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1. Gotham (2014– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story behind Commissioner James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.
Creator: Bruno Heller | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Camren Bicondova
2. Gone Girl (2014)
R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Writer: Gillian Flynn | Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice.
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane | Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
4. RoboCop (2014)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy - a loving husband, father and good cop - is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.
Writers: Joshua Zetumer, Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner | Director: José Padilha | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish
5. Sabotage (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
Writers: Skip Woods, David Ayer | Director: David Ayer | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Olivia Williams
6. Pain & Gain (2013)
R | 129 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Pete Collins | Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub
7. The Heat (I) (2013)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.
Writer: Katie Dippold | Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael McDonald, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir
8. Mortal Kombat (1995)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Three unknowing martial artists are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world.
Writers: Ed Boon, John Tobias, Kevin Droney | Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
9. Alex Cross (2012)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled serial killer who specializes in torture and pain.
Writers: Marc Moss, Kerry Williamson, James Patterson | Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns
10. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy
A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team.
Writers: Jack Bernstein, Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey | Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc
11. Scream 4 (2011)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
Writer: Kevin Williamson | Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale
12. Saw III (2006)
R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery
Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.
Writers: Leigh Whannell, James Wan | Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh
13. Rush Hour (1998)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Two cops team up to get back a kidnapped daughter.
Writers: Ross LaManna, Jim Kouf | Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung, Tom Wilkinson
14. Highlander (1986)
R | 116 min | Adventure, Fantasy
An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".
Writers: Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, Larry Ferguson | Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart
15. The Last Stand (2013)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.
Writer: Andrew Knauer | Director: Jee-Woon Kim | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro
16. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
R | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon Gruber in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, Roderick Thorp | Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene
17. The Calling (2014)
R | 108 min | Thriller
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Fort Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Writers: Scott Abramovitch, Inger Ash Wolfe | Director: Jason Stone | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn, Topher Grace
18. Above the Law (1988)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop and uncovers CIA wrongdoing.
Writers: Andrew Davis, Steven Seagal, Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett | Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean
19. RoboCop 2 (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A corrupt businesswoman seeks to discredit Robocop in favor of her own model of cyborg.
Writers: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, Frank Miller, Walon Green | Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover, Mario Machado
20. Man of Tai Chi (2013)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama
A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.
Writer: Michael G. Cooney | Director: Keanu Reeves | Stars: Tiger Hu Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Hai Yu
21. Alan Partridge (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy
When famous DJ Alan Partridge's radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
Writers: Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Armando Iannucci, Patrick Marber | Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Tim Key, Karl Theobald
22. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Action, Mystery
A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Writers: Kazunori Itô, Masamune Shirow | Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
23. Welcome to the Punch (2013)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a notorious criminal is forced to return to London, it gives a detective one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Writer: Eran Creevy | Director: Eran Creevy | Stars: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, Peter Mullan
24. Chaos (II) (2005)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Writer: Tony Giglio | Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny
25. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
When a teenager, Chun-Li witnesses the kidnapping of her father by wealthy crime lord M. Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for vengeance and becomes the famous crime-fighter of the Street Fighter universe.
Writer: Justin Marks | Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein
26. Wrong Cops (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Crime
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Writer: Quentin Dupieux | Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Steve Little, Marilyn Manson
27. A Good Man (2014 Video)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander (Seagal) goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex in Romania. But when ... See full summary »
Writers: Jason Rainwater, Keoni Waxman | Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Ron Balicki, Radu Banzaru, Claudiu Bleont, Massimo Dobrovic
28. The Enforcer (1976)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.
Writers: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, S.W. Schurr | Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman
29. Batman: Year One (2011 Video)
PG-13 | 64 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A wealthy playboy and a Chicago cop both return to Gotham City where their lives will intersect in unexpected ways.
Writers: Bob Kane, Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, Tab Murphy | Directors: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku, Jon Polito
30. Runaway (1984)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Writer: Michael Crichton | Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley
31. 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded (2013 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
WWE Wrestler Randy Orton portrays Nick Malloy, an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) who finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the ... See full summary »
Writer: David Benullo | Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Brian Markinson, Venus Terzo
32. Undead (2003)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.
Writers: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins, Lisa Cunningham
33. Maniac Cop (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Innocent people are being brutally murdered on the streets of New York City by a uniformed police officer. As the death toll rises and City Hall attempts a cover-up, Frank McCrae heads the ... See full summary »
Writer: Larry Cohen | Director: William Lustig | Stars: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
34. Flood (2007)
110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East ... See full summary »
Writers: Justin Bodle, Matthew Cope, Richard Doyle, Nick Morley | Director: Tony Mitchell | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Whalley
35. Tactical Force (2011)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
Writer: Adamo P. Cultraro | Director: Adamo P. Cultraro | Stars: Steve Austin, Michael Shanks, Michael Jai White, Adrian Holmes
36. Unstoppable (2004)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dean Cage is a former CIA operative who suffers from extreme PTSD. While in a program to resolve the stress of the loss his future brother-in-law Scott, he plans to meet Scott's sister at a... See full summary »
Writer: Tom Vaughan | Director: David Carson | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Jacqueline Obradors, Stuart Wilson, Kim Coates
37. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Writers: Edward Tang, Fibe Ma, Lee Wai Yee | Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang
38. The Horde (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.
Writers: Arnaud Bordas, Yannick Dahan, Stéphane Moïssakis, Benjamin Rocher, Nicolas Peufaillit | Directors: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher | Stars: Claude Perron, Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurélien Recoing
39. Nemesis (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An retired cyborg Los Angeles policeman is forced out of retirement and is assigned to apprehend his former partner whom is smuggling data to a terrorist organization that plots to assassinate government officials.
