Original Wordsmith
'End-to-end silos?' Samuel Johnson, who compiled one of the world's first dictionaries, looking suitably confused.
Telecom Jargonosaurus Part 1: Repeat Offenders
British authorities are infatuated with a technology they barely understand from either a technology or market perspective.
Towers companies may struggle to justify their lofty valuations as competition grows and the telecom sector remains under pressure.
The UK spending watchdog slams the government's gigabit record, but does anything really need to be fixed?
It is little wonder the Swedish equipment vendor has leapt to Huawei's defense in Sweden, whatever it really thinks about its Chinese rival.
Predictions stories are rampant around this time of year. Here's what not to expect in 2021.
Bandwidth does not properly refer to the information carrying capacity of a channel, as in "GPON has a downstream bandwidth of 2.5Gbit/s", or rate, as in "the carrier offers bandwidths up to 1 Gbit/s". The proper sentences are: "GPON has a downstream capacity of 2.5Gbit/s" and "the carrier offers maximum data rates up to 1 Gbit/s".
Confession: I sometimes commit this abomination in my own writings, in works intended for lay audiences.
Generally used to justify improvements to be achieved by "going Agile".
The term has been around for decades in software development, now it's extended to any kind of project.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model