Tag Archive 'bandwidth'

Is AT&T able to take a choke?

My post last week about how AT&T treats its customers like losers got quite a rise out of readers. It even provoked a response from AT&T itself.
Per company spokeshuman Seth Bloom, that “You’re a loser” text underneath the image on their online sweepstakes was a “regrettable mistake” and has been changed. (I checked, [...]

Bottle me up, throttle me down

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
The notion that we are swimming in broadband choices, floated last week by Cringester B. D. in rebuttal to my snarky jibes about the phonecablopoly ™, did not sit well with Cringesters who are sitting in the cheap seats at the great bandwidth banquet. Particularly [...]

Geek Week: Broadcom hits skids, Comcast throttles bits

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
Boozes, babes, and Broadcom. Here’s more proof that I got into the wrong end of this business. Ex-Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas– already nailed for stock options shenanigans that added a fictional $2.2 billion worth of revenue to his company’s bottom line — has received a [...]