Writer: Rebecca Charles | Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Merle Kennedy
40. Schutzengel (2012)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled veteran from the war in Afghanistan works to protect an orphaned teenager who witnessed a murder from the killer's henchmen.
Writers: Stephen Butchard, Paul Maurice, Til Schweiger | Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Numan Acar, Volker Albers, Loyd Bateman, Gode Benedix
41. Replicant (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
Writers: Lawrence Riggins, Les Weldon | Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Brandon James Olson
42. Brannigan (1975)
PG | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in ... See full summary »
Writers: Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, William P. McGivern, William W. Norton | Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer
43. A Stranger Among Us (1992)
PG-13 | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken ... See full summary »
Writer: Robert J. Avrech | Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan
44. Out for a Kill (2003 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.
Writers: Danny Lerner, Dennis Dimster | Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Steven Seagal, Michelle Goh, Corey Johnson, Tom Wu
45. Malibu Express (1985)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Cody Abiliene is a semi-successful private detective desperately in need of a big (and well-paying) case. When he's hired to solve the murder of Contessa Luciana's husband, he jumps at the ... See full summary »
Writer: Andy Sidaris | Director: Andy Sidaris | Stars: Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning, Art Metrano, Shelley Taylor Morgan
46. Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Action
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
Writer: Larry Cohen | Director: William Lustig | Stars: Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell
47. Legendary Assassin (2008)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
A female cop befriends a mysterious martial arts drifter, who turns out to be a deadly assassin.
Writer: Chi Keung Fung | Directors: Chung Chi Li, Jacky Wu | Stars: Jacky Wu, Celina Jade, Kara Hui, Zhan-Wen Keu
48. Direct Action (2004)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
Writers: Greg Mellott, Sidney J. Furie | Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Polly Shannon, Donald Burda, Rothaford Gray
49. Aakrosh (2010)
Action, Crime, Drama
The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes an Officer to investigate the disappearance of three medical students.
Writers: Robin Bhatt, Aditya Dhar, Irshad Kamil, Akash Khurana | Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Jaideep Ahlawat
50. The Treat (1998)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of four strange prostitutes will change forever when they go to the Mayor's birthday party.
Writer: Jonathan Gems | Director: Jonathan Gems | Stars: Julie Delpy, Georgina Cates, Pamela Gidley, Larry Drake


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Not pasteurizing the honey might be a good idea, actually. I'll just have to make sure that
1) The water and honey are well mixed; I don't want it to be separated and have to shake it up halfway through its fermentation
2) It's still safe to consume (I mean, that's the reason behind pasteurizing it at all, right?). I'm sure it will be, and in fact, I didn't pasteurize what I've got fermenting right now, though admittedly I used pleb-tier pure honey in that batch.
Getting a spice satchel should probably be my next priority. I don't have one, but I could certainly see how it'd be helpful. And I'll get some orange zest. As for why it's so dry, I agree that it kinda just comes with the territory, but I've read that using a lighter honey (such as orange blossom) in greater quantities can help with that to a degree.
Good luck stealing your lab's stuff to brew! Hope that doesn't bite you later. Seeing that you're a chemist, I'd imagine this'll come a little easier to you than me. I have little patience for specific numerical instructions, so I honestly just wing it when it comes to mead. I guess herein lies the question of cooking as an art or a science; I like to play with it and hope the product turns out well, while you'll stick to the recipe (I assume).
One other thing- I went through Middle Mountain's entire selection before seeing the text at the bottom: "Please note we ship to Canada only."
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Don't let the good demeanor fool you – Tyler Howell will chase you down and leave you in the dust on any road or racecourse. He hones in his skill at speed on scary roads like this where he's at home in Southern California.
GRADE is a downhill/freeride film chronicling a year of travel with our top team riders.
Today at 3PM PST GRADE goes live on skatehousemedia.com. The best three parties will win the choice of a free James or Liam Pro Model Complete!!
Just want to give a shout out to Daddies for kicking off the GRADE Premier! Our riders had a ton of fun hanging with everyone in Portland, and we were amped on all the local fans showing up.
Come hang with us tonight at Arbor Headquarters in Venice for the video premiere of GRADE; a downhill skateboarding full-length film featuring James Kelly, Liam Morgan, Tyler Howell, Brandon Tissen, and Jordan Riachi. There will be free food and beer courtesy of Saint Archer Brewery, and music spinning with DJ Ari-Shark. Its going to be
Arbor Skateboards and Caliber Truck Co, in association with Blood Orange, present GRADE; a downhill/freeride full-length film chronicling a year of travel with our top team riders
Team rider Tyler Howell just made a new video with Caliber Truck Co. in the Malibu Hills. Watch him navigate through technical canyon roads with obstacles and construction workers in his newest edit.
Congrats to Tyler Howell in winning the first event of the series, Be the Influence Boarder-X, in Sydney Australia! He and rider Brandon Tissen are continuing to compete throughout the entire series in Australia, and both are heavily favored to podium the upcoming events. Next up is Newcastle Australia; we will keep you updated as they continue to kick butt down under!
Arbor Skateboards is proud to announce our newest team rider – Tyler Howell!
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"Lighting offers us a wonderful additional platform of product design and functionality in guestrooms, to blend with JLF's seating and fine tables," stated Jeff Lazar, president of JL Furnishings.
