The
Intelligence Center for the ISP Community
October 11, 2007
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Your
Promise is Your Integrity Brock
Henderson
[October 11, 2007] Once you have gained your
customer's trust, you need to avoid making this common mistake.
ISP
 Marketing
VoIP
Wholesale Provider Directory: MegaPOP VoIP Jeff
Goldman
[October 10, 2007] In addition to its wholesale
dialup offering, MegaPOP now offers both wholesale and private label VoIP.
VoIP
Wholesale Provider Directory Quick
Reference Chart
Hosted
Services for ISPs Alex
Goldman
[October 9, 2007] Alianza's offering seems complete,
but company's CEO wants to offer even more.
ISP
Equipment
What
SLAs (Wired and Wireless) Mean Best
of ISP-Lists
[October 8, 2007] If you're building SLAs, don't
try to get away with the games the monopolies play.
ISP
Fixed
Wireless
Covad's
Survival Tactics Alex
Goldman
[October 5, 2007] Its rivals were shut down,
NorthPoint by AT&T; and Verizon, but Covad has survived. The company's
survival tactics can and should be imitated by independent ISPs.
ISP
Business
Editorial:
Don't Be Like EarthLink Alex
Goldman
[October 4, 2007] EarthLink's in a lot of trouble
right now, and provides valuable lessons to all independent ISPs.
ISP
Business
EarthLink
Responds Jerry
Grasso
[October 4, 2007] EarthLink responds vigorously
to our editorial, which said the company was in trouble.
ISP
Letters
Wireless
Equipment Distributor Directory: TESSCO Jeff
Goldman
[October 3, 2007] TESSCO distributes wireless
equipment from 380 different manufacturers, and offers a variety of support,
training and leasing services.
ISP
Fixed
Wireless
RackSpace
Gets Webmail.us Alex Goldman
[October 2, 2007] Webmail.us is eager to do more
in the business services space, taking webmail to the next level.
ISP
News
How
They Got $480 Billion in Spectrum Giveaways Alex
Goldman
[October 1, 2007] We need more research like
this, focused on the long term effects of Washington D.C.'s short term
telecommunications policies, which are greased with graft.
ISP
Fixed
Wireless
Testimonials
Sell Brock Henderson
[September 28, 2007] This simple tip can pay
off significantly. It's not tough to do, and it addresses what might be
your weak point.
ISP
Marketing
FireEye
Announces Bot Prevention System Alex
Goldman
[September 27, 2007] This unusual system studies
bots by allowing them to infect virtual machines, then destroys the machines
and the bots within them, and uses the data against the flood.
ISP
Equipment
VoIP
Wholesale Provider Directory: Ensim Unify Jeff
Goldman
[September 26, 2007] Ensim Unify helps service
providers manage VoIP and similar solutions as hosted services.
VoIP
Wholesale Provider Directory Quick
Reference Chart
ImageStream
and PowerCode Announce Partnership Alex
Goldman
[September 24, 2007] The router maker and OSS
software developer have begun a beautiful friendship, encouraged by their
WISP customer base.
ISP
News
MyTVPal
Gerry Blackwell
[September 21, 2007] It's not ready for release,
but this video provider could succeed even as others get all the press.
Unlike the others, this one claims it plans to work closely with ISPs.
ISP
Technology
The
1 Gbps Full Duplex Radio Alex
Goldman
[September 20, 2007] These radios aren't new,
but it took us some time to believe they were real.
ISP
Fixed
Wireless
Billing
Systems & Services: Freeside Jeff
Goldman
[September 19, 2007] 360networks' wholesale VoIP
offering gives providers access to tier two, three and four markets in
the western United States.
Billing
Service Directory Quick
Reference Chart
VoIP
Ranking by Subscriber: Q2 2007 Alex
Goldman
[September 18, 2007] This quarter's numbers just
begin to show the ongoing turmoil in the VoIP industry, as two companies
in our rankings shut down their VoIP service.
ISP
Market
Research
CloudShield
Predicts Bright Future With New Investment Alex
Goldman
[September 17, 2007] With a carrier class investor,
and a flexible product, the company aims for cash flow positive next year.
ISP
News
Subscriber
Values: Q2 2007 Alex Goldman
[September 14, 2007] As consolidation continues,
and disclosure of subscriber data remains poor, there are fewer and fewer
ISPs on our charts.
ISP
Market
Research
Top
21 U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q2 2007 Alex
Goldman
[September 13, 2007] Growth was so slow (and
non-monopoly business so tough) in Q2 that two ISPs' subscriber losses
were greater than the gains of the remainder.
ISP
Market
Research
Backbone
Directory: 360networks Jeff
Goldman
[September 12, 2007] 360networks focuses on the
western United States with a 17,200 mile network reaching more than 40
Tier 1 to Tier 4 markets.
ISP
Resources
The
Office Park Best
of ISP-Lists
[September 11, 2007] This company wants to connect
a few customers within the building, making money by reselling a fat pipe.
But even in Taiwan, the nation that's the source of so much of our hardware,
the telco and other big providers are not friendly to potential competition.
ISP
Business
Don't
Make the 'SMB' Mistake: What ISPs Need to Know About Selling to Small
Business David Cork
[September 10, 2007] In spite of real opportunities
to sell VoIP to SMB customers, many ISPs are missing out. A hosted VoIP
vendor explains why.
ISP
Marketing
Point
Topic: Broadband Value-Added Services Revenues Rise John
Bosnell
[September 7, 2007] A new study from Point Topic
says that Value Added Services revenue is rising faster than broadband
subscriptions, and details which services are the most popular.
ISP
Market
Research
A
Threat to Rural Dialup Alex
Goldman
[February 28, 2006] It always seemed that no
matter how little residential competition existed in the cities, the nation's
rural senators would protect the little townships, but soon there may
be zero competition in some small towns, as a database change goes into
effect on March 5, 2006. Latest update: June 12, 2006.
ISP
Politics
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