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Time Warner Cable tries to lure DOCSIS 3 users with free VoIP

Published on January 30, 2012 By Don

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has taken another tack in its New York market to entice more users to sign up for its 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3 speed tier by offering one year of free VoIP service.  
The new promotion is clearly another effort to more effect…

Time Warner: 1 Year of Free Phone to 50 Mbps Users – Though Offer Appears Restricted to New York City Market

Published on January 30, 2012 By Don

Time Warner Cable initially took their time deploying faster DOCSIS 3.0 speeds, priced them well beyond what most sane people were willing to pay (often in upscale “Signature Home” packages), then complained that the services weren’t initially seeing q…

Georgia legislators propose bill to curtail community broadband

Published on January 27, 2012 By Don

Georgia is the latest state to become engaged in a community broadband fight with the introduction of SB 313, the Broadband Investment Equity Act.
Last week, SB 313, the Broadband Investment Equity Act, was introduced in the Georgia Senate. This bill, …

Cable is Eating DSL’s Lunch in Un-Upgraded Markets – Telco Investors Get What They Were Willing to Pay For

Published on January 26, 2012 By Don

Both AT&T and Verizon saw continued strong growth in wireless in this week’s earnings reports, but took a bit of a beating in terms of DSL subscriber counts in their un-upgraded markets and overall broadband growth. Verizon lost 103,000 DSL lines durin…

In detail: Tracking the 100G path

Published on January 25, 2012 By Don

By Sean Buckley & Samantha Bookman
Which providers have taken the leap and begun upgrading their networks to 100G? Last year saw a flurry of activity in this segment of the broadband market, particularly during the second half of 2011, as providers…

Xfone lights up FTTP customers in Slaton, Texas

Published on January 20, 2012 By Don

Xfone, a competitive broadband provider, has brought its first Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) customer in Slaton, Texas online as part of the ongoing buildout of its PRIDE network.
Upon completion, Xfone’s FTTP network will reach 19 new communities, pass…

Google’s FTTH aspirations run into utility pole snag in Kansas City

Published on January 19, 2012 By Don

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) may have high aspirations for its 1 Gbps Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network in Kansas City, Kan., but those dreams have turned into somewhat of a nightmare as it’s in the midst of a dispute with the local utility company on where it…

Verizon, Comcast get service partnership going in Portland and Seattle

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) have begun to sow the seeds of their new co-selling bundled service partnership, naming Portland and Seattle as its initial markets.
At this point, the initial drive will be around co-marketing Verizon’s w…

Cable Could Get FTTH-Esque Leg Room With EPoC – Could Offer Symmetrical 10 Gbps Over Coax

Published on January 12, 2012 By Don

The debate for cable operators has long centered about when and if they’ll ultimately have to deploy fiber to the home as coaxial cable starts to run out of leg room. For most carriers this has yet to be a problem (particularly as upstream bonding gets…

Verizon taps InstallerNet to conduct installation of its home automation service

Published on January 11, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has added InstallerNet to its home monitoring and control service deployment team where the installation company will conduct professional installation for the new service.

Verizon’s home security service.

As announc…