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- Publication date: 1 August 2002
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text: 2010 Draft Prospects Rundown 5/24 Posted BY Tim Williams May 25, 2010 Analysis Here is a recap of how each player did this weekend. You can click on their name to go to their draft tracker. BRYCE HARPER Harper's stats haven't been updated on the tracker, as CSN's site hasn't been updated. However, Harper had a huge weekend, going 6-for-7 and hitting for the cycle on Friday, followed by a 6-for-6 day with four homers, a double, a triple, and ten RBIs on Saturday. Think those numbers are absurd? Well, that's probably because metal bats were used in the game. No surprise, Harper was named the number one catcher in the draft by Baseball America. JAMESON TAILLON Jonathan Mayo has Taillon going to the Pirates in his recent projection of the top 10 picks, although his reasoning doesn't sound very convincing. Basically he thought it came down to Taillon and Manny Machado, with no reason as to why he had Taillon going to the Pirates. Meanwhile, Baseball America named Taillon the number one right handed pitcher in the draft. DREW POMERANZ Pomeranz had some struggles on Thursday against Auburn, allowing four runs on eight hits in seven innings, with two walks and six strikeouts. Pomeranz has seen his velocity drop to the high 80s lately, which is the second year in a row he's seen a velocity drop late in the season. It could be due to his strained pectoral muscle, which could also be the reason for his control issues. Baseball America rated Pomeranz the number one lefthander in the draft, although it seems unlikely that the Pirates take him with the recent issues. MORE PROSPECTS style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Anthony Ranaudo – What a horrible season it's been for Ranaudo. Starting the season he was the ace of the LSU staff, and the consensus number two pick. This past weekend he was relegated to bullpen duty, making two appearances and allowing just one hit, no walks, and striking out three in 2.1 innings. Ranaudo fell all the way to #12 in Baseball America's ranking of right handed draft prospects. Bryce Brentz – Brentz went 4-for-13 this weekend, with all four hits being singles. He was rated as the fourth best outfielder in the draft by Baseball America. Christian Colon – Colon went 5-for-15 this past week, with three doubles, two stolen bases, and two walks. Colon currently has a 14 game hitting streak, and is hitting for a .417/.464/.650 line in the month of May. He was rated the number two shortstop prospect in the draft by Baseball America, right behind Manny Machado. Deck McGuire – McGuire has turned his season around lately, pitching six innings this past weekend against Boston College, allowing one run on five hits, with three walks and six strikeouts. That's not enough to get him selected over Taillon, Machado, or even Pomeranz, but it's a good outing. McGuire ranked third among right handed draft prospects in the Baseball America rankings. Manny Machado - Keith Law had Manny Machado going second overall to the Pirates in his first mock draft of the year. Law also has a scouting video on Machado, which requires an Insider subscription. Machado was rated the number one shortstop prospect in the draft by Baseball America.


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A friend gave me a couple of Golden Severums about 4 months ago. I initially put them in a 55 gal. community tank and, much to my delight, they proved to be a matched set and produced offspring. About a week after the babies hatched, something ate them. So, I moved all the other community fish to another tank and now the two Severums have the place to themselves. I put the obligatory terra cotta pot in there with hopes they'd use it for laying eggs. Well, the male thinks the pot is his. The female has laid eggs in other places a couple of times, but they disappear rather quickly. The fish are well fed as far as I can tell. Can anyone help me understand what I can do to help them follow through on the reproduction and rearing cycle? I don't know what to try next.
Offer them a number of spawning sites. You disturbed them, they will settle in and get with the program sooner or later. They may or may not be good parents, and might not rear their young, you might want to add a few small tetras or danios so they have something to defend the fry against, it will often reinforce their parenting instincts, and will probably help keep her from getting beat up.


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The other dockets at the F Agency are still embattled, including VoIP inter-carrier compensation, special access circuits, Open Internet / Net Neutrality, and the mergers (Comcast-TWC and ATT-DTV).
I haven't jumped on the Title II bandwagon, because the devil is in the details (and that proposal is like 300+ unreleased pages!)
I will say this about Title II: despite voice being regulated we still have call completion issues in rural America; we still have dropped calls (VoIP and cell); and we still have too many amateurs delivering voice services (causing some of these problems). The TDM-to-IP transition is in mid-stream but without any real oversight or structure in place. VoIP inter-connection is still a problem. It would be nice to have HD and Fax work any where due to all VoIP lines being as connected as TDM lines are.
Calling Title II regulation Obamacare for the Internet is just plain spin for TV time by a bunch of old white men who can't turn on their computers themselves and still think of the Internet as a bunch of tubes. (I am very tired of politicians - all of them.)
FCC Chair Wheeler's "strategy of reclassifying the service providers stems from a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington last year that voided FCC open-Internet rules. Judges said the agency improperly treated Verizon Communications Inc. as if it were a utility -- something the FCC couldn't do because of its 2002 ruling." [source]
None of this would have come to pass if Comcast and Verizon hadn't played games with Netflix. These same 2
idiots ISPs are the only 2 to sue the FCC over Open Internet rules. They should have been happy with the way it was, but greed.
In addition, I think the FCC gave cable enough prizes this year: by changing the definition of broadband to 25 Mbps x 3 Mbps they essential called ADSL dial-up. With the sale of more Verizon wireline assets to Frontier, cable will win some more. Isn't that enough for the Duopoly member with an almost monopoly on residential broadband in America and an increasing hold on small business Internet and voice services?? The Comcast deal for TWC with Charter should NOT go through. There is no benefit or upside to the consumers for this to happen. None. And that is the sole mandate of any F agency: protect the
sheople consumers. The FCC lacks follow up AND enforcement of merger conditions. So why approve a merger that will need a lot of conditions -- for a company clearly against Open Internet????
The Big 3 - AT&T, VZ and Comcast - are all set to file lawsuits after this order passes. I like how "Michael Powell, who as Republican FCC chairman led the agency to its 2002 decision," weighs in as president of the NCTA for his decision in 2002. How did he get to be FCC Chair again? Oh, right, he worked for Rumsfeld and his daddy. That's qualified.
It seems FCC Commish Clayburn is looking for the spotlight and to add drama by asking for lighter conditions now. Ah, politics. It makes for crappy regulation. But maybe it is more about the next job offer, as Clayburn seems to be doing the delay that the GOP commissioners were seeking. Why does it always go along party lines at this F Agency?
