Archives: 2002    2001    2000    1999

December 2001
  • Best of the Best of the ISP-Lists: M&A [12-31-2001]
  • Small Town Marketing [12-31-2001]
  • Branding That Sticks [12-28-2001]
  • That's Not What I Bought [12-27-2001]
  • That Intern Conundrum [12-26-2001]
  • Best of the Best of the ISP-Lists: Wi-Fi Interference [12-24-2001]
  • Tracking the Causes of Churn [12-21-2001]
  • Should I Be Afraid? [12-20-2001]
  • Choosing the Right Loan Shark [12-19-2001]
  • The Art of War Driving [12-18-2001]
  • Making Partnerships Work [12-17-2001]
  • Choosing a V.92-Compatible Remote Access Server [12-14-2001]
  • The Anti-Virus Can Of Worms [12-13-2001]
  • Fun for the Whole Family [12-11-2001]
  • Pricing Home Network Service [12-10-2001]
  • Microsoft Abandoned Windows 95 Users [12-07-2001]
  • Routing Phone Calls Across the Network [12-06-2001]
  • Support Bots [12-05-2001]
  • Do I Have to Bill My Customers? [12-04-2001]
  • Who Needs the Web? [12-03-2001]

November 2001
  • The Price of the Personal Touch [11-30-2001]
  • How to Keep the Boss Out [11-29-2001]
  • C and Ku Satellite Bands [11-28-2001]
  • Prove That You're Worth It [11-27-2001]
  • Say You Will [11-26-2001]
  • Best of the Best of the ISP-Lists: Security [11-21-2001]
  • Yeek! A Crazy Mouse! [11-20-2001]
  • My Laptop Keeps Going . . . and Going . . . [11-19-2001]
  • How Did That Porn Program Get There? [11-15-2001]
  • The Risks of a Reverse Merger [11-14-2001]
  • Controlling Independent Contractors [11-12-2001]
  • Hams Are Your Friends [11-09-2001]
  • Liar, Liar [11-08-2001]
  • Disaster's Lessons About SONET Rings [11-05-2001]
  • Everyone Wins With Limited Plans [11-02-2001]
  • Finding Wi-Fi Installers [11-01-2001]

October 2001
  • ISPs Prepare for XP Magic and Bugs [10-31-2001]
  • Supporting the Patriots [10-30-2001]
  • Freenets Are Theft [10-29-2001]
  • A Basic Business Question [10-26-2001]
  • Talkin' 'Bout V.92 [10-25-2001]
  • Your Customers' Equipment [10-24-2001]
  • It's Not Spam If It's E-Mail Marketing [10-22-2001]
  • Webhosting Without Microsoft [10-19-2001]
  • It's Not Working [10-18-2001]
  • A Source Code Problem [10-17-2001]
  • Stop Equipment Theft [10-16-2001]
  • Churn, Churn, Churn [10-15-2001]
  • McISP [10-10-2001]
  • Wireless by the Windsock [10-08-2001]
  • Know Thy Firewall [10-08-2001]
  • Wi-Fi Cardiology[10-04-2001]
  • Diamonds in the Sky with Lucy [10-01-2001]

September 2001
  • The Landlord Needs You [09-27-2001]
  • We Need a Way to Provide the News [09-26-2001]
  • Resellers Really Run Rapacious Rates [09-25-2001]
  • When Wal-Mart Sells AOL Dialup for $9.94 [09-24-2001]
  • E-Mail Control Panels [09-21-2001]
  • Glass That Cuts Signals [09-19-2001]
  • The Surveillance Bug [09-18-2001]
  • Making Wireless Service Visible [09-13-2001]
  • Passing the CPE Buck [09-12-2001]
  • So What If It's A Little Rusty? [09-11-2001]
  • Homeowners' Association vs. Wi-Fi [09-10-2001]
  • Ozone in the Office [09-07-2001]
  • Why Pay Employees? [09-05-2001]

August 2001
  •  The Pink Flamingo WISP [08-31-2001]
  •  Beware of British Thermal Units in the U.S. [08-30-2001]
  •  When the FBI is Your Friend 08-29-2001]
  •  Amateur Regulation [08-28-2001]
  •  Mobile Wireless Internet Pricing [08-27-2001]
  •  Rewarding Your Fans [08-23-2001]
  •  In the Aftermath of Code Red [08-22-2001]
  •  Racked by Data Center Doubts [08-21-2001]
  •  Fees Fair and Unfair [08-20-2001]
  •  Beware of Gifts Bearing Trojans [08-17-2001]
  •  Discounted Wi-Fi [08-15-2001]
  •  ISPs and Copyright Laws [08-10-2001]
  •  Successful CLECs [08-9-2001]
  •  The Service Survives When the Horse Drowns [08-8-2001]
  •  Little Brother is Watching You [08-7-2001]
  •  Employees Without Salary [08-6-2001]
  •  Slow Dancing to the Baltimore Waltz [08-3-2001]
  •  Television News Gets Me Down [08-2-2001]
  •  Pity My Poor Spammer [08-1-2001]

July 2001
  •  Setting up a Satellite Service [07-31-2001]
  •  Getting Wireless Subscribers [07-30-2001]
  •  Keeping a Webhosting Secret [07-27-2001]
  •  The Challenges of a Linux-Based Billing System [07-26-2001]
  •  My Jurassic Antenna Will Last Forever [07-25-2001]
  •  The Difference Between Baby and Bathwater [07-24-2001]
  •  The Firewall Illusion [07-23-2001]
  •  Strategic Colocation [07-19-2001]
  •  We Need to Talk [07-17-2001]
  •  Someone Shot Down My Solar Panel [07-16-2001]
  •  Your Speedometer is Broken [07-13-2001]
  •  Who We Are [07-12-2001]
  •  Everybody Talks About Fog [07-10-2001]
  •  Getting Colocation Power Just Right [07-09-2001]
  •  Getting a Wireless CLEC Off the Ground[07-06-2001]
  •  You've Got IM[07-03-2001]

