Broadband Surf Report: Jan. 4

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Broadband Surf Report: Jan. 5

Broadband Surf Report: Jan. 5 01/05/2005 01:33 PM
What looks good in broadband news for Jan. 5.

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage CEO on
'weird' states

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage CEO on
'weird' states 03/24/2005 02:09 PM
What looks good in broadband news for March 24.

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage 03/30/2005 04:55 PM
Blog: Our daily look at telecom news around the Web: Vonage defends manually activated 911 calling--eWeek ...

Report: Keep broadband in companies'
hands

Report: Keep broadband in companies'
hands 12/04/2003 07:06 PM
The broadband industry may be dominated by phone and cable companies, but that doesn't mean the government needs to get involved, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

NRMC Report on Municipal Broadband Is
Out

NRMC Report on Municipal Broadband Is
Out 02/05/2005 09:27 PM
I've read the report, and it's worth downloading and reviewing: The report from the NMRC is called "Not In The Public Interest - The Myth of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks -- Why Municial Schemes to Provide Wi-Fi Broadband Services With Public Funds Are Ill-Advised." I've studied it now and have some comments. Before reading my comments, you should review that report and one that's a predecessor and cited in this report and in some of the advance publicity from The Heartland Institute, which co-produced the report--The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University's Municipal Broadband in Concord: An In-Depth Analysis. (See also Karl Bode's more irate analysis of the report.) I'm going to back in time to March 2004, when the Beacon Hill Institute report was published because many elements of it are embedded in the NMRC report. The Concord report from Beacon Hill analyzes whether a proposed network in Concord, Mass., has any hopes of producing a good return with low risk. The report looks at four cities, including Tacoma, Wash., and Ashland, Ore., and also examines RCN, a cable operator that tried to offer competitive broadband services in areas with incumbent operators. Some financial details in the report on Tacoma and Ashland date to 2001 partly because financial information isn't readily broken out for these two projects. Based on aspects of the Beacon Hill report, it was clearly primarily written in late 2003 when full-year figures for 2002 were all that would have been available. It's tricky to tease out where they got numbers for Ashland and Tacoma even after studying and following the footnotes and reading reports at the various project sites. For instance, a citation on Ashland borrowing as much as $20 million from other city agencies to make up revenue shortfalls in their fiber network is attribute to a site called Dynacorp-sucks.com that was "last accessed January 28, 2003" in the footnote reference. There is no record of this site at Archive.org, either, which doesn't mean it didn't exist, but means I cannot research what used to be there. On the Ashland Fiber Network site and City of Ashland's site, I cannot find recent numbers on cost and capital expenses, except that in the 2003-2004 budget, income from AFN outstrips expense by about 15 percent ($2.67 million in versus $2.33 million out). There appears to be no primary research in the Beacon Hill report, such as...

27,000 Hotels with Broadband by 2008,
Report Says

27,000 Hotels with Broadband by 2008,
Report Says 08/06/2004 03:02 PM
In-Stat MDR reports says 5,200 hotels today, 28,000 by 2008: A story on the report shares the additional detail that revenue from hotel broadband was $153 million in 2003, In-Stat MDR estimates, and will be triple that in 2004. Of course, we're seeing a parallel trend of hotels installing broadband and then not charging for it, building the cost into their overall capital and operations budget to encourage more room nights and compete with hotels that do charge for access. My brother-in-law was just traveling in Oregon with an old friend who needed to work each evening, but had her days free. She needed reliable high-speed Internet service. Even though they were staying outside of major cities, they managed to find it everywhere. I expect that especially in places where Internet access is otherwise scarce and phone lines don't produce good modem connections that the competition for Internet access in hotels will be higher....

MP's broadband report - the choice cuts

MP's broadband report - the choice cuts 02/11/2004 01:37 PM
Reader's Digest

Report: WiMax to lead broadband wireless
market

Report: WiMax to lead broadband wireless
market 04/21/2004 02:14 PM
The market for broadband wireless service will be worth $3.7 billion by 2009 and industry support for WiMax indicates that it will be the leading technology.

