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FttH Is Not About High-Speed Internet Access - It Is About the Internet of Things

• Comment posted Aug 13, 2011 8:15 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  Hi Brett, I agree with your assumption that the current Internet is not secure I clearly differentiate from the current networks as the title of the blog indicates I am talking about the combined features of fibre-based NBNs — robustness,…

Desperate Attempts to Drag the USA Into the Digital Economy

• Comment posted Aug 01, 2011 9:23 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  I agree Frank I am just disappointed as in the past America often was the leader in these developments :) Paul

• Comment posted Aug 01, 2011 8:23 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  Hi Frank, Thx for your question. In my view the future of telecoms is not in voice or faster access to the Internet but in facilitating the transformation of the economy and many social sectors. Costs in healthcare, education, energy,…

America Planning for the Closure of Its Copper Network

• Comment posted Jul 12, 2011 5:09 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  Thx for your reply Richard. I have no issue with your skepticism :) You are very right the proof will be in the eating! Yes it is ambitious and yes there are many uncertainties. But there is widespread industry support…

World First: Merger of a Telco and a Power Company

• Comment posted Jun 16, 2011 9:23 pm PDT — by Paul Budde
  Thx Richard and Veda, I hope that these developments end up in an open network approach. Utilities are much closer to such a concept then telcos. I envisage a trans-sector approach where this utility infrastructure is not just used for…

We Need Smarter Governments to Manage a Changing Global Environment

• Comment posted Mar 24, 2011 5:04 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  Dear Wout, Thanks for your supportive comments. I agree with what you are saying, there are no easy solutions and there will be many, based on the level of economic development, geography, culture, politics and so on. However, the common…

Why Wireless Broadband Is No Alternative to FttH

• Comment posted Feb 27, 2011 12:11 am PST — by Paul Budde
  I agree Brett, however, their overall impact on a national scale is minuscule. The vested interests are more than happy to let these WISPs - as they see it - 'fiddle in the margin'. They will use this to indicate…

AT Kearney Takes Side With Incumbent Telcos to Defend the Old World

• Comment posted Feb 12, 2011 1:31 am PST — by Paul Budde
  Rob perhaps I should have elaborated a bit more. I think it is wrong that the FCC/Govt accepts reports that are not disclosing sponsors or that it takes serious reports that are clearly aimed at lobbying for their own position.…

• Comment posted Feb 07, 2011 4:15 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  I think that's wrong Rob. Especially in the USA with the enormous amount of vested interests and their lobbying powers. Paul

Lessons from Egypt: We Need to Protect Our Connected Minds

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2011 10:33 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  I am an optimist Richard we can only stand on the sidelines and cheer the good people on. Europe went through such a revolutionary period in 1848 and it took decades for those countries to become sort of democratic.

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2011 10:07 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  True Richard be we are seeding :) Look at what is happening in Egypt regimes might want to stick to their good old days but people are moving on. I think that this is very encouraging.

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2011 9:50 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  I see these developments as movements Richard. Finland might be the first country that declared it a human right, but that makes othesr think. True this has little effect on authoritarian regimes. But they will at least get the full…

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2011 9:46 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  Interesting observation Richard this is all happening as we speak so any full analysis is difficult. Perhaps just before the actual events are happening that is when the most critical moment of these civil comms are critical. Of course having…

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2011 9:33 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  I agree Suresh I think one of the first occurances happened in the Philippines - a decade or so ago - with the peaceful 'SMS revolution'. This was the first time that on a very large scale people were rallied…

• Comment posted Feb 02, 2011 6:42 am PST — by Paul Budde
  I can't agree more Richard, but I think that what this is showing us is that comms is becoming a more and more important human right and that authoritarian governments can rather easily disconnect people. I think electricity doesn't have…

WiFi in All U.S. Federal Buildings

• Comment posted Dec 09, 2010 6:57 am PST — by Paul Budde
  Hi Frank, I agree with you. I am simply stating the facts here but agree that it will be very interesting to see what they are actually going to do and how they will implement this and if indeed this…

WiMAX vs. LTE

• Comment posted Jul 30, 2010 12:14 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  Thx for helping out here Ron :)

Who Controls Spectrum in the USA?

