http://isp-planet.com/ Resources and Information for ISPs and Internet Access Providers http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/equipment/2008/link_technologies_powerouter.html Aiming to take on the Cisco 7200 series, Link Technologies has adapted MikroTik technology to high end deployments. http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2008/prime_letter_080509.html It looks like Verizon will deliver fiber to 100 percent of New York City without any subsidy or tax credit. If so, it could set a positive pattern for the rest of the world. http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2008/prime_letter_080509_dsl.html Both fiber and newly credible WiMAX could cause declines in overall DSL subscriber numbers in areas that lead the world in new technologies. But DSL (and cable) will respond with higher speeds. http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2008/prime_letter_080509_west_virginia_broadband.html Unlike Tasmania, West Virginia, an area of natural beauty and difficult geography, may get its broadband program right. http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2008/prime_letter_080509_briefs.html DSL industry news from around the world shows that DSL can be profitable, but some DSL may be too profitable to be sustainable. http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2008/prime_letter_080509_competition_regulation.html Many readers like to avoid politics, so we leave it for last, but as long as there are telecom monopolies and subsidies, politics will matter in this business.