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Polls Archive

Should Sprint Let TMobile USA Invest in Clearwire?

  • Yes (67%, 4 Votes)
  • No (33%, 2 Votes)
  • Doesn't Matter (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 6

Start Date: September 2, 2010 @ 7:32 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What do you think of the joint policy position of Google and Verizon? (Choose as many as you like)

  • Seems like the public ought to be involved somehow in public policy (38%, 24 Votes)
  • Ah, so the FCC isn't alone in its ability to waste our time (33%, 21 Votes)
  • Genachowski needs to step up to the plate now. (19%, 12 Votes)
  • Awesome idea, the largest companies need to show more leadership like this. (13%, 8 Votes)
  • Hey, at least they're talking and not spouting propaganda like most of the media is right now (9%, 6 Votes)
  • Who cares? (6%, 4 Votes)
  • Why did anyone bother to leak this crap to the NY Times in the first place? (6%, 4 Votes)
  • Can't we all just get along? (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 64

Start Date: August 10, 2010 @ 7:45 am
End Date: No Expiry

What should Dave Rusin do next?

  • Find some VC backing, take XO off of Icahn's hands, and do what should have been done years ago. (30%, 28 Votes)
  • Dave who? (20%, 19 Votes)
  • Drive off into the sunset with a truck and a spool of fiber yelling "I'll be back!" (17%, 16 Votes)
  • Forget the fiber stuff, and refocus on that budding blogging career. (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Become Co-CEO with Dan Caruso, and persuade him to rename the company AFS. (8%, 7 Votes)
  • Take that tempting lobbyist position in Washington D.C. (6%, 6 Votes)
  • Kickstart the Rusin for Governor of New York campaign. (4%, 4 Votes)
  • Try to join the PGA Tour, and get some of that Tiger Woods action. (3%, 3 Votes)
  • Just one word: Plastics. (1%, 1 Votes)
  • I hear Larry King is calling it quits... (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 93

Start Date: July 4, 2010 @ 10:41 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Should the FCC Reclassify Broadband In Order to Impose Network Neutrality Rules?

  • Yes (44%, 37 Votes)
  • No (42%, 36 Votes)
  • I don't know (8%, 7 Votes)
  • I don't care (6%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 85

Start Date: April 27, 2010 @ 9:42 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Ethernet Exchanges: Ready For Prime Time?

  • Partly, but there are still major challenges ahead. (48%, 40 Votes)
  • No, the buzz is premature in a business sense. (24%, 20 Votes)
  • Yes! Critical mass has been achieved. (15%, 13 Votes)
  • Who cares? (13%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 84

Start Date: April 13, 2010 @ 10:20 am
End Date: No Expiry

What effects will the iPad and other tablets have on internet traffic growth?

  • Soaring utilization rates will cause an overall traffic surge (38%, 22 Votes)
  • It's much too early to tell. (36%, 21 Votes)
  • None really, it's all marketing. (14%, 8 Votes)
  • Only for 3G/4G wireless networks. (12%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 58

Start Date: April 5, 2010 @ 9:31 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What Do You Think of the FCC's National Broadband Plan?

  • A necessary first step, lots of work still to do though. (42%, 53 Votes)
  • A colossally stupid bureaucratic exercise. (28%, 35 Votes)
  • A waste of time, but harmless. (17%, 21 Votes)
  • Fantastic! It's about time! (13%, 18 Votes)

Total Voters: 127

Start Date: March 17, 2010 @ 9:51 am
End Date: No Expiry

Who Should Top Level 3's Shopping List?

  • Global Crossing (38%, 75 Votes)
  • Nobody! (19%, 37 Votes)
  • XO (16%, 32 Votes)
  • Qwest longhaul (11%, 22 Votes)
  • Sprint wireline (9%, 18 Votes)
  • Someone else (7%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 195

Start Date: February 21, 2010 @ 11:22 pm
End Date: No Expiry

Which US Network Provider Is Most Likely To Be A Buyer in 2010?

  • Level 3 (43%, 148 Votes)
  • Abovenet (12%, 41 Votes)
  • PAETEC (7%, 25 Votes)
  • TW Telecom (7%, 23 Votes)
  • Global Crossing (6%, 22 Votes)
  • AT&T (5%, 18 Votes)
  • Other (4%, 15 Votes)
  • XO (4%, 14 Votes)
  • Verizon (4%, 14 Votes)
  • Qwest (3%, 12 Votes)
  • Sprint (2%, 7 Votes)
  • Cogent (1%, 4 Votes)
  • Deltacom (2%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 346

Start Date: January 22, 2010 @ 8:22 am
End Date: No Expiry

Google's FTTH Venture: What Are They Really Doing?

  • Trying to influence the access market to their benefit. (50%, 77 Votes)
  • Planning to become a network operator. (16%, 24 Votes)
  • Keeping opponents of network neutrality off balance. (15%, 23 Votes)
  • Looking for technological breakthroughs to make money off of. (8%, 13 Votes)
  • I have no idea. (6%, 10 Votes)
  • Something else! (5%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 154

Start Date: February 12, 2010 @ 7:55 am
End Date: No Expiry

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