December 22, 2005 A further price collapse in the backbones, caused by regional links obviating the need for all internet traffic to pass thorugh the U.S. and Europe, means even more problems for carriers.

December 5, 2005 Technology originally designed for Asia, which leads the world in broadband speeds, is finally arriving in the broadband backwaters.

November 30, 2005 The telcos of the world are now ready to admit that IP is cheaper. As the old buildings full of physical switches vanish, a new telecommunications world arrives.

November 18, 2005 Lower prices and greater bandwidth are a winning combination around the world, but regulators still have much to learn.

October 24, 2005 Now that even Walt Mossberg is complaining about DSL download speeds for iPod music, surely nobody doubts that customers want speed, and at current equipment prices, there's no excuse for failing to deliver.

October 12, 2005 Washington D.C. needs to be willing to think outside the telco box in order to learn the telecommunications lessons Katrina taught.

September 21, 2005 While Paris sees 100 Mbps service, SBC's representative in Congress thinks corporations should be allowed to block content on their networks. Luckily, citizen journalism is working, even as the big news outlets fall for the press releases.

September 7, 2005 It was doable in 2003, but only now is Deutsche Telekom rolling out 50 Mbps VDSL service. Higher speeds are possible where the telco commits to a rebuild, shrugging off the copper shell in a massive writedown. Things are getting interesting in telecom.

August 29, 2005 Now that content from Sony (and the BBC too) is finally available for broadband, surely residential users will be allowed true fiber speeds?

July 29, 2005 Surely everybody agrees that fiber is the right diet for DSL?

June 29, 2005 We combine two issues of DSL Prime into one massive collection of data that shows that broadband can be deployed everywhere, and deployed faster. Also, a farewell to FCC internet guru Robert Pepper.

June 10, 2005 New York City might be the next city to get a municipal broadband plan today, but Dave Burstein is telling the New York City Council today to work with private industry, not to try to go it alone.

June 2, 2005 The technology to deliver television over DSL is here—as is the technology to block competing VoIP and video feeds.

May 18, 2005 The rate of growth of both DSL and VoIP continues to impress, but please don't overhype the numbers. They're impressive enough as they are.

May 5, 2005 This is truly nifty. Dynamic Spectrum Management really can double DSL speeds.

April 19, 2005 One again, google redefines the business paradigm, this time altering the telecom universe, and peering experts might be interested in a job offer posted on the google website.

April 12, 2005 A big, big backbone upgrade at Verizon shows that the U.S. could follow the broadband path blazed by Korea and Japan.

April 1, 2005 DSL's global subscribership passes 100 million, and one more DSL subscriber is being added every second.

March 10, 2005 If cable continues to increase speeds while phone companies fail to change, the cable gigabit modem will prove to be a DSL killer.

February 7, 2005 As one equipment maker drops out of the DSL business, another comes out of stealth mode.

January 7, 2005 In India, they're planning to deliver DSL at a price that many will be able to afford. If they can wire every poor village in India, it's pretty obvious the telcos in Maine or Indiana can do the same thing.

January 3, 2005 New technology will allow telcos to cram even more data down that copper pipe.

2004

December 8, 2004 As networks around the world investigate new technologies, we can begin to guess who the winners and losers will be, though much remains to be seen.

November 30, 2004 SBC has finally revealed in public a policy that many had privately suspected.

November 17, 2004 DSL Prime revises its nominations to the FCC, examines real CPE costs, and shows how other countries are plotting a path to nationwide broadband availability.

November 16, 2004 As SBC prepares to risk it all on unproven technology, some companies around the world are rolling out real broadband, as shown in the happy headlines.

November 3, 2004 The story of how one entrepeneur changed the regulatory climate in Japan is little known, but instructive. One person can make a difference.

October 27, 2004 It's just another reminder of how backward the broadband industry is the in the United States. We're certainly not number one in broadband.

October 14, 2004 In South Korea, a global pattern continues: when regulators retire, they get high paying jobs in the industry they regulated.

