Towerstream First Quarter Financial Results
Posted on May 19, 2011
Towerstream’s financial results merit inspection for two reasons.
First, it is one of the few publicly-traded Wireless ISPs. Consequently, it may provide insight into the potential financial performance of other operators who – being privately owned – keep their numbers to themselves.
Second, as the accompanying diagram illustrates, Towerstream is building a massive Wi-Fi network in Manhattan designed to provide Internet access for iPhones, iPads, and similar devices. Since cellular carriers now impose data limits and use restrictions on such devices, Wi-Fi offload may ultimately become a mainstream alternative that is only now incipient. If the concept is replicated in other major markets and proves successful, it could imply many years of continued growth.
Download audio narration to iPhone, iPad, and iPod — eleven minutes.
Third, Wireless ISPs may well be at a similar stage of industrial evolution as the CATV industry of forty years ago and ultimately exhibit similar financial metrics. Read more…
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Legal Green Light for Cloud Computing
Posted on July 7, 2009
Jim Burger, Copyright Attorney, Dow, Lohnes
If you would like learn about a recent Supreme Court action providing a legal green light to a future “Networked Economy”, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Jim Burger who is an attorney with Dow, Lohnes in Washington, D. C. His specialty is intellectual property, including copyright law. Read more…
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Olympics and Court Action May Accelerate DVR Adoption
Posted on September 1, 2008
A recent appellate court decision, in combination with the NBC’s Olympic TV viewing experience, may well prompt acceleration in the adoption of DVRs (e.g. TiVo’s). I discuss the points with Jim Burger, who is a copyright attorney with DowLohnes in Washington D.C.
Originally Cablevision announced plans to offer a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) service to be hosted within the physical CATV network instead via on-premises equipment that must be installed in the homes of individual subscribers. One advantage is that the “networked-DVR” would enable Cablevision to roll out the service through many of the set-top boxes already deployed with subscribers. Thus, the company could avoid the expense of installing new set-top boxes for those subscribers choosing the DVR service. Read more…
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