Walt Mossberg Says “We suck at broadband!”
You really need to see this. It’s Walt giving a presentation outlining trends in TV viewing on PCs vs home theater and the sorry state of the broadband reality in North America. I don’t always agree...
View ArticleLosing Cable Service During A Power Outage
Over at www.broadbandreports.com a VOIP forum member has noted an interesting problem. When he suffered a power outage he also lost his cable modem service. This despite the fact that he dutifully...
View ArticleComcast Post-Ike: Just As Helpful As Centerpoint
It’s been very frustrating dealing with the utility companies with respect to restoring service in the post-Ike period. At issue is their inability to get and redistribute information about who’s on,...
View ArticleThe Karl-ification of My Home Office Broadband
The great thing about the weekly VUC calls is that there’s just so much to learn from the various participants. I sometimes struggle to know if I prefer when we have formal guests vs those weeks when...
View ArticleComcast Business Class Internet Access Installed
The deed is done. We now have Comcast Business Class internet instead of their consumer offering. This is in addition to our realiable old Covad DSL. The tech finally arrived about four hours late....
View ArticleQ: How Will Cat-iq Help HDVoice??
Earlier this week someone posed me a question by way of twitter. They asked, “How Will Cat-iq Help HDVoice??” I responded briefly, also via Twitter, but upon reflection I think a longer answer may be...
View ArticleGuessing Game: What’s the single most useful widget in my shoulder bag?
Ever the road warrior I carry a lot of stuff in my laptop bag. There’s usually my company issued laptop, it’s power supply, a portable hard drive, some USB memory sticks. All the usual stuff. What do...
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