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From NTIA to Cisco: A Serenade

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:01:58 PDT

Well, I’ve greatly enjoyed giving Joe Nacchio a prison playlist. Alas, it is time to update and move on. But the whole music theme is working for me so, as we look back on this week’s news, brace yourselves. The perfect song for the NTIA and RUS, which can’t seem to meet any of their self-imposed broadband stimulus award deadlines? ...

Joe Nacchio, A Soundtrack

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:34 PDT

Earlier this month, Joe Nacchio got the big kiss-off from the Supreme Court. Nacchio, the felonious ex-Qwest CEO, tried to get the nation’s highest court to overturn his conviction for illegal insider trading. His scheme cost shareholders, many of whom are retirees living on pensions, $52 million. Maybe that’s why the Supreme Court judges didn’t even bother to comment on ...

HypocriTy

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:50:03 PDT

AT&T Inc. (T) has gone crying to the FCC about supposed net neutrality violations on the part of Google Inc. (GOOG) and all I can say is, don’t let the red herring fool you.AT&T is ticked that Google Voice does not work in parts of the United States where intercarrier connection fees would cost Google a pretty penny. AT&T is claiming breach ...

I Was Wrong. Wrong, I Tell You!

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:02:17 PDT

Well, folks, lest I come off as one of those grating and infallible know-it-alls all too common in tech journalism, I must tell you I was wrong. The NTIA likely will not announce broadband stimulus grant winners next week, as I wrote in a blog posted this week. That’s because, as so many of you have aptly pointed out, the ...

Are There Any Losers in Broadband Stimulus?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:09:17 PDT

Next week, the feds will announce the first round of broadband stimulus grant winners. So far companies including U.S. Cellular, Zayo Bandwidth, ERF Wireless and Leap Wireless are in the running. But don’t forget – the stimulus initiative isn’t just about building the networks to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas. Rather, the stimulus is about bringing together an ...

Ed Whitacre, Car Salesman

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:17:40 PDT

Even though Nortel’s at auction again and the Microsoft-Yahoo deal is in jeopardy, I still think the week’s most interesting news is about Ed Whitacre, the longtime, now-former CEO of AT&T, starring in the new General Motors ads.He’s not exactly star – or car salesman – material. And he’s really got to sell this 60-day full refund offer if he ...

Don’t ‘enV’ Me

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:37:18 PDT

I have been without my LG env2, my main line of communication, for more than a week now. The phone intermittently froze all last week as I was in Idaho visiting family and friends. I’ve had the device since March and this had never happened. Then, last Wednesday, that sucka froze like an Arizona girl in 50 degrees. And then ...