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Gay Marriage, Net Neutrality, and Dangerous Curves.

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Steve Kamman

OK, I am not actually going to try and compare gay marriage to Net Neutrality.  But there is a link.  Profound social shifts in what seems like an instant.  In both cases, society is following its (predictable) hockey-stick adoption curve. … Continue reading →

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Lets Have a War! Putin’s Solution to Cheap Oil?

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Steve Kamman

I’ve been thinking about risks for 2015.  Which got me thinking about Putin’s grim situation.  Low oil rices are already making things tough.  Its only going to get worse.  So what’s his fastest route to reversing that oil price drop? … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality, FCC, and Title 2. Wow.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Steve Kamman

It seems more likely FCC Chair Wheeler is going to propose full blown “Title 2” common carrier regulation for internet service.  This is a huge progression from early 2014’s talk of Internet “fast lanes.”  Some thoughts. The real regulatory question is … Continue reading →

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4,000 Miles Later.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Steve Kamman

For valid reasons too complicated to even try explaining, I have driven somewhat over 4,000 miles in the past 3 weeks from Berkeley, CA to Michigan and on to DC.  With some (very enjoyable) stops at the Grand Canyon and Little … Continue reading →

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US Wireless About to Get Interesting (and Ugly)

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Steve Kamman

No-one has any idea what DISH Network’s Charlie Ergen is going to do with his large (and likely-to-be-larger-soon) spectrum holdings.  But he will have a huge market impact in the next 2 years – most likely a negative for incumbents.  DISH must start offering service on … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Pimple is a Volcano. Cloud Infrastructure Dominance? $5 Billion in 4 Yrs is Huge, But Only Just Starting.

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Steve Kamman

I recently went to Amazon’s annual AWS (Amazon Web Services) conference.  The conclusions: Cloud infrastructure is set to take off and much bigger deal than many appreciate.  It is not just “renting” compute and storage.  It enables a technically innovative, … Continue reading →

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Emperor Bloomberg Re-Makes the World. Again. And the Gigabit.

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Steve Kamman

So I was sort’ve expecting my comeback post to be something trenchant about Tech or Macro.  Anything but calorie counts?!?  But this piece is more about how change happens.  With a segue to telecom at the end… The spur is the FDA’s decision to … Continue reading →

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Test 2 – Re-Loaded the site.

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Steve Kamman

The last attempt to migrate to my own server didn’t catch.  Erased that attempt and basically re-created the site instead of trying to clone it.  Hoping this iteration works. The last few months have been tough and distracting personally – hence the … Continue reading →

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