CABLE INTERNET PROVIDERS SHUT DOWN BROADBAND USES
A coalition of technology companies – including Intel, Microsoft, Dell, IBM, and Sun Microsystems – filed a complaint with the FCC about “troubling restrictions” imposed by some cable providers on how consumers can use their broadband connections. Here’s a Washington...XO BANKRUPTCY
XO Communication filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings today, as expected. It’s intended to be a reorganization with no disruption in services. Covad Communications went through a bankruptcy and came out the other side with a solvent company. With luck, XO can do...XO, STARBAND, AND OTHER BAD NEWS
The extraordinary collapse of the telecommunications industry continues apace. XO Communications has been trying to engineer an infusion of capital from two lenders that would help it survive a planned bankruptcy, but yesterday the lenders made it clear that they’re...CONTROL OF BROADBAND
Salon is doing an extensive series of articles about the consolidation of power and ownership in the media world. This week’s article is particularly interesting. It describes how the Federal Communications Commission is quietly handing over control of broadband in...XO ON THE BRINK
It’s almost over for XO Communications. According to this article, XO is weighing a takeover bid by Carl Icahn, and it may file for bankruptcy soon. More telling to me is that XO filed its annual report with the SEC; in it, the accounting firm said it has...