Nevermind broadband -- many First Americans don't have phone service

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ADV:Broadband Phone Service from
AT&T

ADV:Broadband Phone Service from
AT&T 12/28/2004 01:24 AM
Ad - www.att.com/callvantage Dec 28 2004 5:48AM GMT

Broadband Phone Service from AT&T

Broadband Phone Service from AT&T 09/14/2004 09:28 AM
Ad - http://www.att.com/callvantage Sep 14 2004 1:51PM GMT

Broadband phone service dials up in the
UK

Broadband phone service dials up in the
UK 05/25/2004 05:20 AM
Net telephony set to 'rocket'

NasionCom offers broadband phone service

NasionCom offers broadband phone service 03/23/2005 08:19 PM
The Star Online Mar 24 2005 12:52AM GMT

When it comes to Broadband phone service
Connecticut Residents have a new way to
find a provider.

When it comes to Broadband phone service
Connecticut Residents have a new way to
find a provider. 09/25/2004 03:39 AM
Broadband phone service options for commercial and residential users in Connecticut have recently become available to anyone with a high-speed internet connection. This new resource provides concise recommendations for today’s best broadband phone service plans for the CT Market. [PRWEB Sep 25, 2004]

When it comes to Broadband phone service
Arizona Residents have a new way to find
a provider.

When it comes to Broadband phone service
Arizona Residents have a new way to find
a provider. 09/22/2004 02:13 AM
Broadband phone service options for commercial and residential users in Arizona have recently become available to anyone with a high-speed internet connection. This new resource provides concise recommendations for today’s best broadband phone service plans for the AZ Market. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]

When it comes to Broadband phone service
Alabama Residents have a new way to find
a provider.

When it comes to Broadband phone service
Alabama Residents have a new way to find
a provider. 09/18/2004 03:29 AM
Broadband phone service options for commercial and residential users in Alabama have recently become available to anyone with a high-speed internet connection. InfinitePhone.net provides concise recommendations for today’s best broadband phone service plans for the AL Market [PRWEB Sep 18, 2004]

Broadband satellite moves off the
launchpad, brings 3G phone service
closer to reality

Broadband satellite moves off the
launchpad, brings 3G phone service
closer to reality 03/27/2005 04:18 PM
NewsTarget Mar 27 2005 7:54PM GMT

HostRocket Launches ViaTalk Offering
Broadband Phone Service In 2,200 Metro
Markets

HostRocket Launches ViaTalk Offering
Broadband Phone Service In 2,200 Metro
Markets 06/22/2005 02:31 AM
Leading hosting provider launches broadband phone service with plan offering unlimited local and long distance calling starting at under $200 yearly in 2,200 metro markets throughout all 50 states. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]

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]

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 Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability 07/22/2004 02:48 AM
"VoIP2Save.com" becomes first broadband internet phone company to offer total internet phone number portability to customers. VoIP2Save accuses rivals of holding customer phone numbers hostage because they cannot switch their phone numbers to other carriers. [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]

nevermind

nevermind 01/16/2004 11:01 AM
The book is barely born and the author is retreating: O'Neill retreats from his claim about the war. Wow.

Dangling Broadband From the Phone Stick

Dangling Broadband From the Phone Stick 03/19/2005 03:01 AM
Even as high-speed Internet service becomes one of the most quickly adopted technologies, there are few options for those trying to upgrade their dial-up connections.

US FCC keeps phone competition, loosens
broadband

US FCC keeps phone competition, loosens
broadband 02/20/2003 03:54 PM
Once on the same boat, Google has become a ubiquitous Internet presence while AltaVista is practically a trivia question. How did it end up this way? ...

SBC told to unhook phone from broadband

SBC told to unhook phone from broadband 06/11/2004 04:01 PM
California regulators call for "naked DSL." Company says the rules are outdated and plans to appeal.

Om Malik on Broadband: Glocalizing your
phone

Om Malik on Broadband: Glocalizing your
phone 08/16/2004 08:33 PM
Om Malik on Broadband: Glocalizing your phone. Since I am starting a time in my life when I'll be between Belgium and New York a lot (they have about the same amount of inhabitants), I'm experimenting with phone services. Skype is working great for broadband to broadband calls. There is ...

