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Big Q: How Do I ...

March 2, 2011

So a big question I get from service providers is How Do I Sell Online? This question comes in many forms, such as (1) How Can I Sell This on my Website?; (2) How Can I be like RingCentral?; (3) How do I sell more on the web?; (4) What's that SEO thing?

Let's tackle the SEO thing first. (You can hear Rich Tehrani and I talk about SEO here). Search engine optimization is about helping your website show up during one of the 31B searches done every month.

Posted in Internet, TMC

Level3 Channel Update

February 16, 2011

Yesterday on its partner call, Level3 rolled out Level 3 Business Partner University. Most carriers that I have spoken with understand that educating the Channel is the key to revenue growth. "This training platform was designed to make these self-service modules easier to use with the information that you need to successfully sell Level 3 services - all at your own pace.

MPLS, SIP, Cloud, UC, Convergence - all of these changes are coming at VAR's and Agents at a time when they are still trying to survive the recent economic onslaught.

Posted in Internet, VAR, agents, channel, mpls, sip trunking, training

The Future of Bell DSL

January 27, 2011

AT&T announced that they "nearly" hit 3 million U-Verse TV customers. In comparison, Bell added 2.8M new wireless customers in the 4th quarter and sold 4.1 million iPhones. Bell has 95M wireless subscribers. [see PDF].

Posted in Internet, apps, broadband, cableco, cellular, cloud computing, duopoly, email, fiber, telco, wireless, wireline

Comcast-NBC Merger is Failure Two

December 27, 2010

This will be a far reaching rant but I think that it's time the FCC (and other F-Agencies) close their doors. Really. We have a huge deficit and really you just aren't honoring your duties or worth the expense any longer.

The Net Neutrality issue went on for months - and you had plenty of time to talk to the bazillion lobbyists, but couldn't find time to consider the consumer in all of this?

Posted in FCC, ISP, Internet, broadband, cableco, cellular, mergers, politics, spectrum, telco

FCC Net Neutrality

December 21, 2010

Copps and McDowell are on opposing sides of the Net Neutrality rules, which have still not been released to the public (and probably won't be until next week).

McDowell thinks that there is competition. This from the former lawyer at COMPTEL. He knows that there isn't competition -- it's what paid his salary for 10 years at COMPTEL.

Posted in FCC, Internet, broadband, cellular, politics, wireless, wireline

FCC Net Neutrality Proposal

December 13, 2010

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FCC Commission Members Differ over Network Openness Proposals. Duh! They always do. The commissioners have historically voted along party lines.

Net Neutrality is about saving our economy.

Posted in FCC, Internet

Broadband Numbers Fall

December 13, 2010

Broadband deployment numbers will fall. Why? The FCC has re-defined broadband as 4MB x 1MB and most DSL and 2.5G/3G do not provide that kind of real bandwidth. In the FCC report titled "Internet Access Services: Status as of December 31, 2009," 68% of connections in the US advertised as "broadband" can't really be considered as such because they fall below the agency's most recent minimum requirements." Oops!

Posted in FCC, Internet, bandwidth, broadband, cableco, duopoly

FCC and Net Neutrality

December 3, 2010

There's been some buzz this week about the FCC's Internet Policy. We have a couple of problems in America right now: not enough broadband competition and not enough broadband. Without competition, the monopoly ISP doesn't have to build out (see Embarq in Hardee County, FL for an example). Without competition, prices are inflated.

Posted in FCC, ISP, Internet, broadband, duopoly, economy, politics

Just Another Party Pooper

December 2, 2010

Posted in FCC, Internet, politics

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