Dick Green: Cable and DSL Can Be Friends
Suggests working together for interoperable standards
Green came to Las Vegas, looked an audience of telco guys in the eyes, and said, “No longer are we telephone people and cable people…. It looks to me as if we are all, basically, in the same kind of business, competing fiercely with each other to provide the best possible telecom services to our customers.” A broadband standard that only works for telcos is proprietary. It cuts the market in half and drives up costs. Our televisions and stereos come from from Asia. After years of work, TVs are becoming interoperable with the cable system without a set top box. There’s more like that coming.
Everyone in cable has been working to eliminate unnecessary equipment and cost. Green explained, “Tru2way [once called OCAP] solves this problem via a software or middleware abstraction solution. On the network side, the middleware interfaces with any number of existing cable video networks. On the other side there is a, single, open, standardized middleware interface that permits developers a common framework for their applications. Read the rest of this entry »
Product: AirMux-200
Company: RAD Data Communications
Type: Hardware
Description: , affordable multiplexer,
In the range of affordable Multiplexers,AirMux-200 is a carrier-class, high capacity MUX connecting E1/T1 and Ethernet networks point-to-point over a wireless link. Compliant with FCC, CAN/CSA and ETSI regulations for licence-exempt transmission, the AirMux-200 operates over 5.725?5.850 and 5.25?5.35 (FCC,CAN/CSA) GHz, 5.5?5.7 (ETSI) GHz and 2.4?2.4835 (ETSI and FCC) GHz bands. Wireless transmission enables enterprises to save the cost of leased lines while eliminating the service provider?s need for deploying fiber, thereby enabling rapid deployment of E1/T1 and Ethernet links at a fraction of the cost.
* 2007 Traffic Growth Rate: Early Data Shows No Increase Comcast right on trend, Plusnet flat, BSkyB could change the U.K. market
* ECI DSLAM Division for sale
* O Tempora O Mores: ZTE In Philippine Broadband Scandal $130M alleged in bribes, over 30%
* Verizon, AT&T: We Don’t Use or Need Traffic Management honoring promise not to degrade
* Comcast Case: Please Begin With Facts Million dollar attorneys making too many mistakes
* Briefs: Ikanos new chip, Dan Artusi, Om Malik, China reorg, Broadcasting & Cable, Ted Hearn, hedge fund crisis, ?buying opportunity at Alcatel, Ivan’s back, Alan Lefkof, Jayant Kadamdi, Howard Stringer of Sony, Verizon No traffic shaping confirmed, Kevin Martin surprises people, Amit M. Schejter
Check your DSL modem documentation or the manufacturer’s website for more information.
Westell Wirespeed 515, 516, & 517
LED State Description
POWER Solid Green Power is ON
No Light There is no Power
READY Slow Flashing Green Power is ON, modem has passed power-up diagnostics (1 flash/second)
Moderate Flashing Green Power is ON, modem is attempting synchronization (2 flashes/second)
Solid Green Power ON, and synchronized with ADSL line
Solid Red Hardware power-up in progress
Flashing Red Unit failed power-up diagnostic
Alternating Red/Green Modem diagnostic failed
No Light There is no Power
LINK Solid Green Link established over 10BaseT Ethernet cable
No Light No 10BaseT Ethernet link
ACTIVITY Pulsing Yellow Data is being received or transmitted. Pulses should match the reception or transmission of Ethernet data.
No Light No Data on Ethernet interface
Trouble in Kennard’s Hawaiian Paradise DSL subs actually fall
Bell Canada Takeover Hanging in the Wind Teachers Fund pushing ahead
Seven Terabits, 10,000 Kilometers, $300M Pacific Fiber Cost to Google: $1-4 per megabit per month
Cable Capex “Freefall”
Is the economy dying like DSL CLECs in 2001? Enormous Risk, True Recession Fears.
Martin Won’t Agree to Go Tate, Adelstein stuck in D.C. election year politics
Reliable Sources, D.C.
Briefs: Workers can only be fired for cause, Has Verizon decided the open access battle is lost?, No Blu-rays from China, Saul Hansell, Sandvine, Joe Weizenbaum died, David Gross and Gary Shapiro, Dave Weinberger
Tasmanian DSL Shut Down Blamed on High Backhaul Costs
Internode claims sole-source Telstra charges 6x regular rates
The half-million Tasmanians have a delightful temperate climate, 100 meter ancient trees, and a Green Party that claims the highest vote percentage in the world. Pending government action, they have only one fiber connection to the mainland, controlled by Telstra. Internode’s Simon Hackett claims in a statement, “it is six times more expensive for Internode to transfer data between Melbourne and Hobart than between Melbourne and the United States.” Internode has stopped taking new orders for their highspeed residential on the island because they were near the limit of their backhaul capacity and buying more was too expensive. Commsday’s Luke Coleman spoke with Telstra, who did not deny the pricing discrepancy but explained, “Tasmania is both a high-cost undersea installation and a low volume route,” adding, “the company has spent over $50 million on the Tasmanian cable, which brings far lower amounts of data than the US route.” Read the rest of this entry »
Restore Active desktop Error for Internet explorer:If you expierience such an error this means,
Internet Explorer has experienced a problem or error. As a precaution, your Active Desktop has temporarily been turned off. To start the Active Desktop again, use the following troubleshooting tips
The following may explain the problem and provide you with a solution.
