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      Competitive Economics

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      Lessons in Caps

      When there is competition, performance and pricing respond. As Time Warner is finding out, you can irritate your customer base with arbitrary caps. The public relations problem that is emerging in Texas and throughout the Blogosphere is, however, a lot of wind and not much rain.

      As Lilly Tomlin reminded us all those years ago, “We don’t care because we don’t have to”. While a duopoly DSL/Cable in any given city is somewhat inferior to being able to set the price exclusively, it’s still pretty cushy compared with open competition. If you compare the speeds (8 to 10 Mb/sec) and caps/throttling (100GB/month) it’s apparent that consumers in the UK are benefitting from the last mile mandatory sharing among competing ISP’s. The proposed Time Warner price – $75 a month to 100GB, then $1 a GB above that to a cap of $75 additional. Presumably $150 for unlimited at 10 Mb/sec.

      The UK package was limited at 100GB/month – where the user could be throttled or booted for TOS violations. The price ? around $22/month. You can see what a little competition will do but as Ars Technica pointed out at high levels of consumption, it’s Choose your Poison: Caps or Throttle.

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        Merry Christmas from SDRNews

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          Avoiding Mistakes in 2009

          by Andrew McCaskey
          The Biggest Mistake: Not Making One

          For several months, there has been talk about the advantages that entrepreneurs have at this moment. And, if they can keep the television turned off and remove the negative stream of newsworthy but backward focused news of layoffs, closures and troubles, they might have a good chance.

          Layoffs are injecting a steady stream of talent into the marketplace. The combination of a good idea, a few skilled coders, a coffee shop wtih good wifi will insure that the seeds have been planted for the recovery. But, as Paul Graham points out, a startup has to act like a bumbling toddler – slamming into things, falling down and getting back up.

          That means that the larger the organization, the more successful it has been in the past, the higher the probability that it will begin to hire others from large companies, each with their own set of checks and policies. The biggest mistake that a startup company can make is to bring that mindset into the startup. They can still be successful with close teamwork, clear priorities and good execution.

          If they are smart enough to keep the television turned off.

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            Free Perfect Now – Getting Closer

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            And it looks like One is Sufficient

            It’s been almost ten years since I wrote and presented a Lawrence Lessig style presentation that included a riff on the topic of Free. Perfect, Now. The idea was that customers, in their ideal world, could be satisfied only where their needs were anticipated and met immediately with no cost. The premise was that a product delivered quickly might be very competitive if it was a good match to needs, (although not a perfect solution) . But, the same product delivered with less speed or more process would be much less satisfactory.

            Two of the sessions at PodcampAZ have confirmed that – in the case of video and social networks, those three degrees have been reduced to one.

            Free: Free is good, and the ten years of progress now in Web 2.0 interactivity and access are moving close that goal – assuming net access and the time

            Perfect: Social networks have essentially eliminated much of the uncertainty of the Perfect – in that the filtering of the group and the contributions and comments by the group that add to the video submitted by one of the group refines and qualified the content. That moves it closer to to Perfect

            Now: On demand or pushed via RSS -the mechanics are in place. And the only missing link is the content to be posted now.

            As one of the PodcampAZ presenters spoke : There is an audience for every video product – the problem is getting people to put their videos up NOW.

