Chatting with reporters

I'd like to catching up on some notable media work over the last week or so. If I don't post it here, I forget what I did, which would be a bit of a bummer given how much I enjoy this stuff. I spoke with LuAnn LaSalle from the Canadian Press on a couple of issues near and dear to the techie heart:

Move to hi-def video online means Internet's backbone needs more strength. Also picked up by the CBC and the Brandon Sun.

Analyst Carmi Levy said Internet service providers have invested huge amounts of money in their networks and need technology to increase bandwidth that can work with what they already have in place.

"The doomsayers have been warning about an Internet apocalypse for years and magically that has not yet happened," said Levy, senior vice-president of strategic consulting at AR Communications in Toronto. "Bandwidth will continue to grow to account for the increased demands of such bandwidth rich-applications like video," he said.

Upstart Globalive ready to take on Canada's big wireless players. Also picked up by AM1150 Kelowna, CFTK-TV Terrace BC and CanadaEast.

Analyst Carmi Levy said these companies have to project years forward how they expect consumers to be using their mobile phones.

As the phones become more multi-functional with capabilities such as being able to surf the Internet, listen to music and watch video, those with the necessary Internet bandwidth will have the competitive advantage, said Levy, senior vice-president for strategic consulting at Toronto's AR Communications.

"Canada needs the winners of this auction to bring something new and to bring something different - new technologies, new networks, new pricing structures that align more closely with the experience of consumers in other markets because we are still paying too much for too little," Levy said.

Your turn: Do you want to break the cell phone carrier monopoly as badly as I do?