by Jeff Yablon | Nov 4, 2016 | Business Change Highlights, Business Process
The oldest post you’ll find here is about an outdated but still wildly-profitable component of phone bills. Way back in August 2007 I wrote a piece about The Federal Subscriber Line Charge. Fast forward to today and see if you get the connection between Federal...
by Jeff Yablon | Jun 5, 2013 | Influency
Verizon may be known for their red logo, but they understand all the colors of Influency. Today this piece at Mashable made me think about my one-time employer. Verizon has started deploying ‘regular’ phone service using wireless spectrum. And it make...
by Jeff Yablon | Dec 3, 2010 | Business Process
This weekend, Verizon is turning on their fast new mobile telecommunications network. Early testing shows Verizon’s 4G LTE network to be incredibly fast (although 4G is expensive—there’s no “unlimited” option). Not a big deal, and honestly not...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 16, 2007 | Business Process
Federal Subscriber Line Charge [Updated February 16, 2010] Two-and-a-half years later, with much traffic still flowing here and to our parent PC-VIP, I’ve decided to update this post: When Judge Herbert Greene broke up the phone company back in 1984, he set a...