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	<title>Communications Insights: Trends and Cool Stuff &#187; Proper English</title>
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	<description>The Musings of an Expatriate in European Communications</description>
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		<title>Broadband is an Adjective</title>
		<link>http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2010/03/broadband-is-an-adjective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadband is an adjective, not a noun.  It refers to the available frequencies in a given communications channel to transmit information.  Further, networks are not “fast”.  Signals in an electronic communications network travel at the speed of light for the given medium, no faster or slower.  The only thing that changes is the width of the band of frequencies used which has a direct impact on data transfer rate – the time it takes to transfer a file of a certain size between two points on the network.]]></description>
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		<title>Highest use of spectrum</title>
		<link>http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2009/05/highest-use-of-spectrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 10:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was at the FCC, one of its stated policy goals was to ensure that radio spectrum was put to its &#8220;highest use&#8221;.  It now appears that one carrier is going to do precisely that, albeit not in the United States.  According to a report by Reuters, Nepal Telecom plans to extend its mobile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Word Oxymorons</title>
		<link>http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2009/01/one-word-oxymorons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re all familiar with the term oxymoron.  Oxymorons are a subset of the expressions called contradictions in terms. The definition of an oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a loanword from Greek oxy (&#8216;sharp&#8217;) and moros (&#8216;dull&#8217;); itself an oxymoron. In popular usage, the term oxymoron is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Network Neutrality vs. Network Management</title>
		<link>http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2008/05/network-neutrality-vs-network-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 09:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no generally agreed upon definition for Network Neutrality and deviations or violations against the principal.  Network neutrality is something of a catch-all phrase that has come to reflect a number of potential behaviours that some have considered to be anticompetitive.Network neutrality implies that all IP packets should be treated more-or-less the equally, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better than Best Efforts</title>
		<link>http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2008/03/better-than-best-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In hearing the Network Neutrality debate, does it strike you as odd when you hear the term &#8216;best efforts&#8217;? Most classes of Internet service are billed as being best efforts; however, if you want guaranteed delivery of your packets, you have to pay more. Why should you have to pay for something which is better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t &#8220;incentivize&#8221; anyone.</title>
		<link>http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2008/01/you-cant-incentivize-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MBA&#8217;s use the word &#8220;incentivize&#8221; all the time. However, there is no such word in the English language. If there were, it would literally mean &#8220;to turn into an incentive&#8221;. So unless you are planning grind a person up and use the bits as a reward, do not use it.  To use the active voice [...]]]></description>
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