Roy Mark

Comcast should stop denying the undeniable and get on with the inevitable outcome of the FCC’s investigation into the cable giant’s network neutrality violations: suing the FCC for doing its job. It’s a time-honored Washington tradition. When accusations first surfaced of Comcast throttling BitTorrent traffic in violation of the FCC’s network neutrality principles prohibiting traffic […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted May 14 to formally propose requiring U.S. public companies to file their financial reports using Extensible Business Reporting Language. XBRL tags uniquely identify individual items in a company’s financial statement. Formatting financial documents with XBRL allow the data to be easily searched on the Internet, downloaded into spreadsheets, reorganized […]

Comcast and Cox Communications are blocking BitTorrent traffic throughout all hours of the day, according to a report by Germany’s Max Planck Institute. The global study released May 15 found widespread blocking of BitTorrent transfers only in the United States and Singapore. The study further found that the blocking was occurring only among cable companies, […]

Verizon landed a $678.5 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security May 14 to deploy and manage a secure global IP network. The deal requires Verizon to combine the multiple separate wide area networks of the DHS’ 22 agencies into one common IP network. Over the life of the 10-year agreement, Verizon will also […]

Sean Garrett of 463 Communications wants to know where the Washington tech leadership has gone. In an intriguing post, Garrett gives the proper chops to John Doerr, John Chambers, Jim Barksdale, Reed Hastings, Craig Barrett and others for their pioneering work over the last decade in bringing the Valley’s voice to Capitol Hill. But, he […]

The Federal Communications Commission took the first steps May 14 to untangle its complicated, controversial and ultimately failed plan to launch a nationwide interoperable broadband network for public safety agencies. The solution? Start over again at square one with public comments. In July 2007, as part of the FCC’s rules for the 700MHz auction, it […]

Mobile social networking is expected to grow from 82 million users in 2007 to over 800 million worldwide by 2012. IBM and RIM are getting set to ride the wave, announcing May 14 plans to bring a full line of Lotus collaboration software to the BlackBerry. Large and midsize organizations will have access to a […]

Research in Motion continued its push into the consumer market May 12, announcing an alliance with Microsoft to offer Windows Live Hotmail and Messenger on all BlackBerry smartphones. Users will be able to access their accounts from their smartphones by entering their Windows Live e-mail address and password once. RIM said the service would be […]

With scant time left in the 110th Congress and no apparent interest in network neutrality in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., reintroduced May 7 the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act. The bill would prohibit broadband network providers from charging some companies extra fees to run content at the same speed and quality […]

Vonage is teaming with Covad Communications Group to offer a bundle of voice-over-IP and broadband services in an effort to compete with the triple and even quadruple bundles of telecoms and cable companies. The new service is expected to be rolled out by the end of 2008. Vonage will offer Covad DSL services with maximum […]