The whole point of WiMax was for carriers not to need as massive a fiber build out. It appears to have arrived too late for those kind of ambitions because telco’s and cable operators are already in the middle of the massive fiber build out that will be needed for next generation, high bandwidth applications. [...]
Archive > June 2005
Viatalk Launched
Viatalk officially launched on Monday. Most of the problems that people are having are related to problems with their home networks. I am looking into adding some awesome features in the coming weeks. Just wait, you’ll see.
The triple threat
OK. I got a little off topic last time. I’ll try to stay on topic and simply discuss the technologies that have, and will make the triple threat possible. By triple threat I mean the IPTV, VoIP, and high speed data services I spoke about in my last article. First off there is fiber optics. [...]
Whats IPTV?
What is IPTV? Thats what people ask me when I bring up the topic in conversation. Basically, its just as it sounds. In the same manner that voice services are making the transition from traditional analog implementations to digital communications over existing networks (think voip), the time has come for our traditionally analog cable networks [...]
Apple is transitioning to the x86 architecture.
I am beyond words with this one guys. I have been at different times, a member of both camps of the x86 vs ppc debate. I can remember signing an online petition to make OS X available for x86, namely Intel manufactured hardware. Then, as I matured, I came to see the beauty of the [...]
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Day one… At this point I’m well into project viatalk. I really started keeping track of our architectual changes 3 monts ago but w/ no time, what are you gonna do? Basically I’m the system admin at a VoIP provider, and launch == any day now. Don’t want to spoil the fun so stay tuned [...]
We went to Boston.
We went to Boston. It was a nice trip maybe a 2 hour drive and we stayed in a nice hotel “Doubletree” I believe was the name. 821 Washington St., which is smack dab in the middle of chinatown. The part of Boston our hotel was in was basically a mecca for old asian women. [...]