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            ]]>             http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-11-03-free-perfect-now-getting-closer.html/feed 0 Bittorrent,iPhone,netbooks,whitespace,win7 Why Whitespace is Needed Netbooks Headed to $99 Windows 7 on Bittorrent (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735(http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/evault_logo.png) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Why Whitespace is Needed * Netbooks Headed to $99 * Windows 7 on Bittorrent SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-11-03.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-11-03) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) Free Perfect Now - Getting Closer by Andrew McCaskey And it looks like One is Sufficient It's been almost ten years since I wrote and presented a Lawrence Lessig style presentation that included a riff on the topic of Free. Perfect, Now. The idea was that customers, in their ideal world, could be satisfied only where their needs were anticipated and met immediately with no cost. The premise was that a product delivered quickly might be very competitive if it was a good match to needs, (although not a perfect solution) . But, the same product delivered with less speed or more process would be much less satisfactory. Two of the sessions at PodcampAZ have confirmed that - in the case of video and social networks, those three degrees have been reduced to one. Free: Free is good, and the ten years of progress now in Web 2.0 interactivity and access are moving close that goal - assuming net access and the time Perfect: Social networks have essentially eliminated much of the uncertainty of the Perfect - in that the filtering of the group and the contributions and comments by the group that add to the video submitted by one of the group refines and qualified the content. That moves it closer to to Perfect Now: On demand or pushed via RSS -the mechanics are in place. And the only missing link is the content to be posted now. As one of the PodcampAZ presenters spoke : There is an audience for every video product - the problem is getting people to put their videos up NOW. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) iPhone Heart Rate Monitor App Watch Today's Video Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4KxGI5Oow) (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable) , visit www.gotomeeting. Andrew McCaskey clean             SDRNews SDR2008-05-06: Boss Tweed and Digital TV http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-05-06-boss-tweed-and-digital-tv.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-05-06-boss-tweed-and-digital-tv.html#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 03:21:24 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=964 SDR 125x50
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                First of all, some words on the 31 Days of The Dragon promotion, with thanks to HP and Buzz Corps.

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                The article on Digital Television- and the government’s interest in making sure that goes smoothly – touched on a viewpoint that I had not considered. Basically, something like 98.5% of the population has television access, and literacy rates are in the 85% range. The $40 coupon /converter box is one of the cheapest ways to reach those remaining 15%. Simple as that. And actually, not a bad thing. Especially if you are a politician.

                The concluding question- how long will be be before the government pursues broadband access for these same citizens with the same vigor ?

                As Boss Tweed remarked in the 1870′s – Regarding Nast’s cartoons, Tweed reportedly said, “Stop them damned pictures. I don’t care so much what the papers say about me. My constituents don’t know how to read, but they can’t help seeing them damned pictures! [1]

                That might explain why there’s not quite as much emphasis on broadband.

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                ]]>                 http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-05-06-boss-tweed-and-digital-tv.html/feed 0 Bittorrent,censorship,dtv,eeepc,flip,p2p ISP and P2P Co-Operation Solar Film Cells with Inkjet Digital Television Investment (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * ISP and P2P Co-Operation * Solar Film Cells with Inkjet * Digital Television Investment SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Contact Us (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-05-06.mp3) CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype Watch the You Tube Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) Today's Headlines Include... * ISP and P2P Co-Operation * Solar Film Cells with Inkjet * Digital Television Investment SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-05-06) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Digital Television Investment by Andrew McCaskey First of all, some words on the 31 Days of The Dragon (http://31daysofthedragon.com) promotion, with thanks to HP and Buzz Corps (http://buzzcorps.com). We had some major luck today, with a mention in the UK Guardian - and hope that at least some of you are checking out the podcast for the first time. Welcome. The 31 days are in full swing, with contests in progress now . Each of the 31 sites has an award date, and can begin their contest seven days prior to the award date. Please go to these sites, look up their contest info and register 02 May - 09 May www.absolutevista.com (http://www.absolutevista.com) 03 May - 10 May www.arstechnica.com (http://www.arstechnica.com) 04 May - 11 May www.osnn.net (http://www.osnn.net) 05 May - 12 May www.jkontherun.com (http://www.jkontherun.com) 06 May - 13 May digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com (http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com) I'll be updating each day and keeping you informed on where to go to make sure that you have the rolling registration and maximize your chanced to win. ========== The article on Digital Television- and the government's interest in making sure that goes smoothly - touched on a viewpoint that I had not considered. Basically, something like 98.5% of the population has television access, and literacy rates are in the 85% range. The $40 coupon /converter box is one of the cheapest ways to reach those remaining 15%. Simple as that. And actually, not a bad thing. Especially if you are a politician. The concluding question- how long will be be before the government pursues broadband access for these same citizens with the same vigor ? As Boss Tweed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Tweed) remarked in the 1870's - Regarding Nast's cartoons, Tweed reportedly said, "Stop them damned pictures. I don't care so much what the papers say about me. My constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures! [1] That might explain why there's not quite as much emphasis on broadband. (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) Andrew McCaskey clean                 SDRNews SDR2008-04-24: Pipe Management http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-04-24-pipe-management.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-04-24-pipe-management.html#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:35:00 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=955 SDR 125x50
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                    The sharp elbows and mistruths are not limited to the current Democratic political campaign. There is more than enough to go around in the jockey play between folks like Comcast, AT&T, the FCC and members of Congress.

