Archive for September, 2010
Users in our Verizon forum have posted some very interesting pictures of a Verizon beta test being conducted in Pennsylvania. While initially it appeared that this was simply a beta test for Verizon’s upcoming LTE services (to be launched in 30 markets by year’s end), upon closer inspection this may be something else entirely. The [...]
Users in our Verizon forum have posted some very interesting pictures of a Verizon beta test being conducted in Pennsylvania. While initially it appeared that this was simply a beta test for Verizon’s upcoming LTE services (to be launched in 30 markets by year’s end), upon closer inspection this may be something else entirely. The [...]
Bell Aliant (Toronto: BA-UN.TO) continues to make good on its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service ambitions, and its extension of its ‘FibreOP’ service to Prince Edward Island is certainly an example of that trend. Funded by a $19.4 million investment program, Bell Aliant will connect 30,000 homes and businesses in Charlottetown and Summerside. The [...]
Virgin Media Business is giving its business service competitors BT and Cable and Wireless “two finger” salute with its “Big Red Internet” service. Promising what it says will be unrestricted bandwidth speeds Virgin is rolling out two options for the new service: an “up to” 100 Mbps for smaller businesses and a 1 Gbps download [...]
Yesterday we noted that Verizon FiOS home gateways still didn’t support the faster 802.11N standard, despite the fact the company expected to have them available in August. Technicians tell Broadband Reports the 802.11N -supporting Revision F of the Actiontec is still just in testing (some users are seeing these in the wild). After our post, [...]
Those of you who have been following UTOPIA for some time will recognize the name Jim Reams. As Orem’s City Manager and the city’s UTOPIA board member, he was instrumental in pushing the 2008 bonds forward and was gracious enough to arrange meeting space for myself and other UTOPIA supporters in Orem. Every interaction I [...]
Hibernia Atlantic, through its Global Financial Network (GFN), is tapping into the Canadian financial market’s desire for low latency services with connections into the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and the Montreal Exchange. Through Hibernia’s network expansion, Toronto financial trading houses will be able to get direct connections from the TSX to a number [...]
If you’re a Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS customer that’s still waiting to get 802.11n capabilities, which were ratified as a standard last year, you’re not alone. A Broadband DSL Reports article reveals that while Verizon was testing an 802.11n router and would be available to consumers in August, it has since missed that target and [...]
Sure, you can chain a 802.11N router off of your existing Verizon FiOS router if you really need in-home 802.11N Wi-Fi, but Verizon still doesn’t offer gateways that support the standard — which became official a year ago. Back in April, Verizon told Broadband Reports that a 802.11N router was in testing and would arrive [...]
Equinix sees strong demand from its global IT and cloud service provider customers so it’s plunking down $70 million to build out its third International Business Exchange (IBX) in Tokyo, Japan. Dubbed TY3, the 76,000 square foot IBX data center which is set to be completed in mid-2011, will offer 960 cabinet equivalents to data [...]