http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Tom Evslin on CircleID en Copyright 2012, unless where otherwise noted. 2011-09-28T14:59:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110928_google_finds_nothing_is_shovel_ready_not_even_for_free_fiber_build http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110928_google_finds_nothing_is_shovel_ready_not_even_for_free_fiber_build More...]]> 2011-09-28T14:59:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/critical_data_belongs_in_the_cloud_not_under_it_lessons_learned_from_irene http://www.circleid.com/posts/critical_data_belongs_in_the_cloud_not_under_it_lessons_learned_from_irene More...]]> 2011-09-13T17:31:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110816_will_googlerola_be_able_to_fight_data_caps http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110816_will_googlerola_be_able_to_fight_data_caps New York Times story. Wrong question, IMHO. But is Google doing the deal at least partly to give it leverage over wireless providers? I think so. The biggest threat to the growth of Smart Phones and tablets and other Google businesses like YouTube is the imposition of data caps and metered pricing by wireless providers like at&t and Verizon Wireless. More...]]> 2011-08-16T15:46:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/whom_do_we_regulate_when_the_phone_monopolies_are_gone_universal_access http://www.circleid.com/posts/whom_do_we_regulate_when_the_phone_monopolies_are_gone_universal_access More...]]> 2011-06-16T08:24:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/whom_do_we_regulate_when_the_phone_monopolies_are_gone http://www.circleid.com/posts/whom_do_we_regulate_when_the_phone_monopolies_are_gone More...]]> 2011-06-13T06:23:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/planning_for_the_ugly_end_of_the_phone_network http://www.circleid.com/posts/planning_for_the_ugly_end_of_the_phone_network More...]]> 2011-05-23T08:21:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_ugly_end_of_the_phone_network http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_ugly_end_of_the_phone_network More...]]> 2011-05-13T08:23:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110503_lte_insufficient_from_the_start_boingo_ipo_propitious http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110503_lte_insufficient_from_the_start_boingo_ipo_propitious th generation LTE (Long Term Evolution) rollouts for a long time -- that's how they do things. Now, even as Verizon Wireless is doing an aggressive rollout of LTE, it's becoming clear that LTE networks will not be able to slake the data thirst of a world full of smart phones and tablets. Whoops. More...]]> 2011-05-03T09:47:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/moores_law_and_the_economics_of_abundance http://www.circleid.com/posts/moores_law_and_the_economics_of_abundance More...]]> 2011-03-29T11:30:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110112_verizon_iphone_atandroids_mobile_data_is_the_winner http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110112_verizon_iphone_atandroids_mobile_data_is_the_winner More...]]> 2011-01-12T10:25:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/broadband_stymied http://www.circleid.com/posts/broadband_stymied More...]]> 2010-02-18T15:18:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090211_ten_telecom_tsunamis http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090211_ten_telecom_tsunamis More...]]> 2009-02-11T15:39:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090113_julius_genachowski_fcc_white_spaces http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090113_julius_genachowski_fcc_white_spaces More...]]> 2009-01-13T15:29:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090102_government_investment_in_broadband http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090102_government_investment_in_broadband The Guardian, was kind enough to quote me along with Vint Cerf (nice to be in good company) on the importance of building an online economy and an online government. Vint said: "You know how they say opportunity lies on the edge of chaos? Maybe that's going to be true here too." So far our telecommunications infrastructure has largely been privately built and financed. Why should that change now? It's unusual for government to do anything as well as the private sector. More...]]> 2009-01-02T14:37:00-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081217_blocking_bittorrent_in_britain http://www.circleid.com/posts/20081217_blocking_bittorrent_in_britain an article by Chris Williams in The Register. Does this mean that net neutrality is endangered in the UK? The question is important because advocates of an open Internet like me hold the UK up as a positive example of net neutrality achieved through competition rather than through regulation. More...]]> 2008-12-17T16:14:00-08:00