September 23, 2004 While questions are being raised about China's economy, France's ILEC prepares to deploy 6 Mbps this year, and speeds up to 16 Mbps next year.

September 9, 2004 If you're an RBOC looking to the future, you're rolling out 30 Mbps access right now.

August 26, 2004 While South Korea surges in high tech DSL deployment, an icon of U.S. research is probably for sale.

August 20, 2004 DSL Prime reports that even though the standard is not final, elements of the technology are showing up in products that are already on the market.

July 30, 2004 DSL Prime reports on competition, technology, and financial markets around the world.

July 19, 2004 While nations such as Chile and India report progress, the RBOCs resort to rewriting the dictionary with the aid of their pet legislators.

July 7, 2004 In the U.S. different RBOCs have very different buildout plans. Don't listen to what they say; look at the capital expenditure plans in the SEC financial filings. This is also true of MCI.

June 22, 2004 (Part 1) In big VoIP news, BT embraces VoIP, Japan's VoIP deployments continue, SUPERCOMM is here, and Om Malik's scoop is just part of a good VoIP blog. Apple shows what's next with its video iPod. Also, DSL stats from Point-Topic and the DSL Forum.

June 22, 2004 (Part 2) U.S. users are ready to switch to broadband, just as vendors and ISPs begin preparations to bring 100 Mbps service to the U.S. On the other hand, Q2 subscriber adds in the U.S. are likely to disappoint.

June 8, 2004 While AOL delivers much less than advertised, Britian (for the best of reasons) and China are censoring the Web. Companies and nations need to do more to deliver the real broadband Internet.

June 4, 2004 While CenturyTel is caught up in a mob scam and should have known better, the telcos are preparing to ask D.C. for $60 billion. DSL Prime says there should be no price rises—and no USF.

May 28, 2004 DSL Prime praises Verizon, loses an SBC subscriber because of previous comments about the CEO, and anticipates 100 Mbps DSL as envisioned by Bell Canada. The DSL future is television, music, and more.

May 19, 2004 DSL is growing very rapidly, especially in nations like France, Japan, and Canada, whose governments are encouraging competition.

May 3, 2004 Competition comes to France, China and India are starting a massive growth spurt, and Japan and South Korea may have reached maximum penetration.

April 29, 2004 In this issue of DSL Prime, we talk about all that's working to encourage DSL deployment—and the one thing that isn't: the U.S. government.

March 24, 2004 BT embraces VoIP, even though it admits the technology will hurt sales on its legacy network. Even the U.S. RBOCs are finally running fiber.

March 1, 2004 As AOL exits dialup, and U.S. RBOCs continue to fail to invest in broadband, the DSL market in China grows because that's where the investment is, not because of China's cheap labor.

February 23, 2004 Recently, we suggested that Qwest was obstructing DSL sales by requiring DSL customers to also buy phone service. Last week, much to our joy, Qwest proved us wrong.

February 13, 2004 A rare victory for small business in VoIP should not obscure the fact that DSL competition is fading across America.

January 30, 2004 A close look at what news is real in the DSL industry—and what isn't.

January 5, 2004 No other observer has noted this salient fact: at some telcos, DSL prices and monopoly bundle strategies will hold back the VoIP technology wave, harming independents like Vonage.

2003

December 29, 2003 Thanks in part to the DSL Forum, a global DSL industry is cooperating on standards as speeds increase and innovation continues. This week, the pace is being set by South Korea—and Canada.

December 19, 2003 The Bells may have finally gone too far this time. Do they know it? Also: the uncertain finances of Masayoshi Son, and how RBOCs buy regulators.

December 4, 2003 Voice and even television over DSL are being deployed abroad, and the telcos may even allow it to happen in the U.S.

November 3, 2003 As Japan goes to 40 Mbps, Masayoshi Son challenges the West to deliver one-tenth the speed.

October 6, 2003 The next generation of DSLAMs costs $60 per port. Prices are dropping, but there are doubts about vendors' tests. And Michael Powell has a secret.