June 2001
  •  Ride the Horizontal Wave[06-29-2001]
  •  I Want More Out of My Server[06-27-2001]
  •  Call the FBI and Get a Restraining Order[06-25-2001]
  •  My Domain No Longer Exists[06-20-2001]
  •  How to Research ISP Business Prospects [06-19-2001]
  •  Pay Rates for Tower Climbers [06-18-2001]
  •  Is This a Legal Issue or a Moral Issue? [06-14-2001]
  •  Best of the Best of the ISP-Lists: Advertising Options [06-13-2001]
  •  Take Me To Your Leader[06-12-2001]
  •  How Much Should I Pay For Advice? [06-11-2001]
  •  For Whom The Bells' Tolls Fail [06-08-2001]
  •  Resolving to Change the IP[06-07-2001]
  •  The Con Artist [06-06-2001]
  •  The Value of Free [06-05-2001]
  •  In the Wake of the Big Blue Triangle[06-04-2001]
  •  RF on Board [06-01-2001]

May 2001
  •  Unlimited Definitions [05-30-2001]
  •  Darkness in Sunnyvale [05-29-2001]
  •  Kote Against Rain [05-28-2001]
  •  Evaluating a Free Bundled Call Center [05-25-2001]
  •  Mutual Assured Survival [05-23-2001]
  •  Pornography: Problem or Profit? [05-22-2001]
  •  Why Isn't My Home Phone a T-1 Line? [05-21-2001]
  •  Those Troublesome Winmodems [05-16-2001]
  •  Automatically Debit from a Customer's Bank Account [05-15-2001]
  •  These Lines Will Reach Out and Grab You [05-14-2001]
  •  Build Your Own Card—or Not [05-11-2001]
  •  Chamber of Commerce [05-10-2001]
  •  How Wi-Fi Trespass Happens [05-07-2001]
  •  Older is Better [05-03-2001]
  •  Clients Complicate Colocation [05-01-2001]
  •  Whoosh, Whoosh [05-01-2001]

April 2001
  •  They Took it All [04-30-2001]
  •  Interfering Cordless Phones [04-27-2001]
  •  How Cheap Are College Students? [04-26-2001]
  •  Detroit Blues [04-25-2001]
  •  Gambling With the Business [04-24-2001]
  •  VeriSign's Own Certificates [04-20-2001]
  •  Your Corporate Client's Website [04-18-2001]
  •  Nobody Pays Luxury Prices for a Camry [04-17-2001]
  •  MSN Cuts Off Spam and Others [04-16-2001]
  •  A Deal They Can't Refuse [04-12-2001]
  •  Credit Card Conundrum [04-11-2001]
  •  The Headhunter's Silence [04-10-2001]
  •  Before You Throw the Switch [04-06-2001]
  •  Could Kansas Save Texas? [04-05-2001]
  •  It's Better Being Green [04-04-2001]
  •  I Want to be New.net [04-02-2001]

March 2001
  • Business in a Box [03-30-2001]
  • Access Denied [03-29-2001]
  • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap [03-26-2001]
  • The Window For Rotten Meat [03-22-2001]
  • Nor Storm Nor Virus Nor Even Shoddy Modems [03-21-2001]
  • They Signed But Won't Pay [03-19-2001]
  • Va-Va-VISP [03-16-2001]
  • Big Yellow Makes Me Smile [03-15-2001]
  • Finding My Footprint [03-14-2001]
  • Mexico is Nearer Than You Think [03-13-2001]
  • Pay for 95 Percent [03-12-2001]
  • Education for Everyone [03-09-2001]
  • Fixed Wireless Resellers [03-06-2001]
  • Build Your Own Babel [03-05-2001]
  • The Wireless CLEC [03-03-2001]
  • Nuts and Bolts [03-02-2001]

February 2001
  • Billboards [02-28-2001]
  • The Check Has Been Cashed [02-27-2001]
  • The Invisible Service [02-26-2001]
  • The Tortoise and the Roadrunner [02-24-2001]
  • Looking to Cache In? [02-22-2001]
  • My Hard Drive is My Home [02-21-2001]
  • Can I Start an ISP With $15,000? [02-20-2001]
  • Best of the Best of the End of 2000 [02-19-2001]
  • Fight The Powers That Be [02-17-2001]
  • Traffic Caused by Theft [02-14-2001]
  • Hacked! [02-13-2001]
  • To Scan or Not to Scan? [02-12-2001]
  • Map Marketing [02-07-2001]
  • Free ISPs Source of Busy Signal Blues [02-05-2001]
  • Do I Need a Laser Scope? [02-03-2001]
  • Where There's Smoke, There's Insurance [02-01-2001]

January 2001
  • Is DSL Service Possible in My Area? [01-30-2001]
  • How Many Employees Do You Need?   [01-29-2001]
  • Is 24/7 Support Necessary? [01-26-2001]
  • The Snow White Virus [01-24-2001]
  • California's Powerful Problems   [01-23-2001]
  • When Your Help Desk is Distant [01-22-2001]
  • The Rights of the Hacked [01-20-2001]
  • The User-to-Modem Ratio [01-19-2001]
  • How Personal Firewalls Annoy Help Desk Technicians [01-16-2001]
  • Wireless ISP-in-a-Box [01-15-2001]
  • When the Giving is Over [01-13-2001]
  • Working the Trenches   [01-11-2001]
  • Collusion [01-08-2001]
  • It's the Law [01-06-2001]
  • Pricing Your Support [01-05-2001]
  • Anarchy Now! [01-03-2001]