(@elforesto) Minorities dominating mobile broadband. http://is.gd/1O5ep #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Farmington could get UTOPIA service via federal stimulus. (h/t: @danlangford) http://is.gd/1P3SQ #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Google Voice integration with Gizmo5 makes for free outgoing calls. http://is.gd/1Pati #freeutopia # (@elforesto) FIOS smacking down cable. http://is.gd/1Paqh #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Exaflood? More like a trickle…. Continue reading
I received word from a reliable source at a service provider that Broadweave may be considering joining UTOPIA. This information was passed along from a company that both of them do business with. According to this company, Broadweave has stepped up its outsourced call center operations in preparation for adding… Continue reading
(@elforesto) Qwest upgrading already-limited ADSL2+ to VDSL for 40M/20M connections. http://is.gd/1GSmB #freeutopia # (@elforesto) BPL getting another chance at the FCC. http://is.gd/1GSpk #freeutopia # (@elforesto) FCC broadband boss thinks your comments suck. http://is.gd/1GSrJ #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Streaming is driving mobile data growth, not P2P. http://is.gd/1GStm #freeutopia # (@elforesto) New FCC… Continue reading
(@elforesto) Q&A with Michael Copps. http://is.gd/1vgJo #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Routing flows or routing packets? http://is.gd/1wzTP #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Verizon is trying to forget their copper past. http://is.gd/1xjMC #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Verizon wants its own mobile app store. http://is.gd/1xFhW #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Paid mobile TV needs free-to-air mobile TV to survive…. Continue reading
(@elforesto) Niche Market + Internet Access = Profit http://is.gd/1o1Ws #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Mobile DTV due Real Soon Now(TM). http://is.gd/1oU4H #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Verizon decides to give people *more* bandwidth than what they’re supposed to get. http://is.gd/1pdjI #freeutopia # (@elforesto) DoJ to go all Sherman Anti-Trust on Baby Bells and their… Continue reading
I’m telecommuting this week and next and forced to use my own phone line for all of my business-related calls. My cell phone plan includes only 550 minutes of airtime per month. My Vonage line, which I took with me, includes just 500. So why aren’t I sweating about using… Continue reading
It shouldn’t be any surprise that the Utah “Taxpayers” Association can’t quite bring themselves to stick to facts, instead resorting to the time-tested tools of fear, uncertainty, and doubt to prop up their weak cases. In the July newsletter, the UTA decides once again to lay into UTOPIA and directly… Continue reading
(@elforesto) We’re all content providers now. http://is.gd/1h9vS #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Media companies, innovate or die. http://is.gd/1h9wP #freeutopia # (@elforesto) AT&T dead last on wireless reliability. The joke’s on you, iPhone users. http://is.gd/1i6BQ #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Pirate Bay launches a YouTube competitor. http://is.gd/1i7eX #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Cablevision wins the networked DVR… Continue reading
One of UTOPIA’s biggest mindshare issues is defining how it is successful. We seem all too eager to jump immediately to the bottom line of if it is or is not producing revenues above and beyond operating expenses plus debt service while ignoring many other important metrics. Even when focusing… Continue reading
(@elforesto) What keeps the unstoppable Netflix behemoth up at night? Redbox, apparently. http://is.gd/17MXO #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Telecoms pushing LTE need to start addressing backhaul issues. http://is.gd/19jwf #freeutopia # (@elforesto) Whoa. XMission now has 22Gbps of Internet connectivity. http://is.gd/19jxZ #freeutopia # (@elforesto) The next bandwidth crunch will be trans-Atlantic. http://is.gd/19lqg #freeutopia… Continue reading