ted sent me this: Are cable access fees headed up?

“After remaining virtually unchanged for the past several years, the cost of monthly Internet access via high-speed cable modems could be headed higher. Millions of cable-based Internet customers have grown accustomed to paying about $40 monthly for access. But that fee could become just a fond memory for two recent developments: Leading provider Excite@Home is under extreme pressure to raise cash, and the competition from the DSL (digital subscriber line) industry has already started to raise prices.”

sorry john “@Home, the nation’s largest provider of high-speed Internet service over cable lines, said Tuesday that it needs to raise $75 million to $80 million by the end of June to stay afloat, and that it will report lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue next week…”

Rhythms looks for a way out …

but without the mess … “In the game being released this spring by a start-up called It’s Alive, players will track and shoot each other with their cell phones in a kind of high-tech paint ball.

it doesn’t look like the NorthPoint / AT&T DSL debacle is getting any better!

more fallout from Northpoint’s bankruptcy … “Some of Northpoint’s larger ISP customers, like Telocity Inc., are in the process of switching to other wholesale carriers. But the uncertainty is leading some ISPs with smaller DSL operations to get out of the business.”

From: Quicken.com NewsCenter

I’m not sure what this is, but aparently Adam Curry is trying to create his own version of MTV with the Personal Television Transceiver: The FreedomController

Build a community wireless network! A mention of it on GeekNews led me to some interesting “open source-ish” projects where by groups of people are connecting their SoHo WANs together to create P2P wireless backbones. Sweet!

eek … time to find a new DSL provider: AT&T Acquires Assets of NorthPoint Communications

from the Economist.com “Rumours are circulating of a superconductor that works at room temperature”