Archives for November 2017

The 3 things everyone should do to humanise customer service calls

People who work in call centres are every bit as human as you and I. By treating them as such, not as talking robots, we can raise everyone’s welfare.

A new Internet for a new society

The old is collapsing around us. The new is being born. The present Internet has done its job. A better one is needed for the society we must build.

Where is the governor for packet networks?

The progress of steam power was dependent on being able to regulate flow via a pressure governor. Networking has yet to learn this lesson.

Why telecoms business transformation is hard

Telecoms is one of the last industries to move from a “supply push” model to a “demand pull” one. We’re lagging because the task is particularly hard.

Banking, airlines, telecoms: the demons of disruption are dancing

I attended a seminar on Open Banking this morning hosted by Ctrl-Shift. Several seemingly stable industries share similar structural contradictions.

My new Patreon offers E-book, live webinar, discussion group, thinking partner

I am pleased to announce four new ways in which to become a supporter of my work via Patreon, each of which offers you something of value in return.

Conference report Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications 2017

I blagged my way into the rather good #URLLC2017 today. Here’s a quick synopsis of what’s going on, and my take on it, together with notes on each talk.

There really is one network metric to rule them all!

What makes network management so hard? We have lots of metrics, and they’re all less than ideal. So let’s use the single ideal one instead!

How a Duty of Candour can prevent a Tyranny of Things

The legitimacy of any technical system rests on the continued trust of its users. A missing governance requirement is a legal duty of candour.

The 3½ strategies for telco-cloud service quality innovation

The new science of network quality takes away a constraint to service innovation in telecoms and cloud. I outline the thee strategies now available.