The End of Broadband Service

The End of Broadband Service 03/22/2005 03:33 PM

The FCC reached a decision this week that could effectively end broadband service as we know it. The order hasn't officially come out yet, but the result was leaked.

The FCC granted a petition by BellSouth to pre-empt state regulators from requiring "naked DSL." The procedural aspects are convoluted, so the effect of that action may not be clear. Here's what the FCC is saying. The local phone companies (and, although the ruling doesn't specifically cover them, cable companies) are free to force customers to buy pay for phone service in order to get broadband. Whether or not you use the phone company's voice service is immaterial -- you have to pay for it. Although there are a few telcos willing to sell DSL as a stand-alone service (notably Qwest), one wonders if they will continue to do so.

The FCC ruling makes broadband an extension of phone service, rather than the reverse. It ties the data applications of the future to the anchor of the public switched telephone network. That's perverse. Voice is the application, not connectivity. We'll never have real competition if the incumbents get paid even when customers want to switch to a competitor.

I want to pay someone for high-speed data connectivity, with the opportunity to use (and pay for) innovative applicaitons on top of that pipe. To me, that's broadband service. After the FCC decision, that may no longer be available. That's what I mean by the end of broadband as we know it. For the privilege of buying broadband, I'll have to buy phone service or something else I don't need, raising the effective price. This is the way to promote broadband adoption in the US?

Broadband carol service for web

Broadband carol service for web 12/15/2003 05:43 PM
Manchester Online Dec 15 2003 4:49PM ET

Third of Irish phone lines fail
broadband test

Third of Irish phone lines fail
broadband test 09/09/2004 10:30 AM
Lobby group 'stunned'

BT launches wholesale sat broadband
service

BT launches wholesale sat broadband
service 06/03/2004 06:48 AM
Cheap? Nope

Cox cranks up speed on broadband service

Cox cranks up speed on broadband service 08/13/2004 07:43 PM
SiliconValley.com Aug 13 2004 11:45PM GMT

Cox to boost broadband Internet service

Cox to boost broadband Internet service 08/13/2004 09:18 PM
Boston Globe Aug 14 2004 1:06AM GMT

Their broadband internet service is not
wireless

Their broadband internet service is not
wireless 09/17/2004 01:00 AM
TechTree Sep 17 2004 4:03AM GMT

MCI to offer new satellite broadband
service

MCI to offer new satellite broadband
service 01/29/2004 12:46 AM
A new MCI satellite broadband service, aimed at companies with branches in areas where DSL (digital subscriber line) service is not available, will be commercially available in March, the company announced Wednesday.

New wireless broadband service unveiled

New wireless broadband service unveiled 06/03/2004 02:00 PM
Clearwire, Inc. has announced plans for a wireless broadband service based on the IEEE 802.16 spec. Set to launch by the end of 2005, it will be targeted at both rural and urban markets.

Castle Howard to Get Broadband Service

Castle Howard to Get Broadband Service 06/14/2004 06:32 AM
Langreen Ltd to supply wireless broadband service to the major tourist attraction, Castle Howard Estate, as well as the surrounding communities [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

Nevermind this, have you checked out the
BoingBoing guestbar lately?

Nevermind this, have you checked out the
BoingBoing guestbar lately? 08/10/2004 07:55 PM
Damn, Rudy Rucker is really tearing it up over there to the right. Go on, have a look.

Nevermind - Hamdi wasn't so bad after
all. By Dahlia Lithwick

Nevermind - Hamdi wasn't so bad after
all. By Dahlia Lithwick 09/24/2004 05:37 PM
What does John Ashcroft think Hamdi will do back in Saudi Arabia? Open a Krispy Kreme franchise and give speeches about the wonders of American democracy? .. bypassing them is a really, really bad idea .. Dahlia Lithwick notes

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There's a movie in your pants, uh,
jeans, er...nevermind

There's a movie in your pants, uh,
jeans, er...nevermind 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
The first mention of the sequence GATTACA in the human genome is 14109 characters in. It will be several decades before science is able to...

