Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=34780This is a continuation of the original "Frank Coluccio Technology Forum - ASAP" thread. Please make all new posts to this new thread, and update your bookmarks. For historical purposes, the old thread can be viewed here: [graphic]Subject 30664 The only difference is this thread is moderated to kee...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=3478038013210Peter EcclesineHi Jim, Watch the Public Safety panel discussion at NITRD WSRD, especially Don Denning, the CIO of Boston Public Safety, discussing the situation around the Boston Marathon webcast.mit.edu  He describes in detail the saturation of the cellular control channels, preventing call initiation and SMS. >>Can you po...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289149785/25/2013 8:41:59 AMFrank A. ColuccioInternet Society: The Geopolitics of Internet Governance Video: new.livestream.com  [~ 2 hrs] [graphic] Today Thursday May 23 2013 the Internet Society's Greater Washington Chapter (ISOC DC) along withe the Center for Strategic and International Studies will present The Geopolitics of Internet Governance. The inte...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289148725/25/2013 2:15:00 AMFrank A. ColuccioI won't comment on the economics, since results can vary sometimes dramatically with geography. I did, however, find it interesting that utilities cite regulatory issues as their yoke, when it is the utilities through their lobbyists (and embedded former-executives within the PUCs) who are largely responsible for th...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289148165/25/2013 12:25:38 AMJorj X MckieI'm actually amazed that anybody goes the solar route with the model suggested in the article. I went through the whole evaluation this week. I pay an average of $200/mo for electricity. By switching to solar I would pay $189 a month for electricity. They do promise a 2.5% increase per year, but they point out t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289145845/24/2013 7:41:46 PMFrank A. Coluccio[HFT] Turning Up the Volume on Wireless By Pete Harris | Lot-Latency.com | May 8, 2013 Judging by the views of a number of wireless network equipment manufacturers and service providers participating in last week's Low-Latency Summit in New York City, demand from trading firms for low-latency wireless connectivity i...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289144095/24/2013 5:34:45 PMFrank A. Coluccio Could Solar Kill PG&E? by Linda Hardesty | EMT | May 24, 2013 A blog on the Energy Collective quotes Lyndon Rive, CEO of SolarCity: “We’re an energy company. We install solar systems for free, and we sell the electricity at a lower rate than you can buy it from the utility. So given the option of paying more for d...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289143825/24/2013 5:20:22 PMFrank A. Colucciore: "when mobile networks fail - and such failures don't require a catastrophe: just a major event with overloading will do the trick." Jim, you're being overy forgiving here, by allowing that at least an overload would be required. A case in point: Yesterday during rush hour (thus, vehicular traffic was crawling),...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289141835/24/2013 3:50:23 PMaxialPeter, thanks for your comments. Most appreciated. Re: "There has never been a credible (able to raise funds) plan to erect a parallel network in unlicensed bands. Operators say what's mine is mine and what's yours is ours - get used to it." About funding, too true. But when Sandy (or Katrina, or pick another disas...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289131715/24/2013 9:38:03 AMPeter EcclesineHi Jim, Wi-Fi offloading morphs to disintegration as operators lose control >> instead of two parallel networks with redundancy and by Text-Enhance">risk management benefits we'll be rate-paying users of once-free spectrum. Given their woeful record, once operators attain full control we'll have a network guar...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289129395/24/2013 7:36:16 AMaxialIt appears events are moving predictably. Until recently the convention (I'm unsure about the law) was that operators paid for the spectrum from which they maintained a revenue-generating business. Technically that's not an accurate description of the licensing process, but you get the idea. We watched as operators --...