on Internet betting
exchanges 07/15/2004 01:52 AM
ABC Online Jul 15 2004 6:40AM GMT

Code exchanges: We got that open-source
feelin'

Code exchanges: We got that open-source
feelin' 06/14/2004 06:46 AM
ZDNet Jun 14 2004 11:18AM GMT

Remote Scottish exchanges upgraded to
ADSL

Remote Scottish exchanges upgraded to
ADSL 05/27/2004 01:48 PM
Personal Computer World May 27 2004 5:29PM GMT

Several firms head to stock exchanges
worldwide

Several firms head to stock exchanges
worldwide 01/27/2004 02:29 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jan 27 2004 6:48AM GMT

Software Companies Realizing The
Benefits Of User Exchanges

Software Companies Realizing The
Benefits Of User Exchanges 06/10/2004 09:49 AM
Proprietary software companies are still experimenting with "open source-like" offerings to try to improve their own products. A few months back we wrote about the softwar e cooperative idea - which was basically open source software for companies that only members could share. Since it cost $30,000 to become a member it was more like open source with a $30,000 entrance fee. Meanwhile, many proprietary software companies have been doing quite well setting up "user exchanges" where their end users can trade modifications and add-ons to their software for free. The companies that do this have found it beneficial in many ways - since they get a core group of loyal users who are generating improvements on their software. However, many companies are apparently shying away from such exchanges, worried that (a) they'll detract from commercial add-on development or (b) it opens them up to legal liability if such a third party add-on causes problems. The companies that rely heavily on these exchanges (including IBM, Adobe and Macromedia) insist they've had no problems - and that the benefits have been well worth it. This is yet another case where some companies realize the value of something that's "free" when it's viewed as an input resource, rather than an end-product.

NSW slams feds' online betting exchanges
stance

NSW slams feds' online betting exchanges
stance 07/13/2004 03:15 AM
ZDNet Australia Jul 13 2004 7:56AM GMT

Japan's NTT DoCoMo offers SMS exchanges
with other Asian countries

Japan's NTT DoCoMo offers SMS exchanges
with other Asian countries 02/01/2005 09:37 PM
Servihoo.com Feb 1 2005 3:28PM GMT

Internet sites allow gift card exchanges
Nebraska corporate farm ban challenged
United workers threa

Internet sites allow gift card exchanges
Nebraska corporate farm ban challenged
United workers threa 01/01/2005 03:00 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Fri Dec 31, 06:22 pm GMT

Troops stationed in Iraq turn to gaming
Internet sites allow gift card exchanges
Indian state eyes f

Troops stationed in Iraq turn to gaming
Internet sites allow gift card exchanges
Indian state eyes f 01/04/2005 02:30 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Jan 4, 06:36 am GMT

ForeThought.net Launches Mach Broadband
- Cable-Crushing Broadband Internet
Service

ForeThought.net Launches Mach Broadband
- Cable-Crushing Broadband Internet
Service 03/14/2005 05:59 PM
foreThought.net, a Denver-based telephone and Internet company, today announced the launch of "Mach", its new ADSL 2+ broadband Internet access service. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

IPWireless Mobile Broadband Technology
to Power Sentechs MyWireless, the First
Nationwide Broadband Wireles

IPWireless Mobile Broadband Technology
to Power Sentechs MyWireless, the First
Nationwide Broadband Wireles 12/10/2003 04:16 PM
ECTA Portal Dec 10 2003 1:56PM ET

Cisco Powers Hong Kong Broadband
Network's 100Mbps and 1Gbps Residential
Broadband Services

Cisco Powers Hong Kong Broadband
Network's 100Mbps and 1Gbps Residential
Broadband Services 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
Investors Business Daily Feb 2 2005 1:50AM GMT

Broadband National, Inc. Teams with NCC
to Offer VoIP and Broadband Solutions

Broadband National, Inc. Teams with NCC
to Offer VoIP and Broadband Solutions 06/17/2005 03:16 PM
Broadband National Inc. a has teamed with National Communications Contracting, Inc. to offer high speed solutions to NCC customers inquiring about the telecommunication products and services the company offers. NCC will leverage Broadband National’s IBIS (Integrated Broadband Information System) to deploy broadband and VoIP solutions to small, medium and enterprise level customers. Broadband National’s proprietary platform enables end users to instantly compare broadband solutions offered by more than 40 different suppliers, including SBC Internet Services, Comcast, Covad, XO Communications, ITC DeltaCom, SpeakEasy, and Nuvox. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2005]

Time Broadband cuts prices for Internet
broadband service

Time Broadband cuts prices for Internet
broadband service 02/12/2004 02:02 PM
Utusan Online Feb 12 2004 6:43PM GMT

Nethercomm Corporation Comments on
Forbes Article where Broadband-in-Gas
Stands out among Traditional Broadband
Technologies by Delivering Connectivity
of 100+Mbps

Nethercomm Corporation Comments on
Forbes Article where Broadband-in-Gas
Stands out among Traditional Broadband
Technologies by Delivering Connectivity
of 100+Mbps 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
Nethercomm Corporation Addresses Forbes Article "Seven Ways to get Traditional Broadband Services", which highlights Broadband-in-Gas, a Compelling Broadband Technology Enabling “Previously Unobtainable Levels of Connectivity of 100+Mbps” [PRWEB May 27, 2005]

Innovative Broadband Broker Saves
Businesses, Non Profits, Schools and
Government Offices Thousands of Dollars
on T1,DSL,and Broadband. Complimentary
Consultations Available - Act Now!

