Posts Tagged ‘Telco’
Cartoon: A Use Case for the iPad
January 31st, 2010
Cartoon: A Use Case for the iPad
Ah, yup. Between the price point, the locked-down App Store approach, the spiffy design, the tech specs, the lack of camera, the lack of multitasking, the lack of phone, the cool iBook Store, the corny iBook shelves, the impending transformation of personal computing, the impending collapse of Apple stock, the green light for 3G voice-over-IP apps, the telco deals, the publisher deals, the rumor fact checks, the comparisons with Windows, the Kindle-killing, the not-Kindle-killing and the just-have-to-wait-and-see, all of the good points are taken.
Okay, except maybe pointing out how disappointed cartoonists are that there’s no pressure-sensitive stylus. But That Would Be Self-Serving, so I won’t say it.
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I’m sure there are probably a few more sanitary-napkin jokes left waiting in the wings (Anyone joke about a Maxi model yet? They did? Bugger.) but I’d like to think I’m above that. (Addendum: Alex tells me that “wings” is also circulating as an iPad joke. God, I’m clueless about this stuff. Is there a course I can take somewhere? Or maybe an app?)
All I can say is this: Dollhouse wrapped on Friday night, and I’m just about certain that even if the zombie apocalypse was brought about, not by the depradations of the Rossum Corporation, but by an iPad OS update that went horribly, horribly wrong… I’d still want one of the gorgeous damn things.
Posted in Read Write Web | 
Tags: Addendum, Apple Stock, Cartoon, Cartoonists, Dollhouse, Friday Night, Impending Collapse, Ip Apps, Ipad, Joke, Personal Computing, Sanitary Napkin, Shelves, Stylus, Tech Specs, Telco, Use Case, Voice Over Ip, Waiting In The Wings, Zombie Apocalypse | 
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Verizon: $350 ETFs are a good thing, and they help the poor
December 20th, 2009
Verizon: $350 ETFs are a good thing, and they help the poor
Verizon Wireless has replied to the Federal Communications Commission’s letter of inquiry about its super-sized early termination fees for smart phones. The bottom line: $350 ETFs are good and good for you.
“This pricing structure enables Verizon Wireless to offer wireless devices at a substantial discount from their full retail price,” the telco’s 13-page statement (with 64 pages of documents) explains. “By reducing up-front costs to consumers, this pricing lowers the barriers to consumers to obtaining mobile broadband devices. It thus enables many more consumers, including those of more limited means, access to a range of exciting, state of-the art broadband services and capabilities.”
Posted in Arstechnica |
Tags: Bottom Line, Broadband Devices, Broadband Services, Capabilities, Consumers, Etfs, Federal Communications Commission, Letter Of Inquiry, Retail Price, Smart Phones, State Of The Art, Substantial Discount, Telco, Termination Fees, Verizon, Verizon Wireless |
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Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own
October 27th, 2009
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own
Regional telco TDS Telecommunications last week issued a press release announcing a major milestone for the company: 50Mbps service over fiber optic cable to residents of Monticello, Minnesota. The Minneapolis suburb became one of the few non-FiOS communities in the country to experience full fiber-to-the-home deployment, and subscribers will all receive a free upgrade from 25Mbps service to the new 50Mbps tier.
Even better is the price, which starts at $49.95 a month for 50Mbps fiber service without the need to buy other services.
TDS is thrilled. “This is a huge first for TDS,” said market manager Tom Ollig. “TDS is working incredibly hard to deliver the faster speeds customers want.”
Posted in Arstechnica |
Tags: Deployment, Fiber Cable, Fiber Optic Cable, Free Upgrade, Milestone, Minneapolis Suburb, Monticello, Monticello Minnesota, Press Release, Subscribers, Tds, Telco, Telecommunications |
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