Misunderstanding Moore’s Law

Tom Evslin, the former head of AT&T’s dial-up Internet services unit in the 1990s, has written a blog post for CircleID that mistates Moore’s Law’s application to networking. There’s a…

April 4, 2011 6

What we are reading: 4/1/11

What we are reading: 4/1/11

Buzzblog: 35 years of ‘Apple’ Fools Day fun (Network World) FCC to Consider Data Roaming at Next Meeting  (National Journal) Bad assumptions lead to false claim about Samsung laptops (Network…

April 1, 2011 0

Now they want Device Neutrality?

Jeff Lawrence, the CEO of PlayOn, wants to add yet another definition to the list of government protected industries in the catch-all concept of “Net Neutrality”.  PlayOn wants to add…

April 1, 2011 4

What we are reading: 3/31/11

What we are reading: 3/31/11

House patent reform bill tracks Senate version closely  (The Hill’s Hillicon Valley) Analysts: AT&T, T-Mobile could face long review   (Washington Post) New online bubble different, but still a bubble  (CNN.com)…

March 31, 2011 0

AT&T and T-Mobile – Interpreting the Spin

AT&T and T-Mobile have collected their press release and associated documents on one web site. A few points caught my eye. “AT&T is now burning through 10 MHz of spectrum…

March 30, 2011 0

Should a Sales Brochure Underlie US Spectrum Policy?

The FCC relies on Cisco’s forecast of mobile-broadband data demand as a basis for spectrum policy. Called the Visual Networking Index, it comes up many times in the National Broadband…

March 29, 2011 2

The Policy Side of the Merger

Last week, I covered the technical side of the AT&T – T-Mobile merger, endeavoring to explain why it’s a good deal for the companies. This week, I’ve written a blog…

March 28, 2011 0

What we are reading: 3/28/11

What we are reading: 3/28/11

Internet pioneer Paul Baran dies • The Register Sometimes It’s Better To Just Let People Copy Your Content Than Deal With Licensing | Techdirt Why US antitrust regulators should probe…

March 28, 2011 0

The Tempest and the Teapot

Two things happened this month that have bearing on the course of the evolution of the broadband network. One was seen as momentous but, to me, is ultimately a non-event,…

March 25, 2011 0

What we are reading: 3/25/11

What we are reading: 3/25/11

Iranian Hackers Suspected in Recent Security Breach (NYTimes.com) Microsoft Pays Big To Buy Nortel’s IP Addresses In Bankruptcy Auction (AllThingsD) Phone Carriers Tout Tool to Stop Texting and Driving (Digits…

March 25, 2011 0