

2002
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[December 26, 2002] Europe is surging forward, deploying
DSL to residential users priced cheaper than dialup. Meanwhile the Bells have
stopped funding DSL research in the U.S., giving cable a clear technological
advantage.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[December 6, 2002] While the U.S. Bells continue
to complain to regulators, outfits large and small are proving that DSL can
be depolyed profitably from suburban California to villages in France to the
urban centers of South Korea.
ADSL,
the Next Generation Patricia
Fusco
[December 4, 2002] ADSL2 is inching closer to being
a working reality. Clearly, the new standard offers some nice improvements
to the design and development of ADSL equipment. But will it challenge VDSL
services?
Quit
Worrying and Become the Phone Company?
Ted Stevenson
[November 20, 2002] Looking for a way to make more
money from your DSL customers? Why not recoup some of your costs by selling
them long distance voice services, too? Heard that one before?
NetIQ
Debuts VoIP Diagnostic Suite
ISP-Planet Staff
[November 18, 2002] New technologies can provide
businesses a competitive advantage—when they work. Deploying voice and video
apps can be daunting—Vivinet helps get the kinks out of the systems.
Deliver
Video for Small Business Customers
ISP-Planet Staff
[November 11, 2002] The latest media gateway from
Optibase may bring streaming video within the reach of ISPs and CLECs and
their small- and medium-sized business customers.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[November 7, 2002] Over the last four years, U.S.
telco execs have earned $1 billion as U.S. DSL fell farther and farther behind
the rest of the world. On the technology front, there's new hope for ADSL+
and ADSL2.
Managing
the Internet's Core Alex
Goldman
[November 4, 2002] QOptics emerges from stealth mode,
changing its name to Elematics and debuting its intelligent network control
that is designed to make managing an Internet backbone easier.
Consider
VoATM, Not VoIP, for Small Businesses
Max Smetannikov
[October 28, 2002] The voice over ATM (VoATM) market
is not for everyone, but if you're an ISP or CLEC and already have backbone
or NAP contracts, you might find it's right for you.
Amplify.net's
Smaller Gateways ISP-Planet
Staff
[October 28, 2002] Amplify.net released a beefy gateway
earlier this year and responds to the needs of U.S. ISPs with a smaller, lighter
product that is designed to fit in small business budgets.
Building
a Smarter Gateway Alex
Goldman
[October 25, 2002] CableLabs upped the ante on CPE
with the release of the Cable Home 1.0 specification in April. Now Broadcom
and Gatespace have responded by building a smarter DSL gateway.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[October 24, 2002] Verizon is building out DSL, but
DSL buildouts in the rest of the world are more successful. Also, new technology
and new forecasts for the DSL market.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[October 9, 2002] In this week's edition: remembering
the kids, the digital radio sector, hopes about copper bonding, possible VDSL
breakthroughs, and giveaways for subscribers.
Talking
About Powerage Best of
ISP-Lists
[October 7, 2002] Members of the ISP-DSL list dissect
the history and current state of AC and DC power in data centers and telephone
company central office phone exchanges.
Internet2
Gurus Deploy New Protocol; VoIPv6 is Born
Jim Thompson
[October 4, 2002] If the tunnel is Internet2, then
the light at the end of the tunnel is IPv6. New land speed record proves that
native IPv6 service stands ready to meet current and emerging needs of high
performance networking.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[October 2, 2002] The FCC is thinking, the latest
information on DSLAM prices, and much more DSL news from the United States
and around the world.
RAMTelecom
and Baker Lake Gerry Blackwell
[October 1, 2002] An Inuit community proves that
high-speed solutions come in many shapes and sizes by combin ing the versatility
of Wi-Fi with the ubiquity of satellite systems to provide truly remote access.
ADTRAN
Dares You to Compare Alex
Goldman
[September 25, 2002] ADTRAN says that the market
for access routers lacks competition, and has fired up a new, affordable,
product. Any local ISP selling business services should take the ADTRAN challenge.
Foundry's
New IronWare Wayne Kawamoto
[September 16, 2002] Foundry Networks' IronWare 07.6.01
promises to enhance network control, bolster network availability, and increase
security.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[September 5, 2002] The Bells get together to replace
Bell Labs, Estonia jumps ahead of the U.S. in DSL rankings, and layoffs and
shut downs continue in the DSL world.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[August 26, 2002] CEOs of the computer industry unite
under the TechNet banner to increase deployment, but telcos are cutting expenses
and short circuiting future growth.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[August 23, 2002] New chips and technologies should
drive down DSL prices, but U.S. politicians continue to make empty, vacuous
promises while competitors continue to feel the pain.
