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When they say shovel ready, they mean real shovels

3 March 2009 by Steve Blum
12seconds.tv, att, Blue Field Strategies, floor64, kerton group, NTIA, public policy, rini coran, RUS, silicon valley telecommunications council, silver springs networks, techdirt, tia

Notes from the Silicon Valley Telecom Council’s Policy Luncheon

The prevailing view amongst the private sector people who have been talking to contacts with the Obama team is that the lion’s share of the broadband money will go to incumbent carriers. “Jobs are created through the existing structures,” was how Mike Masnick put it, quoting a highly placed source in the administration.

Yesterday’s Silicon Valley Telecom Council policy luncheon in Santa Clara was sponsored by AT&T, but big carriers by no means dominated the panel.… More

Eye contact is next teeping opportunity

6 February 2009 by Steve Blum
12seconds.tv, cisco, geek stuff, pelican imaging, pixim, santa cruz imaging, teeping, telecommunications industry association, telepresence, Tellus Venture Associates, tia

Telepresence is to teleconferencing as dining is to eating. One is a mechanical process, the other transforms the simple act into a complete social experience. Or so the hope goes.

Also known as teeping, the idea is to create a completely immersive environment where you forget that the person you’re talking with is not physically present. Cisco is pushing this technology hard, but hasn’t crossed the line from teleconference to telepresence.

Teeping opportunity

I spent some time in a Cisco telepresence demo room this week, during a small business symposium co-hosted by the TIA and Cisco.… More