                    The latest testimony regarding Comcast seems to point to traffic shaping that does not particularly target peer to peer traffic. In fact, it looks like the latest culprit for resource consumption is not p2p but streaming video from the likes of YouTube, Hulu, and the low profile but apparently heavily used Veoh. Add in Joost, Livestation, uStream, Mogulus and a half dozen other video sites, and you will begin to see how the traffic concerns of ISP grow.

                    Peer to Peer – and especially bittorrent make such an easy and attractive target, mainly because the RIAA and MPAA have been doing the heavy attack publicity for so many years that ISP’s feel relatively safe calling out politicians to “solve” that problem.
                    It looks like the greater bandwidth consumer, by far, is the streaming services – and operators like Comcast want a piece of that. In fact, a large helping. So in the guise of fairness – punishing shady characters who are probably stealing anyway – ISP’s assert their property rights to the pipes . Net neutrality be damned.

                    If ISP’s get the political muscle to negate net neutrality then it’s theirs. All of it. And with care, those pesky competitiors can be snuffed out, one by one. After all, they control the pipes.

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                    ]]>                     http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-04-24-pipe-management.html/feed 0 Bittorrent,cloud,comcast,solar,veoh One Billion Hard Drives Google's Solar Startup Octoparts Search Engine (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * One Billion Hard Drives * Google's Solar Startup * Octoparts Search Engine SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Contact Us (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-04-24.mp3) CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) Singing Tesla Coils - ArcAttack Watch the You Tube Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcaf9Qb4ncA) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) Today's Headlines Include... * One Billion Hard Drives * Google's Solar Startup * Octoparts Search Engine SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-04-24) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Jockey for Position by Andrew McCaskey The sharp elbows and mistruths are not limited to the current Democratic political campaign. There is more than enough to go around in the jockey play between folks like Comcast, AT&T, the FCC and members of Congress. The latest testimony regarding Comcast seems to point to traffic shaping that does not particularly target peer to peer traffic. In fact, it looks like the latest culprit for resource consumption is not p2p but streaming video from the likes of YouTube, Hulu, and the low profile but apparently heavily used Veoh. Add in Joost, Livestation, uStream, Mogulus and a half dozen other video sites, and you will begin to see how the traffic concerns of ISP grow. Peer to Peer - and especially bittorrent make such an easy and attractive target, mainly because the RIAA and MPAA have been doing the heavy attack publicity for so many years that ISP's feel relatively safe calling out politicians to "solve" that problem. It looks like the greater bandwidth consumer, by far, is the streaming services - and operators like Comcast want a piece of that. In fact, a large helping. So in the guise of fairness - punishing shady characters who are probably stealing anyway - ISP's assert their property rights to the pipes . Net neutrality be damned. If ISP's get the political muscle to negate net neutrality then it's theirs. All of it. And with care, those pesky competitiors can be snuffed out, one by one. After all, they control the pipes. (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. Andrew McCaskey clean                     SDRNews SDR2008-04-23: Community Service http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-04-23-community-service.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-04-23-community-service.html#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:42:40 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=954 SDR 125x50
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                        Friendly Botnet

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                        It looks like that Juvenile Delinquent Bittorrent has some community service time lined up.