This is a decent read: Title II Proposal Brings Certainty - and Questions.
In 2002 till 2006, the FCC - usually twisted by the courts - made a number of rulings that set the current Duopoly up for riches. I think the exchange for that was supposed to be broadband for all in the US. To at least keep pace with Moldova. Instead, they pocketed the rate increases, played games with OTT content providers and VoIP providers daily, made deals with each other not to compete and lobbied up the ass in place of actually making good on their promises. They not only deserve Title II; they all deserve eminent domain of their networks.
Governments take over houses because a new plan concept will bring more taxes. Why is this any different?
This is also why the big merger should be denied -- they break their promises.
"With broadband defined as a Title I "information service" as it is today, the FCC lacks the legal language and authority to punish carriers for things like super-cookies" from VZW, write VB. In what world do we pay companies to spy on us? Oh, right, sorry.
It would be nice if the FTC has some cajoles, but they don't, so it is up to the FCC do rein things in.
I hear this from the old angry white men on TV: How much do you love America that you consistently play with the one resource that makes America competitive? The Internet is what is spinning our economy. It is what provides many people jobs. And yet the top ISPs won't provide a dumb pipe equivalent to Moldova to Americans?]]>
There are numerous studies about the benefits of a fiber network to a community, including home values, jobs and taxes. Why would any elected official not think that these are goals to strive for even with taxpayer supported bonds?
Verizon has FiOS in some areas and is selling its wireline (including FiOS) in 3 states now. Verizon chose not to compete with cable, but instead to co-market cable in areas that did not have FiOS. This was the deal that VZW made with SpectrumCo, the LLC that owned the cableco spectrum that VZW bought in 2012.
I have been in meetings where AT&T Wholesale has largely admitted that they don't have a product to compete head-to-head with cable. Since then, AT&T has announced a couple of pockets of Gigabit broadband, largely in response to Google Fiber. AT&T also announced pocket upgrades to U-Verse to 75 Mbps
Is it too little too late?
Charlie Reed, Partner at ATLANTIC-ACM, wrote on Telecom Ramblings:
Cable companies will continue to take share in 2015, making strong moves up market. Cableco's share of the business telecom market increased from 4.8% in 2009 to an estimated 12.8% in 2014. Most of this growth came from small businesses. Comcast, the largest cable player, received 78% of its revenue from businesses with under 20 employees in 3Q14. Going forward, cable companies will see growth come from medium and large regional businesses buying Ethernet transport, high-speed Internet access and enhanced voice solutions. The merger of Comcast and TWC would give the combine company added power in the medium- and large-business space thanks to the multitude of on-net buildings they could access.
With VZ selling Florida, Cali and Texas to Frontier, cable wins again. After Frontier takes over a region - like CT from AT&T or the last chunk of wireline it acquired from VZ - there were so many problems that even when cable was losing a sector, it gained it back.
When the FCC changed the definition of broadband to 25 Mbps x 3 Mbps, cable won. It is a gift from President Obama to his golfing buddy, the CEO of Comcast. I am not sure Obama's FCC will give them the big gift of TWC.
Google Fiber is the best marketing play ever made. Every announced city causes the Duopoly agitation.C-Link and TWC have also had to announce Gigabit broadband.
Google has to push and prod the telcos or there will be a single player in the US for broadband - and we have seen how they play with OTT competitors.
Many smaller players are doing pockets of FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) across the US, including Jaguar, C Spire, Sonic, Socket and Ideatek.
If Google and these smaller providers can launch FTTH, why didn't the Duopoly cover the US with FTTH (which is essentially Gigabit Broadband)?
The FCC and state regulators let these guys off the hook - in a big way. Rates were raised to upgrade networks to provide fiber. It's why the Comcast-TWC-Charter deal can't be allowed to go through. even with conditions, the consumers are still screwed, because the FCC has never held a company to its merger conditions. (It didn't hold VZW to the open conditions on the C-Block 700 MHz of spectrum VZW bought in 2008 to use for LTE!)
Muni networks are just a side show to keep the rivals of the Duopoly spinning. It happens so infrequently that it isn't a serious threat. But it does keep people occupied in the Spin Zone. And for that we say, "Thanks for playing. We have parting gifts for you... more taxes, less speed, higher rates."
And while I am talking about Cable Winning, look at Comcast's business division which involves not just business cable triple play, but Broadsoft powered Hosted PBX; CLEC status in a number of states; Metro Ethernet; and more (like PRIs and SIP trunks). It's a $2.4 billion business for Comcast. "Comcast Business Services is the second-largest contributor to Cable revenue growth at Comcast behind high-speed Internet and achieved 34% revenue growth in 2012."
According to Reuters, "The two companies' [TWC and Comcast] sales to businesses of broadband Internet, voice lines and network services already total more than $5 billion, with the growth rate of 20 percent or more expected to be kept up at both the companies' business units." What CLEC has that momentum or revenue?
Reuters notes, "So far, both cable operators generate most of their sales in small-to-medium sized businesses, companies with 20 or fewer employees. However, in the past few years they have made a push for bigger companies with as many as 500 employees."
The next 6 months should be interesting to watch.]]>
Indiana Fiber Network is upgrading to 100G. IFN is owned by 20 LECs in the state that put 3500 route miles of fiber in the ground touching about 4000 buildings.
Big upgrades - are you in Indiana? Might I suggest we have a call so that we can work to increase your revenue by leveraging the 4000 on-net buildings?
Cable over-builder, WOW! has been attacking the SMB market. WOW! Business will launch 110Mbps x 15Mbps Business Internet in some Southeast cities.
Pivot Media has a consumer study about Gigabit Broadband called Giga What?. They also wrote an article about the DSL is the new dial-up.
17 percent of all Americans (55 million people) lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service.