Oftel unlikley to demand broadband cost
cuts - report

Oftel unlikley to demand broadband cost
cuts - report 11/04/2003 09:44 AM
Doesn't want to 'rock the boat'

Report: McCaw to Unveil Wireless
Broadband Service (Reuters)

Report: McCaw to Unveil Wireless
Broadband Service (Reuters) 06/02/2004 02:15 AM
Reuters - U.S. mobile phone industry pioneer Craig McCaw is expected to announce on Wednesday the launch of a national wireless broadband service that would compete against other high-speed Internet access services, The Wall Street Journal said.

Forecasts for Higher Bandwidth Broadband
Services - New TFI Telecom Market
Research Report

Forecasts for Higher Bandwidth Broadband
Services - New TFI Telecom Market
Research Report 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
According to a new report by Technology Futures, Inc. (TFI), by 2006, one-half of U.S. households will subscribe to broadband access, and a shift to much higher data rates in the range of 24 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s will have begun. By 2010, U.S. broadband penetration of 75% is likely, and 10% to 20% of U.S. households will subscribe to very high-speed-broadband. In the process, most of the local exchange carriers current investment in copper cable will be made obsolete.The new study, "Forecasts for Higher Bandwidth Broadband Services," authored by Lawrence K. Vanston, Ph.D. (President, TFI), forecasts how bandwidth requirements will increase over time and addresses the applications requiring higher speed. In doing so, it reviews what is happening in South Korea (where broadband penetration already exceeds 70%), Japan, and Italy - current leaders in the migration to higher data rates. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

Surf while you surf (AFP)

Surf while you surf (AFP) 06/23/2004 02:23 PM
AFP - For beach bums who get withdrawal shakes if they are deprived of email for a few hours, here's the answer: an Internet-enabled surfboard.

Surf Your Way to a Campsite

Surf Your Way to a Campsite 06/12/2004 08:11 PM
Web sites that offer tips on great campsites, advice on how to find the right campground and even an occasional online reservation system.

My Computer: Where Do You Go to Surf?

My Computer: Where Do You Go to Surf? 07/23/2004 01:08 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 23 2004 5:16AM GMT

Surf the Net on a wood PC?

Surf the Net on a wood PC? 06/03/2004 02:00 PM
Electric New Paper Jun 3 2004 5:34PM GMT

I Know You Surf for Porn

I Know You Surf for Porn 06/03/2004 06:48 AM
Cash'n'Carrion Lovely leaving present for disgraced Irish bankers

You surf just like a woman

You surf just like a woman 05/04/2004 11:59 PM
Salon May 5 2004 4:11AM GMT

Do not surf the web using Internet
Explorer

Do not surf the web using Internet
Explorer 06/25/2004 04:14 AM
Seriously. This is not just Open Source zealotry. It is dangerous to your financial security to use Internet Explorer to browse the web. From an article on CNET: Security researchers warned Web surfers on Thursday to be on their guard after uncovering evidence that widespread Web server compromises have turned corporate home pages into points of digital infection. The researchers believe that online organized crime groups are breaking into Web servers, surreptitiously inserting code that takes advantage of two flaws in Internet Explorer that Microsoft has not yet fixed. Those flaws allow the Web server to install a program that takes control of the user's computer.... ... This time, however, the flaws affect every user of Internet Explorer, because Microsoft has not yet released a patch. Moreover, the infectious Web sites are not just those of minor companies inhabiting the backwaters of the Web, but major firms, including some banks ... the malicious program uploaded to a victim's computer is not currently detected as a virus by most antivirus software. With no patch from Microsoft, that leaves Internet Explorer users vulnerable. ... That server uses the pair of Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities to upload and execute a remote access Trojan horse, RAT, to the victim's PC. The software records the victim's keystrokes and opens a backdoor in the system's security to allow the attacker to access the computer.. There are lots of other good choices for a browser. I am currently using Firefox 0.8, and find it much better than IE, especially after adding the Ad-block and Tabbrowser extensions. Highly recommended. Found via Techdirt....

