Unfiltered

In 2009, even a crystal ball would have a hard time predicting:

•  Most Internet traffic bypasses tier-one networks
•  Ciena beats Nokia Siemens in the auction for Nortel’s assets.
•  Infinera introduces new gear without its flagship chips inside.

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Whether you think they’re buzz-worthy or not, we’ll be happy if we never hear these industry favorites again:

•  Cloud and/or cloud computing
•  TV Everywhere
•  4G
•  Over-the-top
•  shovel-ready

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You can bet these companies have their fair share of regrets:

•  eBay’s acquisition of Skype, which didn’t include key technologies, resulting in a legal mess
•  Nokia Siemens Networks. Despite Synergies, losing market share

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The companies and individuals who bore the brunt of criticism in 2009 were:

•  Most unfair scapegoat: U.S. telcos as anti-net-neutrality invaders or privacy and unfair business practitioners
•  Google, which is destroying multiple industries so that they can be rebuilt for the digital age.

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This year will be most remembered as:

•  The year we all survived – well at least mostly.

• Everyone opened an app store. Applications continued the insane momentum they started last year, but this year, no one was satisfied with just an app. Every handset maker, carrier, operating system and third-party wanted to own the storefront to shop them.

• The year everyone focused on broadband stimulus and nobody got any.

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There was no shortage of events, trends, new products and services to remember in 2009 – even some that we’d like to forget. But as 2009 comes to a close, we’d like your opinions on the year past. What were the top technology trends? What was the most unexpected event or most game-changing product? We know our readers have opinions, and we’d like to hear them.

Connected Planet and Telephony Online readers, please take a moment to fill out our survey on the good, the bad and the ugly in telecom for 2009. The first 100 respondents will be entered in a drawing to win a $50 American Express gift certificate.

Take our short survey here: Best & Worst of 2009