February 10, 2010 6:02 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
bandwidth,
FCC,
Federal Communications Commission,
ISPs,
net neutrality,
Netflix,
next-gen content delivery and video,
online video,
OTT,
over-the-top,
QoS,
Quality of ServiceNetflix's recent public comments on net neutrality illustrate the public policy...
September 25, 2009 1:12 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
carrier services,
Google,
OTT,
over-the-topGoogle’s Gmail suffered yet another publicized outage, which is raising concerns not only about whether the Google system is really ready for serious use, but whether SaaS and cloud computing overall might be exposing enterprises to more risk than they bargained for.
Data on the paid...
July 30, 2009 12:00 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
content delivery networks,
over-the-top,
Qwest,
video on demandQwest suggested during its second-quarter earnings call that the company would be pursuing a video strategy that would make it less a content broker and more a delivery conduit. Just what the technology...
April 7, 2009 6:18 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
AT&T,
FCC. wireless broadband,
net neutrality,
over-the-top,
Regulations,
Skype,
smartphonesThe FCC is being asked for a ruling on whether its net neutrality principles apply to wireless Internet. This step comes after AT&T limited the use of Skype on...
March 23, 2009 3:41 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
capex,
Cloud computing,
Internet,
Internet adversiting,
over-the-topThe Economist is sounding a warning that we’re resonating with (because we’ve sounded it too). The most recent issue points out that Internet companies and...
March 12, 2009 4:34 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Google,
over-the-top,
Skype,
voice,
VoIPOver-the-top (OTT) voice over IP may be finally coming into its own, driven primarily by a desire to make cheap international calls. In its last earnings call, eBay reported good numbers for Skype, which has so far failed to create any of the often-touted...
March 11, 2009 4:10 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
next-generation services,
over-the-top,
Social networkingNew research has demonstrated the impact of social networks on basic communications behavior was demonstrated by research just published showing that membership for social media has surpassed use of...
March 9, 2009 1:33 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
email,
Google,
over-the-top,
YahooYahoo may be staring its path to success in the face, but may or may not recognize it. The Yahoo Zimbra paid email system is outstripping Google (including Gmail and Google Apps) and most other webmail systems, too.
What’s...
February 4, 2009 1:29 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Broadband,
Comcast,
Cox,
DOCSIS 3.0,
FCC,
net neutrality,
OTT,
over-the-top,
Regulations,
VoIPComcast has, as we had predicted, asserted to the FCC that its voice service is not carried over the Internet or Internet access infrastructure, and is therefore neither subject to their traffic management policies nor to the FCC’s four principles of net neutrality.
They’re right, of...
