Joe Laszlo
Joe Laszlo
chatting connection finally longer nice order phone platform realize term time users viable voice whose
I think all (the IM companies) think that this is an idea whose time has finally come. All of them realize that while voice chatting between IM users is a nice thing, what they really need to do longer term in order to make the platform more viable is make that connection out to the phone networks.
inherently number phone provider tied wireless
E-mail addresses inherently are tied to the provider in the way that a phone number is not tied to a wireless carrier or phone company.
people phone talk
For all the new-fangled things people like to talk about, the phone has been the phone for 100 years now,
broadband figuring left message worth
What they're left with is figuring out a better message around why broadband is worth it.
field left room surprise
I think there is room for some new communications application to come out of left field and surprise everybody.
aol bring broadband early merger users
The AOL/Time Warner merger could really bring broadband from the cutting-edge, early adapter users to mass-market consumers, something AOL excels in,
broadband commitment customers deal dollars fairly far inertia might partners sort sure
I'm sure one of the clauses in AOL's deal with broadband partners was a fairly hefty commitment as far as how many customers would make the switch. Two dollars removes any sort of price-related inertia that their dial-up customers might feel.
access aol giving heels soon time
It's interesting this announcement comes so soon on the heels of the Time Warner deal. One of the synergies we see between AOL and Time Warner is TW giving AOL access to their cable.
mercury pounds
Together, they emit 1,500 pounds of mercury annually.
aol compete expand expect markets remaining time trials
While this is unexpected, it indicates that AOL is remaining technologically agnostic. But I wouldn't expect AOL, if they expand DSL trials further, to compete in the same markets as Time Warner.
amount fair interest switch
We see a fair amount of resistance...not a lot of interest to switch from dial-up to broadband.
adoption almost assumption automatic broadband growth happened internet itself needing notion opposed people quick soon ways
There was this assumption that as soon as people got a notion for what broadband was, they would want it -- that it would be as automatic in some ways as adoption of the dial-up Internet was in the U.S., where growth was very quick and almost happened by itself as opposed to really needing to be sold.
afford college customers exactly expensive five ideal market sell
They're going to sell about five of them. I'm all for integration, and I think customers are, too, but this is way too expensive for the market right now. It's ideal for college students, but they're exactly the ones who can't afford this.
content improvement key performance throughout
It's that performance improvement that content distributors have as their key value. By distributing content throughout the Internet, they can improve performance from an end-user's perspective.