U.S. Hotel Broadband Sucks
Holy C%&^@. Does the broadband in this hotel ever suck!!!! Seriously, I'd be better off with a 56k modem and trying to dialup my Covad access. This week I'm staying in Austin TX at the Candlewood Suites, which is an…
AT&T Fear-mongering re Intenet Backbone Saturation
Now let me be very clear about this; I despise AT&T. Ars Technica has a great overview on how their recent statements about the internet backbone becoming overtaxed are simply untrue. It's plain, old fashioned fear mongering aimed at allowing…
Walt Mossberg Says “We suck at broadband!”
You really need to see this. It’s Walt giving a presentation outlining trends in TV viewing on PCs vs home theater and the sorry state of the broadband reality in North America. I don’t always agree with Walt, but he has this completely nailed. He very lucid and well spoken on the matter. He also highlights AppleTV & Tivo as well as the pending (60 days) availability of a 3G iPhone.
Do I Dare Hope? Broadband Innovation In Rural Texas
Gigaom has an article this morning about a small company rolling out high speed wireless data service into rural areas of Texas. It certainly sounds like an impressive service. If I were in a covered service area I'd be all…
The US Has A Broadband Policy, Really?
So this week the Bush Administration published a report on US Broadband Policy and extolled how well its working. Curious given that members of the FCC have reported that they don't think we actually have one. Ars Technica has the…
Remembering Sprint ION
Back in 2001 we had the pleasure of a year of Sprint’s ION DSL service. ION remains to this day the best broadband service that I’ve experienced. It’s a terrible pity that Sprint shut it down.
ION stood for, “Integrated On-Demand Network.” It was an xDSL drop to a CPD (CPD = Customer Premises Device) that presented network connections (RJ-45) and phone connections (RJ-11s.) It was offered in a couple of packages. We had the one targeting SOHO users, which was 2 fixed IP adresses and 4 phones lines. For $149/mo the service included 1.5/768 data and unlimited local calling & domestic long distance. There was also a lesser service with 1 IP and 2 phone lines for $99/mo.