Just to maintain or retain revenues (and government subsidies), network upgrades will be required. G.fast has launched in Europe, just not here yet.
To get 25x3 service to most of America will take ingenuity, innovation, some cooperation, lots of investment capital -- and even then there are issues with bridging the Digital Divide. As Google blogs here, to cross that divide, people need to be able to afford it (while wages in the US are stagnant that will be tough); people need a reason to buy it or to be educated about the things that Gigabit broadband empower the user to do (more than just Facebook and cat videos); "Show people why the Internet matters" and then teach them how do use the Internet. That is a lot of components. These network upgrades are solving the Digital Divide. These network upgrades are to get more money out of current customers (and maybe retain a few customers).]]>
Both have been running from wireline for a while -- since maybe 2006. I think they wanted forbearance to get rid of unions and that copper plant. The wireless divisions are non-union for the most part. Unions and pensions are killing them financially (they say).
AT&T will record a $10 billion charge in fourth quarter. "The company expects a pretax loss due to changes in pension and post-employment plans and abandonment of certain copper assets." And "The Dallas-based company will also take a $2.1 billion non-cash charge after deciding to abandon certain copper assets deemed unnecessary for future network activity as customer demand for older voice and data products declines," writes CNET.
Verizon nears "the end" of FiOS builds, according to ARS. "Verizon lost $2.23 billion, but FiOS and wireless businesses remain profitable. Verizon posted a net loss of $2.23 billion in Q4 2014, despite making a profit of $9.63 billion for the full year. The loss included "significant non-operational items... primarily related to the annual actuarial valuation of benefit plans and mark-to-market pension adjustments," Verizon said."
VZ nears the end of landlines as it makes a deal to sell off as it makes a deal to sell Cali, Texas and Florida wireline and FiOS to Frontier for $10 Billion.
The RBOCs both spent big in the AWS-3 auction. AT&T spent $18B and VZW spent $10B. AT&T bought Nextel Mexico from NII Holdings and Iusacell. Verizon just sold Cali, Texas and Florida to Frontier for $10B plus, according to this SEC filing.
Cable won the broadband war when the FCC raised the definition of broadband to 25 Mbps. Now cable will again win market share as it did when Frontier took over Connecticut. Where does Frontier keep getting this money from? And why can't they ever have a smooth transition?
The RBOCs want out of copper (VZ more than ATT) - and want to focus on wireless which is profitable for them. BUT their churn is getting out of control. AT&T "said postpaid churn, or the rate of customer defections, rose to 1.22 percent and average revenue per phone user declined 10.7 percent from a year earlier." [reuters] The cellular market is flat in the US. AT&T has been looking to expand to Europe, but the EU says NO (probably due to Room 641A and Snowden revelations). So it is off to LATAM for AT&T. Verizon is kind of stuck because they have all that debt from divorcing Vodafone for sole ownership of VZW.
Now the FCC is making their DSL obsolete and about to add Title II regulation. The RBOCs are likely ready to leave that headache to Frontier, Windstream (70% of revenues are broadband), and the cable coalition.
Oh, if the Title II goes through for mobile broadband, VZW's super cookies will be burnt.
I was going to talk about this: "Chairman Wheeler Proposes to Classify Internet Access as Telecom Service" but everyone has made so much work of it in the last few months that I decided to give my readers a break. Please note, however, that ACA, et al. Oppose Title II Regulation on Small ISPs; WISPA opposes the plan; and CTIA Urges Different Open Internet Rules for Mobile Broadband Providers. No one likes change. Lawsuits already filed - even before the order has been voted on and finalized. You can blame just 2 companies: VZ and Comcast -- and then spread some blame over to the FTC for not jumping in the fray.]]>
This will mean less CAF and USF monies to telcos, since they don't offer broadband any longer. OUCH!
Does this also mean that we don't have to pay USF on DSL?
Does Nigeria now have more broadband access than the US?
This will likely speed up the rate at which the RBOCs - AT&T and Verizon - sell off copper lines.
This wasn't done in a bubble. Connected homes use more bandwidth as the report suggests. Innovations at CES and 4K TV that Netflix will be sptreaming soon require 25 Mbps. The telcos have not done a very good job of keeping pace with the broadband needs of America. This is why that Obama at the SOTU mentioned muni networks. If telcos won't upgrade, get out of the way of progress you bloated monopolies!!!]]>
Another smaller acquisition was snomOne, which became Vodia, got grabbed by a company (which I cannot name here now).
Zayo made another grab to beef up their zColo division by buying Latisys for $657 million. "The acquisition will expand Zayo's datacenter portfolio to 45 facilities within the US, France and the United Kingdom," according to the pr. Last year, Zayo bought Atlanta NAP and CoreXchange in the US; and Neo Telecoms which operates 9 colocation centers across France.
According to Ramblings, Latisys had "about 1,110 medium and large enterprises, and their main products include IaaS-powered managed hosting, storage and raw computing capacity." This will be a different addition to the zColo catalog.
In other news, Verizon mentioned at a Citi investment conference that it would like to sell off more wireline assets as it concentrates its focus on the 3 primary sources of revenue: FiOS, cellular and Enterprise.
TDS sold off about 3000 access lines in NC to Wilkes. It seems to be a trend - sell copper to get rid of union entanglements and maintenance of a rotting plant in favor of Wall Street friendly services like fiber and cloud.
In wild west numbers, a Wyoming-based cooperative, Tri-County Telephone Association, was bought by BHT Holdings for $25K per member of the coop!!!! I guess they missed the new about USF Reform.
The ILECs might as well sell the copper plant because AT&T is in the news again for not maintaining its copper. The FCC -- or the Congressional Telecom ACt re-write - will need to address copper plant -- not just fiber and broadband.
