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Inside Broadband: Will Workman
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Will Workman is a former editor of telco industry publications. He is now working on his PhD in mass communications. He can be reached care of TV Technology.
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WiMax Must Choose Its Own Broadband Path
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by Will Workman, 9.22.2004
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While it's been generating quite a static hum in recent years, WiMax, the new broadband wireless standard designed to work over wide areas, now appears to have a few 800-pound gorillas in its court
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Candidates Begin to Unveil Broadband Plans
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by Will Workman, 8.18.2004
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President Bush and, to a lesser extent, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, (D.-Mass.) have been detailing their plans for making broadband a ubiquitous presence in the American household over the next four years.
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Slow Reform Stifles Wireless Broadband
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by Will Workman, 6.23.2004
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The "government," which in our nominal democracy is ostensibly representing "we the people," is managing a tremendous natural resource, airwaves, that most folks haven't the slightest clue is worth so much.
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Broadband Over Power Line Gets FCC Boost
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by Will Workman, 4.07.2004
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Whenever an infant technology takes its first steps, you can't help rooting for it.
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Studios Seek VOD Deliverance from Digital
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by Will Workman, 10.29.2003
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Question: How many studio executives does it take to change a lightbulb?
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Two Decades That Propelled an Industry
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by Will Workman, 9.17.2003
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Cable goes from rural curiosity to dominant player
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The House Bill Can't Build
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by Will Workman, 8.20.2003
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Quick quiz question: Can you name the recent event that drew Bill Gates, Michael Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Mark Cuban and Barbara Eden all on the same day?
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A Third Way? DSL, Cable: Meet PBL
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by Will Workman, 6.25.2003
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The original technology of broadband over powerline (BPL) appears to be reawakening.
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Brouhaha on Broadband
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by Will Workman, 4.23.2003
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The prevailing question of today is: If we want more investment in broadband buildout, how do we achieve that and who pays?
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Power Up: Broadband Needs Gaming Boost
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by Will Workman, 1.22.2003
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What are cable and DSL operators selling with their broadband? Faster Web cruising speeds and file downloads are yesterday's value propositions. For $40 or more per month the next wave of broadband adopters (and some of the current customers as well) need to see more.
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Gettin' GigE With It
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by Will Workman, 11.27.2002
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It's not often I get on a bandwagon, particularly a broadbandwagon. After you've been around the cable industry for almost a decade the phrase "Wait 'til next year" holds special poignancy. But hey, I actually have a choice between DSL and cable modem service, I have access to digital cable (though I don't subscribe) and now Time Warner Cable (my operator) tells me VOD is coming.
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Cable Must Make HD Triple Jump
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by Will Workman, 9.18.2002
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It's been a cold, cold summer in cable land...Finding a ray of optimism beyond the PR spinning has been difficult, but I think I've got one. That is, if operators can pull off an Olympian triple jump over the next couple of years.
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They Huff and They Puff, But They Can't Get In
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by Will Workman, 8.21.2002
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So how important is interactive television?...Well, it depends on how you define it and how much money you have thrown at it.
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Where Does John Malone Want to Go Today?
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by Will Workman, 7.24.2002
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I'm glad I don't compete with John Malone. I know Brian Roberts will become Cable King once Comcast's $72 billion acquisition of AT&T Broadband goes through and he's sitting on 21.2 million cable subscribers (knowing Roberts, he's already crowned himself), but Liberty Media's John Malone is the guy I'm watching.
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Broadband, Home Networking a Likely Pair
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by Will Workman, 5.01.2002
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Perhaps this is so obvious I'm wasting my time; I'm either afflicted with an unhealthy idealism or there are great movements afoot of which I'm unaware. But in looking over the littered landscape of two related technology fronts, I can't help but see a connection some seem to be missing.
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Follow the Logic
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by Will Workman, 3.06.2002
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Yes, sometimes it’s useful to read your junk e-mail. Even a modest spam glutton can occasionally pick up whiffs of tech trends in the air.
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