Rural Telecommunications articles from March 2007

Rural Telecommunications archives from March 2007

Be bold.
March 1, 2007... Nothing comes to us without a certain amount of risk. I remember starting out in my career and one boss saying to me, "It's okay to take a risk as long as it's a calculated risk." Taking risks based on good information and knowledge, as well as...

Avoiding the BlackBerry Thumb.(strain injuries due to increased use of hand-held devices)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... More and more Americans rely on their hand-held electronic devices such as BlackBerries, Treos, Sidekicks and PDAs to access work. Increasingly, they are using these devices to stay in touch with family and friends as well. The increased use of...

Teen speak in IM.(SHORTTakes)
March 1, 2007... In 2004, 16 million teenagers used instant messages (IMs) to communicate with their friends. On average, an IM session for a teenager lasts more than a half hour and involves about three or more buddies. Typically, they use instant messaging to...

New breed of spam.(SHORTTakes)
March 1, 2007... Spam used to be strictly text based and commercial in nature, linking to sites, touting remedies and coming from people looking to make some extra money. This type of spam was blocked based on key attributes, such as words and phrases typically...

Virtual world virtually taxed?(Second Life from Linden Lab)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Virtual worlds are giving rise to a new economy, making it difficult for game players, tax lawyers and economists to find a resolution about taxing income made from virtual world games. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Second Life (SL), a...

Workforce challenges.(Perspective)
March 1, 2007... Finding good help has always been a challenge, however in today's work place it is becoming a much more difficult hurdle to overcome. Baby boomers are getting older--the days of recruiting and hiring lifetime employees are quickly dwindling....

How is delivering video transforming your business?(FIRSTPerson)
March 1, 2007... Because of market forces and consumer demand, telcos are proactively transforming their businesses by delivering video to their customers. Telcos have aggressively met challenges head-on and are making the investment to be the provider of...

FCC commissioner Robert M. McDowell: embrace the competitive environment.(Cover story)
March 1, 2007... Nominated by President George W. Bush in February 2006, Robert M. McDowell was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2006, and sworn in as a commissioner of the FCC on June 1, 2006. Throughout his 16-year career in the...

A look at the 110th congress.
March 1, 2007... Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas "Tip" O'Neill once remarked, "All politics is local." While this maxim of politics might have been accurate during O'Neill's era, he made this famous remark decades before the Internet...

Communications legislation: the view from the capitol.
March 1, 2007... During the course of the 109th Congress, a major objective of both the House and the Senate was an attempt to rewrite the nation's communications laws. While there were multiple goals underlying this initiative, the central theme that emerged...

The emerging 2007 federal regulatory landscape.
March 1, 2007... What will be on the FCC's plate for 2007? For starters, after six years, the FCC finally will be in position to rule on intercarrier compensation (IC) reform, namely the Missoula Plan. If the plan is adopted as is, rural carriers will continue...

NTCA 2007 Annual Meeting & EXPO, Orlando, Fla., February 4-7, 2007.(National Telephone Cooperative Association)
March 1, 2007... The innovative spirit of Walt Disney was alive and well among the 2,800-plus attendees at NTCA's Annual Meeting & EXPO, February 4-7 in Orlando, home of the Walt Disney World resort. Educational and networking opportunities provided attendees...

Accounting: The Basis of Business Decisions?(RISKManager)
March 1, 2007... Has your telecommunications company ever been asked to provide your financial information to a third party? Of course it has. Are those third parties just being nosey or is there a sound reason for wanting to see your financial statements?...

A winning philosophy.(EXECUTIVEViewpoint)
March 1, 2007... Basketball coach Phil Jackson is considered one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time. One of only three head coaches to have led two different teams to the NBA finals, Jackson currently holds an impressive nine NBA titles (a record he shares...