TeleSparks
Posted: 08/12/2002
Abstract:
On occasion, TeleChoice shares with its friends throughout the industry their views on major events and issues in the telecom industry. TeleSparks is the primary vehicle for sharing these (usually highly opinionated). TeleSparks is authored by Russ McGuire, TeleChoice Chief Strategy Officer, with input from others throughout the TeleChoice organization. TeleSparks Digest is authored by Danny Briere, TeleChoice Chief Executive Officer, with input from others throughout the TeleChoice organization.
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Special! The Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide: Telecom
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A Blatant Rip-off Parody For The Holidays. "Nothing can be more telling than those prophetic words in Piven's and Borgenicht's Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook." 12-16-2002 |
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Rejoice! Again, I say Rejoice!
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"The telecom industry is clearly in the midst of intense trials and tribulations, but we must not lose sight of the incredible blessings delivered through networking in the past few years." 11-26-2002 |
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Industry Rx
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"No part of the telecom industry will recover until the carrier segment recovers. There's a painful three-step treatment process required for the carrier industry to recover." 11-1-2002 |
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Who Needs Marketing?
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"We don’t need marketing. All I'm focused on is selling, and the sales targets are clear." 9-26-2002 |
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The End of Telecom
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"people and businesses have bought their telephone equipment and services from a telephone company. That truth is at risk of becoming merely historical if telecom companies don’t change their ways." 8-29- 2002 |
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The Stupid Issue
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Our industry has forgotten how to think. 8-02- 2002 |
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2002 Mid-Term Exam
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In 2001, everyone was confident that 2002 would be the year for a telecom industry recovery. Today, halfway through the year, there’s a wide range of predictions for when that recovery will actually occur. 6-27-2002 |
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Profitable IP Services?
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Recently, a tremendous amount of focus has been on rescuing the telecom industry and the economy as a whole by incenting massive deployment of broadband services through regulatory and legislative relief.. 5-30-2002 |
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Fiber Glut Revisited
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The assumption that carriers’ financial problems are caused by an oversupply of bandwidth or fiber is not just dead wrong it’s dangerous. Wrong analysis leads to wrong solutions that can do more damage than the original problem. 4-30- 2002 |
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TeleChoice Perspectives on Current Industry Challenges and Opportunities
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Although we understand the rationale for this belief, the sentiment that "category making is dead" is over-simplified and misleading. Companies may make fatal mistakes if they fail to understand the fundamental truths underlying the decision of whether or not to "category make". 3-20-2002 |
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Introducing - TeleSparks Volume I
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This evaluates the impact of the bankruptcy proceedings for Global Crossing on the overall competitive health and future of the service provider industry. |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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TeleSparks Digest 12-11-02: Hidden Marketing Help, Lost Voice Revenues, and WebCams from the Dead 12-11-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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TeleSparks Digest 11-7-02 Convergence, Consumers, and Clorox 11-7-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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TeleSparks Digest 10-25-02 Video on Demand, Spelling and Telecom, and XML 10-25-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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TeleSparks Digest 9-16-02 Home Networks, VC stats, and T-shirts 9-16-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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TeleSparks Digest 8-12-02 Sex and Telecom, Cellbucks, Warchalking, and More 8-12-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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TeleSparks Recap
7-15-02- English Monday Jokes, IT spending, and Microsoft? 7-15-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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A regular broad summary of the stuff that's caught our attention across the industry, and how we've approached it in our recent articles, white papers, speeches, and other materials. 6- 13-2002 |
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TeleChoice Recap Digest
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A regular broad summary of the stuff that's caught our attention across the industry, and how we've approached it in our recent articles, white papers, speeches, and other materials. 4- 22-2002 |
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TeleSparks Recap Digest
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A regular broad summary of the stuff that's caught our attention across the industry, and how we've approached it in our recent articles, white papers, speeches, and other materials. 3- 12-2002 |
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