Archive for December, 2006
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Before anyone gets too excited about AT&T's network neutrality commitments in connection with its acquisition of BellSouth, read this from the statement of Chairman Martin and Commissioner Tate, the two Republicans involved in the decision:
Importantly, however, while the Democrat Commissioners may have extracted
concessions from AT&T, they in no way bind ...
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
After much wrangling, AT&T and BellSouth have agreed to network neutrality conditions in order to secure FCC approval of their merger. The key provision of the agreement, which lasts two years, is the following:
AT&T/BellSouth also commits that it will maintain a neutral network and neutral routing in its wireline ...
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
Helen Cheng of Seriosity has an interesting post
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
You know, I was just realizing how small the buzz about Microsoft's new Vista operating system seems to be. There are the usual reviews and so forth, but no one seems to be particularly excited one way or the other. The non-story about Microsoft's PR company giving out ...
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
As I mentioned, I'm trying out SpamSoap to cut down on the massive volume of spam I receive. Next week my free trial period ends, and I have to decide whether to start paying for the service at $25/month.
I'm planning to pay for it. After some tweaking and ...
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
The LA Times included me (along with smart folks like Steve Ballmer, Chris Anderson, and Rafat Ali) in a package of predictions about what might be next year's breakout online hit, ala MySpace and YouTube. Check it out for my answer....
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Mark Cuban: "HDTV is the Internet video killer."
As usual, Mark makes some good points. There's more to the video market than just eyeballs. Advertising is what makes the media world go around. And while there are good advertising opportunities for Internet video services like YouTube, plenty of ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
I think John Edwards will be the next President of the United States.
I'm not saying he's my personal favorite of the likely candidates; he's not, although he has many positives. I just think that, when all is said and done, he's in the best position to win the race. ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
So, Wikia, the company started by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, is launching a search engine, called Wikisari. I like Wikia -- its CEO, Gil Penchina, spoke at Supernova earlier this year. Leveraging the collective knowledge of users for what my friend and colleague Yochai Benkler calls "peer production" ...
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
One of my Wharton colleagues just asked me what to call the scholarly field I'm in. It's a good question. My work -- and that of fellow academics like Susan Crawford, Phil Weiser, Christopher Yoo, Yochai Benkler, Barbara van Schewick, and Tim Wu -- sits somewhere between ...
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