Today’s installment of Benefits of broadband is all about phone calls. Imagine calling anyone anywhere in the us free and for as long as you want. No, it’s not magic jack or one of those other infomercials. It’s google voice calling which is now a part of gmail. The service which just launched yesterday has already been used 1 million times. http://mashable.com/2010/08/27/google-million-calls/ If you one of those people who is irritated each month by their [...]

The last few days have seen the best and worst of the Net Neutrality debate. First, I encourage you to watch this video on CNET – http://cnettv.cnet.com/net-neutrality/9742-1_53-50091412.html?tag=mncol;2n .  You will see two experts do a superb job summarizing the Net Neutrality issue.   You may not agree with every point (I didn’t), but you will have a far better grasp of  the topic. I do agree with Maggie Reardon of CNET and author Larry Downes that the [...]