No … Just no………….

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Forge77

Dunkin Donuts is going to start selling pizza…. thats just a scary thought. they cant even get a coffee right , who knows what the fuck they would do to a pizza.

Subway, Dunkin’ give pizza a chance

By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
Subway is to sandwiches what Dunkin’ is to doughnuts. So why are both chains exploring — pizza?

It’s
because fast foodies find it tough to resist sticking a gooey finger in
the $28.5 billion pizza industry at a time when the pie biggies — Pizza
Hut (YUM), Domino’s (DPZ) and Papa John’s (PZZA) — have seen growth stall.

More than a decade ago, even McDonald’s (MCD)
tested pizza before tossing in the apron. But with consumer interest in
pizza high and pizza-dominated chains’ sales lagging, the temptation to
roll out the dough is once again peaking.

Of all meals eaten at restaurants, 9% now include pizza, reports NPD Group.

“The demographic of pizza eaters is about the same as oxygen breathers,” says Steve Green, publisher of PMQ’s Pizza Magazine, a trade publication.

Recent
pizza growth has been in artisan, take-n’-bake and rising-crust pizzas,
Green says. Now, Subway and Dunkin’ think faster, smaller pizzas may
find a niche.

Subway is dishing out
personal-size pizzas at about half its stores nationally, and Dunkin’
Donuts is testing personal pizzas at 15 prototype stores in six states.

“Everyone in the industry is keeping an eye on the new entries,” says Mandy Detwiler, managing editor at Pizza Today.

From the department of oh noes

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Forge77

Just an article from Dslreports other news sources are reporting this as well but i figures i’d work from this one.

Wi-Fi Health Weirdness Continues
The German Wi-Fi ban that wasn’t…
06:30PM Monday Sep 10 2007 by Karl
tags: wireless·Oddities

There’s been no solid scientific evidence that Wi-Fi is a health hazard, but that hasn’t stopped a parade of people from trying to stop Wi-Fi deployment, usually based on absolutely no evidence of any kind. In the U.S., teachers have sued schools to derail installs, while angel guidance consultants have launched campaigns against Wi-Fi in their free time.

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Network Nuetrality again…

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Forge77

it seems after the network Neutrality issue is being dragged up again.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118910051959919525.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

From the article

Justice Department Opposes ‘Net Neutrality’

Associated Press

Word Count: 323 | Companies Featured in This Article: AT&T, Verizon Communications, Comcast

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday said Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic.

The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices, that it is opposed to “Net neutrality,” the principle that all Internet sites should be equally accessible to any Web user.

Several phone and cable companies, such as AT&T Inc., …

the companies want to Prioritize traffic , traffic shaping. Which in the right hands maybe a good thing. but this is not going to happen. they just want to squeeze more money out of the net. to make sites Pay for there bandwidth used on there network and create another revenue avenue.

an article from SlashDot.org http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/09/06/2329200.shtml

“I was saddened (though not surprised) to read that the Justice Department opposes net neutrality saying that it could “hamper development of the internet.” While it may seem counter-intuitive to me, they argue that allowing ISPs to provide different levels of service/speed for different content will benefit consumers. They did promise to “continue to monitor and enforce any anticompetitive conduct to ensure a competitive broadband marketplace” — not that anyone was worried about that.”

Has the DOJ looked around lately ? there is No competition , and with opposing network neutrality it would only dig this hole further. Now, if you have not traveled out the US you will not realize how badly companies have hamstringed US broadband. First off DSL which rather than upgrade to fiber the companies would rather use existing infrastructure thats aging beyond its years. years back there was an inititave that was suppose to have the US on fiber but that dissapeared. (google 200 billion rip off to find out about that). all this talk about having a “high” and “low” speed lane on the internet they want to create. ITS ALREADY HERE. Look around, low speed lanes. AOL, People PC, Net zero , etc. high speed lanes COX HSI , Verizon Fios(limited areas) , comcast , etc.

Anyways getting back to limited point of view. if you have never been outside the US , you would not believe the speed options you have , In sweden for example – For less than $20 a month you have 100mb up and 100mb down speeds. which is currently 25times faster than most ISP’s in the US , and I do discredit speedboost and light speed or whatever the hell its called because its only a speed burst.

Other counties have no problems devoloping there Internet why should we have any problem unless lobbying gets in the way…….