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Programming, Service Drive Cable Rates Up
When millions of cable television subscribers begin writing bigger checks for their basic service this year, at least theyll have someone to complain to....
Get a Handle on E-Mail
Yes, your customers can use Hotmail, Yahoo mail or even ZDNet mail for their hosted e-mail, but it might not be a wise move....
Mehler on Mehler
Ive been getting his misdirected phone calls and e-mails for years, which is not surprising, since were both New York-area writers who share the...
A Glass Half Full
Money doesnt grow on glass anymore, so 2001 will be a year in which fiber-optic carriers that have already acquired rights of way, and...
Cleaning Up Spam
Except for the senders, no one likes spam. Indeed a recent Gartner Group study found that a third of ISP customers want their service...
Small Servers for Small Biz
Suppose you only need to handle mail for a few dozen to a few hundred users? There are products out there made just for...
Charge!
Two of the nations three major long-distance carriers, AT&T and Sprint, have boosted the rate they charge consumers to recover their share of government...
Bells Tolling
This is the year Telecom turns down, then turns around.Its the year that the matricidal mega-Bells begin sucking the life out of consumer long-distance,...
Fast Facts Infrastructure: January 8, 2001
Dwindling NumbersTroubled fast Internet service provider Covad Communications has turned loose another 400 workers, dropping its payroll to about 2,300. The cuts follow the...
20,000 Cables Under the Sea
Theres gold under them there oceans. the submarine optical market is expected to grow 40 percent per year — to $37 billion by 2004...