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Pete Jakob IT discussions in business media always seem to cover the same topics: mid-tier businesses and tech; IT investment (too much? too little?); data storage (and the environment); information security; and whether good tech people can be good managers. more...
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Is the party really over for broadband entrepreneurs? It is according to the Real Business blog. Rebecca Burn-Callander claims that, “with larger corporations operating loss-leading broadband to try and grab a chunk of the market, smaller players are being forced out”. That may be true enough for broadband suppliers in the UK, but surely there’s still room for the cagey smaller player?

Case in point: Current Communications, which has “topped a venture capital funding report for the second quarter” in the US according to Wired.com. Backed by bigwigs like Google and General Electric, Current Communications is offering "broadband over power line, or BPL, which lets users access the internet through any regular power outlet” – technology that could find its way to the UK and beyond if it gets off the ground.

Meanwhile, Yahoo! News reports today that “Nethercomm, a San Diego-area start-up, says it has developed technology to send lightning-fast broadband and TV services via wireless signals through the pipes that deliver the fuel used to heat homes and fire up stoves.”

One party may be ending, but there’s always another one starting somewhere...

Posted: 12/09/2006 Comments: 0
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