http://carliniscomments.com/ Carlini's Comments - A Higher Perspective than the Common Media en Serendipity 1.2 - http://www.s9y.org/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:55:25 GMT http://carliniscomments.com/templates/default/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://carliniscomments.com/ 100 21 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/82-ELECTRONIC-SIGNS-LAS-VEGAS-OR-LOST-REVENUES.html#c18 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/82-ELECTRONIC-SIGNS-LAS-VEGAS-OR-LOST-REVENUES.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=82 nospam@example.com (John Yarger) Great article! In fact the US Chamber just joined in with additional information at http://www.uschamber.com/sb/marketing/signage/default Thu, 25 May 2006 12:40:46 -0500 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/82-guid.html#c18 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-H-1B-REFORM-COST-SAVINGS-KEEP-IT-FROM-HAPPENING.html#c14 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-H-1B-REFORM-COST-SAVINGS-KEEP-IT-FROM-HAPPENING.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=75 nospam@example.com (James Carlini) HENRYK - Twenty years ago is not today. Immigration laws are not being enforced and your arguments, although lengthy, do not reflect what is really going on. It is one thing to come here to assimilate into the country, it is another thing to colonize here and just take advantage of the economic prosperity and not put anything back. Your view that H-1Bs are a blessing "as we are getting the cream from other societies"? Hmm ..many would disagree with you there. No one is talking about entitlements. In fact, it is recent demonstrations where illegals are asking for entitlements that would NEVER be granted in any other country. What would they do in Poland or Russia to illegal immigrants or workers? Surely not give them any "entitlements". Sorry but your arguments don't fly. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:00:28 -0500 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-guid.html#c14 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#c13 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=74 nospam@example.com (James Carlini) HENRYK -- Government IS involved because all of the companies are LOBBYING government to pass protectionist legislation to protect their obsolete business model. Do not compare it to Poland or the USSR because it is very different government models. Free trade is GREAT - but that means that the company is not protected by laws that inhibit competition. If the government did not protect the obsolete business model - you would have more entities looking at putting in fiber-based or wireless infrastructure. The interworkings are very different here than it was in Poland Do you work for one of these companies? It sounds like you do. Otherwise you would agree that copper-based services are obsolete and that government should not be restricting competition by passing legislation to restrict municipalites from competing against the incumbent phone companies' business models. A flat rate pricing model - not on usage - should replace the current pricing scheme. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:47:22 -0500 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-guid.html#c13 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#c9 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=74 nospam@example.com (James Carlini) HENRYK - You are living in the Stone Age. T1s have been around since 1963 and should not even be looked at as a broadband delivery system - it's copper-based. Look into Fiber. One gigabit to everyone. That is the Model we should be looking at for today. It is you that do not understand the difference between bit b and Byte B if you are thinking DSL is the way to go. DSL should have a cap?????? DSL should not even be considered. It's a joke. You are still talking about Megabits to the user - you're way behind in technical knowledge. Better start reading about things like FTTP - Fiber to the Premise and FTTH - Fiber to the Home - that's where we should be at. Forget about spewing technical details about T1s or 10 Mbps - it's over. OC-12, OC-48s are even questionable. One gigabit is MINIMUM to a premise. You speak about International comparisons, I advised an investor that was looking at putting in some cellular service in the Ukraine just after the USSR broke up. Their phone-to-person ratio was about 1:200 and the wait was like five years for a phone line. A T1 out there is a huge leap, but here - it's nothing. Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:00:08 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-guid.html#c9 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-H-1B-REFORM-COST-SAVINGS-KEEP-IT-FROM-HAPPENING.html#c8 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-H-1B-REFORM-COST-SAVINGS-KEEP-IT-FROM-HAPPENING.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=75 nospam@example.com (James Carlini) I do not agree with you as your premise that they can do it better or more cost effectively is NOT panning out. I have heard of many workers come in and NOT get the job done. I have also heard of some projects in India looking for Americans to head them up because they do not have the right project management skills. So to generalize and say ALL of this is good is pure hogwash. And to go back to the Founding Fathers has no relevance, Someone can either get the job done - or they can't. If they can't, they are NOT viable and just because they may be cheaper - that does not mean they can do the job better. I am sure you have heard of the saying - You get what you pay for. In some mission critical projects- the requirement is to get someone who knows what they are doing - cost is secondary and is usually HIGHER than the commodity rate. Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:32:54 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-guid.html#c8 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#c5 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=74 nospam@example.com (Adam) Thanks for the idea! I tested my home DSL, found it to be substandard, and called SBC to have it fixed. I got a quick remedy and a refund for prior service at the substandard level. My DSL at home now hums away at 1.3Mb (should be 1.5), whereas before I was getting 384Kb. I should also state that SBC tried to deflect blame since they said they never guarantee the maximum rate - they point to the fine print where it says DSL service is always within a "range" of speeds. They will probably just be forced to highlight this more expressly if "speed meters" are utilized for regulatory purposes. If nothing else, the meters would help consumers make more informed decisions - a goal of which I am in favor. Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:35:15 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-guid.html#c5 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-H-1B-REFORM-COST-SAVINGS-KEEP-IT-FROM-HAPPENING.html#c4 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-H-1B-REFORM-COST-SAVINGS-KEEP-IT-FROM-HAPPENING.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=75 nospam@example.com (Toni Chester) Thank you for this article. It is time that more news sources present the truth of the situation and the reality we all, as Americans face. During my long term unemployment, I had to send out thousands, not hundreds of resumes, in the hopes that I would receive just one response, just one opportunity, just one call. Today, there are no opportunities available to even distribute that many resumes to. I am on the verge of homelessness. I am an American Technical Worker. My life was destroyed by the competition offered by the flood of H-1B labor. Young, foreign, mostly male imports are replacing Americans. I was replaced by a male. That is one less female in the workforce. This male was 10 years my junior, many years less experience. There is no justice here. The lies continue. The lives are destroyed forever. My life is over.. and I am only 42 years old. What does my future entail? My options are gone, my opportunities are gone. There is no dream for this American. My dream was stolen. My hopes were stolen. My aspirations gone. I live my life in short increments, when I'm fortunate enough to find employment. No benefits, no vacation, no holidays, no health insurance. Deep in debt, no way out. They have devastated us with floods of young, cheap foreign labor. They have robbed us of our lives. Many comparisons can be made between our experiences and those victims of Hurricane Katrina. We are just as devastated. We are American Technical Workers. Once, the future of the country. Today, just a disposible entity. I had dreams too. Unfortunately, I cannot pursue my dreams in my own country. Foreign nationals have more rights than American citizens. This must stop. We must take charge. We must fire any politician that destroys our country and robs us of our livelihoods. We must stand as one. There is no future left. Our children will be left to bear the destruction. Is that what you want? I don't. Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:18:30 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/75-guid.html#c4 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#c3 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=74 nospam@example.com (James Carlini) DSL Reports picked up this article and a huge discussion discussion on it blossomed. I don't understand how some do not embrace the idea. They would rather be kept in the dark as far as network performance. Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:20:46 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-guid.html#c3 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#c2 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-ARE-NETWORK-SPEEDOMETERS-A-MUST.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=74 nospam@example.com (Chuck Janczy) I think regulation is needed in this industry, and I really like the idea of some sort of monitoring of bandwidth. The downside of this could be, however, that the providers may want to use this metering to bill customers for usage. This would mean that instead of a flat monthly rate, you could be billed by the amount of bandwidth used. For power net users, that could be an ugly thing. Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:38:50 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/74-guid.html#c2 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/73-NETWORK-SPEED-CHART.html#c1 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/73-NETWORK-SPEED-CHART.html#comments http://carliniscomments.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=73 nospam@example.com (Barry Zweibel) Great chart, Jim. On a related note, have you seen the new Comcast commercial where Mr. and Mrs. Turtle are complaining that their cable broadband went too FAST for them? (Turtles like to go slow - get it?!) They decided to downgrade to the 'much slower' dsl. Here's the link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=k8oXbzg_MZY. Very clever! Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:22:00 -0600 http://carliniscomments.com/archives/73-guid.html#c1