Yesterday, I read a very thought provoking article in Broadband Properties magazine (I have a print sub).  It stimulated my thinking on Internet bandwidth growth and network congestion. I have recently been keenly aware of how long it is taking some web pages to load and I can only attribute that to Internet congestion (probably caused [...]

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One of the best things about the Connections Conference is the quantity and quality of primary research data presented by Parks Associates. Tricia Parks, Founder and CEO of Parks Associates, gave a speech titled, The Consumer Purchase Process - Evolution and Curved Roads, in which she provided an overview of some of their primary research regarding [...]

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Actually, the discourse between Mark

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The inspiration for this article was a decision a few months ago by the FCC to slap a huge fine on ABC Affiliates for violating obscenity rules in airing an episode of “NYPD”.   The FCC Order, although extremely descriptive about the nudity, sparked my curiosity. 

"………The camera shot includes a full view of her buttocks and [...]

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The signs of the changing video landscape were literally signs in the case of these photos I snapped yesterday. The demise of Bradley Video, a once strong independent video store in Silicon Valley, is an indication that the traditional brick and mortar approach to renting and selling videos is quickly being substituted for other means of [...]

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Note:  IEEE ComSoc SCV had a great workshop on this topic June 19th at the SFO Crown Plaza Hotel.  The workshop summary report appears elsewhere on viodi.com. 
 
The following notes are a transcription from a Yankee Group LBS telebriefing I attended June 12, 2008:
 

Location Based Services (LBS):  The Final Destination

• Navigation is a great first stop for location [...]

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Computerworld and the WSJ articles state that several WiMAX stakeholders will jointly license patents that cover WiMAX technology in an attempt to limit royalty rates that could deter customers from using it. The group of six, now known as the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), wants to make IPR costs predictable so that the WiMAX ecosystem will grow.
Larry [...]

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Avail Media is sponsoring and hosting a webinar regarding on-demand content on Thursday, June 12th at 2 PM EDT. Avail’s acquisition of ViewNow late last year made them the only supplier of both linear and on-demand content to providers of IPTV. What makes this webinar interesting is that Avail will be sharing the stage with one of [...]

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July 15, 2008 update:  More disputes threaten to delay India’s WiMAX goldrush, by Caroline Gabriel
India is absolutely critical to the fortunes of WiMAX, and the level of uptake in the huge nation will help decide how prominent a position 802.16e takes in the overall wireless landscape in the next decade. There are many reasons for [...]

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In the May 30, 2008 FT print edition there were several telecom articles worthy of comment and analysis :
 
Alcatel-Lucent bosses face rough reception
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39b269dc-2de4-11dd-b92a-000077b07658.html
 
The troubled network equipment company wants to make a big move from equipment into services  Too much competition from Huaweii and ZTE along with slow growth in developed countries may be driving the company away from [...]

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