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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:52 |
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Since so many of my clients are in need of new employees, I thought I would talk about the Cost of Hiring."More thought and time goes into replacing a computer printer than hiring "their most important asset"", writes Chrysalis Corp. in a 2004 newsletter. "Staffing.org estimates the cost of hiring one employee at $4,263 in 2003." (I'm certain that has gone up but can't find the stats)."The cost |
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Broadband Dips As Regulation Approaches |
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 17:59 |
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"The nation's largest cable and telecommunications providers hit a new low in the number of new broadband subscribers they signed up in 2Q 2010. Additions were the fewest in any quarter over the past nine years, according to a recently released report by Leichtman Research Group Inc." [FierceTelecom]Has it flattened out? Don't some stats show that mobile broadband is growing?Let's look at that |
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 05:42 |
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You probably already use and provide cloud services. Email for one. But you probably use one security-as-a-service: messaging security: e-mail antispam and ant-ivirus. Interesting article about it at CW.So The Cloud is everywhere. That happens with every buzz word in this industry like Convergence and UC. |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 10:27 |
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Ma Bell has picked some Solution Providers (master agents) to door knock for U-Verse. Since one in Texas is offering $200 per day, I'd say it's going to be profitable for the Solution Provider, probably not so much for Ma Bell.Lauderdale is another area being targeted since Jobing has an ad here.Things are about to heat up for Cable companies and ISP's in U-Verse communities. Once someone is cut |
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Are There DSL Resale Options? |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:56 |
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What are the DSL Resale options?Certainly, Covad/MegaPath, New Edge Networks, Qwest, IKANO, and Bandwave Systems. Mammoth Networks resells Qwest DSL in almost all the DSLAM's, but their CEO thinks the days of DSL resale is becoming more challenging. Hence, why Mammoth has turned to bigger pipe, like Metro Ethernet.In the BellSouth DSL world, there were DSL Aggregation companies like ITO Group and |
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Intermedia on Selling SAAS |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:44 |
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Intermedia.Net was an ISPCON mainstay. They have been seeling Hosted Exchange since 1995. This is an interview with the CEO about best practices for selling SAAS (software-as-a-service). It is not about the technology. It's a Business Decision.Intermedia has expanded from email to Sharepoint and Office. Plus Intermedia is now selling Hosted PBX, Conference Bridge, and OCS including Blackberry |
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What Happens to the Resi Model |
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:15 |
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With the wholesale DSL resale model slipping away, what happens to the Resi ISP model? Well, that's a tough one because the duopoly triple-play has been squeezing that for a while. Most Resi ISP's can't really move to a managed services role, because consumers don't pay for that.Option one: cross-sell as many affiliate services as you can like Netflix, entertainment hardware, and smart-home |
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