Business Archives

2000

Hope on the E-mail Front Gerry Blackwell
[November 20, 2000] Say hello to the amazing Postini, a suite of own-branded e-mail services for ISPs, priced on the pay-per-use ASP model.

Secure Desktop Access From Just About Anywhere Lisa Phifer
[November 7, 2000] Silicon Valley startup uRoam's technology offers mobile professionals a solution to the old "I left it at the office" dilemma. ISPs, ILECs, and CLECs will be channel partners of choice.

Can Satellite Services Compete with DSL? Best of ISP-Lists
[October 19, 2000] Members of the ISP-DSL list discuss whether Gilat's two-way satellite-based Internet services are a threat to traditional DSL.

GoAmerica's ISP Opportunity Alex Goldman
[October 6, 2000] GoAmerica has been operating its wireless ISP services for some time. now, the firm is inviting IPs to joing a partnership program dubbed the ISP Opportunity.

Getting Local Favors Best of ISP-Lists
[September 14, 2000] Members of the ISP-Wireless list discuss whether local businesses like yourself can get discounts that are not available to larger companies, or whether the law prohibits such discounts.

Fast Growth, Big Opportunities Alex Goldman
[June 30, 2000] IFXCorp. is building a Latin American ISP offering. Fixed wireless is an opportunity in countries where local telco equipment and copper are sub-par.

Point of Contact Alex Goldman
[June 27, 2000] Mirapoint, a messaging solution provider, announces a partnership program for ISPs. Possabilities for wireless offerings with partners loom on the horizon.

ISP Profile: Broadwing Jim Wagner
[June 14, 2000] How did this local bell ILEC transfor into a fiber-optic-and-wireless company? Is Broadwing really all that different from plain old parent Cincinnati Bell?

1999

Competing with the Cable Company Best of ISP-Lists
[December 12, 1999] Members of the ISP-Wireless list discuss competing with cable broadband. There are many different valid solutions, naturally one of which is fixed wireless.

New Paradigm for Internet Service Christopher M. Knight
[November 29, 1999] Private citizens in Utah joined forces to create a new concept in Internet access: a 'Neighborhood Area Network' serving the local community at speeds up to 100 Mbps.