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App-Rising.com is written by Geoff Daily, a DC-based technology journalist, broadband activist, marketing consultant, and Internet entrepreneur.
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Last night I was following along with the Republican presidential debate. At one point the dialog turned to the federal government's recently announced $150 billion stimulus plan to stave off a recession. While most all of the candidates stated their...
Over the weekend while playing chauffeur to a pair of car-less friends in need of help running an errand I had a brush with greatness. That's right, on Saturday afternoon, around 1:30pm, I met Matthew Lesko. Now, that name may...
While the ultimate amount of bandwidth every home will want and demand in the next ten years is very much up for debate, there is one thing I know first hand: the less bandwidth you have the less you’ll use...
To start off the new year, I'd thought about putting together a post of all the 2007 year-in-review and 2008 predictions articles I'd come across as they relate to the Internet and the use of broadband. While perusing my RSS...
Tech news site GigaOm.com put out a call earlier this month for its readers to submit short posts on what they're looking forward to and/or are optimistic for in 2008. The best post wins a music system, and the best...
2007 was a banner year for broadband applications, a year that saw the birth of hundreds if not thousands of new applications, a year in which the need for broadband became apparent to more people than ever. But it was...
So much is happening in the deployment, adoption, and regulation of broadband it can be overwhelming. Here's an attempt to pull together some of the more interesting stories I've found over the last week. Jackass On the Internet Jackass is...
Yesterday I wrote about the inevitability of the exaflood, citing recent news that ISPs are starting to invest in their backbone/transport networks. Well there was another announcement yesterday that plays into this conversation: AT&T; has turned on its high speed...
Read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal last week about the push to increase upload capacity in last mile access networks. (You can find the link at the bottom of this post.) I couldn't be more excited about...
In the midst of a hotly contested presidential election, now would seem to be the perfect time to start having constructive dialogue about finding real-world solutions to our nation's problems. And given the transformative power of broadband to realize new...
Came across a great list of the "101 Best Web Freebies" put out by BusinessWeek. It's got links to all sorts of interesting things you can find online that are free, including a host of Internet applications and services that...
I was invited by Marc Strassman to join him in his first attempt at a 4-person videocall through SightSpeed, along with noted columnist James Carlini and Jonathan Rintels, executive director of the Center for Creative Voices in Media. Here's the...
It's looking more and more like we might see a broadband mapping bill pass through Congress before the end of the year. Everyone seems to agree we need to do more to improve our understanding of the US broadband marketplace,...
Didn't even know this was possible, but it looks like user-generated content is set to get a whole lot bigger, literally from a bandwidth perspective. Last week YouTube introduced the YouTube Uploader, a desktop application aimed at making it easier...
Am on the road again, this time in St. Cloud, MN to attend the Blandin Foundation's Broadband Conference entitled "Community Broadband: Making the Right Choices". So far we've had informative presentations on the present state and technologies of fiber and...
The OECD rankings dropped yesterday, and after seeing an article in my hometown paper about our troubling international standing relative to broadband deployment I think the conversation's jumped the shark. The latest news? No news at all as the US...
Had an interesting story cross my desk last night about the use of gaming for societal gain. More specifically, a game put out by the Independent Television Service called World Without Oil. Referring to this as a "game" may be...
The FCC has released their latest data on the state of broadband in the US. The results? A 61% increase in '06, from 51.2 million to 82.5 million lines. While this is impressive growth, I couldn't help but throw up...
I often preach to people about the need to stop thinking about broadband as a separate thing but instead something that can influence and be influenced by every aspect of society. Through regular repeating of this mantra, I'm starting to...
Last GOSN sighting for the week, I promise, but I had one more thought to share that came out of my experiences witnessing them set up a working model of their high bandwidth community video protection solution at the FTTH...
Came across a trio of articles highlighting different discussions about a similar topic: the importance and vulnerability of the Internet. "The Internet wasn't designed for people to watch television," he says. "I know because I designed it." This quote came...
Reporting from the FTTH Conference floor, I had an interesting experience with the realities of how much bandwidth next gen video applications actually demand. As I mentioned yesterday, I've consulted for GOSN helping with their marketing, and while I didn't...
It's sunny and gorgeous out here in Orlando, FL, but I wouldn't know it as I'm in a hotel on my way out the door to the opening of the Expo Hall at the FTTH Conference! As always happens, I've...
Last week I wrote about the launch of a videogame called Halo 3 and the perception that demand for players trying to get online and play it could take down the Internet. Today I came across a related post about...
Apparently two FCC commissioners appeared at a US Senate hearing yesterday, making strong arguments for the implementation of a "national broadband strategy," according to this Ars Technica article. Have to admit, I'm finding myself growing tired of the continual cries...
Much has been made about the oncoming exaflood of Internet traffic, which threatens to overwhelm broadband networks, but at least one pundit is wondering what all the fuss is about. Andrew Odlyzko, director of the University of Minnesota's Digital Technology...
One thing that's stuck with me from my trip to visit Hiawatha Broadband Company on Wednesday is my continuing awe over how diverse and seemingly successful this small telecom company in rural Minnesota has been. It's odd, though: I thought...
Wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts on the ongoing saga surrounding Comcast’s mysterious bandwidth caps. To set the stage, over the last few months on more than one occasion I’ve encountered stories about how Comcast treats its...
Came across a post on Blog Maverick, aka Mark Cuban's soapbox, from last week where Mr. Cuban defends his critique of the Internet as being "dead and boring." Earlier this month, I refuted Cuban's initial remarks along these lines by commenting on how the issue with the Internet isn't a lack of innovation, it's a lack of adoption. But in his latest writings, he responded to criticisms of his remarks, expounding further on his belief that the stabilization of the Internet as a platform for content, commerce, and applications, and the lack of sufficient growth in broadband speeds have retarded innovation online. In his words: "Some of you may not want to admit it, but that's exactly what the net has become. A utility. It has stopped evolving. Your Internet experience today is not much different than it was 5 years ago." While on the surface stating that the Internet of today is largely the same as the Internet of 2002 might sound preposterous, this isn't the first time I've heard this sentiment expressed.
I don't consider myself enough of an expert on global broadband deployment trends to speak authoritatively on if and by how much we're falling behind other countries. But there is one thing that I can say with complete confidence: there are communities across the country who should be and are ecstatic at the state of broadband deployment in their areas.
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