At a few shows, including the latest ITEXPO, the 3 big cablecos - TWC, Comcast and Charter - share a booth. One message, 3 supposed separate companies. Now they are doing training together. How? Are the systems, processes and products the same? … [Continue reading]
VoIP Provider Hacked
"Hackers caused a phone outage in the Clay Center area Friday, just as a local radio station was trying to raise money for a good cause." [source] Big River Telephone is the underlying provider that was hit with a denial of service attack. Just … [Continue reading]
Another FCC Webinar about Form 477
FCC to Hold Second Webinar for Form 477 FilersThe Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus issued a Public Notice on August 14, 2014, announcing they will hold a webinar for the filers of FCC Form 477, Local Telephone Competition … [Continue reading]
Head Count Down for the Count
The other concern at ITEXPO was all of the layoffs in telecom. The number of telecom jobs has dramatically shrunk in the last 4 years - and is still shrinking. As the industry looks at even more consolidation from these big 3 moves - Comcast-TWC, … [Continue reading]
What Did I Miss?
A couple of data center acquisitions happened (and some other notes). Shaw Communications, a Canadian cableco, came down to acquire the data center company, ViaWest, for about $1.2 Billion from the private equity owners. [pr] The other move: Alpheus … [Continue reading]