While Obama pushes for Muni networks, he is really calling for any competition in the broadband business. Google fiber did a good job with marketing to scare the Duopoly to pump it up and roll out a few Gigabit networks, but nowhere near enough. There aren't enough companies out there plowing FTTH and FTTB. I have quite a few clients doing it - Hunt Telecom, Socket, Sonic, SEIMITSU, Shelby - but there isn't enough - or there isn't enough noise about it. Tucows is certainly trying to make noise about its FTTx plans in WV and now running the muni network in Westiminster, MD.]]>
The re-definition comes amid the commission's revision of the Connect America Fund (CAF) which is part of the rural broadband program, which is part of the USF program.
I understand why the speed increase - broadband is becoming pervasive in daily life - consumer and business. Homework or home schooling or other education (eLearning) is just one use that can be bandwidth intensive due to videos and websites that are massive. (Look at your average webpage today - with plug-ins, widgets, images, embeds, ads - it adds up to a lot of bandwidth utilization per page.) Cloud apps, Office 365, backup, DAAS, communications are all vehicles driving bandwidth usage - even before you get to entertainment (which gets blamed for a lot of the usage).
It will be interesting to see how 2015 ends with Broadband deployed under the new definition. I also wonder how many projects will be scrapped or incomplete due to the new definition. DSL at 10x1 is a different deployment than 6Mbx786k.]]>
Big mergers still in play: AT&T buying DirecTV to keep up on TV; and Comcast in a three way with Charter over TWC.
Birch bought Cbeyond. TW telecom is now a part of Level3. AT&T swallowed Cricket. Siemens Enterprise Communications re-organized a couple of times and re-branded as Unify. Zayo went public.
So many CLEC execs exited the carrier world for Master Agencies. No idea how that will pan out - as the master model is shifting as the margins shrink. Maybe those carrier guys - who came out of less than stellar companies - CAN steer a smaller ship through stormy waters.
After Softbank bought Sprint and Clearwire last year, layoffs ensued all year for Sprint. And not just at Sprint. This was an ugly year for telecom employment as jobs were sloughed off left and right.
BTW, Telstra buys Pacnet for about $700 million.
The buzz this year - especially at shows like ITEXPO and Metaswitch Forum - was SDN and NFV. CenturyLink is blazing atrail to NFV.
Windstream was in a pickle this year. Money issues, revenue declines, layoffs - oof! 70% of its revenue is based on broadband. So the CFO came up with a great idea: form a REIT. It might happen in 2015. Meanwhile, the REIT idea in the data center space is still alive and well: Equinix Board of Directors Approves REIT Conversion
One bright spot seemed to be in cellular where T-Mobile's CEO decided he had nothing to lose after being blocked at the altar twice (Sprint and AT&T). So he started to turn the cellular market upside down. Sprint joined in after Apple released the iPhone 6. The downside to the pricing war: (1) AT&T and VZW are still giants and the gap is still wide; (2) MVNO models fell apart.
Also, OTT like WhatsApp, Viper, and so many more are starting to have an effect on profit streams of cellcos. At least a little. It is what our industry is famous for - Arbitrage! Take all the margin and profit you can out of a service. We don't make the pie bigger; we steal the filling. It's why I think mobile VoIP is a boring sector and don't really write about apps. It does not add anything really innovative; it just allows folks to do the same stuff for free or less money. Like Bittorrent.
And if Hosted VoIP is so wonderful - and so many of the 2000+ providers are crushing it (just ask them! they are all doing dandy.) then why oh why does RC and S2S need more investment money to grow?
This was the year of the data breach - from Target to Sony no data was safe. What does that say to the marketplace as the industry tries to get businesses to buy cloud services? This riding in after the Snowden effect on privacy concerns about cloud services.
This is funny: "Verizon will roll out new NSA-friendly encrypted wireless voice service"
Carl Ford writes Is It Time to End the FCC? I agree with him as I have written for years. The FCC has a full docket that they will take years to decide. Their decisions are not only late to the party, but always end up in court, where the FCC loses half the time.
Muni and/or public-private networks like Google Fiber are pushing the Gigabit broadband momentum. Meanwhile, laws are being put into effect to ban muni networks. Just another example of lawmakers being beholden to Corporate America, not the people.
No idea who is going to buy all that crap on Amazon between layoffs and the dwindling middle class. Or who pays for the Walmart on every corner in America, since the each store requires $1 million in public assistance per year
USF reform, E-Rate changes, Connect America (CAF), rural broadband experiments - all kind of go together. All under the big Universal Services Fund umbrella. All changes slowly being made to spur broadband in rural communities, libraries, schools and rural healthcare. It is having a ripple effect on the business models of the RLECs, who spent a lot of time and money lobbying in DC this year.
BTW, big news in Iowa. "The Iowa Supreme Court says companies that provide phone service through the Internet must be taxed the same as traditional telephone service providers."
The channel saw a lot of activity as well in 2014. So many cloud services players banging on the door asking for partners. Cloud Cloud CLOUD!!! Quite a bit of musical chairs in the vendor channel chairs too. Master agencies had to sell direct to keep up with increasing quotas under decreasing price points. The TCA rolled out a cable certification too.
If ever there was a time for companies to do strategic planning and internal evaluation it is now. Checking your strengths and weaknesses allows you to plan, but it also allows you to steer around obstacles that may get thrown in the way.
Special Forces Assessment Thought: Challenges can be stepping stones or stumbling blocks. It's all in your perspective. via @Bob_Mayer
The bright spot: customers are buying!
"All the economics are changing, as are consumption patterns, and they're shifting faster that the mindsets of those that create and publish." - Seth Godin]]>
There are so many podcasts, blogs, newsletters that you could spend 15 minutes reading each day to start the day off on a good note. Try it for 30 days.
