We’ve noted often how with the exception of a few major existing franchise obligations, Verizon’s FiOS upgrades are essentially over. That means around 40% of Verizon’s broadband customers on slower DSL and in a lot of major cities (Boston, Baltimore, …
We’ve noted often how with the exception of a few major existing franchise obligations, Verizon’s FiOS upgrades are essentially over. That means around 40% of Verizon’s broadband customers on slower DSL and in a lot of major cities (Boston, Baltimore, …
Is Yahoo a technology company or a media company? Newly appointed CEO Scott Thompson tried to answer that age-old question in his first conference call with Wall Street analysts this morning.
Earlier this week the FCC issued an order that clearly laid out the reasons for the FCC’s opposition to the AT&T T-Mobile deal. The full report (pdf) mirrors what we’ve been noting for months: AT&T’s merger benefit claims are false. The deal does not c…
The 80,000 or so residents of the town of Longmont, Colo. will have the chance to decide how a 17-mile fiber loop will be utilized to provide high-speed broadband service, after winning a referendum vote Tuesday to lift state restrictions on use of the…
Earlier this year Frontier Communications began talking about a “Second Connect” option for some DSL users, which doesn’t provide actually bonded DSL — but simply an additional line for the home at a supposedly discounted rate. Telecompetitor directs …
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has indicated that it will be soon offering a new fixed home-based LTE wireless service targeting areas where it has not rolled out FiOS to challenge satellite broadband providers.
According to a DSLReports article, the service provi…
I’ve been delaying writing more about this because I’ve been in the process of talking to people and gathering more information about the legal fight between Chris Hogan and UTOPIA. If you’d like to review the source material yourself, check out both UTOPIA’s filing and Hogan’s filing for yourself. Personally, it looks like a lot [...]
Frontier Communications has been rather ungracefully trying to offload or otherwise scare away the 100,000 FiOS TV customers it acquired in its deal with Verizon, first with a huge 50% price hike and botched DirecTV offer, and now with a massive $500 i…
Comcast today unveiled their fourth quarter 2010 earnings today, indicating the cable giant earned $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared with $955 million one year earlier. Among the mostly positive financial news that included the 7% jump in sale…