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Bermuda’s BTC debuts its new multi-purpose fiber network

May 21, 2012

Bermuda’s incumbent service provider Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC) has launched its new PRISM fiber network.
As a multi-purpose network, BTC said it will have enough capacity to fulfill various consumer and business services, including voice, video, …

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Google Fiber Delayed Further – Google’s Vague Launch Window Gets Even More Vague

May 21, 2012

User uid://1487606 writes in to direct our attention to the fact that Google will be delaying their deployment of 1 Gbps fiber to the home service in Kansas City. Originally stating the service would be available in late 2011, then sometime in June thi…

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CenturyLink’s Prism IPTV service continues to attract new customers

May 21, 2012

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) may be the late bloomer in the telco TV front, trailing its two ILEC brothers AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), but it’s clear that it is making progress with its Prism service as it added 15,000 new subscribers in the …

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Broadband Bytes for 2012-05-19

May 19, 2012

NVIDIA pushing streaming gaming with virtualized GPUs. http://t.co/0A4nQ8cM #
Yes, most of you hate your cable. http://t.co/APriWErR #
Comcast changing up their caps. http://t.co/pdiDZfd1 #
Lack of adequate fiber is slowing down LTE deployments. ht…

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Exclusive: FiOS Speed Hikes Coming Soon – 25/25 to Become 50/25, 35/35 to Become 75/35

May 18, 2012

We’ve been nudged by a reliable source with supporting evidence who tells us Verizon will be raising the speed of several of their FiOS broadband tiers very soon. According to the source, Verizon’s symmetrical 25 Mbps tier will soon be changed to 50 Mb…

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Cogent’s Schaeffer: We have not found any acquisition opportunities that make sense

May 18, 2012

Dave Schaeffer, CEO and chairman of Cogent Communications (Nasdaq: CCOI), isn’t afraid of scaling his business through a mix of acquisitions, but right now he’s not seeing deals that would add value to his company’s bottom line.

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Verizon confirms plans to raise FiOS rates

May 18, 2012

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) plans to implement price increases for its FiOS service to offset content costs and increase profitability, a senior executive said this week.

Shammo

Speaking at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media a…

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Verizon confirms plans to raise FiOS rates

May 18, 2012

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) plans to implement price increases for its FiOS service to offset content costs and increase profitability, a senior executive said this week.

Shammo

Speaking at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media a…

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Verizon Raises DVR Prices By $2 Per Month – DVR Service Will Now Cost $17 a Month

May 18, 2012

As we noted yesterday, Verizon says they’re cuing up a number of new price hikes for their FiOS service — because they can. Users in our forums note that one of the increases is already here: a $2 set top hike that is set to go into effect starting Ju…

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TIM Brasil to offer its FTTX service under the ‘Live’ brand

May 18, 2012

TIM Brasil, Telecom Italia’s Brazil telecom subsidiary, will market its Fiber to the Curb/Fiber to the Building (FTTC/FTTB) service under its new “Live” brand name.
Aiming to acquire 1 million subscribers by 2017, the service provider plans to launch i…

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