5 Simple Questions Successful People Ask Themselves Every Day. As a business leader you should ask yourself these questions each quarter:
Have you done your planning for 2015? The Passion Planner was a kickstarter project. It seems pretty interesting for individuals.
Top Challenges & Attributes for Tech Marketers - Infographic by IDG Knowledge Hub. I will give you 2 more: Branding/Positioning/Differentiation (we really only see it in cellular) and Budget.
The top email campaigns of 2014. Maybe it will help you think about how you want to approach your email marketing in 2015.
I'm not an Apple fan boy, but I do give props to their commercial The Song. Also, props to Target for this ad.
Connecticut - now a Frontier territory - is trying to become a Gigabit state. Interesting since Frontier's DSL has had numerous complaints since it took over AT&T's network and the cablecos don't feel the need to deploy or service their customers - because, hey, what are you going to do, go back to DSL? It is this lack of competition that is causing so many issues which the FCC has to decide on. To go from where they are now to a Gigabit state will be huge endeavor. Good luck! (I am from CT and TMC is HQ'ed in CT.)
This was an interesting read about Fairness and how our always on life is changing how we view the world. "The problem isn't that life is unfair - it's your broken idea of fairness." A similar article about How We Date Now will also provide a look into life online changing offline.
Winners of the 2014 Cloud Computing Product of the Year Award Announced. Quite a few in Wi-fi in 2014 picks.
Beka Publishing (Channel Vision magazine and CV Expo) announced Winners for 2015 Visionary Spotlight Awards.
Top 50 open source VoIP apps.
4 charts that defined 2014 via the New Yorker
A friend of mine is launching an Internet Cafe and learning center in Nepal on IndieGoGo.
One thing to learn from the Sony hack: password management at the very least. Have you changed even one password in the last 30 days?]]>
Today, 4% less think connectivity is tactical and 3% less think it is strategic, but 7% MORE think it is Essential. (Taking out statistical relevance of a 5 point error either way, which would mean that they think of it about the same way now.)
For the most part, business owners do not buy based on these service results. They buy largely on price.
Some business decision makers know the difference between broadband best effort service and dedicated internet access. (Some others couldn't be bothered to listen to the difference.) These folks understand dedicated bandwidth, service level agreements and how vital reliable bandwidth is to their daily business functions. Others have bought into the heavy marketing that 100Mb x 10Mb is better than a T1 and cheaper too. I don't think that they know how to quantify "better".
Sure, in some cases, a fat broadband pipe is going to work for a business, especially a business not utilizing real-time communications (on that pipe). If, however, that business wants to run real-time communications - like video conferencing or VoIP - or that business is heavily reliant on cloud services - like insurance companies and doctor's offices - then perhaps broadband is not the way to go. And the channel partner will need to be willing to explain the difference.
Statistically, I'm not certain that a 7 point change in one trait (Essential) in a year is a big deal, especially when the other traits - Tactical, Strategic and Transformational - all dropped 2 to 4 points. None of the above increased 2 points.
Maybe we have to do a better job of educating the prospect, but we have to do it against a tide of marketing that misinforms the customer about "best effort" and SLA.]]>
If Broadband is as vital as electricity, why do we allow this to happen? Frontier faces a class action lawsuit in West Virginia over its broadband service.
Want to beat Amazon? Sell your own books, according to USA Today's Wolfe.
In a perpetual state of emergency, is that a good environment to sell stuff in?
More market research about UCaaS.
Why are we still thinking about selling phones?
The global fight on Ebola only gets serious when animals and US citizens get sick -- and the media scares the crap out of the voters heading into mid-term elections.]]>
Voice over IP is the aftermath of consumers moving from copper to FiOS or cable modem or even cell phone over the last ten years. Where it has been easiest to deliver high speed broadband, the transformation is largely happening. However, there are too many pockets of America where high speed broadband isn't available; where technology like DSL can't deliver packets due to distance limitations; where fixed wireless can't see.
Without broadband everywhere, the IP transformation can't happen. It creates a digital divide between those with GigaBroadband and those without. Without broadband, working at home is not really possible. Without broadband, many freelance careers are not possible. So the divide becomes not only about having broadband, but having the opportunities that high speed Internet Access fuels.
I'm not talking about entertainment with Xbox of Netflix. How do you have educational parity without broadband? In urban areas, many students have migrated to tablets in place of textbooks. Without broadband, there is no way to get your homework done!
And where the IP Transformation is happening, there are ripple effects. People consume exabytes of data, especially video. These streams - video and VoIP - are real-time and have to be delivered with limited latency and jitter on networks designed for data packets - like email and websites. So the networks have to be monitored and re-configured and upgraded - even backhaul.
Other ripple effects are economic. The copper plant and its union workers become a burden on the LEC. The same techs that work on TDM are not always cross-trained for IP and fiber plant. The LECs are watching a steady decline of revenue from the copper plant; revenues which have fueled the companies for decades.
There has been a call for Broadband to be a Utility by Congress. Meanwhile, the telco groups like TIA and NCTA clamor for the status quo - even as that status quo shifts from under the members of these groups. (Still others are trying to get laws passed so governments can't build fiber networks, even in communities that the carriers will never invest.)
Regardless, the carriers have to get on the program that IP networks are the future and that broadband is an economic necessity for every community, every taxpayer. The Internet Economy is what is floating the US. Any attack on it - whether Net Neutrality, slow build outs, or high prices - will have a ripple effect on this country and its economy. I just wish they all acted like they knew that (and were working in the best interests).]]>
"Like most early adopters of broadband, Mammoth Networks started with DSL as our only product. We focused our efforts from 2005 to 2009 on our DSL and ATM platform, sprinkling T1s into the network at times."
In 1999, DSL was the rage with Rhythms, Covad (now Megapath) and Northpoint all having billion dollar IPOs. New Edge Networks (now EarthLink) is still a big DSL player, since not every business needs 50MB of broadband.