• Comment posted Jun 22, 2010 12:03 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  I am very sorry to say so Michael but the telecoms situation in the USA is in a real mess. That in itself is not the biggest problem. Key here is that there is not the political will to make…

American National Broadband Plan Good First Step

• Comment posted Mar 11, 2010 1:23 am PST — by Paul Budde
  You hit the nail on the head Richard. The reality is that because of the externalities some govt guidance is required - in the end the buck stops at Congress - and there are some very serious politicking problems here…

• Comment posted Mar 11, 2010 12:39 am PST — by Paul Budde
  I agree Richard there is no silver bullet and each country will have to find its own way forward. If we look at the economic and social problems we are facing (healthcare costs, environment, education, e-commerce - as in cloud…

• Comment posted Mar 11, 2010 12:16 am PST — by Paul Budde
  I agree, unbundling will not do that job Richard. Countries that pursuing this trans-sector approach are very clearly talking about a structural separation of the infrastructure from the services.I know that this is not something that can be easily achieved…

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2010 11:27 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  I apologize for that and I am very glad you asked so I can explain this very important concept. What I am advocating is that we do need to multiply the economic and social benefits of (new) broadband infrastructure. Rather…

Are Google, Microsoft and Apple the Next Utilities in Telecoms?

• Comment posted Jan 27, 2010 11:15 am PST — by Paul Budde
  There is no doubt that it is a tough world out there Brett. As I mention in my analysis there is a real threat in any company becoming too big. However, at this point in time I do prefer competition…

• Comment posted Jan 26, 2010 9:54 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  Amazon certainly is leading new retail developments based on the new communications platforms that are being available. They also tought us a lesson by doggedly sticking to their vision despite massive initial losses. They truly believed in what they were…

Does the US Get the Bold Broadband Vision Congress Has Asked For?

• Comment posted Jan 24, 2010 9:49 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  Good work ED it will indeed need to be a massive combined effort. Paul

• Comment posted Jan 20, 2010 10:22 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  Thx Jeremy, What is important to realize is that the development of an NBN is based on political decissions. Weather we like it or not that means that we don' necessary develop such plan in an efficient and effective way.…

National Telcos Can and Will Change Their Behaviour, Case in Point: Telstra

• Comment posted Aug 18, 2009 11:23 pm PDT — by Paul Budde
  Thanks for your critical note. Yes Australia is several years behind, that's why this drastic action was taken. But latecomers do sometimes have an advantage. Australia is basing its $43 bn BB investment on a trans-sector approach towards healthcare, education,…

National Broadband Infrastructure: Global Regulatory Re-Think Required

• Comment posted Jul 28, 2009 10:53 pm PDT — by Paul Budde
  Dear Rob, You will not be surprised to hear that I fullheartedly agree with you. Obama said Yes we can, and he wants change, this certainly is an area where it doesn't work to fix broken systems. We do need…

World-Leading Municipality Initiative Thwarted by Incumbent

• Comment posted Apr 06, 2009 9:11 pm PDT — by Paul Budde
  "Nice piece, Paul.  Happily, the cable association and Comcast did not succeed in stopping the project, as the title implies." Jim Baller

WiMAX vs. LTE

• Comment posted Mar 12, 2009 3:12 am PDT — by Paul Budde
  No quick answer Bill. I have asked one of my technical researchers to look into this and while we will come back to you, it might take a few weeks. In the meantime of course if any readers can assist…

To What Extent Will the US Broadband Stimulus Package Provide a... Stimulus?

• Comment posted Feb 08, 2009 11:00 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  You are correct Craig. The good thing with telecom is that most technologies can be interconnected with each other, so let’s make sure that we use standardized technologies and start with what we have, most people don’t need 100Mbs tomorrow…

• Comment posted Feb 08, 2009 12:05 pm PST — by Paul Budde
  If we want to do this effective and efficient Steve, we need to map the fibre that we have (telecoms, utilities, munies, etc). Once we know where it is we establish meet-me-points where these networks can be linked in a…

• Comment posted Feb 08, 2009 9:35 am PST — by Paul Budde
  Good on you Craig, I think community based broadband (muni broadband) would be a real good move forwards and the stimulus package should be used to empower local communities to decide how they want to move forward in building out…

• Comment posted Feb 07, 2009 2:41 am PST — by Paul Budde
  Thanks for your comments Tom, much appreciated. I love discussion. I am sure that you know that the US is certainly not leading the world in bb penetration. They key reason for this is not its geography but its lack…