Innoculate
Your Network: AVStripper
When Viruses Happen (Part II)
Lisa Phifer
[August 16, 2002] Last week, we put AVStripper to
the test with a trial run though installation and setup. This week, we wrap
up our lab work and give you the bottom line on our overall experience with
AVStripper.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[August 5, 2002] A viable CLEC industry in France,
a possible pro-competitive shift in the FCC, nd questions about Tauzin's influence
on Qwest add up to a rapidly changing DSL industry.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[July 29, 2002] Verizon settles and cuts, Lucent
cuts back, and much more DSL industry news as the face of the industry continues
to change at an alarmingly rapid pace.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[July 24, 2002] Although the telecommunications
industry news in the U.S. is dark, DSL deployment continues around the world.
Only extreme circumstances can slow DSL deployment in the United States.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[July 12, 2002] DSL Prime covers the gamut of current
DSL industry issues from the Worldcom case to Voice over DSL (VoDSL) to
a new technology called Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM).
VoIP
Far and Away Favored Overseas
Jim Thompson
[July 12, 2002] While the U.S. market dithers about
deploying VoIP, service providers in overseas markets are already reporting
great gains from their initial expenditures—based on a Aberdeen Group study.
Storage
Basics Alex Goldman
[July 11, 2002] The first in a series of articles
that will, with the insights of key industry players, cut through the hype
and jargon surrounding the storage sector to identify the technologies that
ISPs can utilize.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[June 21, 2002] DSL Prime provides advice to Chairman
Powell, reports on the latest DSL chip news, describes what to look for
in the next generation of chips, and provides the DSL Prime News Briefs.
Converged
Services Platform Wayne
Kawamoto
[June 20, 2002] NMS Communications' Convergence
Generation 6500C high-density IP/PSTN media platform is designed to enable
wireless and wireline value-added services.
VoIP
News Briefs InternetNews.com
Staff
[June 10, 2002] Zhone has a new product, PeopleSoft
teams up for VoIP, 3Com reshapes its hierarchy, and a philanthropic effort
uses VoIP technology to keep people out of danger.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[June 3, 2002] DSL Prime forcasts chip wars as
Henry Nicholas returns to the DSL mosh pits, Efficient is not for sale,
and for more news, read the DSL Prime News Briefs.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[May 22, 2002] DSL Prime has many new DSL stories,
including how the Bells are profitable and that the FCC plans on ignorance.
Most intriguing, however, is the secret of how North Carolina got wired.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[May 15, 2002] DSL Prime finds anti-competitive
activity at Bell Canada and reveals the SBC connection, takes a closer look
at Covad's financial state, and provides the DSL Prime News Briefs.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source
Dave Burstein
[May 3, 2002] DSL Prime responds to Michael Powell,
comments on ILEC DSL deployment failures, examines the latest DSL equipment
news, and produces the DSL Prime News Briefs
Lucent's
Video Over DSL Solution
Wayne Kawamoto
[April 29, 2002] Lucent's new release of its Stinger
DSL system promises to deliver IP-based Video over DSL, which should let
service providers offer a new revenue-generating service.
DSL
Prime News: The Inside Source Dave
Burstein
[April 19, 2002] As the prices of ISPs continue
to fall, even top equipment makers are being sold at below par. Meanwhile,
conferences and government hearings fail to find business solutions to current
problems.
New
Voice Mailbox Service
[March 18, 2002] The CommWorks Message Delivery
System is designed to let providers offer voice mail services without investing
in new hardware and software, and the system conserves network space by
working "on the fly."
Telecom
Insider Dave Burstein
[March 13, 2002] Competition? Fugeddaboudit!
It's the end of regulation in an eighties revival featuring "teflon"
Michael Powell.
DSL
Prime Dave Burstein
[March 4, 2002] DSL industry news from DSL hotspots
in Asia and Europe as well as from new entrants in South Africa. Chip sales
continue, but the outlook on Wall Street is not optimistic, especially for
equipment vendors, in spite of new technologies to sell.
DSL
Prime Dave Burstein
[January 17, 2002] Opportunities exist, forecasting
the victor in the cable vs. DSL war, New York City, and more DSL industry
news.
DSL
Prime Dave Burstein
[January 16, 2002] A summary of the latest in
DSL technology, DSL industry executive appointments, and DSL politics around
the world.
DSL
Prime Dave Burstein
[January 9, 2002] A summary of the latest in
DSL technology, DSL industry executive appointments, and DSL politics around
the world.