Verizon Takes a Step Forward

PC Magazine broke a very interesting piece of news Saturday about a new system Verizon has developed for their wireless network. Briefly put, this system presents an API that allows…

November 6, 2011 2

Digital Day 11-01-11 Reading List

Today is digital (binary) day and the date is 11-01-11, though the 2-digit year masks the fact that it’s 1000 years too late.  The year isn’t even over and it has…

November 1, 2011 1

Spectrum Deficit Disorder

The discussion about the wireless spectrum crunch can be hard for the average citizen to follow. While it’s easy to understand the straightforward fact that every network has a capacity…

October 31, 2011 13

$4.5 Billion Annual Subsidies for Broadband Approved

The FCC has unanimously approved the conversion of the $4.5 billion Universal Service Fund (USF) High Cost fund into the Connect America Fund (CAF) for bringing broadband to rural america.  Even…

October 28, 2011 2

Get Ready for Metered Wi-Fi

There’s a story in today’s New York Times on the impact the iPad is having on hotel Wi-Fi networks. Conclusion: Expect hotels to implement volume-sensitive pricing for Internet access via…

October 25, 2011 9

iPhone Buyers Complaining About Sprint 4G

Robert Graham says he’s the 18th person at his store to return his Sprint iPhone 4S for the following reason. Credit: Robert Graham While this is just one sample, it…

October 23, 2011 2

Landmark Cellphone Safety Study

A group of researchers at the Danish Cancer Society’s Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen and at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon have concluded the first…

October 21, 2011 3

Smartphones & Tablets and the Spectrum Crunch

The FCC has posted a beautiful new “infographic,”  shown below, about the continuing spectrum crunch.  The FCC has been warning for some time about the looming spectrum crunch caused by…

October 21, 2011 22

The iPhone 4S Buying Experience

I bought my first iPhone Friday after bucking the trend for lo these many years. This was an upgrade from the Blackberry Bold 9000 that I’ve carried for nearly three…

October 17, 2011 1

Apple Already Wrote off T-Mobile, When Will the Government?

Everyone got an invite to dance with one of the prettiest girls in school except for poor old T-Mobile.  Apple seems to believe T-Mobile is destined to collapse as an…

October 13, 2011 0