[GB-Today] Monday Musings

[Susan Estrada]

Monday Musings
December 6, 2004

I kept running into quotes last week so I decided to make this an issue of 
quotes.  They speak for themselves


Philadelphia Inquirer columnist:   "I thought Philadelphia's plan for 
municipal wireless was a bad idea.  Then I heard Verizon wanted to squash 
it. That gave me second thoughts."
 From Jim Baller’s list

"The Internet . . . is a true global public utility," said Jeffrey Chester, 
director of the Center for Digital Democracy, an advocate for consumer 
rights online.

"Google's trying to bring TV to the Web the same way they're bringing books 
to the Web," according to a media executive who asked to remain anonymous.
 From 
http://news.com.com/Striking+up+digital+video+search/2100-1032_3-5466491.html?tag=html.alert

"It's a shame we have to look to other countries to see what the future 
might look like in (the) U.S.," said Terry Semel, chief executive of Yahoo. 
"We are behind."
"It's not that we aren't going to participate," said Paul Otellini, 
president of Intel and next in line for the CEO spot at that company. "It's 
who leads. It's about jobs, government resources and our standard of living."
 From TechNet’s Innovation Summit.  See article at 
http://news.com.com/Internet+leaders+ponder+U.S.+tech+policies/2100-1022_3-5453833.html?tag=html.alert

“The average person doesn’t understand that video is “bigger” than email 
and that they need more bandwidth to handle it --   even smart people in 
top management in major corporations.”   Anonymous

"SBC in 2010 will be offering slower speeds than France and Japan in 2005," 
notes industry analyst Dave Burstein, who chimes in on "Project 
Lightspeed", the company's effort to offer ADSL2+ to residential 
users.  Wall Street is apparently more impressed with Verizon, since 
they'll eventually be offering fiber right to the user's door - as well as 
spending $29 billion more on their next generation network.”
 From http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/57360

“Since when did a city have to ask permission from companies like Verizon - 
"pretty please can we deploy our network?””
 From http://www.muniwireless.com/archives/000514.html

Render believes the future will look even more interesting. "New 
applications that cannot run on lower bandwidth systems are emerging, and 
there is a quiet race toward true convergence," he asserts.
 From 
http://lw.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=OnlineArticles&SubSection=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=13&ARTICLE_ID=216756

“Relocate to the USA! Get a Green Card EASILY!  Replica Rolex Swiss Watches”
Subject lines of this week’s major spams

"I know for a fact that a lot of people first heard my music by downloading 
it from Napster or Kazaa," Moby wrote in his online journal last year. "And 
for this reason I'll always be glad that Napster and Kazaa have existed."
 From http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/06/arts/06down.html?oref=login

“However, perhaps it's time to rethink the whole triple play concept. It's 
not about "voice, video and data." That's misleading. Voice and video are 
data. It's about being a connection provider, and letting the data handle 
everything else.”
 From http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20041203/0942230_F.shtml

Send me your favorite notable quotes.

Susan