Innovative Broadband Broker Saves
Businesses, Non Profits, Schools and
Government Offices Thousands of Dollars
on T1,DSL,and Broadband. Complimentary
Consultations Available - Act Now! 08/10/2004 03:50 AM
1st-T1-DSL-Broadband.com offers customers *The world's only real-time T1 price tool *Low Price Guarantee - We will not be undersold *Free unbiased price research will save you money [PRWEB Aug 10, 2004]

Wireless broadband has developed into a
truly versatile broadband communications
medium while the national local loops
experience ongoing access problems

Wireless broadband has developed into a
truly versatile broadband communications
medium while the national local loops
experience ongoing access problems 07/08/2004 03:39 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004 Global Wireless Broadband Report to their offering [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]

Internet sites allow gift card exchanges
Phishing, spyware, others plague
Internet La. trying to lur

Internet sites allow gift card exchanges
Phishing, spyware, others plague
Internet La. trying to lur 01/02/2005 02:43 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Sun Jan 2, 06:28 am GMT

Broadband Envy: Fixing American
Broadband

Broadband Envy: Fixing American
Broadband 09/02/2004 10:01 AM

The Not Really Free, Not Really
Broadband, Free Broadband Scam

The Not Really Free, Not Really
Broadband, Free Broadband Scam 08/06/2004 04:41 PM
Aaron writes in to point us to a story at Broadband Reports about a scam claiming to offer "free" broadband, when the truth is anything but that. The company in question is really just offering one of those silly web "accelerator" tools that speed up some dialup web surfing by caching images and using some compression. It's not really broadband at all, though if you're stuck on dialup, apparently it helps. It's also not free at all, since it's a typical pyramid scam, where you need to get others to sign up first. Since they know otherwise intelligent people will know it's a scam, the site doesn't make outrageous claims on their home page, but leaves those only for those who come via a referral code (which is all part of the scam) at which point they start making outlandish claims anyone with a bit of broadband knowledge would know were false.

What's Ahead for C++?

What's Ahead for C++? 08/17/2004 01:14 PM
These days, Microsoft's C# gets the lion's share of the attention (and ink). But Microsoft is continuing to work on Visual C++.

Don't Get Ahead of Yourself

Don't Get Ahead of Yourself 03/14/2005 06:07 PM

Here are two things that cut so many good ideas off at the knees. These two factors are the two biggest things that stop good ideas from getting implemented and make programmers pause when they should forge ahead.

1. The Urge to Generalize
Say you come up with an idea for a little transaction management system — a tracking app that follows a sales transaction from inception to closure. It works well for your company, but — you think — if I unleash this on the world, then it has to be able to handle other things, right?

I have to abstract the simple "Transaction Name" field away to be able to handle "Buyers" and "Sellers" in case someone wants to use it for third party brokerage, right? And what exactly constitutes a transaction? I need to have an object oriented "Attributes" sub-system to be able to handle any information they want to store, right? Etc. Etc.

Pretty quickly, you've decided that it's just too much work to do all this stuff you just made up and imposed on yourself, so forget it.

I think programmers equate "The software doesn't handle that" with "I can't make it do that because I suck." We never want to say no or have to admit that our software wasn't designed to do everything. If our image editing program can't also balance our checkbook, then we have somehow failed and it's not worth releasing.

(In terms of content management, I've talked about the The Urge to Generalize here. For some reason, I discussed it in positive terms...)

2. The Fear of Expansion
So you get past the first hurdle with your little transaction management system, and you're coding happily away. But then your mind starts to look down the road....

You think, well, I should put something in here so the user can indicate that an invoice was sent for payment. I mean, people don't want to do double-entry, right? But then why can't this system just generate the invoice....and track receipt of the payment...and display aggregate customer sales figures...etc.

Before you know it you (1) have mentally evolved your simple app into an accounting system, and (2) scared the crap out of yourself because there are apps like Peachtree and Quickbooks that do this better, and (3) thrown in the towel.

Why do we look at every app as always getting bigger? I appreciate ambition, but the problem with this is at the end of every development road is a bigger app that you're going to run into and encroach at some point. Why can't we stop three-quarters of the way down this road and just be happy with that? Do one thing and do it well. (Josh Clark has been very good at this, judging from the comments on this entry.)

These two things have killed millions of good ideas before they even got out of the starting gate. As programmers, we think too much, sometimes. Your app (1) doesn't need to handle every possible scenario, (2) encompass every aspect of functionaity, and (3) continue evolving into a successfully bigger and bigger app.

If this little essay makes sense to you, read this one from Joel Spolsky. Same concept from a little different angle:

These are the people I call Architecture Astronauts. It's very hard to get them to write code or design programs, because they won't stop thinking about Architecture. They're astronauts because they are above the oxygen level, I don't know how they're breathing. They tend to work for really big companies that can afford to have lots of unproductive people with really advanced degrees that don't contribute to the bottom line.

The Functionality Astronauts are just as dangeous as the Architecture Astronauts.

Dark Age Ahead

Dark Age Ahead 05/03/2004 04:06 AM
Alright, so it's a descent into schilling, but there can be no more exciting news to greet a sunny Monday morning than that of a new book by Jane Jacobs. Not content with blowing out the back of my intellectual...

802.11n Slapfest Ahead.

802.11n Slapfest Ahead. 08/17/2004 08:40 PM
Unstrung: 802.11n Slapfest Ahead. After reading overviews of both proposals it's hard to see much technical difference between them. There's an argument about whether support for 40 MHz channels should be "mandatory", but that seems like a policy decision that can be left for later. 802.11's encrustation of backwards-compatibility hacks is getting pretty amusing.
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