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Android: Much Coolness, But 3 Big Problems

Paul Kapustka, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 6:01 PM PT Comments (23)

Like all the other geeks in attendance, I couldn’t help myself from letting out an audible “whooo” when Google showed off an Android phone demo Wednesday that linked Street View to a compass (see video below). Sure it was just a demo, but watching the virtual-reality performance of photo-maps linked to hand motions shows how [...]

Lessig Lectures the FCC on the Need for Neutrality

Paul Kapustka, Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 3:52 PM PT Comments (12)

Now we know why none of the major carriers showed up for Thursday’s open FCC meeting at Stanford University: Who wants to take on Larry Lessig, the lion of Net Neutrality, in his own den?
Class was in session when Stanford law prof Lessig delivered a powerful lecture on the need for neutral networks, telling the [...]

Markey Opens 2nd Round of Net Neutrality Fight

Paul Kapustka, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 11:34 AM PT Comments (8)

Ding! The second round of the Net Neutrality battle officially started today, with Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey’s introduction of H.R. 5353, a bill supporters are calling the “Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008.” Detractors, of course, will call it many other things, including a revival of 2006-era attempts to write Net Neutrality concepts into law. [...]

Crowe: Online Video Will Keep Fiber’s Future Full

Paul Kapustka, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM PT Comments (3)

Given its proximity to the Broomfield, Colo., headquarters of Level 3, there’s always a good chance that the Silicon Flatirons telecom conference will get a visit from Jim Crowe, Level 3’s CEO. He made the short drive up Hwy. 36 on Monday afternoon for a well-reasoned talk about long-term trends in communications that had several [...]

FCC May Examine ‘D’ Block Auction Fiasco

Paul Kapustka, Monday, February 11, 2008 at 12:02 AM PT Comments (5)

BOULDER, Colo. — FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said Sunday that he and the agency will “definitely look into the allegations” of rumored shadowy deals that may have led to the collapse of Frontline Wireless and the apparent failure of the “D” Block segment to attract a minimum reserve bid in the ongoing 700 MHz spectrum [...]

Ribbit Shows its Own Web/Voice Service

Paul Kapustka, Monday, January 28, 2008 at 5:01 AM PT Comments (7)

Ribbit, the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup aiming to help developers unite voice with web applications, is scheduled to announce its own voice-web entry Monday, a service called Amphibian that will give users the ability to blend traditional telephony services with a wide range of web-based options.
Due out in the second quarter of 2008, Amphibian is [...]

VCs Put $20 Million into Rural WiMAX

Paul Kapustka, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 7:18 AM PT Comments (5)

DigitalBridge Communications, a provider of WiMAX-based broadband-to-rural communities, announced a $20 million Series B round of financing Monday, showing that some investors believe there might be gold to mine in them thar rural broadband markets. The new funding (which PE Hub says is closer to $23 million) joins the $17 million or so the company [...]

Drive-By WiMAX at CES

Paul Kapustka, Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 9:39 AM PT Comments (4)

After talking earlier this week about the speed bumps that U.S. WiMAX deployment faces, it only seemed proper to take a ride in the WiMAX-equipped vehicles that Motorola and Intel revved up at CES.
I will geek out a bit after the jump, but the bottom line is that Wednesday’s brief broadband cruise provided public proof [...]

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