September 19, 2003 Technology itself, and deployment in Britain and Japan, are bright spots in the DSL industry, but strange accounting continues to darken the DSL future in the U.S.

September 10, 2003 The new DSL deployment numbers from telcos and equipment makers include some surprises, while promising new DSL technologies may help DSL compete with cable.

September 4, 2003 Covad should be able to raise money on the equity markets, SBC is stabbing its CEO in the back, VDSL2 is coming, and Yahoo BB adds games.

August 22, 2003 The Bells continue to solicit bids on their purported fiber build while competition is actually working in Japan—the only major DSL market in the world where the incumbent is far behind.

August 20, 2003 As VDSL technology continues to advance, and speeds increase around the world, ILECs in the U.S. and UK are cutting jobs, denying that doing so will reduce service quality.

August 4, 2003 Subscriber numbers were roughly flat in the U.S. Competitors with good service, such as Speakeasy and Bulldog, still have a chance in the monopoly-friendly environments of Europe and the U.S.

July 16, 2003 The markets seem to believe that a cable-DSL duopoly will provide price competition, but the ILECs seem to disagree. Meanwhile, hundred million dollar scandals at the telcos continue.

July 14, 2003 Will the markets prevent the Bells from investing? The answer appears to be that the markets will reward companies that invest billions in the future. And the future is now.

July 3, 2003 As alternatives to DSL proliferate, the Bells need to choose to invest in the future while they still can, before the cable companies take their customers, and wireless becomes viable.

June 19, 2003 DSLAM prices are now so low that even industry holdout SBC may invest in new equipment. Meanwhile, the VDSL standards storm continues with a new development: lawsuits.

June 11, 2003 Cable should maintain its advantage over DSL in the near future, but only in the U.S. where the RBOCs seem determined to price themselves out of competition and maintain monopoly margins.

June 9, 2003 Bundles will begin to harm the competition in the U.S. Europeans know that their DSL will soon be one-fiftieth the speed of Korea's—has the U.S. even noticed?

June 3, 2003 Price wars between DSL and cable are nothing new. What is new is the possibility of an actual fiber deployment after two decades of broken promises.

May 28, 2003 Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, seems determined to build the telcos' worst nightmare: a network, built today, capable of serving future demand for personalized video on demand, including HDTV, through multiple 5 Mbps connections.

May 22, 2003 Verizon gets ready to build as one company that bet on the CLECs is bought out by a buyer of distressed enterprises.

May 7, 2003 DSL Prime reports that the world is going to broadband—but the U.S. and the UK will continue to lag as competition is stifled. Also, Bells should not count as "subscribers" anyone whose line doesn't work.

April 28, 2003 Recent price drops in DSL do not eliminate the price rises since the start of Powell's reign—and leave DSL more expensive than cable, even before factoring in RBOC DSL's lower bandwidth.

April 2, 2003 Brand new DSL technology could—really—provide subscribers 100 Mbps in each direction. Verizon tries to please the FCC by planning a buildout, while SBC refuses to build as it lobbies the states for total domination.

March 28, 2003 AOL is spending $35 million on ads—enough money to double the speeds of every broadband customer—but even that would be slower than the speeds now common in Japan.

March 21, 2003 The Bells continue to claim that they're not committed to DSL, but their actions outside of Washington, D.C. contradict what they're saying to Tauzin and the regulators.

March 12, 2003 The Bells, if they are smart, will invest to provide better services and better rates. Qwest's DSL price is half that of Verizon, but still twice the rate common in Japan.

February 26, 2003 Extra! Extra! U.S. telcos get DSL monopoly, must share some local voice! Early comments, mine included, were wrong. Rather than a setback, the Bells won a massive victory.

February 21, 2003 All around the world, DSL deployment continues. Prices are lower and speeds are faster outside the U.S. One ISP, Speakeasy, does, however, manage to provide real customer service.

February 12, 2003 All around the world, DSL deployment continues. A viable, competitive market is emerging in France. But the future is in question as standards development starts to bog down.

