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I spent the last two weeks with my wife eating our way through Paris and Italy. We went into the trip with very little preparation due to our hectic schedules and relatively last minute nature of the trip, except for...
With each passing day America's national broadband plan looks more and more pathetic. Yesterday I was reminded of Tasmania's broadband ambitions. They've set the goal of reaching 200,000 homes and businesses with 100Mbps within the next four years, which is...
On Friday I found a link to this UK article on DSLReports.com with the title "Government should concentrate on 2Mbps broadband." In it is the statement from Simon Piper of ConsumerChoices, "Focussing on national superfast rollout is great for government...
While we often bemoan America's trailing position in the Great Bandwidth Race, I've just learned that not only are we not doing enough to catch up, we're actually slowing down, so says the latest State of the Internet report from...
After yesterday's piece on how defining broadband based on 3Mbps down 1Mbps up is inadequate, I want to share more specific thoughts on the kinds of bandwidth goals American should be setting. An important first step is to realize that...
In starting to peruse the reply comments to the FCC on formulating a national broadband policy, something NCTA said caught my eye, namely that the FCC should acknowledge that one of the many successes in the broadband marketplace has been...
Found this fascinating article by Om Malik that dives into the latest explosion in investment in underseas fiber optic cables, which are the fat pipes used to connect different countries and continents. In it he details the boom-and-bust investment cycle...
While perusing the list of sites that have linked to my VidChats, I discovered a terrific UK-based blog all about fiber called Fiberevolution. In addition to recommending that site for anyone interested in keeping up to date on all things...
Wow - If ever there was a story about the impact of broadband to warm your heart, this is it. It's a tale of how a soldier stationed overseas was able to be with his wife and watch his first...
Great article in Business Week available here. It talks about the rise of "mom-and-pop multinationals" or the ability for small business entrepreneurs to tap into a global workforce and in doing so gain new efficiencies and expanded opportunities. What was...
One thought that's stuck with me from my trip to Lafayette occurred near the end of my time there as I communed over drinks with Cajuns. As we were chatting they pointed to a big warehouse-looking building located near the...
Last week a London business school professor released a new set of rankings aimed at gauging which countries are making the most out of using information technology to increase productivity, dubbed the Connectivity Scorecard. Unlike the many studies that track...
On Wednesday, two underseas cables were cut off of Egypt's northern coast causing 70% of the country's Internet network to go down. This story is interesting for so many reasons. First off, I sometimes think people forget that pretty much...
Read a terrific post by Ed Kohler of TechnologyEvangelist.com fame yesterday in which he cites a great new YouTube video describing today's educational environment from the perspective of students. He also links to a fascinating interview with an educator who...
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