"In 2008, we embraced Ethernet and started down the path of Ethernet standardization. We built NNIs with numerous carriers and honed our Ethernet skills over the next few years. By 2012, Ethernet represented the majority of our business." Ethernet has taken off. No one enjoyed buying T1 and T3 WICs for their routers and trying to figure out the right configuration and timing. Ethernet is just a more universal protocol to deal with.
Also, many CLEC's - including AireSpring - used NNI's to stitch together networks, since back in the day, LATAs were still a territory defining term.
"Today, DSL represents only 15% of Mammoth's business. It is a platform we actively support with more than 30 ATM DS3s, OC3s and OC12s. Over the past couple of years, we have seen an increasing trend of ISPs bulk moving their DSLs into our network in order to rid themselves of a fixed cost network. Mammoth will continue to provide this valuable resource to ISPs as they transition their networks." I have seen 2 trends - build out CO's to own the network (and control the services the CLEC will deliver) or stick with resell, move to a wholesaler and try to exploit synergies. (That there is a banker's term :)
Now Gigabit Broadband is booming (largely due to Google), powered by FTTX networks being built by, well, everyone. Municipalities, TWC, C-Link, ATT, Google and many independent service providers.
Along with Ethernet and Fiber rings comes MPLS or some form of VPN or private networking. That is the evolution of many ISPs. Not the top ISPs, but all of the regional independents. I wish the anti-Big Box movement in retail would hit the ISP market. Maybe someday.
Wireless ISPs may be in trouble. "In a rulemaking, the Federal Communications Commission wants to amend Part 15 of FCC rules governing the operation of Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices in the 5 GHz band (5.15-5.35 GHz and 5.47-5.825 GHz), reducing maximum device power to provide greater protection against interference." [source]]]>
Then VZ engineers checked utilization on every piece of the VZ network and found no congestion. The congestion was at the Inter-Connection (transit and Peering Points). Thanks for pointing this out. This gives the FCC all the reason it needs to regulate inter-connection like Level3 wants.
What's more is that both L3 and Cogent have been complaining for months (years?) about the congested inter-connection points with VZ. To the point that rumor has it both companies offered to buy the equipment and install it themselves, but VZ refused. So who is responsible for the congestion?
"We're Not Satisfied Until Our Customers Are" <- Ironic, because you signed the deal to have Netflix buy transit from you at the end of April. Once you were going to get paid, you offer to fix it. What a crock! That's why we need real competition for broadband in the US - not this pseudo Duopoly we have currently, where instead of competing with Comcast, VZ co-markets Comcast.
It isn't just VZ either. My own cable modem buffers Netflix, less lately, maybe a deal was struck. When you pay over $50 per month for 15x5 or 7x2 or whatever and you can't watch one unbuffered video stream, you have to ask what you are paying for. Do you buy a car but it can only be used to go to certain stores? It gives a glimpse into what Fixed LTE will be like for many in rural America. Buffer buffer buffer - oops so sorry, but we're not satisfied.
I need some buffer-in]]>
A change in Comcast's process is making clean paperwork even more important. Effective immediately, Comcast's direct team may now take over any order that is rejected for more than four business days; causing partners to lose the order. Therefore, it is more important than ever to get all required documents compiled before submitting any orders and resolving rejects within the target goal of 48 hours.
Talking to a few agents, the overall average dollar size of deals has decreased - mainly due to price compression and to broadband. More business believe that they can run their business on broadband instead of dedicated Internet access (DIA/MIS). The price compression is being felt across the board as carrier after carrier sees revenue declines (especially in the wholesale sector).
For those with quota attached to carrier contracts, this means more and more deals have to be signed to keep the head above water.
For public carriers, it means the same thing. More and more deals have to be signed.
Small problem: sales is basically a time management exercise. So your sales forces have to get more efficient every quarter. Can you see the brick wall at the end of the runway yet?
To circle that around: spend your time wisely. Pay attention to details. Submit a clean order with all the attachments properly the first time. You literally don't have time to do it over.
An email from a source at Comcast Business states as follows: "We realize that items need to be dealt with prior to getting an entire clean order accepted into the system, especially if construction is required. If the coax order is rejected for any reason, partners have 49 days from when the opportunity was created to have it accepted by the indirect channel before it is closed out as a lost opportunity. This allows enough time for those issues to be handled with the customer and the paperwork to be completed. It normally does always not take that long, be we allow that time period in order to complete the process."]]>


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- CanadianWoodworking.com will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone.
- CanadianWoodworking.com will send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people when:
- We have your consent to share the information;
- We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested;
- We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of CanadianWoodworking.com to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us.);
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or
- We find that your actions on our web sites violate the CanadianWoodworking.com Terms of Service or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
- CanadianWoodworking.com may set and access CanadianWoodworking.com cookies on your computer.
- Cookies are small text files that most Web sites, including canadianwoodworking.com place on your computer. Cookies help us identify your interests. They also prevent you from having to register repeatedly on canadianwoodworking.com or from repeatedly seeing the same ads.
- Canadianwoodworking.com is not able, and does not wish, to use cookies to track your activities on the Web outside of our site. And no cookie delivered by us will interfere with the operation of your computer.
- In cases where there are links to other sites, Canadian Woodworking recommends that you review their organization's privacy policy, as once you have left our site you become subject to the privacy and security policies of the new site.
- If you submit your name through a form on our website to request information from an advertiser or third party, canadianwoodworking.com is not responsible for any marketing or other use of your name by that third party.
- In certain areas CanadianWoodworking.com uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
- CanadianWoodworking.com may amend this policy from time to time. By using this site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Canadian Woodworking reserves the right to make changes to this policy at any time. Please check back periodically to review any changes.
- If you have questions or suggestions please contact us.