telcos

Cable Suffers Customer Loss, Telco Up 24 Percent

Stevie Converse — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:15:55 -0400

Full article: Media Post
Wayne Friedman
Cable TV distribution continues to lose customers in the top 15 markets, with telco companies sharply rising and satellite TV companies seeing little change.

Four Easy Steps to Telco Control of the Internet

Stevie Converse — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:51:48 -0400

Full article: Huffington Post
Timothy Karr
Have you heard about the battle over the Internet? It's a power grab that involves lawyers, lobbyists, unscrupulous legislators, phony front groups and the most powerful telecommunications companies in the world. These companies are chasing the ultimate payout: control, not just of the Internet wires that connect us, but over the information that flows across those wires.

Leaked: Telco's Secret Plans to Use Fake 'Citizens Groups' to Kill Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:47:26 -0400

Full article: Boing Boing
Cory Doctorow
The telcos and cable operators got a huge public subsidy when we agreed to let them use our public sewers, tunnels and streets (not to mention our houses and basements) for their wires. We give them all this for free or far below the market costs. Now they're saying they don't want to give us the service we want.

Cable Industry Urges FCC to Include Telco, Satellite in Set-Top Box Review

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:35:37 -0500

Full article: Washington Post
As the FCC probes a lack of innovation and competition in the television set top box market, the cable industry is urging the agency to also look at how telecom and satellite service providers are part of the puzzle.

FCC 'Forgets' There's Limited Competition

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:46:29 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
The vast majority of the time, FCC policy presented to the public as being centered around creating competition is really just the technological equivalent of giving Ma Bell a backrub. If the FCC's looking for gaps to broadband deployment, the agency should look at its fealty to the largest carriers, and how this has prevented real competition from taking root.

Protecting Business

Stevie Converse — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:53:28 -0500

Full article: A VC Blog
If the telcos and cable companies can't run profitable businesses without government protections, maybe we should let them go under and allow entrepreneurs to pick up their assets and make them work instead. Government should be fostering a lot of competition in the access business.

Fighting Net Neutrality, Telecom Companies Cluster Contributions to Members of Congress

Stevie Converse — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:52:29 -0400

Full article: Sunlight Foundation
Bill Allison
While the FCC considers the first steps toward ensuring Net Neutrality, the telecom firms that would be affected by the rules and their trade groups have been swamping Congress with campaign contributions from the companies and their registered lobbyists. The top recipient of their largess -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who just introduced anti-Net Neutrality legislation.

Telcos Need to Ramp Up R&D to Stay Competitive

Stevie Converse — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:59:25 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
In a time when technology moves faster than ever and so much innovation is built upon the very service telecom companies provide, you'd think the telcos would step up their efforts at developing new ways to deliver better broadband through wires or wirelessly. Think again.

Risky Business

Stevie Converse — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:08:33 -0400

Full article: Telephony Online
John M. Celantano
It's time for the telcos to consider a new paradigm for building and operating wired and wireless networks. Why not have a few large companies build the networks that can be shared with a multitude of carriers? This would boost utilization, productivity, and capital efficiency.

How Google Voice Could Change the Wireless Industry

Stevie Converse — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:59:02 -0400

Full article: IDG News
Brad Reed
Traditional telcos might not be overly happy to have Google Voice become too popular, even though users would still be paying the telcos for their voice and data services. If Google Voice becomes more widely adopted, it will further condition people to think of their handheld device as another Internet device where they can use any application they choose.