informational generosity

Information sources reporting on studies, but not actually citing and linking to those studies, apparently don’t want to help readers to learn more.  Not citing and linking has created well-justified frustration.  Sources that don’t provide relevant citations and links should be judged less credible.  You should be suspicious of their motives.  You should be offended … Continue reading informational generosity

mountains of telecom data for crowd fun

Huge archives of files containing U.S. local-exchange telephone companies’ service volumes, rates, and revenue from 1992 to 2009 are now available for collaborative reformatting, organizing, and analyzing.  U.S. local-exchange telephone companies that the Federal Communications Commission regulates via price caps publicly file annual tariff review data.  These data include service volume (demand) and rates for … Continue reading mountains of telecom data for crowd fun