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Re: Telecom Collapse

Martin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:01:37 -0000

I can't speak for the other companies mentioned here; however, having worked with Qwest wholesale for nearly 12 years now I can attest that they deserve whatever they are getting. Qwest has been involved in chillingly unethical practices when it comes to their wholesale customers.

They currently have a practice of killing off their wholesale customers who do provide good service to subscribers and retain customers for long term, in favor of signing them up direct with Qwest/MSN who in turn provide lousy customer service and loses customers left and right. Trading off long term customers for short term ones isn't a very viable business plan I would think. Qwest seems to disagree though.

The writing is on the wall for Qwest, and probably others. I've heard rampant rumors about acquisitions of Qwest incoming by Verizon or ATT.

ps. I LOVE the bailout comment above! Where do I signup for my multi-billion dollar bailout? Everyone else is getting them afterall.

Re: What Will It Take to Stop File Sharing?

Martin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:10:10 -0000

I'm not entirely sure the types of file sharing this article is referencing; however, if software developers cannot make their software share-proof, then shame on them. If movie publishers don't want their movie shared online, then they shouldn't release it in the first place. All the effort going into stopping it for the tiny fraction of people who share files, is probably far more cost than it ever provides in results.

It's been proven various times that by having movies and tv shows available online actually IMPROVES their performance when they air. Battlestar is a prime example. It aired overseas first, but US viewers watched it online. The resulting ratings it got when it did air in the US were far above expected because of this.

Re: Google Bandwidth Study Proves Very Little

Martin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:14:18 -0000

If anybody is concerned about Google using more than their fair share of their own bandwidth, they could simply block all Google IPs. That's sure increase their site popularity I'm sure. ;)

Re: Connecticut Towns: Arm hurt? Cut it off!

Martin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:55:26 -0000

Personally, i think that is a TERRIFIC idea! Although.. that is much too efficient and cheap for any government organization to adopt. If we can find them a way to do it for $30,000 - $40,000 per meeting, I'm sure they would be more open to that than a nearly free solution. Government doesn't like cheap, plain and simple.

Re: Obama Transition Team Seeks Public Comment on Space Solar Power

Martin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:19:54 -0000

Whether or not the idea is good or bad, I for one am please with an administration who finally cares about what the people think.

Re: Who Owns the Moon?

Martin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:23:53 -0000

Interesting article, I've seen companies selling acres on the moon for years. If i recall, last I looked, all the good moon real-estate was already sold. I'm sure none of them had any true legal basis for selling spots on the moon though and likely are in jail today.

Re: Congrats to FCC.gov on five years without an update

Martin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:20:23 -0000

5 years, that's amazing! Hopefully Obama's new CTO will shake things up a bit in this and other areas!

Re: Technology for Opening Up Government

Martin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:44:12 -0000

Wasn't there a "google for government" post a while back. Transparency is they key word here, and I have to agree with this article, that a way to find the information is important too. Endless pages of babble doesn't do me much good when I'm siphoning through political stuff. A googlish friendly search and display engine would be nice.

Re: Google’s OpenEdge Could Dramatically Reduce Google’s Impact on the Internet’s Core

Martin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:26:23 -0000

Time will tell I suppose, but generally Google follows the principle of "do no evil". For the most part they are right on target with that. As with all Google products, and other products, I'm sure OpenEdge will have it's challenges and critics, but if it delivers content faster using less overall bandwidth, it's going to be a good thing. I just can't wait for it to mature so our companies can lease space on those caches. It wouldn't take much to be better than Akamai.