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289111055/23/2013 11:04:35 AMFrank A. ColuccioInteresting, Jim. This should give the DAS community (distributed antenna system), which has been focused almost exclusively on cellular mobile solutions, something to think about. FAC ------ http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289108555/23/2013 9:30:05 AMaxialEricsson, Nokia Siemens lay the groundwork for HetNet with new Wi-Fi technology Summary: The heterogenous network will eventually allow our devices to connect to Wi-Fi and cellular networks simultaneously, but first those networks need to coordinate with one another. ' Today Wi-Fi and 3G/4G networks sit side by sid...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289107825/23/2013 8:46:30 AMaxialThe man who 'nearly broke the internet' Sven Olaf Kamphuis is accused of global cybercrime, but Spanish police found him in a squalid flat with his name on the letterbox ' The day Sven Olaf Kamphuis parked his huge orange Mercedes van with its German numberplates outside Bar Javis, in the Catalan town of...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103335/22/2013 10:26:38 PMFrank A. ColuccioMarkey, Waxman Report Highlights Gaps in Grid Security; APPA Responds TDWorld | May 22, 2013 [...] The full report, entitled “Electric Grid Vulnerability: Industry Responses Reveal Security Gaps”, can be found HERE. In January, Reps. Markey and Waxman sent letters to more than 150 utilities asking how often the...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289099615/22/2013 6:31:05 PMaxialLost in America: Still No Phone Service After Hurricane Sandy ' Steven Cherry: Today’s show is about a country that, after a natural disaster, couldn’t restore phone service to some of its people for seven months. Do I mean Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami? Haiti and the 2010 earthquake? Nope, it’s the United Stat...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088905/22/2013 10:49:29 AMFrank A. Coluccio[Bedazzling] Harvest Energy from Power Lines to Recharge Your Batteries by Steph | WebUrbanist | March 4, 2013 weburbanist.com  fac: some of the photos are precious... ------http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289083445/22/2013 1:02:02 AMelmatadorYou can bet the City councils are in bed with the telcos to block any effort to build fiber competition. Bu there is hope. Remember NIMBY? Look today what the gas shale boom did to NIMBY! The market should tight the screws a little more for the pain to be felt that the action among friends (utilities, city councils, ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289082305/21/2013 10:55:48 PMelmatadorAmigo! Apple and Google would do to Telcos what they did to Mobile. And this is good. With the cash pile they have they can build fiber infrastructures to deal the coup de grace in copper networks.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289082175/21/2013 10:49:53 PMelmatadorTech companies like Google and Facebook will not have to offer jobs to Americans before hiring foreign workers under an immigration reform deal brokered on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that represented a major victory for Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley set for immigration win By Anna Fifield in Washington Tech companies ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289082095/21/2013 10:47:18 PMFrank A. Coluccio[Mesh] Phone-powered mesh networks to connect in a crisis BBC | May 1, 2013 When an emergency strikes, communications systems often go down at the time people need them the most. In the third of our World Changing Ideas, Jonathan Zittrain asks whether we can devise a way to make phones more useful in crisis situations...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289077295/21/2013 6:16:13 PMFrank A. ColuccioHow did the government miscount a thousand data centers? By Yasin | GCN | Oct 15, 2010 gcn.com  -- fac: an interesting faux paus uncovered three years ago, thus dated... but hey, we're talking federal government time here, not Internet time ... in any case, the article points out that there...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289066495/21/2013 11:31:20 AMFrank A. ColuccioSubmarine: Time Has Come For Taking Innovation Under Water: The How And Why Of A New Repeater Subtel Forum No. 70 | May 2013 PDF: subtelforum.com  (Page 20) [graphic] ------http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289052845/20/2013 4:06:59 PMFrank A. ColuccioApple Needs a Google Fiber Alternative Soon By Tim Beyers | Motley Fool | May 15, 2013 Apple's investments in television and movie content don't match up with the popularity of its services. For example, iTunes and iCloud came out on top in a recen...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289048005/20/2013 12:53:09 PMFrank A. ColuccioEuropean Commission: Huawei, ZTE violate fair trade Stephen Hardy | Lightwave | May 20, 2013 Snippet: The two companies have repeatedly denied that they engage in unfair pricing tactics or benefit from government-sponsored subsidies. "We hope the EU listens to our customers. Our low prices alone cannot win market shar...