I want a billion dollars.Seriously.Last week I had an opportunity to get together with a few friends from my past–over 450 of them.This Rochester get-together reunited past employees of Rochester Telephone and Frontier Communications.  It was...
Topics: Telecommunications industry

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I have a new word and sensation for Telecom – it’s the Tele-orgasm.A Tele-orgasm is the tingling sensation that Chris Matthews gets when he encounters a fiber bigot, such as myself, discussing copper loop removal from a building or residence.  Yes,.
Topics: American telecom, Telecom bloggers, Telecom Blogs, Telecom broadband, Telecom news, Telecom USA, Telecommunications bloggers, Telecommunications blogs, Telecommunications companies, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications news

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In my former life, I used to travel the globe mercilessly on business.  You name the place–I pretty much have been there.  One might say I am a mystery man of international intrigue.One of my haunting places on many, many occasions was the United.
Topics: American telecom, Dave's Corner, Infrastructure and Bandwidth, Telecom bloggers, Telecom Blogs, Telecom broadband, Telecom news, Telecommunications bloggers, Telecommunications blogs, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications news

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The Communications Workers of America (CWA) have just released a study called “Speed Matters” - I couldn’t agree more that speed matters, but I also disagree with the namby-pamby view of what the CWA believes broadband speed should be.  The...
Topics: American telecom, Dave's Corner, Forbearance, ILEC Corruption, Telecom bloggers, Telecom Blogs, Telecom USA, Telecommunications bloggers, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications news

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For those of you who read this regularly, you know that I am an admitted bigot … a fiber opticbigot.I think copper loops are long past prime time and are not reliable enough or scalable enough to deliver globally competitive broadband.  Water is a big.
Topics: Telecommunications industry

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