John Dvorak is a, make that was a great columnist. In the PC era, no one could hold a candle to the man. He was quick, witty and had a real sense of what was going on in the history. But these days it is a chore reading his stuff. Take his most recent, muddled, [...]

The whole VoIP industry is breathing a sigh of relief. The Federal Communications Commission has voted that Vonage’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service is “interstate” in nature, meaning that individual states cannot regulate Vonage as it would a traditional telephone company, nor regulate the rates, terms and conditions of Vonage’s service. This decision [...]

Paul Erickson and Joyce Dorris, former MCI Consumer executives, who “pioneered many of MCI’s breakthrough innovations, including 1-800-COLLECT and The Neighborhood Built by MCI” have just launched a new company, SunRocket. The Vienna, VAcompany was started in early 2004 and Nokia Venture Partners led the company’s first round of financing. Nokia is putting money in [...]

Nearly 79 percent of broadband users are looking for a triple-play package - video, data and voice, and nearly 55% will switch to phone companies to get this package, according to a survey conducted by gateway maker, 2Wire. The problem is that the survey is skewed, since the company polled 2,000 DSL subscribers. Since 2Wire [...]

SBC is slashing introductory pricing on its DSL service to about $19.95 per month. I get a feeling this is something other bells will follow-up on as well, and would be slashing prices as they feel the heat of resurgent cable companies' and their discount plans. Only yesterday, we saw that both Cox and Comcast [...]

The future of Broadband is in Suburbia, says Washington Post. Not surprising, given that most of the big phone companies are devoting their FTT-X resources to new developments, also know as greenfield projects. The article highlights Brambleton, a suburb somewhere near Dulles Airport, and is a test pilot for Verizon. The internet service and cable [...]

Mary Hodder over at Napsterization went to see Intel's highly complex networked home of the future, and posed a very good question, the sort most sane people who don't live in Silly Valley would ask. I felt a bit skeptical, because I think that by the time we get all this stuff connected and working [...]

The noise and fury around broadband over powerline has started to resemble hype around WiMAX and VoIP. However, there seems to be some serious problems with this technology, which we have often talked about. Even those who are in the business are saying that it is years before BPL becomes a viable option for sending [...]