Earlier this week, I posted a few thoughts on how the broadband gap isn’t isolated to rural areas of the U.S., but affects urban areas too. I took that as an opportunity to encourage local governments and community groups to band together to tackle the issue themselves, in conjunction with the federal government’s broadband stimulus [...]
April 27, 2009 – 11:12 am
The broadband stimulus has lead to a lot of talk recently about the rural areas across the country that lack broadband coverage. In fact, just last week, an article in the Tennessean reviewed broadband grievances from consumers and business owners a like. The article noted, “In many counties, the public library is the place [...]
Late last week, a group of hooligans in California cut fiber optic lines in two locations near Silicon Valley. As a result, thousands of business and consumer customers of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint were without service. According to an IDG News article by Stephen Lawson, the outage affected: Two IBM facilities The Internet Assigned Numbers [...]
December 19, 2008 – 10:30 am
As we head into the holiday season, it seems the headlines touting economic doom and gloom are not slowing down. Companies across the board are doing all they can to cut costs – in fact, I read a great piece from the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Worthen this week that touched on this exact subject. [...]
September 29, 2008 – 12:26 pm
The regular baseball season is coming to a close. The Red Sox are fighting to the bitter end for the penant as we gear up for the playoffs. I love this time of year. The last time I visited Fenway Stadium, there was a controversial call, and the crowd got into an uproar. [...]
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