                        The University of Washington Phalanx system recruits a number of friendly computer systems to act as front ends for a computer that is subject to Distributed Denial of Service attacks.

                        The simulation showed 7500 such friendly installations could defend against a million machine botnet targeting a friendly installation for DDOS attack.

                        Although the initial idea was to organize these defender processes on machines owned by someone like Akamai or Limelight Networks, researchers suggested that a better way would be to include the code as a process in bittorrent clients. Doing a little good for the community while being used in other ways.

                        That is going to give throttling or shaping ISP’s like Comcast something to think about. It might just be to their advantage to let some of that bittorrent traffic thorough. It might be on a legitimate mission.

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                            Digital Divide’s Deepest Divide

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                            The study in a Boston based Psychology Journal offers insight into one of the more subtle issues in the access of information via the internet.

                            We had always been operating under the assumption that the digital divide was caused by socio-economic factors, and that the high cost of equipment and access was the villain. This study indicates that this may not be the case.

                            As the amount of public access in libraries increases, the price of computer hardware drops to the point of almost any consumer entertainment device. And, with the grow of music downloading, IM, social media and higher speed connections, access has become more open.

                            And, we have had ten or fifteen years of at least some skill building in use of computers as they spread throughout society.

                            What has not been keeping pace ? Apparently this study indicates that critical thinking (as manifest by search skills) has not kept pace. While Google is the automatic starting point for the vast majority of educated and skilled workers, the first AOL result is often satisfying and the end point of the investigation.

                            At the rate we are going hardware wise, maybe we should spend less time on keyboarding class, and more time building search skills and the skills in evaluating the information that is found.

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                            ]]>                             http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-03-28-a-real-search-problem.html/feed 0 amazon,Bittorrent,comcast,edison,isotope,Nanotech,photoshop,recording Edison Photograph Gets Scooped Amazon Now #2 in MP3 Digital Divide in Search (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Edison Photograph Gets Scooped * Amazon Now #2 in MP3 * Digital Divide in Search SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Contact Us (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-03-28.mp3) Andrew McCaskey clean                             SDRNews SDR2008-03-27: Old Tech Place in the World http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-03-27-old-tech-place-in-the-world.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-03-27-old-tech-place-in-the-world.html#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:51:33 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=931 SDR 125x50
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                                Old Technology Lessons

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                                The death of radio has been forecast at least four times during the past ninety years – and each time it has been able to reinvent itself as a news and entertainment medium. Even in spite of it’s current state of decay in a Clear-Channel dominated world, the Public Radio segment is alive and well and as the demographic of the Baby Boomers tracks into retirement, radio is well positioned ( along with Podcasting – a form of time shifted / location shifted radio) to fill news and entertainment needs well into the future.

                                The New York TImes reported the same phenomenon in movies and mainframes.

                                It’s sort of encouraging – the fact that after a brief period of orientation and adjustment, the old tech can evolve to meet consumer needs. Not necessarily will evolve, but can. And the fact that it is possible is what means the most.

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                                    X-Prize at the Right Time

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                                    You could not have selected a more suitable time to introduce the X-prize competition if you were seeking some way to capture the imagination of the public.

                                    Even those of us who are fortunate to spend most of their working time working from home – as long as the VPN stays up – feel the pinch when we do venture out.

                                    RIght now there is a minor blip down to $3.25 a gallon, but within weeks we will be tagging along at the $4 a gallon gasoline limit which extends the pain to the point where almost everyone is affected.

                                    The cup holder / chrome competition from traditional American car makers may have finally been broken – and this is an opening for both style and technology to begin to make a real difference.

                                    Regardless of the appearance – jet plane or batmobile – if the levels of performance are there, it will certainly capture the imagination of the public. And the zero to sixty in less than five seconds + 92mph will attract attention like nothing else.

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