Comments for Certain Silence http://certainsilence.wordpress.com Failure to speak is certain silence Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:13:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Rural Electrification and Rural Broadband by Here be dragons » Blog Archive » GTD and the Task Snowball http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/rural-electrification-and-rural-broadband/#comment-1363 Here be dragons » Blog Archive » GTD and the Task Snowball Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:13:11 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/rural-electrification-and-rural-broadband/#comment-1363 [...] this fall I was feeling overwhelmed with all the work I had to do, between a paper on Universal Service, a Timposium, and starting at a new law school. The appropriate thing to do was to . . .  [...] [...] this fall I was feeling overwhelmed with all the work I had to do, between a paper on Universal Service, a Timposium, and starting at a new law school. The appropriate thing to do was to . . .  [...]

]]> Comment on The GAO on Broadband I: No Good Data by My Home http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-gao-on-broadband-i-no-good-data/#comment-1343 My Home Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:18:39 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/the-gao-on-broadband-i-no-good-data/#comment-1343 This is very nice and informative post. I have bookmarked your site in order to find out your post in the future. This is very nice and informative post. I have bookmarked your site in order to find out your post in the future.

]]> Comment on Communications as Currency by Dean Hedges http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/communications-as-currency/#comment-297 Dean Hedges Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:22:43 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/communications-as-currency/#comment-297 the issue is called mobile banking ... m-banking for short ... has roots in africa ... also prepaid calls and voip led into m-banking ... phillipines has a sweet deal in this venue ... nttl.ob will eventually play out big ... http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_N/threadview?m=tm&bn=36020&tid=26&mid=26&tof=1&frt=2 ... But mobile banking, or m-banking for short, is about more than just added convenience; it's about giving millions of poor people in developing countries access to financial services for the first time. And that could change the world. the issue is called mobile banking … m-banking for short … has roots in africa … also prepaid calls and voip led into m-banking … phillipines has a sweet deal in this venue … nttl.ob will eventually play out big … http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_N/threadview?m=tm&bn=36020&tid=26&mid=26&tof=1&frt=2 … But mobile banking, or m-banking for short, is about more than just added convenience; it’s about giving millions of poor people in developing countries access to financial services for the first time. And that could change the world.

]]> Comment on Meraki Madness by Jim James http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/meraki-madness/#comment-91 Jim James Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:46:18 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/meraki-madness/#comment-91 What Meraki doesnt tell you up front is that there is a manditory 20% monthly fee for every paid subscription you have. For example, say you have 1000 customers paying $10 a month, that means that you get $18000 gross, and Meraki gets $2000 a month from you, just for using their shoddy restricting "dashboard" program. It's highway robbery i tell ya! This business model will be their achilies heel. What Meraki doesnt tell you up front is that there is a manditory 20% monthly fee for every paid subscription you have. For example, say you have 1000 customers paying $10 a month, that means that you get $18000 gross, and Meraki gets $2000 a month from you, just for using their shoddy restricting “dashboard” program. It’s highway robbery i tell ya! This business model will be their achilies heel.

]]> Comment on Myth Made Law: Rate and Service Averaging by Out of Left Field: Schools, Libraries and Hospitals Get Wired « Certain Silence http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/myth-made-law-rate-and-service-averaging/#comment-36 Out of Left Field: Schools, Libraries and Hospitals Get Wired « Certain Silence Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:06:39 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/myth-made-law-rate-and-service-averaging/#comment-36 [...] portions of (3) were new, this is flat out unprecedented. I’m going to bracket health care providers for a second, [...] [...] portions of (3) were new, this is flat out unprecedented. I’m going to bracket health care providers for a second, [...]

]]> Comment on Radical Claims #1: Universal Broadband! by Out of Left Field: Schools, Libraries and Hospitals Get Wired « Certain Silence http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/radical-claims-1-universal-broadband/#comment-35 Out of Left Field: Schools, Libraries and Hospitals Get Wired « Certain Silence Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:02:22 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/radical-claims-1-universal-broadband/#comment-35 [...] I noted in an earlier post, it’s a tribute to brilliant legislative drafting that “advanced telecommunications [...] [...] I noted in an earlier post, it’s a tribute to brilliant legislative drafting that “advanced telecommunications [...]

