
Busy
Days @ Digium
[January 26, 2007] The 'Asterisk Company' had
a bevy of product announcements this week.
TelTel
Launches SVNO Program, Announces First Partner
[September 12, 2005] TelTel last week announced
the launch of an ambitious program wherein carriers, ISPs, ITSPs, CLECs
and others can sign on as SIP Virtual Network Operator partners.
NextWeb
Expands out of California, into VoIP
[May 11, 2005] Not only is the California WISP
moving into new business territory, it's adding branded IP telephony to
its roster of services.
Telecom
& ISP Advocacy Groups Petition FCC
[June 2, 2003] With industry-altering changes looming
on the federal regulatory horizon, ISPs and CLECs are striving to make their
voices heard in the high-level policy debate.
A
Critical Year for ISPs
[May 8, 2003] In his keynote address at ISPCON spring
2003 in Baltimore, telecom reformer Bruce Kushnick delivered a strident call
to arms for small independent ISPs.
Fixed
Wireless Provider Hits Big Time
[March 4, 2003] A fledgling Southern California wireless
Internet vendor joins forces with cable giant to create an unlikely but promising
hybrid broadband service offering.
Integrated
Messaging Redefined
[March 3, 2003] Are there ways for dialup ISPs to leverage
their enforced marriage to copper phone lines in order to squeeze more revenue
from their customers? One (more) company thinks so.
Serving
Business IP Since 1994
[February 28, 2003] A philosophy of planning and building
for the long run—combined with an obsession with high-quality service—position
this Texas ISP to grow and prosper in the post-bubble telecom service environment.
Serving
Up a Super WLAN
[January 21, 2003] An easy setup and low cost hardware,
as well as a growing need for temporary Internet connections are key ingredients
in a recipe for a new kind of ISP business model—short-term, or "event-based"
networking services.
Diversify
and Prosper
[January 16, 2003] A strategically situated local phone
company parlays its incumbency advantage into brisk growth—thanks to a well-thought-out
expansion plan featuring a varied mix of services and delivery platforms.
FCC
Approves Vivato's First Product Offering
[December 24, 2002] Smart-antenna-based Wi-Fi Switch,
first unveiled last month when developer Vivato emerged from stealth mode, gets
thumbs-up from Washington regulators.
Quit
Worrying and Become the Phone Company?
[November 20, 2002] Looking for a way to make more
money from your DSL customers? Why not recoup some of your costs by selling
them long distance voice services, too? Heard that one before? Maybe this time
it's for real.
Proxim
AP Offering Beckons to Service Providers
[November 19, 2002] The latest addition to the ORiNOCO
lineup brings down startup costs dramatically while offering a host of new management
and ease-of-use features aimed at making it a natural access point for public
hotspot installations.
What's
RPG to You or Me?
[October 21, 2002] Telephony software supplier RingCentral
has bundled a collection of value-added services into what the company calls
the RPG Platform. It is no grenade, but may generate explosive revenue growth
in the hands of the right service provider.
Add
Video to Voice and Data Bundles
[May 29, 2002] Next Level Communications' new hardware
gives ILECs and CLECs a competitive shot in the arm, boosting revenue and leveling
the playing field in competition with cable operators.
New
Wireless Broadband Alternative: A Boon to ISPs?
[May 7, 2002] Recent moves by the FCC promise to open
the door to a new technology that's already in use in other parts of the world—that
provides high-speed, low-cost Internet connections using satellite technology
turned on its side. Will providers benefit?
First
Glimpse Of 802.11a
[September 5, 2001] It's finally in silicon. The long-awaited
54 Mbps technology that's expected to light up the 5 GHz radio spectrum is available
and being tested by at least one chip supplier and its customers. Learn how
it fared in our offices.
Dial
Access with Depth Alex
Goldman & Ted Stevenson
[March 16, 2000] Like its wholesale dialup competitors,
NaviNet sports some performance-enhancing, cost-cutting technology as part of
its stock in trade. As a CMGI company, it can also offer handy access to a broad
spectrum of related services.
Predictive
Network Capacity Planning Tool
[January 13, 2000] ISPs, Webhosters, E-Commerce providers,
and similar businesses can now virtually eliminate service disruptions due to
unexpected capacity shortfalls.
ShopZone
SiteBuilder
[December 30, 1999] Breakthrough Software launches
storefront 'incubator': instant Web site tool for small and midsize businesses
migrating to Web-based commerce.
Venture
Capital Hot on Communications, Internet
[November 17, 1999] Investments for first nine months
of '99 far exceed the total for all of 1998.
Maximizing
Your Marketability
[November 11, 1999] Looking to sell your ISP or hosting
company? Experts offer perspectives on how to make it an attractive acquisition
target—and what the process is like.
ISP
Valuation: From the Horse's Mouth
[November 10, 1999] In a conference session held at
Fall ISPCON '99, a group of industry merger and acquisitions experts discussed
the ever-popular topic of how ISPs are valued in the current market.
Lucent,
Global Crossing Build Warp-Speed Network
[November 4, 1999] First-of-its kind OC192 optical
pipe employs "multi-terabit" switching/routing hardware, moving data at 10 Gbps.
Device
Allows Remote Reboot, Load Shedding
[November 3, 1999] Multiple, independently controlled
power outlets simplify many network management tasks.
Too
Much Investment Chasing Too Few Opportunities:
Special ISPCON Report
[October 28, 1999] Venture capital is becoming available
for Internet service and hosting providers. For the right company in the right
time and place, it's a buyer's market.
Domain
Name Registration Costs Slashed
[October 27, 1999] New software/service combo from
TUCOWS will make name registration so easy and inexpensive, every subscriber
will want to do it.
Domain
Name Registration Costs Slashed
[September 23, 1999] New web-based service dramatically
speeds the process of shopping for bandwidth. Can save buyers $$, too.
ITU
Approves Standard for G.lite ADSL
[July 15, 1999] At the eleventh hour, the Vermont Department
of Public Services filed comments with the FCC in support of Internet Venture,
Inc.'s petition seeking a ruling on leased cable access.
Vermont
In Support of Open Cable Access
[June 23, 1999] Passage of G.lite standard sets the
stage for mass-market deployment of broadband Internet services worldwide.
E-Commerce
Revenue without the Effort
[May 18, 1999] New payment/accounting system cuts ISPs
in on the booming online sales cornucopia without forcing them to become partners
in the technological infrastructure.
|