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Sorry, Superman…

—– http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/nyregion/ 08PHON.html?ex40343460&ei=1&ena6af19b09ed1c5 Sorry, Superman December 8, 2002 By STEVE KURUTZ ON Broadway, in the upper 40’s, there used to be a series of buildings whose lobby phone booths...

We Don’t Need Carriers..

What if we had our own spectrum and every new cellular phone added to that network increased its capacity, rather than diminished it? If 802.11 is any benchmark, grass roots decentralized technologies can grow quickly, especially when you take the Service Provider OUT...

Cellular Telephony A Victim Of Its Own Success..

Worth it for the chart (sorry about the attachment).. -Ian. —— http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/technology/18CELL.html November 18, 2002 Success of Cellphone Industry Hurts Service By SIMON ROMERO Americans’ use of cellphones has increased so...

Who’s Afraid of WorldCom?

As I’ve been saying for months, when these long-haul telecom companies emerge from bankruptcy, free from servicing their huge capital debts, they will be dangerous. WorldCom, with its huge network assets, will be hugely dangerous and will cause massive...

Paying More for Local Wireless Calls..

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/10/23/calling.phones.ap/index.html Calling cell phones could cost more Wednesday, October 23, 2002 Posted: 9:15 AM EDT (1315 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) –Here’s another reason to check your telephone bill closely. A subtle...