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Folks I am planning to do a special edition to mark the bursting of the bubble, which is coming up soon. I have teamed up with Carl Haacke, the author of Frenzy (Read his interview) and we will be writing special op-eds, about 600 words on this site. The anniversary is on March 10, and [...]

FCC is looking into scores of low-power television licenses that are not being used. There have been 4385 licenses issued so for for TV stations, 2034 are classified low power and only 1366 are operational. The spectrum could be used to offer wireless broadband and phone services, especially in rural areas, according to Center for [...]

More Broadband over powerline FUD, this time from the dubious and notorious New Millennium Research Council, a Washington, D.C.-based lobby and policy group. They have yet to show me anything I have not heard before. The believe that broadband over powerlines will be an alternative to high-speed Internet connections via cable and DSL. Except most [...]

Uber-blogger in retirement, Andrew Sullivan in his latest column for The Times of London pens an ode to the church of Apple, and how iPod people have taken over the normally bustling, crazy and funky Manhattan.
There were little white wires hanging down from their ears, or tucked into pockets, purses or jackets. The eyes [...]

Qwest’s second attempt at taking over MCI is getting a cold shoulder from CEO Michael Capellas. In a conference call with investors he told investors that he likes the deal with Verizon. “We will do our utmost to drive that through.” Not sure if the board of directors back the Verizon deal any more, but [...]

Unwired of Sydney is finding lot of success selling its non-line-of-sight fixed wireless service in that city, according to a company press release. “We grabbed 17 percent market share of new broadband users in Sydney,” said David Spence, president and CEO, Unwired. That’s almost 14,000 in less than five months.” Unwired’s initial Sydney network has [...]