Verizon Invests in Content Developers
During a recent talk with Charlie Rose, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg listed content developers as a rationale for Verizon’s aggressive last mile strategy. In the interview, Mr. Seidenberg suggests that delivering fiber speed all the way to the home should yield much as of yet undiscovered value, including new opportunities for content developers, as opposed to the AT&T fiber strategy which is cheaper to implement but will not run that last mile and as a result deliver less bandwidth.
Investors in VZ may be a little nervous over such a large cap ex bet, but this week’s release of Verizons first quarter earnings might help ease at least some of that concern. Highlights like revenues up 25 percent from first quarter 2005 and low churn can do that.
Not sure that is enough performance to totally quiet the CEO compensation backlash that is brewing and time will tell who made the correct call, but for now I’m giving Verizon a fresh look. From their recent pact with Adobe, to their mobile platform deal in Europe with Danger, to their iptv rollouts across the country, these guys seem to care about content developers.
On a related note, if you’ve ever wondered about the actual impact on a neighborhood that comes about from laying new fiber, Dan Bricklin has documented the experience of what happened when FIOS came to his neighborhood.
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Great post DC. Very interesting approach to sending SMS. Is the source code for this actually available anywhere? Thanks! Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by JustUs1776
Great post. I'm a LAMP Developer and I was wondering if anyone has been able to build their own GSM server. That is, a server that can utilize a GSM modem to send direct, local messages to cell or IP phones. I'm working for a not-for-profit health care organization and have a suite of applications that I'd like to improve communication turn around time by sending SMS messages our nurses IP phones and our Physician's cell phones. I've found a ton of services that are all cost prohibitive and was hoping for an open source solution. Comment on Open Source SMS Text Messaging Application by Roy
My son's teacher would like to be able to send short text messages to students. I'm looking for a simple solution that would allow him to broadcast to 20-40 students a "reminder" about class info. This article looks very promising, but It appears to be server based. Can this type of program be modified to run run stand-a-lone, ie flash drive, desktop...? comment feed...