Boy, 4, dragged to death by surf

Boy, 4, dragged to death by surf 06/27/2004 02:45 PM
A young boy dies after being swept out to sea while playing on rocks with his family in north Cornwall.

Now MTN users surf via GPRS

Now MTN users surf via GPRS 07/15/2004 06:43 PM
News 24 Jul 15 2004 9:02PM GMT

Surf as you slurp at McDonald's

Surf as you slurp at McDonald's 01/07/2004 02:22 PM
BT is to install wireless internet or WiFi access in McDonald's outlets across the UK.

Surf the net while surfing waves

Surf the net while surfing waves 06/18/2004 04:48 AM
A wi-fi surfboard has been developed to let you surf the waves and the net at the same time.

Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're
being portrayed

Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're
being portrayed 12/28/2004 02:59 AM
USA Today Dec 28 2004 6:51AM GMT

Facial Gestures To Surf The Web

Facial Gestures To Surf The Web 09/15/2004 09:49 PM
Worried about carpal tunnel? Maybe you should stop using your hands altogether when controlling your computer. A Canadian inventor has developed a system to control a mouse by where your nose is pointed, while letting you click with the blink of an eye (left eye, left click; right eye, right click). The idea, of course, behind this "nouse" system is to use it for people with disabilities. Of course, as someone points out in the article, the fact that using this could make you look quite silly may not go over particularly well. I also wonder how it deals with just regular blinking.

Palestinians Surf During Siege

Palestinians Surf During Siege 11/18/2003 05:53 AM
As the Middle East conflict grinds on, a growing number of people living in cramped West Bank refugee camps go online to get news and keep in touch with relatives.

Update: Surf Shop 7.3.725

Update: Surf Shop 7.3.725 06/02/2004 10:32 AM
The Perl-based ecommerce shopping cart software adds batch import of categories and items, IP address logging, improved MySQL integration, QuickBooks integration, and more.

Coming to a PC near you: surf and sniff

Coming to a PC near you: surf and sniff 02/19/2004 01:22 AM
The Scotsman Feb 19 2004 4:39AM 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

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

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]

Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're
being portrayed (USATODAY.com)

Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're
being portrayed (USATODAY.com) 12/28/2004 07:22 AM
USATODAY.com - The first thing Pete's Wicked Ale founder Pete Slosberg does when he gets to work is to type his own name into the Google Internet search engine to see if anything is being said about him or his new company, Cocoa Pete's Chocolate Adventures.

Surf Wirelessly at Dialup Speed

Surf Wirelessly at Dialup Speed 09/08/2004 05:03 AM
Hoping to extend wireless internet access to people without broadband, a Texas company is introducing a base station that works with any dialup connection. But don't expect it to make pages load any faster. By Elisa Batista.

Before you head out skiing, it pays to
surf

Before you head out skiing, it pays to
surf 12/21/2003 07:10 PM
Rather than relying on a generic search engine such as Google, skiers looking for a central location for links to snow sport Web pages might start at www ...

News: Surf the Internet, While Surfing?

News: Surf the Internet, While Surfing? 06/18/2004 08:50 PM
Overclockers Club Jun 19 2004 1:07AM GMT

Web Magazine Dangles Pay-and-Surf
Incentives

Web Magazine Dangles Pay-and-Surf
Incentives 12/21/2003 11:52 PM
New York Times Dec 21 2003 11:15PM ET

ESA on mission to surf gravity's waves

ESA on mission to surf gravity's waves 06/24/2004 01:03 PM
Pathfinder craft to test Einstein prediction

Japanese surf faster and cheaper than
those in the US

Japanese surf faster and cheaper than
those in the US 07/11/2004 09:12 AM

It took Japan a little while to get out of the starting blocks on the Internet scene but they are way ahead when it comes to extremely highspeed broadband and the price makes me wanna cry. [I4U News]

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