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Broadband Bytes for 2012-02-04

Published on February 4, 2012 By Don

US broadband still lags behind the rest of the world. http://t.co/uaCJOM92 #
There's big bucks (and a viable business model) in providing fiber to cell towers. http://t.co/1rPLDx3y #
Worried about your cap? A new tech could halve the requirements…

Broadband Bytes for 2012-01-28

Published on January 28, 2012 By Don

AT&T finds its metering systems are still too broken to be used for billing. http://t.co/pQwBvoQM # CenturyLink kills off Qwest VoIP and doesn't tell anyone… not even the users. http://t.co/UobHpR4c # Not even Google can do a trouble-free fiber rollout. http://t.co/h163R3sx # Former @UTOPIAnet exec files suit against the network, WVC, @mayorwinder, the Deseret News. [...]

Chattanooga Gets to See What Broadband Competition Looks Like – Lower Prices, Better Services, More Attractive to Businesses

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

For many years we’ve tracked Chattanooga, Tennessee’s attempt to wire the entire city with fiber to the home using the local public utility, Electric Power Board (EPB). Back in 2007, the city council voted 8-0 to approve the $200 million project. Despi…

CenturyLink to bring IPTV to Qwest markets, expand FTTN network

Published on January 9, 2012 By Don

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has made it official that it’s going to extend its Prism IPTV service into the former Qwest territory with plans to bring it into one or two markets this year.

Ewing

Ewing revealed the ILEC’s plans during the 22…

Broadband Bytes for 2012-01-07

Published on January 7, 2012 By Don

Provo is writing off $5.4M loans to #iProvo from the energy department. http://t.co/eqAsoC0c # Stick a fork in BPL; it's done. http://t.co/ysNmrvN8 # Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most spectrum of them all? http://t.co/uoaG6nJN # Problems with censorship? Why not launch your own satellite? http://t.co/xaOyXvE6 # Comcast says it's done installing DOCSIS [...]

After Lawsuit, Verizon to Modify FiOS Ads Slightly – Still Argues That Cablevision Under Delivers Bandwidth

Published on December 13, 2011 By Don

Last week we noted that Cablevision had sued Verizon for FiOS ads highlighting that Cablevision wasn’t delivering the speeds users are paying for. According to FCC data from last August, Cablevision delivered just 50% of advertised speed during peak pe…

Verizon CEO: U.S. Number One At Broadband Competition – (Alongside Sixty Other Countries Including Vietnam, Angola)

Published on December 9, 2011 By Don

Earlier this month Susan Crawford penned a comprehensive piece in the New York Times discussing how there is a notable broadband digital divide, created by high broadband prices, which in turn is created by limited competition. Most data — be it from …

Verizon’s Seidenberg: U.S. Number One At Broadband Competition – (Alongside Sixty Other Countries Including Vietnam, Angola)

Published on December 9, 2011 By Don

Earlier this month Susan Crawford penned a comprehensive piece in the New York Times discussing how there is a notable broadband digital divide, created by high broadband prices, which in turn is created by limited competition. Most data — be it from …

Xbox 360 Update Goes Live Tuesday – Contains Plenty of Broadband Video Offerings…With a Catch

Published on December 5, 2011 By Don

Xbox has announced that they’ll be upgrading the Xbox 360 dashboard this upcoming Tuesday with the latest enhancements, which this time around include a significant amount of broadband video content. There’s a long list of new video content that will s…

Brazil Wants new Pan-South American Broadband Network – Fiber Linking Every Country Aimed at Reducing Costs

Published on November 30, 2011 By Don

Brazil this week proposed the cooperative build of a fiber optic network that would span the entire continent of South America, with the goal of bringing down costs of current broadband services. The build would involve several fiber optic links, remed…