New photo album
Sunday, February 29th, 2004I finally had a chance to upload the last two months of photos. Album 10 has pictures of both Eli and Esther. It looks different from the prior albums because I'm trying a different application.
Archive for February, 2004
I finally had a chance to upload the last two months of photos. Album 10 has pictures of both Eli and Esther. It looks different from the prior albums because I'm trying a different application.
The End of Spectrum Scarcity
Sunday, February 29th, 2004That's the title of an article I co-wrote with Greg Staple, a Washington telecom lawyer, in the new issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. We explain how "open spectrum" technologies could, with the right regulatory decisions, massively increase the usable capacity for wireless communication. More spectrum is also coming from conventional sources like FCC reallocation. It's hard to ...
David Isenberg's WTF
Friday, February 27th, 2004My friend David Isenberg, the (justly) famous author of "Rise of the Stupid Network," is holding a workshop called WTF for provoacteurs, dreamers, and other cool folks on April 2-4 outside of New York City. Looks to be a fantastic event. I can't make it because of family obligations around Passover, but I ...
Technical difficulties
Thursday, February 26th, 2004For some reason, Radio Userland stopped uploading my blog posts last weekend. Lawrence Lee of Userland has been working diligently to fix the problem. I think things are finally working again. Apologies for the hiatus!
My Senate testimony on VOIP
Tuesday, February 24th, 2004The Senate Commerce Committee website has my written statement from today's VOIP hearing. Overall, the hearing went very well. I'm on the train back right now. I'll post more notes from the hearing when I can.
Senate VOIP Hearing to Be Webcast
Saturday, February 21st, 2004The Senate Commerce Committee hearing on voice over IP will be Webcast live, starting at 9:30am Eastern Time on Tuesday. The RealAudio stream will be located here. I'll be testifying on the second panel, following the initial testimony of FCC Chairman Powell.
Verizon follies
Saturday, February 21st, 2004Things are really humming here at the Supernova Group. So were're moving into a new office. I need to establish phone service, so I went to the Verizon Website. After filling out about 10 screens of information, I get to the final confirmation page, click on the "submit" button, and... nothing ...
FCC releases Free World Dialup order
Friday, February 20th, 2004The text of the FCC's order declaring Pulver.com's Free World Dialup an unregulated information service has been released. Haven't had time to read it yet. The devil is often in the details with these decisions. We're still waiting for the text of the companion notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on regulatory treatment ...
VOIP is more than just arbitrage
Friday, February 20th, 2004Stuart Henshall describes the potential implications of Skype's ridiculously easy conference calling capability.
Old wireless thinking
Thursday, February 19th, 2004This Washington Post story about new wireless services is a great example of old telecom thinking. Everything depends on the carriers, and when they upgrade their networks. WiFi hotspots and other forms of unlicensed connectivity remove that bottleneck -- along with the additional charges the carriers want to load on for the whizbang new services. That's ...