Did you recently add an Active Desktop Item? If so,the desktop component which was recently added to the Active Desktop may not be working properly. Internet Explorer disables the Active Desktop so you can remove the new component without the possibility of your computer crashing. Click ‘Start’ and select ‘Settings’. Select ‘Active Desktop’ and select ‘Customize my Desktop…’. Clear the check box to the left of the new Active Desktop component. If necessary, select the ‘View my Active Desktop as a web page’ check box. Click ‘OK’.
Internet Explorer has stopped working or crashed. The Active Desktop causes Internet Explorer to become the new shell for Windows. If Internet Explorer crashes or stops working, the Active Desktop is disabled to prevent your computer from crashing. In the Active Desktop Recovery display, click ‘Restore my Active Desktop’. The Active Desktop reappears.
Computer was shut down incorrectly. In the Active Desktop Recovery display, click ‘Restore my Active Desktop’. The Active Desktop reappears.
if you expierience problems connecting PCAnywhere involving a router ,following should be checked.
After the router is configured, the pcAnywhere remote computer needs the external IP address of the host computer. To determine the external IP address of the host computer, see the document How to determine the pcAnywhere host’s TCP/IP address.
The external or Wide Area Network (WAN) IP address assigned to your router by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) may be a dynamic IP, meaning that it is subject to change without notice. One way of accommodating such an IP address is to use a domain naming service (DNS). For more information on this, read the document How to use pcAnywhere with a Dynamic IP Address or Domain Naming Service. The other option is to purchase a static IP address from your ISP. While either way will work, a static WAN IP is generally more expensive. A WAN IP is the external IP of the router, not the internal IP of the host computer. If you do not know whether you have a dynamic WAN IP, contact your ISP.
If there are multiple pcAnywhere hosts located behind the router, see the document How to configure multiple pcAnywhere hosts behind a router. Read the rest of this entry »
Bell Canada Takeover Hanging in the Wind
Teachers Fund pushing ahead with high bid
The kicker behind the Bell Canada story is that the company has been goosing profits by raising prices, including DSL. They have not made the capital investment to compete against Videotron’s DOCSIS 3.0. Another wireless company is coming, likely to drive down prices. It will be very hard to sustain the profits the deal requires without politically unpopular further price increases.
The stock market price of Bell Canada is now > 15% below the $48B buyout price, which means some very serious money does not expect the deal to go through. The CRTC has blocked the sale until they are assured Canadians would remain in control. Jeff Fan of UBS expects the obstacles to be overcome, which remains most likely. However, the PE firms Providence Equity (Mike Powell’s gig these days) and Madison Dearborn would never make such a high bid today. The fourth partner is Merrill Lynch, which is currently reporting $10’s of billions in losses and would presumably love to get out of the deal.
Currently holding up the transaction are laws to protect Canada’s cultural heritage. Many Canadian broadcasters and magazines have not been able to compete with the U.S. giants, resulting in limited Canadian production and news coverage. Canadian law requires 53.3% of the stock remain in Canadian hands so that not everything is taken over. Bell owns media and a broadcast satellite. The Canadian Press reports testimony “the structure of the holding company gives non-Canadian shareholders more control than their minority status because they have a veto right over fundamental changes.” CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein wanted to make sure Canada had more than “paper control”
The latest sticking point is that Ontario Teachers is proposing an odd way around the requirement they control no more than 30% of a company. They are giving a proxy for their shares to a retired executive, while implying he will follow their orders on how to vote. Finckenstein is requiring an approval from the pension regulator, which could tie up any deal for months.
Everyone on Wall Street is wondering whether Merrill can still raise the $23B in debt for this deal. Will Providence and Madison Dearborn pay this price, when today’s credit market suggests their bid is $5-10B too high? Or will they try to find a way to kill the deal?
Bell Canada’s DSL has been suffering. I joked a while back that if someone in Chicago wants decent broadband, they should move to Toronto. For years, the Canadian price was 30-40% less than the States, and the take rate much higher. More recently, Bell Canada actually raised their DSL prices with implicit support from Rogers and Shaw. The broadband net adds fell dramatically. Sabia and Cope want to sell now, getting a good price before trouble hits.
Bell Canada also faces more wireless competition. The CRTC regulator has been very generous with the telcos, but recently made a very smart move that the U.S. could learn from. Jeffrey Fan of UBS reports “Industry Canada released the AWS auction rules that included 40 MHz of spectrum set aside for new entrants, mandated roaming (could range between 5-10 yrs) and tower sharing (both at commercial rates). Overall we thought the rules are generous for potential new entrants.” He’s since looked at some of the details, which give the incumbents some advantages. The net result is likely to be a new national competitor and lower rates.
his is *not* an ISP issue.
Tasmanian DSL Shut Down Blamed on High Backhaul Costs
