Remember the days of $19.99 internet where you bought a basic 28.8K or even better yet a V.92 56K dial-up account? Yeah, it sucked - but in many ways I long for those days and I’ll tell you why.
GCI recently got some press over their revolutionary 7 years late launch of Video on Demand. Yay.
Okay, seriously, I’m just not seeing the return on a $10M investment for video on demand when I can get infinitely more options online. C’mon, you have to get off your fat ass and go the grocery sooner or later and good ‘ol Blockbuster is probably in the same parking lot anyway! Read the rest of this entry »
While I am not at liberty to divulge all the juicy details, I have it on pretty good authority that at&t Alascom will be rolling out WiMAX in the Anchorage area this year. They’ve been in Juneau since last fall and have been testing here in Anchorage for several months.
The golden question is: Will it compete with DSL/cable internet?
Many have been debating the “format war” between HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray about who will become the (HD) high definition DVD standard, but the real HD war is just beginning. I believe the real battle begins with the term “HD” and ends with how you will be getting your content in the next few years. Read the rest of this entry »
This just in. A friend who is currently a GCI Internet subservient subscriber forwarded an email they received from GCI regarding a complimentary, gratuitous or “just because they felt like it” speed increase. Hooray! Read the rest of this entry »
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