January 30, 2003 A leak from the FCC says a deal on line sharing has been reached because the RBOCs are about to build fiber, and therefore no longer hate sharing their outdated copper networks.

January 9, 2003 While the United States makes do with speeds of 1.5 Mbps, the rest of the world delves into VDSL. As churn falls elsewhere, certain U.S. companies are more hated every day as they fail their customers but continue to bill them.

2002

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.

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.

November 7, 2002Over 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.

October 24, 2002Verizon 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.

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.

October 2, 2002 The FCC is thinking, the latest information on DSLAM prices, and much more DSL news.

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.

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.

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.

August 5, 2002 A viable French CLEC industry, a possible pro-competitive shift in the FCC, questions about Tauzin's influence on Qwest, and fears for Lucent's Stinger add up to a changing DSL industry.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

April 10, 2002 Telcos find that states will enforce promises when the FCC fails to, DSLAM prices continue to fall as chip prices dip, Powell's embarrassing mistakes, and more DSL Industry news.

March 29, 2002 One RBOC admits that DSL really is profitable, after all. DSL Prime examines service around the world as well as new technology, and sums up the rest of the news in the DSL Prime News Briefs.

Telecom Insider: The First Issue
[March 6, 2002] Competition? Fugeddaboudit! It's the end of regulation in an eighties revival featuring "teflon" Michael Powell, $25 million salaries on Wall Street, and the return of the baby Bell monopolies.

March 1, 2002 DSL industry news from around the world. Chip sales continue, but the outlook on Wall Street is not optimistic, especially for equipment vendors, in spite of new technologies to sell.

February 28, 2002 DSL Prime examines breaking news on equipment sales in Taiwan, legislation in the United States, pricing in the United Kingdom, financing news from Wall Street, and much more.

February 6, 2002 DSL Prime summarizes news from home and around the world in the DSL industry from executive appointments to new technology to some surprising business developments.

February 5, 2002 There's more new technology available to DSL providers, state PUCs are beginning to do their job, and DSL prime has initial subscriber numbers. This and more in the latest DSL industry report.

January 25, 2002 DSL Prime discusses the Technet announcement, examines competition in Europe, chooses the best DSLAM, and provides the DSL Prime News Briefs.

January 15, 2002 Dave Burstein's DSL Prime News Briefs summarize the latest in DSL technology, DSL industry executive appointments, and DSL politics both in the United States and around the world.

January 14, 2002 Opportunities are found in the dot com dust, the quality of residential service will determine the victor in the cable vs. DSL war, New York City, and more DSL industry news.

January 7, 2002 Dave Burstein's DSL Prime News Briefs summarize the latest in DSL technology, DSL industry executive appointments, and DSL politics both in the United States and around the world.

January 4, 2002 DSL Prime looks forward to good DSL install news in 2002, but warns that Europe and Asia are better and cheaper than the United States. Also, new technology, mergers, and much more news.

2001

December 18, 2001 DSL Prime looks at the latest from capitol hill, examines new fast DSL technology, and collects news from around the world in the DSL Prime News Briefs.

December 5, 2001 (Editorial) Find out how the nation's scholars oppose Tauzin-Dingell in principle and in detail.

December 4, 2001 DSL Prime looks at the latest events at BellSouth, notes new DSL Equipment, and files the DSL Prime News Briefs.

November 21, 2001 DSL Prime finds impressive news in Europe, discusses the latest from SBC, delves into the issues surrounding Video on Demand (VoD), and finishes up with the DSL Prime News Briefs.

October 24, 2001 DSL Prime Editorial: Verizon's Potential.

October 23, 2001 DSL Prime finds good news from DSL.net

October 17, 2001 DSL Prime Editorial: Time to Deal in D.C.

October 16, 2001 DSL Prime finds good news for Covad.

October 1, 2001 DSL Prime finds Intel fighting Tauzin-Dingell, examines SBC, uncovers more cheap equipment, and provides the News Briefs.

September 21, 2001 DSL Prime speaks against hate, commends and challenges the ILECs, provides the DSL Prime News Briefs, and more.

