Elizabeth Starr Miller

Asymmetrical DSL equipment vendors and chip makers continue to tweak ADSL technology to let service providers offer more bandwidth over greater distances than was previously thought possible. The new version of ADSL, called ADSL+, allows providers to pack more bits into the downstream bandwidth. This makes two video streams, plus data and voice, possible for […]

The revolt at Yipes Communications began at the first mention of the word “bankruptcy,” a company insider told The Net Economy this evening. Although the company has not made any official announcement of management changes, the well-placed source says most top-ranking members of the Yipes team have stepped down, including Jerry Parrick, founder and former […]

Yipes Communications threw the industry for a loop on Friday, when it revealed it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection the day before in San Francisco. Although questions about the viability of Gigabit Ethernet as a business model remain at the tips of all tongues, CEO Jerry Parrick is still bullish about his companys […]

Unable to meet its infrastructure and real estate financial obligations, Yipes Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. The gigabit Ethernet provider has made arrangements for debtor-in-possession financing so that it can continue to serve its current customers, turn up service for new customers […]

The second times a charm, or so Sprint hopes for its small-business DSL service. This time around, the company is offering business-class DSL services with guarantees galore, in 32 markets across the country. The fine print of the service rollout includes the availability of speeds up to 8 Mbps, dedicated customer support for businesses, a […]

Move over DSL. The Yankee Group reports that T-1s are the best technology to address the 685,000 small-to-medium-sized businesses in the U.S. While the promise of integrated service over DSL has been much touted by vendors and providers alike, both have yet to deliver on that promise in the form of available services. As T-1 […]

With building local exchange carriers such a bargain these days, it seems its hard for providers such as Cogent Communications and Yipes Communications to resist snapping them up for a few million dollars, all in the name of building rights and access. But even with BLECs under their belt, those same providers will still face […]