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Views: 6,378Many of you associated with CellStream already know that we have been busy over the past several months renovating our web presence by adding the CellStream Intranet site. I thought I would write a few lines about it so folks would know what has been going on, become aware of great new information available,
The CellStream Intranet Story – Visitors Welcome! Read More »
Views: 2,066Reluctantly, I am being forced to contemplate the notion that the telephone, as I have always know it in my lifetime, is not just evolving, but it is becoming and endangered species. Look at these numbers just released by the FCC as of December 31, 2009:
The Slow Death of the Telephone As You Know It Read More »
Views: 1,660Imagine for a moment a scenario that Japan faced: a tsunami of epic size causing a disaster unimaginable in size and impact. Power would be lost, communications services completely wiped out. OK, how about an earthquake? Flood? Remember that any one of these disasters can cause a huge amount of people to be out
A Network That Works After a Disaster Read More »
Views: 1,304Monday, May 25th, 2009 As many of the CellStream faithful know, we are hugely dedicated to the Independent Telephone market, and have been since the founding of the company in 1998. We were recently invited and happily accepted an opportunity to speak at the Wisconsin State Telephone Association conference. A short video and interview
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Views: 2,088This article was originally published Monday, March 23, 2009. I have been messing rather seriously with virtualization recently. Specifically Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server products, as well as SUN’s Virtual Box. The good news is they all work pretty much as advertised, albeit they have differences. I now have a machine that
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Views: 1,270This article is directed at my many Independent Telephone/Rural Local Exchange company friends. It is the details behind a story I often talk about at conferences and training sessions. One of the main challenges for the RLECs is to up the “take-rate” of broadband in their served area. There are a number of barriers
Turning Old Computers into Tools for Subscribers Read More »
Views: 2,087As those of you close to us know, we have been big fans of Microsoft’s SharePoint concept since initial release several years ago. We have, in fact, recommended it to every small/medium business owner that will listen to us! The entire CellStream back office became converted to this online database system. Was it perfect
Our First Experiences with Windows SharePoint 2007 Read More »
Views: 1,852Just a quick blog to complain about impolite travelers. We are talking about others, right? Not ourselves. What is your worst travel experience with an impolite traveler? Would love to hear some others comments and experiences below. As a frequent traveler, I have logged (literally) millions of frequent flier miles attaining lifetime status on
Are You or Have You Been an Impolite Traveler? Read More »
Views: 1,967If you close your eyes tightly and consider the future of the Internet, what does your mind’s eye see? Most of us would say “Depends on the day!” Fair enough. Let me share with you what I will call Net Model X for a moment. This is just a capture of one of the
A Possible Network Vision – Net Model X Read More »
Views: 23,532Sure – go ahead…type your telecom/broadband related search into your AI, or Google, Bing or Yahoo!. After you get 180,381 results or having to try multiple searches or prompts and don’t see what you are looking for in the first 12 pages…. So we built this page(s). The old fashioned way. Curated, Categorized,
Our BIG Telecom/Broadband Links Listing Read More »
