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Internet bandwidth hogs might not be the only ones with a stake in the outcome of pilot tests Time Warner and Comcast have announced they are beginning in some cities. It may well be that anyone who wants to be able to watch video over the Internet should be paying attention to what’s going on here.

The two cable giants are taking somewhat different approaches to the problem of a very few customers using a very large share of high-speed Internet bandwidth. Time Warner is trying out tiered price levels, with the low being $30 and 5GB per month and a dollar penalty for each extra gigabyte used. Comcast, responding to legal pressure over its throttling of P2P traffic and other dubious practices, says it will now punish the most abusive users rather than particular applications.

Dear Bob …I too am trying to get in to the consulting business … well a type of consulting I guess. I have a side-business aside from my day-to-day job where I repair computers/networks and consult on the addition of technology in to an organization or home/office. It’s nothing fancy. Matter of fact, I don’t even have an official name of the business nor do I have the business registered with the government. It’s more of a part-time thing that I do to get a few extra dollars each month if I can. My question, beyond anything you see disconcerting… READ MORE

A bit of context: The following inquiry asks about the “Agile Business Change” methodology I introduced in Keep the Joint Running, (”Fruitful business change,” 5/26/2008). It’s an attempt to extend Agile-style software development methodologies to encompass business change in its entirety. It takes the 3-year vision/1-year strategy/3-month goals/4-week plan formula designed for individual executives and managers and extends it to the whole corporation, in order to “chunk” strategic change into manageable bites. - BobDear Bob …Why wouldn’t upper management take a look at the 3 month plans and ensure that there is high-level coordination? Wouldn’t these things be a good… READ MORE