February 2008

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FOWA Miami

February 29, 2008

I will be blogging today from the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami.

The opening remarks point out that applications sometimes are designed by accident, like Twitter. It is a side project with no obvious need or reason. (I have seen this in science as well.

We didn't make it to BarCampMiami, but we did get here in time for the Nokia party at Delores/Lolita Restaurant. Nokia gave a demo of their N and S60 models. You could hardly hear the speaker. The room set-up meant that most people could not see the screen.

Sprinting Where?

February 29, 2008

Rumor has it that Qwest is talking to VZW to replace Sprint. Is this just a play to make Sprint negotiate? Or is this just another sign that Sprint's troubles have become unmanageable? Yesterday, Sprint announced that it would take a $29.5B write down for Nextel. It bought Nextel in 2004 for $35.2B (Sprint made the offer on 12/15/04). So Sprint basically wasted the entire purchase.

Hesse also announced yesterday that it would lose another million wireless customers.

Widgets, Back-up, and stuff

February 25, 2008

This is a little off topic, but since I have spent 2 days restoring my laptop after a Windows Update issue gone bad, I figured I would share some nifty widgets.

Backup your data. SD cards are 4GB and cost $30. That's where I keep my Outlook pst file now. (I still have to find a way to backup my Thunderbird mail.

The FCC's Agenda

February 25, 2008

I get a headache trying to figure out the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). First, it works diligently to UN-Regulate the RBOCs and to re-create not on, but two, Ma Bells. Then it orders states to give franchise deals to the Ma Bells to hasten triple-play. For the sake of competition, FCC Chair Kevin Martin (herein refered to as K-Mart) says.

The FCC is currently running the 700 MHz spectrum auction with some problems, like one small bidder for the public safety spectrum.

The FCC has spent a great deal of effort on Indecency on TV.

C-Beyond Expectations

February 22, 2008

Rich pointed out Cbeyond's 4th Q financials and they are amazing!

Highlights include:

4th quarter net earnings = $12.5 million due to quarterly sales rising 31% to $76.9 million! Cbeyond now has 35,041 customers in the 9 markets it has operations in; that's net 1754 customer adds this quarter, which is about 65 clients per metro per month!ARPU is $750, up a dollar.Mobile penetration = 24%

Cbeyond CEO Geiger did warn that the slowing economy might affect numbers the next 2 quarters, but they are watching their credit process and receivables. Cbeyond opens Miami this quarter. Minneapolis = the 11th market.

My readers are probably tired of reading the name Cbeyond, but its rare to find a company that has this kind of plan - and is executing on it so well.

They sell basically 4 products: Dynamic T1, DIA, SIP Trunk and Cellular lines. (They have other apps, but this is the focus).They didn't Go Big! Meaning they hit one market at a time.

March is Road Trip Month

February 21, 2008

Lots of travel the next 7 weeks.

Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I am attending Future of Web Apps in Miami Beach.March 6 is the webinar How to Sell SAAS with HyperOffice. (There is a webinar with NeuStar about Recursive DNS in March as well. Email me for more info or to register).Then March 9 through 12, I am in Vegas for Channel Partners, where I am moderating a panel on Virtual Office.NCTA is holding an executive forum in Tampa from March 16-18.VoiceCon is in Orlando on March 17-20.An ISP association is meeting in Orlando on March 20.I'll have copies of my book with me every where I go

The one show I am skipping is CompTel. Why? SSDD.

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What's on your Radar?

February 21, 2008

Welcome to ON RAD's RADAR! My name is Peter Radizeski. I work for RAD-INFO, Inc., where I have been knee deep in telecom and ISP's since 2000. I will be writing about telecom: ILEC's, CLEC's, VoIP Providers, Cable MSO's, Hosting, data centers, and managed services. Oh, yeah, and on Web 2.0.

I started in telecom in 1999 as a BellSouth Agent for IEI after three years in IT with a Novell shop.

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