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289047305/20/2013 12:29:12 PMFrank A. ColuccioA couple of lessons here. First, don't walk on the moon during the month of March. Secondly, if you absolutely must walk on the moon during March, then make sure your SAM missiles are locked and loaded. ------http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289040425/20/2013 12:40:38 AMftthMoon hit by meteoroid [video] NASA scientists recorded the biggest explosion from a meteorite impact seen on the moon in eight years of monitoring. continued wired.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289040375/20/2013 12:34:43 AMFrank A. ColuccioIf you can't find a seat at Starbucks, blame IT - The number of employees working out of the office is rising By Patrick Thibodeau | ComputerWorld | May 16, 2013 URL: computerworld.com  -- fac: WiFi has gone from an amenity to a must carry for fast-food eateries and coffee shops... until about six months ago, maybe...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289036105/19/2013 6:21:52 PMFrank A. Coluccio[Rocket Science] Really? Bum Ethernet Cable Scrubs Rocket Launch. Sigh BY JASON PAUR | Wired | 04.18.13 There’s a reason “rocket science” is a cliche. It’s really, really hard to pull off a launch, and veteran rocket scientists barely raise an eyebrow when it doesn’t happen. The equipment is massively complex. The liq...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289032985/19/2013 2:25:04 PMWebster GrovesThat's weird. This is the URL I posted. SI abbreviates fully typed URLs. scottaaronson.com  wghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289029585/19/2013 9:26:00 AMaxialFrom the first post on this subject 6 years ago, an effort has been made to instill skepticism about the claims: "Speaking of which, a primitive form of quantum computer has been operating in Vancouver lately, though some question whether it is, in fact, a "quantum computer". It performs only a limited type of process...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289029195/19/2013 8:12:09 AMFrank A. ColuccioThe CU site requires login. But I suppose your post covers the main point. ------http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289028385/19/2013 1:22:31 AMWebster GrovesThe New Scientist report ignores many conditionals and reports just the bottom line, which appears to support a claim of a quantum computer but in fact does not. For a more critical analysis, check out this blog - a bit technical with emphasis on the software side: D-Wave business plan seems to be to control the IP t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289026865/18/2013 9:27:10 PMFrank A. ColuccioSunday Entertainment: All Your Base Are Belong To Us youtube.com  For those who have been living under a rock, read about this meme and it's various references in the mass media here: en.wikipedia.org  One appearance I thought was particularly amusing: "On June 1, 2006, the video hosting website YouTube was taken ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289024315/18/2013 5:10:48 PMFrank A. Coluccio[SSD] The proper care and feeding of SSD storage Treat a solid-state drive like its mechanical cousin and you could end up in a world of pain. Here's how to handle these exotic beasts. By Jon L. Jacobi, PC World | May 13, 2013 Your solid-state drive sits there in silence. It's sleek. Elegant. More than a little my...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289022635/18/2013 2:04:43 PMFrank A. ColuccioThe caption below the D-Wave image reads: "Sometimes it pays to get all entangled". I could write a book... ;) ----- http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289021745/18/2013 12:52:52 PMaxialCommercial quantum computer leaves PC in the dust ' McGeoch gave each system roughly half a second to find the best solution to a version of the optimisation problem, and repeated the trial with 100 different versions. She then did the experiment for problems involving even more variables and a more complicated eq...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289011885/17/2013 6:10:52 PMFrank A. Coluccio[Déjà vu?] Why Is the Cloud Raining Unprofitablity by Jenn Cano | XSi | Apr 22, 2013 Excerpt: Software enterprise targeting companies like Salesforce.com, Workday and NetSuite are so far in the red they may never climb their way back out. Salesforce.com tripled its 2011 losses, losing $111 million before taxes in 20...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289011365/17/2013 5:47:14 PMFrank A. Coluccio[CrossOvers] NY Times: Data Centers Acting as ‘Wildcat Power Utilities’ By: Rich Miller | DataCenterKnowledge | May 13th, 2013 DCK: datacenterknowledge.com  -- fac: I'd urge reading both the DCK item above and the linked articles within... the question of cross-overs taking place between telecommunications and elect...