July 30, 2003
Business Week: Verizon's Gutsy Bet.
At the heart of this reinvention is the most ambitious deployment of new telecom technology in years. Verizon plans to roll out fiber-optic connections to every home and business in its 29-state territory over the next 10 to 15 years, a project that might reasonably be compared with the construction of the Roman aqueducts.
Network World: Microsoft Research preps Usenet analysis tool.
Researchers at Microsoft are working on technology that makes it easier to navigate Usenet news groups and could eventually help clear clutter in e-mail inboxes, a Microsoft researcher said Tuesday.
News.Com: Cox tests Internet phone service.
Cox Senior Vice President Dallas Clement told financial analysts that the marketing trial will also investigate what alternative power supplies to sell alongside VOIP dialing plans. One of VOIP’s major problems is that when electricity is disrupted, modems go down and the phones no longer work.
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