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Union Reacts to AT&T Layoffs

February 14, 2012

Not my usual topic, but I thought I would point out the following, from Rebuild the Dream:

"AT&T recently announced the "surplus" of 740 union AT&T jobs despite their revenues soaring to $126.7 billion and a CEO that made over $27 million in 2011." Nice!

Yesterday, 2/13/12, "30 activists just entered the AT&T Atlanta headquarters and are refusing to leave until every single greedy layoff is rescinded. Simultaneously, an occupation with tents is being set up outside of the building. Watch the Occupation of AT&T now: http://livestream.com/occupyAtlanta

Posted in economy, politics

Privacy versus Security

January 25, 2012

"Concerned about privacy? Maybe you should be concerned about the economy instead. That was the subtext of a keynote speech by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, at a technology conference in the heart of Europe." [Benton]

Not to get political, but privacy is a ship that has sailed. Google, Facebook and other sites track online activities. Credit card companies and Paypal can track both offline and online activities.

Posted in economy, outage, politics, privacy, security, technology
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The Whole Content System

January 9, 2012

Yes the whole content system is a mess. Newspapers, magazines, book publishing, music, movies and now TV - all are old school content business models that are in a state of upheaval. Unfortunately, the people in charge of these content systems are fighting the change that is happening - happening in large part because of the Internet - instead of trying to start making changes NOW.

The Arab Spring of 2011 was a similar model: change was coming in the form of popular protests, furthered by social networks and the Internet, fought bitterly and fatally by the regimes in place, but to what end? Many dead and injured BUT CHANGE HAPPENED ANYWAY!

Many thought that after Napster, the music industry would stop being stupid and embrace the new music distribution models evolving. The Industry didn't, but the artists who did - like OAR, Dave Matthews Band and Pearl Jam (to name a few of my favorites) - have been hugely successful and profitable.

Why can't the rest of the Industry see that?

Radio is one way to listen to music, but let's face it, listening to the same 100 songs plus the syndicated DJ's is annoying.

Posted in Internet, Marketing, books, economy, technology, video
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Mergers Cost Jobs

December 7, 2011

In the wake of AT&T getting caught misleading the federal agencies about the benefits of its merger with T-Mobile (FCC report here), we see that the merger of PAETEC and Windstream has already resulted in job losses.

Windstream cuts 58 jobs at Palm Harbor office is just the start of at least 280 jobs being cut from its combined workforce of 14,500. Synergies require job cuts. Richmond is losing 70. Even Rochester is losing 52 jobs, according to 13 WHAM TV.

Mergers can't work without job losses, office closings, and other economic detriment.

Posted in economy, mergers, politics, telco
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Letter to EMS Financial Customers

December 4, 2011

From: EMS Financial Services [mailto:admin@emsfinancialservices.com]

Sent: December-03-11 6:17 PM

Dear EMS Customers and Friends,

You are undoubtedly aware of the difficult situation EMS finds itself in. However you may or may not be aware that a forensic examination of EMS accounts has revealed evidence that the Original Founder, Principal and Managing Member of EMS, Mr. James Nicholson, has misappropriated and mismanaged substantial amounts of EMS funds, having sole and complete access and control of all financial banking throughout the period.

Upon the company becoming aware of these matters that were created by Mr. Nicholson, he resigned from his position on September 9, 2011.

The remaining EMS employees proceeded with full corporate due diligence, while commencing negotiations with various interested parties to secure the liquidity in order to honor all deposits.

Posted in economy

Some Have Reached The Peak

October 21, 2011

I had a conversation yesterday with a friend from UHC. She mentioned that VISA is worried about its profitability on just the $0.24 federal max per debit card transaction. Here's the problem the American economy faces: We Peaked Already.  Period.

Globally, America is in a battle for good jobs, natural resources, oil, and soon clean water. (Georgia and Tennessee are already battling over water rights.) This planet can not sustain 7 billion people, which will be the population this weekend.

The US is a service based economy, the engine of which is consumer spending.
Posted in economy, jobs, politics, telco, wireline

Business is Still Happening

October 19, 2011

Despite all the bad news, bad politics, financial collapse and more, at the end of the quarter business is still getting done. People are still buying stuff.

For example, Juliana Kenny reports that Yahoo! still hit earnings expectations even with firing their CEO.

"The US telecom market generated $367bn in service revenue in 2010, an increase of 3.1% over 2009," according to Pyramid Research.

Juniper hit expectations with the help of some cost cutting. The parent company of TDS Telecom and US Cellular grew revenue 4% with managed services revenue offsetting wireline losses. [FYI, triple play for TDS is at 27% penetration.]

Cbeyond stated 2Q2011 total revenue of $120.6 million, up 7.9% over the second quarter of 2010.

Posted in economy, sales and selling, telecommunications, wireline

How Do You Make it Rain in the Cloud?

October 10, 2011

Here at Microcorp's One-on-One event, I moderated a panel this morning about various cloud services with Level3 (CDN), Cbeyond (Virtual Servers), Intercall (Microsoft 365/Linc), EarthLink (Security), and PAETEC (Visual Messaging). It's an eclectic mix, but that should tell you that there are many ways to leverage this thing called CLOUD to make money.

The Cloud is really a value for IT services. It's about leveraging the technology and the technical skill set of another company in order to let the business focus on their own finctionality, instead of the tech that might help the business operate.

The move to the Cloud by carriers is due to the lack of margin growth in the primary business of access. It's moving up the OSI stack from Layer 1 (wireless, copper, fiber) to Layer 3 (Internet) to Layer 7 (Apps).
Posted in Internet, agents, apps, broadband, channel, cloud computing, economy, email, saas, security, technology, telco, wi-fi, wimax, wireless
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Conferencing is on the Rise?

September 30, 2011

Analysts often talk about predictions and trends in the marketplace. It seems except for voice, everything is on the rise: Cloud, VoIP, SAAS, mobile, social media and, yes, even conferencing.

What is driving conferencing?

The economy has something to do with it. Conferencing saves on travel and makes the sales process more productive.

Posted in TCA, agents, channel, conferencing, economy, sales and selling

There's Disruption Everywhere

September 28, 2011

As folks move to VoIP and cell, the PSTN has to come down. Meanwhile, since fees are lower on VoIP and cell servcies, 911 centers can't afford to operate. As we move away from regulation - especially in Florida - phone calls stop being connected. Call termination issues increase.

Posted in cableco, cellular, economy, voip, wireline
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