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289007475/17/2013 2:59:46 PMFrank A. ColuccioEditorial: The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) to explore Transport SDN, CFP2 Stephen Hardy | Editorial Director and Associate Publisher | Lightwave | May 15, 2013 The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has decided to further dip its toes into software-defined networking (SDN), specifically as it applies to carr...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289004625/17/2013 1:09:23 PMFrank A. ColuccioGoogle I/O 2013 Developers' Conference If you missed the live streaming of this event you can watch all 3 hours and 25 minutes of the May 15 keynote (today's session is also available) by SVP Vic Gundotra & friends here: developers.google.com  ------http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288995555/17/2013 12:04:38 AMFrank A. ColuccioPR: Verizon: Rules for Railroads Don't Track With the Policy Needs of 21st Century Telecom Technologies Verizon Head of Public Policy Calls for Consumer- and Innovation-Focused Policy Framework for Broadband and Wireless Ecosystem URL: prnewswire.com  WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Verizon's new head of pub...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288995115/16/2013 11:25:26 PMFrank A. ColuccioConnecting everything: A conversation with Cisco’s Padmasree Warrior McKinsey & Co. | May 2013 Cisco’s chief technology and strategy officer describes how the exponential growth of connectivity between people and devices, both mobile and network, will change commerce, business systems, and individual behavior. This is...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288994665/16/2013 10:52:32 PMFrank A. Coluccio[Opinion] The Phony Wireless Bandwidth Crisis: Two-Faced Data Flood Warnings Phillip Dampier | Stop The Cap | May 15, 2013 America is on the verge of a wireless traffic data jam so bad, it could bring America to its knees. Or not. Stop the Cap! notices with some interest that while wireless carriers continue to sou...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288974035/16/2013 12:09:54 AMFrank A. ColuccioAT&T CEO: We'll piggyback on Google's Fiber rollout plans If Google is allowed to go after specific neighborhoods and homes in Austin, Texas, AT&T says it should be able to snag the same terms and conditions for its own fiber-optic deployment. by Roger Cheng | c|net | May 15, 2013 URL: news.cnet.com  -- fac: see Br...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288969755/15/2013 6:54:20 PMP2VThat's a great description, Frank. I've worked with any number of personnel from Ma Bell, and W.U. ... to troubleshoot our tens of 60 MA TTY lines as late as the early 80's. Still hanging on there were Model 28 Teletype Corp units , mostly for Military and some Weather Station use. And even though we were using a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288968455/15/2013 6:02:45 PMP2Vultra-high-efficiency refrigeration... Not sure about the ultra high.... but a unique system, which I ran across in the mostly defunct furniture district of Western Massachusetts ..... consisted of noisy cast iron pumps,.. pushing river water up , onto the roof of the old mill building. Then... totally off the...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288968105/15/2013 5:48:09 PMFrank A. ColuccioWalgreens Builds Net Zero Energy Retail Store Linda Hardesty | EnergyManagerToday | 03-08-13 Walgreens plans to build what it believes will be the nation’s first net zero energy retail store, producing energy equal to or greater than it consumes. Walgreens plans to achieve that by utilizing solar panels, wind turbines...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288966355/15/2013 4:35:45 PMFrank A. ColuccioHi P2V, Since we're onto telecom history here, one of the unheralded facts about WUD (the D stood for domestic, to differentiate it from WUI, where the I stood for international - a different company entirely) is that they served businesses with voice services, as well as telegraph & data services. One client location...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288959105/15/2013 12:32:44 PMP2Vhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288957195/15/2013 11:36:16 AMFrank A. ColuccioSong of the Open Wire Click on the URL below, then click any selection and view the articles and photos that appear below. A reminder that what we know today as copper wasn't always, and will likewise be substituted by yet another replaceable medium. the-electric-orphanage.org  ------http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288954685/15/2013 10:31:26 AM