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March 24th, 2008

Wi-Fi On Steroids?

In a follow up to this morning’s post;
Google outlines proposal for “Wi-Fi on steroids”
“Google on Monday said it has a plan to have American consumers from Manhattan to rural North Dakota surfing the Web on handheld gadgets at gigabits-per-second speeds by the 2009 holiday season.”
Hoo-Ha! Yeah! Gigabits per second! That would sure tick somebody off…
I […]

By Mark -- 0 comments

March 24th, 2008

Strange Bedfellows And White Spaces

Do you ever have the feeling that every country outside the USA gets ignored in debates like these?
So, there’s a White Space debate that has been going on for a short time…
“Technology companies are putting pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to open up unused wireless spectrum between TV channels for use with unlicensed devices, […]

By Mark -- 3 comments

September 17th, 2007

The Reality of Net Neutrality!

Andy Davidson calls it - “I don’t want an internet dominated only by companies with deep pockets.”
I might like to change that personally to “I don’t want an internet dominated only by monopolistic Telcoms.”
Healthy competition Scott - healthy competition. I know the research has been done, I’ve read yours, I don’t have another. I’ll find […]

By Mark -- 4 comments

July 22nd, 2007

Is Google Bigger Than Ed Whitacre?

I can just feel the bristling of the hairs on the back of Ed Whitacre’s neck!
Opening with what I personally consider a very interesting comment on the availability of the Internet “It strikes us as unfair that some people should enjoy such abundant access to this rich resource while billions of others aren’t so lucky” […]

By Mark -- 4 comments