The Demand for the Data Pipe

Thursday, 02. 18. 2010  –  Category: T2 Communications

It seems like ages ago when data connections were only available via dial up and our consumption was limited more to a time block than a logistical need.  We couldn’t keep our phone lines tied up, and even when we tried our connection was often broken with regularity.  Even with the latest gear, the process was inefficient, slow and aggravating.  Of course, for most people it really didn’t matter because there wasn’t anything to do online that we couldn’t accomplish by using the postal service or reading a newspaper.

How times have changed.  Now, that data connection has become the equivalent of a morning commute—it is their way into work.  We communicate more via e-mail, text and social media without considering picking up the phone or…

The Power of Not Being Productive

Thursday, 02. 11. 2010  –  Category: Ranger Wireless Solutions

If you have ever watched an episode of the television hit House, you know there is a method to the madness of Dr. House.  Despite his antics to analyze, dissect and generally torment the minds of his co-workers and patients, he always seems to come away with a solution that no one else sees.  Often, the solution hits him at the unlikeliest of times when his mind is far from the case at hand.

In a recent episode of the comedy The Big Bang Theory, the character Sheldon was suffering from a mental block.  He tried numerous tactics, including taking a “menial” job as a bus boy (his words, not mine) to help stimulate his problem solving skills just as Einstein had once been a patent clerk. …

Should Data Connections Be Considered Essential Like a Utility?

Thursday, 02. 4. 2010  –  Category: T2 Communications

Every month, we get the usual round of bills at home.  For most, there is the electrical and the gas bill.  Most pay for trash and perhaps water.  Likely you either you have a mortgage payment to make or rent to deliver.  Combined with our food tab for the month, these are considered “essential” services for our existence.

And then there is data.

For the purposes of this article, data is any connection you pay for over which communication is delivered.  For some that still means copper phone lines.  It also means cable or satellite service, internet connections, wireless (cell phone) service and any other devices like VoIP that you pay for to create your experience.  They come from one provider or three, and like clockwork they…

Forget Digital Footprints—We are Leaving Tire Tracks

Thursday, 01. 28. 2010  –  Category: T2 Communications

The phrase “digital footprint” is used regularly to describe the trail of information we are leaving in an increasing fashion online and in technology devices.  And while the very real threat that the information could fall into the wrong hands, we continue to find new and different means to share our life through 1s and 0s.  As our aversion to putting personal information out there lowers, it becomes more important to monitor the extent to which we are extending ourselves into the digital world.

Five to ten years ago, there were very few things that we were doing digitally.  It seems like so long ago, but there was a time when mail trumped e-mail, phone calls were the way to reach out to those across the…