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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Comcast Shelving Set Top Skype Offering - Existing Customers Will Be Supported   —  It appears that Comcast is killing off its Skype service for set top boxes just a year after unveiling it.  In May of last year Comcast launched the product offering, which for an extra $10 a month allowed users …
May 8, 2013, 3:50 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
New FCC ‘Super Wi-Fi’ Initative Not Really New   —  White Space Broadband Still Running Political Gauntlet  —  The Washington Post's Cecilia Kang is exciting numerous people this morning by noting the FCC is pushing for a new, free “Super Wi-Fi” initiative that would deploy wireless service …
Feb 4, 2013, 5:25 PMIn context
DSLreports:
It's Clear Verizon Is Blocking Google Wallet Anti-Competitively - Google Wallet Delayed to Give Isis Development Time   —  Verizon has been trying to justify their blocking of Google Wallet on Verizon phones, insisting the app is blocked because Google Wallet uses the “secure element” on devices to store a user's Google ID.
Dec 21, 2012, 2:50 PMIn context
DSLreports:
Exclusive: Some Comcast Users Will See 500 GB Cap - Company to Scale Cap Size With Tier Speed   —  It appears that Comcast is tinkering with the idea of offering higher caps with higher tiers of service, and will again shake up their speed options sometime in the next year for the majority of users.
Sep 14, 2012, 4:25 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Exclusive: Comcast Prepping 305 Mbps Tier - To Counter Verizon's New Quantum FiOS Offerings   —  Last month Verizon raised the bar for residential broadband (and high prices) when they announced their new Quantum FiOS tiers, which included a new top shelf 300 Mbps downstream, 65 Mbps upstream tier for $205 a month.
Jul 20, 2012, 2:55 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Cricket to Start Offering Prepaid iPhone - $55 for ‘Unlimited’ Talk, Text and Data (With Throttling)   —  Cricket to Start Offering Prepaid iPhone  —  $55 for ‘Unlimited’ Talk, Text and Data (With Throttling)  —  Leap-owned Cricket wireless has announced that they'll be the first carrier …
May 31, 2012, 12:40 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Sonic Bringing 1 Gbps Fiber to San Francisco - Five Year Build Will Cover ‘Most’ of City   —  Sonic.net has announced that the company is bringing 1 Gbps fiber to the home service to San Francisco.  According to the company, the initial deployment will cover an initial pilot region …
Dec 14, 2011, 7:20 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Comcast Begins IPv6 Pilot Deployments - Pleasanton, California Market First in Line   —  While some ISPs have napped, Comcast has been at the forefront of IPv6 deployment.  The company successfully activated the first group of cable modem customers using IPv6 in a dual stack configuration early this year …
Nov 9, 2011, 12:55 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
CWA Still Lying About AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Job Creation - Simply to Get Another 20,000 Dues Paying Members   —  Last summer the CWA, having just got done admonishing Verizon for being a corporate bully, decided to breathlessly support the AT&T T-Mobile deal despite the deal's likely negative impact on price, competition, and employment.
Nov 8, 2011, 2:20 PMIn context
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Republic Wireless Delivers $19 Wireless - Driven by Wi-Fi, With a Few Massive Caveats   —  Republic Wireless, a division of Bandwidth.com, has jumped into the wireless game with a new no-contract service they hope turns a few heads.  The company today officially took the wraps off a new $19 a month service …
Nov 8, 2011, 2:00 PMIn context

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Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks”  —  Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).