]]> Comment on Flash Forward by Radical Claims #1: Universal Broadband! « Certain Silence http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/flash-forward/#comment-34 Radical Claims #1: Universal Broadband! « Certain Silence Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:55:46 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/flash-forward/#comment-34 [...] spent all this time showing the underlying basis for a lot of these policies, but when I read the universal service provisions in the 96 Act I can’t help but think that that they’re incredibly radical in their implications. So [...] [...] spent all this time showing the underlying basis for a lot of these policies, but when I read the universal service provisions in the 96 Act I can’t help but think that that they’re incredibly radical in their implications. So [...]

]]> Comment on Meraki Madness by G$ http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/meraki-madness/#comment-32 G$ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:54:02 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/meraki-madness/#comment-32 Yes miles. Using wifi. How about 173 miles, without amplifiers? http://www.wilac.net/descargas/documentos/EnlaceAguila_Baul_EN.pdf The Meraki Dashboard management software isn't the same as what NetEquality uses for it's online network status. They developed that software themselves and made it available on netequality.net. There are a few screenshots of Meraki dashboard on www.meraki.net As the national broadband providers try to stop customers from sharing their connections, I think the smaller regional ISPs will try to differentiate themselves by specifically allowing sharing. With the low cost of Meraki hardware, low power consumption, zero end user configuration, wide input voltage range and user replaceable antenna, I don't see why the Meraki isn't suited for rural area deployment. High gain directional antennas can create long range links for miles. Once the signal reaches it's destination, additional Merkai Minis can distribute the signal around the city/village/area. Yes miles. Using wifi. How about 173 miles, without amplifiers? http://www.wilac.net/descargas/documentos/EnlaceAguila_Baul_EN.pdf

The Meraki Dashboard management software isn’t the same as what NetEquality uses for it’s online network status. They developed that software themselves and made it available on netequality.net. There are a few screenshots of Meraki dashboard on http://www.meraki.net

As the national broadband providers try to stop customers from sharing their connections, I think the smaller regional ISPs will try to differentiate themselves by specifically allowing sharing.

With the low cost of Meraki hardware, low power consumption, zero end user configuration, wide input voltage range and user replaceable antenna, I don’t see why the Meraki isn’t suited for rural area deployment. High gain directional antennas can create long range links for miles. Once the signal reaches it’s destination, additional Merkai Minis can distribute the signal around the city/village/area.

]]> Comment on Universal service and an appreciation of Susan Crawford by Susan Crawford http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/universal-service-and-an-appreciation-of-susan-crawford/#comment-31 Susan Crawford Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:07:32 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/universal-service-and-an-appreciation-of-susan-crawford/#comment-31 oh, I'm really touched! Go, team! oh, I’m really touched! Go, team!

]]> Comment on Universal service and an appreciation of Susan Crawford by Laura Unger http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/universal-service-and-an-appreciation-of-susan-crawford/#comment-30 Laura Unger Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:09:39 +0000 http://certainsilence.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/universal-service-and-an-appreciation-of-susan-crawford/#comment-30 I think "universal service" does have real implications in the broadband era. We need to find ways to make sure that every American has access to the internet. Too many things, including government services, politics, education, even medicine are taking place there. We need to do what they have done in so many countries and come up with public policies to create incentive to build out broadband access everywhere. Whether it is tax incentives, or piublic/private partnerships -- we need to do it. For more information on some policy suggestions check out http://www.speedmatters.org. I think “universal service” does have real implications in the broadband era. We need to find ways to make sure that every American has access to the internet. Too many things, including government services, politics, education, even medicine are taking place there. We need to do what they have done in so many countries and come up with public policies to create incentive to build out broadband access everywhere. Whether it is tax incentives, or piublic/private partnerships — we need to do it. For more information on some policy suggestions check out http://www.speedmatters.org.

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