September 12, 2001 Verizon looks to cut a deal with AT&T over Tauzin-Dingell bill, Sprint ION might suspend operations and more.

August 2, 2001 DSL Prime recalibrates subscriber numbers, examines Verizon's accounting, notes progress and peril in educating the U.S. government about DSL, and provides the DSL Prime News Briefs.

July 30, 2001 DSL Prime follows ILEC earnings announcements, notes new equipment deals and auctions, provides the DSL Prime News Briefs, and regales us with the tale of NorthPoint's lawsuit against Verizon.

July 18, 2001 DSL Prime estimates U.S. DSL subscriber numbers for Q2 2001, and other notable news, and issues a sharp warning about telco-sponsored politicians in Washington, D.C.

July 11, 2001 Still cutting through the bullshit on Tauzin-Dingell, Japan and Korea are getting wired while U.S. customers wait, McLeod news in the DSL Prime News Briefs, and a note from Verizon's Eric Rabe.

June 22, 2001 Cutting through the bullshit on Tauzin-Dingell, delivering the DSL you advertise, new equipment and new manufacturers, and the DSL Prime News Briefs showcase some interesting business opportunities.

May 31, 2001 New FCC rules to prevent another NorthPoint, the future of DSL, corrected DSL subscriber numbers, good chips in bad times, siginificant personnel changes in the DSL Prime News Briefs, and more.

May 15, 2001 The telcos have won, latest DSL subscriber numbers, equipment costs continue to fall, Nortel and FCC analysis, personnel changes in the DSL Prime News Briefs.

April 23, 2001 ISPs have no clear obligation to shut down a gnutella user, Tauzin's broadband deployment bill is not about broadband deployment, the latest earnings warnings, and much more news.

April 11, 2001 DSL Prime finds the inside story of the NorthPoint endgame, explains Alcatel wins in Asia, explores new technology at DSLCon, examines the new FCC, and the DSL Prime News Briefs.

April 9, 2001 Verizon Video, CT Tel, and other news worldwide. Rhythms and Northpoint report in trouble as the FCC stands idly by. The DSL news briefs cover events close to home and around the world.

March 27, 2001 Security failure kills eFront, DSL subscriber numbers worldwide, and the News Briefs.

March 26, 2001 Picking up the pieces: The number of stranded subscribers rises above 100,000, will AT&T soon compete against itself, and rember that if you need employees with DSL skills, consider headhunting the NorthPoint staff.

March 15, 2001 Optimism about video on demand and VDSL. As markets fall, telco financials become ever more opaque. Why did SBC raise DSL prices? The DSL News Briefs summarize a particularly eventful few weeks.

March 1, 2001 Two million DSL lines in Japan this year, denser DSLAMs, a plea for telco honesty, ending reciprocal compensation will cause price hikes, Dave asks ISPs and CLECs to be nice to customers, and more news.

February 27, 2001 The DSL drama continues at Covad, NorthPoint, and others. New technology arrives on the market. The DSL Prime news briefs cover international news, company news, and high-profile job changes.

January 30, 2001 The DSL universe faces a growing list of casualties, Covad attacks NorthPoint, a new FCC commissioner, and declining telco investment. Meanwhile, equipment prices drop. Much more news in the Prime News Briefs.

January 18, 2001 What's next for NorthPoint, news from Rhythms and Winfire, and preliminary DSL subscriber numbers. The DSL Prime news briefs analyze the postponed Genuity offering and much other news.

January 17, 2001 The DSL casualty list, and how DSL works 24,000 feet from the CO. The DSL Prime news briefs expect downgrades for equipment manufacturers, and report other news.

January 8, 2001 SBC's expansion, the software modem, Verizon pressures ISPs, investor relations 101, and the DSL Prime news briefs cover political realignments in Washington as well as chip and business news.
January 2, 2001 Preliminary subscriber numbers for the year 2000, editorials on telco regulation in the United States, in-depth research on the Verizon-Northpoint lawsuit, and the DSL Prime news briefs.