When
· Naughties
· · 2003
· · · March
· · · · 17 (2 entries)
Fast and Always On · There's a story this morning in the New York Times about Comcast, a big cable company that last year bought AT&T's cable assets, and now finds itself the largest supplier of broadband Internet access, closing in on five million subscribers, and making money at it. There's a lesson in this, and a chance to laugh at clueless telecom executives too! ...
On the Small Small Screen · I was at work during Mr. Bush's address, and managed to get a streaming video feed from MSNBC to stay live (bar one breakdown) during his fifteen minutes - will Web video streaming ever become not-lame? The MSNBC feed was like 240x180 pixels, and as addresses to the nation go, I thought the little window was about the right size. There was one surprise, though, in that the boxing-match analogy broke down ...