Microsoft rolls out MSN Premium
broadband service

Microsoft rolls out MSN Premium
broadband service 02/15/2004 12:00 PM
It was all giggles and light when comedian Jay Leno took the Consumer Electronics Show stage last month to help Microsoft's Bill Gates introduce the latest features of his company's MSN service. But behind the scenes in Las Vegas, the rollout of MSN Premium -- a $9.95-per-month add-on for anyone with a broadband connection -- was anything but a laughing matter. Market leader America Online has already debuted AOL for Broadband, a zippy package of broadband services for $14.95 per month.

You can read the ActiveWin review of the new MSN Premium service here.

McCaw to Offer Wireless Broadband
Service (AP)

McCaw to Offer Wireless Broadband
Service (AP) 06/02/2004 11:39 AM
AP - Wireless entrepreneur Craig McCaw, who has a mixed track record of spectacular successes and humbling failures, is launching a wireless broadband service.

Verizon Upgrades Broadband Net Service
(NewsFactor)

Verizon Upgrades Broadband Net Service
(NewsFactor) 09/08/2004 02:27 PM
NewsFactor - Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has launched a faster broadband Internet service to attract online gamers, at-home workers and other consumers with high-bandwidth requirements.

BSNL to start broadband Internet service

BSNL to start broadband Internet service 12/25/2004 08:43 PM
The Hindu Dec 25 2004 11:33PM GMT

McCaw Launches Broadband Wireless
Service

McCaw Launches Broadband Wireless
Service 06/03/2004 11:59 AM
Cellular phone mogul Craig McCaw is entering the broadband wireless market with his latest venture, Clearwire.

Verizon broadband data service reviewed

Verizon broadband data service reviewed 03/23/2005 08:10 PM

I'm a reasonably frequent visitor to my parents' house in Bethesda, Maryland.  Mom and Dad are both Harvard graduates and consequently have little trouble recognize the utter worthlessness of something developed to a large extent at MIT, i.e., the Internet.  There is thus no high-speed Internet connection in their house and their neighbors apparently share the belief that Internet is not worth paying for because there are no wireless networks from which to steal.

Frustrated at having to drive to a friend's or sibling's house every time I wanted to check the weather or email, I signed up for an $80/month Verizon data card.  Washington, D.C. area is one of its flagship service area, promising "typical speeds of 300-500 kbps, capable of reaching speeds up to 2 Mbps".  Getting the PC 5220 card to work at all required a couple of calls to Verizon tech support, which, unlike Vonage and Lingo, involved minimal hold times and knowledgeable staff.  I needed to download a newer version of some software, which, of course, required an Internet connection...

How does it work?  The average throughput on the "broadband" network here in D.C. has been 50-100 kbps at most.  The software shows that at one point this computer achieved a peak rate of 450 kbps but there are long dropout periods when the rate is 0 kbps.  Most distressing, the service only lasts for 10-30 minutes, after which time this supposedly "always-on" service turns you off and you have to manually disconnect and reconnect to get back on.  Sometimes the software is smart enough to notice that you are disconnected and a little box comes up in the bottom right of your screen noting the fact of the disconnection.  Underneath the note are the words "Verizon: We never stop working for you (R)".

On balance the service is somewhat similar in feel to a 56 kbps modem except that you never know if that 3-second wait for a Web page is going to turn into 60 seconds because you've been silently dropped from the network.

Using Windows XP it is sometimes necessary to reboot the machine in order to switch from 802.11b to Verizon or vice versa.

Nextel debuts wireless broadband service

Nextel debuts wireless broadband service 04/14/2004 03:43 PM
CNET Apr 14 2004 8:09PM GMT

BT suspends orders for broadband
satellite service

BT suspends orders for broadband
satellite service 12/12/2003 11:36 AM
Expect Spring relaunch

Airbus to offer in-flight mobile phone
and broadband internet services

Airbus to offer in-flight mobile phone
and broadband internet services 07/25/2004 05:33 PM
Utusan Online Jul 25 2004 8:42PM GMT
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