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After campaigning to get broadband in his village, one frustrated man tells his story after finding out it was out of his reach. BBC News reports on Neil Croft’s failed quest for DSL broadband. On this Christmas day, all I can say Santa (or BT) grant the man his wish, even if it means putting [...]

Marguerite Reardon of C/Net News.com has a rather interesting article on VoIP in the enterprise, and provides a much needed dose of reality when it comes to VoIP.
bq. Analysts say it could be years before most companies are willing to throw out their old PBX (private branch exchange) phone systems and run end-to-end Internet telephony. [...]

FCC has finally come out with the broadband data: last time they checked, high-speed Internet connections increased 18% during the first half of 2003 for a total of 23.5 million customers. And cable is still kicking DSL’s butt, though, weakly. These numbers show that the gap between cable and DSL is declining.

The two-year long battle between Indian Cell Phone companies that use the GSM standards and those backing the Wireless Local Loop technology has ended, reports Dow Jones News Service. The battle has primarily between Indian cell operators and one company in particular, Reliance Telecom which has been pushing the WLL technology, and has for past [...]

For some odd reason, there is something romantic, not to mention challenging about the concept of high speed Internet access delivered from the heavens via a satellite. Many American and European companies have tried - some failed and others have had moderate success. Still that does not prevent others from giving it a shot.
Once such [...]

Sitting by the bay, surfing on my PowerBook… woops did I say it out too loud. What I really wanted to say was that here is a link to the free Wi-Fi hot-spots in the Bay Area/San Francisco. The list comes courtesy of Eric and his pal who did all the hard work. And Ryan [...]