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Instat's Take on the Telecom Battle

February 4, 2005

With "blockbuster telecom mergers" all the rage in the news and the blogosphere, I thought it would be worth sharing Instat's take on it...

Top Telecom Brands Battle it Out for Business: AT&T and Verizon Rank High

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., February 1, 2005 - Today's business telecom marketplace is more competitive than ever. � Major providers, both fixed-line and wireless, are merging, cable operators are attempting to increase their reach into the business market and systems integrators are targeting the budding managed-services market. � As such, survival in this industry will hinge on products, prices and preference, and not necessarily in that order.

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Email Apocalypse?

February 4, 2005

Email Apocalypse?

I was just reading a ZDNet article written by Molly Wood titled "Email Apocolypse Now!", which states, "Steve Linford, director of U.K.-based SpamHaus, which compiles antispam blacklists, says the problem is tantamount to a coming e-mail apocalypse. He told ZDNet UK, "The e-mail infrastructure is beginning to fail. You'll see huge delays in e-mail and servers collapsing.

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Spammers use new Zombie trick

February 2, 2005

OHHHH NOO!!! For the love of... For crying out loud!!! DAMN IT! #$$#%^^#Q@#%%!@@%$@#%$$#@&^*

ZDNet has an article claiming spammers have a new trick up their sleeves that will result in a new flood of spam that gets around email blacklists. (I use an email blacklist myself, though still get >200 spam email per day)

Read the article:
Experts: Zombie trick set to send spam skyhigh | Tech News on ZDNet

Zombie trick set to send spam skyhigh

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Bill Gates on MSN Search

February 1, 2005

Microsoft is making a big splash with their new MSN Search. Bill Gates is even on the front page of MSN.com with the premiere top position. (though the stories scroll, Bill Gates is the first position)

Check out www.msn.com and Bill Gates letter which it titled,"Welcome to the New, more precise MSN Search and faster MSN.com":

MSN.com: A letter from Bill Gates

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TMC Traffic Through the Roof!

January 31, 2005

TMC's main website - www.tmcnet.com has been experiencing phenomenal growth. In fact, the growth has been so phenomenal, our main web server could no longer handle the load.

Fortunately, the blog server is still up, which may be why you reached this webpage.

We're in the process of upgrading the webserver and it should be back online in about 30 minutes.

In the meantime, feel free to browse my blog as well as Rich Tehrani's VoIP Blog, and Greg Galitzine's blog.

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SBC DSL Pricing

January 28, 2005

SBC Communications yesterday announced it cut the price of its fastest SBC Yahoo! DSL plan - but with a caveat - you have to sign up for SBC's All Distance local and long-distance calling plan, which costs $48.95. So that's $78.94 for unlimited voice and data. They're not using VoIP by the way in this "All Distance" package as far as I know, so you do get the QoS advantage of PSTN calls, but I'm not sure it's worth the price premium, which I will analyze in a moment.

SBC Yahoo DSL Pro will cost $29.99 a month for customers who subscribe to it for one year along with SBC's All Distance local and long-distance calling plan, which costs $48.95, the company said.

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Broadband Monopoly?

January 28, 2005

IPInferno brought an interesting news item to my attention. Sonic.net is claiming that deregulating broadband will kill independent ISPs and result in less competition. Obviously, with less broadband competition this could have quite a bearing on VoIP broadband service.

Check out IPInferno's site and also read this from Sonic.net

Bellsouth seeks DSL Monopoly
Sonic.net on Monday December 20th filed comments (PDF) at the FCC in response to BellSouth's request to exclude independent ISPs from access to DSL.

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Verizon CDM8940 Cellphone

January 27, 2005

Verizon CDM8940 Closed

Verizon Wireless and UTStarcom Personal Communications Division (formerly Audiovox Communications Corp.), yesterday announced the availability of the CDM8940, that will work on Verizon's EVDO network. It features a built in 1.3 Megapixel camera (with flash) and a mini SD slot that customers can add up to 512 MB of memory - some pretty cool features!

Other Features of the handset include:
- Built-in 1.3 Megapixel Camera with Macro Function and Flash
- Mini-SD Card Slot
- Camcorder
- Two Way Speaker Phone
- Voice Activated Dialing
- Standard Rechargeable LiIon battery (220 minutes talk time/Up to 190 hours standby)
- Dual Band 800MHz CDMA/ 1900 MHz PCS Operation
- EVDO Capable
- Dual LCD Displays
- Inner Display 2.0” TFT with 262 Colors
- Outer Display –1.2 “ with 262 Colors
- MSM6500 Chipset
- CDMA 1X C
- WAP 2.0
- Two-Way Short Message Service/MMS
- GPSOne capability (E911 Phase2 Supported)
- Size: (H) 3.4” x (W) 1.8” x (D) 1.0
- Weight: 3.9 ounces

Verizon CDM8940 Open

Here's the full release:

Compact V CAST 3G Handset Delivers Video on Demand, 1.3 mega-pixel Camera and Built-in Mini-SD Slot for Expanded Memory Capabilities 01/26/2005

BEDMINSTER, NJ and HAUPPAUGE, NY -- Verizon Wireless, the first wireless carrier to deliver widely available 3G EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) wireless broadband network, is now also the first to offer the CDM8940 handset, the only EV-DO phone to feature a built-in 1.3 mega pixel camera/camcorder and memory expansion up to 512 MB with a mini-SD slot. The CDM8940 from UTStarcom Personal Communications (formerly Audiovox Communications Corp.) a division of UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTSI), allows Verizon Wireless customers to access V CAST – the nation’s first 3G wireless broadband multimedia service for consumers – to view crystal clear video on demand and graphics for 3D games.

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MSN Search Beta Live

January 24, 2005

Today most people still look to Google for their search results, but I do remember the day when I used to have to check 3-5 search engines to find the results I was looking for. It was a real pain checking multiple search engines. Also, pre-Google, I recall checking Hotbot and Excite first, then Altavista, and surpringly, I checked Yahoo! last. Several years ago, Yahoo was great for directory listings, but terrible for finding keyword searches, but they have gotten much better.

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ParkerVision RF Power Amplifier

January 21, 2005

Interesting, just got a press release from Keating & Co. Gee, I must have sent the release to myself. Actually, there is no relation between myself and Keating & Co. nor am I related to the governor of Oklahoma (Frank Keating) or the infamous Charles Keating (Keating Five).

Anyway, the email contained some info that claims low cost RF power amplifiers with better efficiency and that can be used in such applications as WiFi, VoIP, and more.

Here's the abridged/edited email:

Yesterday, ParkerVision, Inc (NASDAQ: PRKR) of Jacksonville, FL, announced a revolutionary new RF Power Amplifier product line that reduces mobile communications transmitter power consumption by 50% to 80% while extending talk times by up to 400%.

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