Stop Defending Old Business Models

Posted on May 20th, 2008 in Digital Living | No Comments »

Here it is, direct from the horse’s mouth, a message from News Corps. President Peter Chernin telling cable companies (and media companies) to stop their obstructionist ways. Watch the video on AdAge Whether every day individuals realize it or not, we do control the marketplace and it’s beginning to show.
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I want my ISP back

Posted on April 29th, 2008 in Alaska Business, Technology | No Comments »

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.

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VOD is DOA

Posted on April 27th, 2008 in Alaska Business, Digital Living, Technology | 4 Comments »

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 »