Monthly Archives: February 2001
Chairman Billy Tauzin: Bell Ringer
The fight for control of the telecommunications networks that are the lifeblood of the Internet may be brewing in Washington, D.C., but its shaping...
Open Cell Specs in Works
Developers of the worlds most popular mobile phone standard will design their next set of security specifications in public, setting the stage for what...
Maximizing Mailing Lists
You can use Exchange and Notes groupware functionality to power up mailing lists, but why bother? Mailing list managers (MLM) can do the same...
Admins: Users Share the Blame
The scene playing out on Nick Gass computer screen last week was sadly familiar: dozens of copies of the same e-mail message clogging in-boxes...
Excite Gets a Mr. Fixit
With a new Mr. Fixit in the drivers seat, the nations largest broadband Internet provider is using a different roadmap to navigate the technical...
Powell Signals Change At FCC
Less than a month after taking the helm of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Michael Powell appears to be trying to change the course...
A Carriers New Route
Vincent D. McBrides life has changed a lot since he read an article about the Federal Communications Commissions spectrum lotteries about 10 years ago....
FCC to Bell: Fork It Over
Regional bells and their competitors continue to argue over sharing space for equipment five years after they were told to find a way to...
Help Us Before We Put Ourselves Out of Business!
I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time." —Steven Wright From the "if a tree fell in the...
In-Box Shoppers
This past holiday season, Zagat survey tried something new: It sent out e-mails that let recipients buy Zagats famous restaurant guides directly from the...