Archive for April 30th, 2010
Back in February we noted how Baltimore was one of a number of cities upset that they were overlooked by the Verizon FiOS installation fairies. As we’ve discussed at length, the company is stopping deployment in any market where a franchise agreement hasn’t already been signed. There’s a number of reasons for this, including the [...]
Each year Hotel Chatter offers a handy look at the state of hotel Wi-Fi, breaking down the best and worst paid and free Wi-Fi offers available from most major hotel chains. This year’s report is out, and gives top honors to Andaz Hotels — a “new-ish boutique brand from Hyatt Hotels” that not only gives [...]
According to the Yankee Group, one out of every eight traditional TV users has plans to either scale back their TV package — or cancel service entirely. While much has been made of “cord cutting,” most TV users (and just over 90% of U.S. households subscribe to some form of pay TV) have held on [...]
As we noted back in March, our new national broadband plan involves reconfiguring the Universal Service Fund (USF) so that money paid into it is put toward broadband expansion (currently the funds only address school broadband and rural phone connectivity). Granted this will result in higher bills for broadband users, who’ll be asked to pay [...]
Yesterday we noted how next week’s upgrades of the thirteen root DNS servers with DNSSEC security upgrades probably wouldn’t be noticed by most customers, despite some claims to the contrary. Comcast and even OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch stopped by in our comments to reiterate this fact. The upgrades are designed to help protect the DNS [...]
While service provider’s spending cutbacks have hurt much of the telecom equipment industry, ADVA Optical Networking held its own in Q1 2010. ADVA Optical Networking’s Q1 2010 revenues of $83.7 million were above guidance of $75.5 million and $82.1 million, a 10.9 percent increase over Q1 09 at $75.3 million and up six percent vs. [...]
Traditionally, virtual private networks (VPNs) were always deployed on Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks, but Department of Energy scientists running the ESnet network have found a way to create optical VPNs (OVPNs). This service was conceived in its next-gen network testbed that ESnet is using to develop networking technologies to support scientific research areas [...]
While fiber is the most optimal medium to deliver advanced services (VoIP, MPLS-based VPNs, etc), Waltham, Mass.-based competitive service provider DSCI decided it needed a new alternative that could both meet its stringent quality standards and get to customers where fiber was not readily available. It found its solution in FiberTower’s wholesale wireless Ethernet service. [...]