Tag Archive

Zayo brings 100 Mbps Ethernet to Idaho’s Meridian Joint School District

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

Zayo has furthered its presence in the evolving education segment by winning a contract to build a dedicated fiber-based Ethernet network for Meridian Joint School District in Idaho.
Providing 100 Mbps Ethernet service to 49 schools and administration …

KPN realigns fiber-based triple play offerings to lure new users

Published on January 10, 2012 By Don

KPN (NYSE: KPN) wants to lure new customers to its fiber-based triple play offerings, and has realigned its suite of offerings with new speeds and low introductory rates.  
Under the new triple service structure, which replaces the existing Bronze…

Verizon fires 40 union workers for misconduct

Published on December 7, 2011 By Don

Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) ongoing saga with its union workers took another turn this week as the telco let go 40 employees for committing what it says were acts of violence or making threats against company representatives during the two week strike this su…

UPDATED: UTOPIA contractor faces extortion charges

Published on November 30, 2011 By Don

Updated: A ksl.com report is under fire from a former marketing consultant to open access FTTH provider UTOPIA (Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency). The report, originally published in May, was named in a defamation lawsuit filed in Nov…

UPDATED: UTOPIA contractor faces extortion charges

Published on November 30, 2011 By Don

Updated: A ksl.com report is under fire from a former marketing consultant to open access FTTH provider UTOPIA (Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency). The report, originally published in May, was named in a defamation lawsuit filed in Nov…

PAETEC equips Fort Drum with fiber services through DISA

Published on November 28, 2011 By Don

PAETEC (Nasdaq: PAET), through its acquisition of the former Intellifiber/Cavalier, has continued to rack up new government customer wins and its latest agreement to supply Fort Drum, N.Y. with fiber and DWDM services through a contract with Defense In…

Verizon’s recent strike holds up FiOS installations

Published on September 13, 2011 By Don

Even as Verizon (NYSE: VZ) scales back its Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) roll out, the recent two week strike by 45,000 of Verizon’s wireline union workers drove the service provider to suspend the installation of new orders of FiOS service because it h…

UTOPIA Sued: Is there really a story here?

Published on April 26, 2011 By Don

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Chris Hogan, one of UTOPIA’s former execs, has filed a suit against the agency over violations of his employment contract. The suit alleges that consulting firm TetraTech was awarded an improper contract for network construction because Executive Director Todd Marriott’s brother is a manger there. The suit also alleges [...]

Verizon Earnings: 4.3 Million FiOS Users – As DSL Subscribers Continue to Decline

Published on April 21, 2011 By Don

Verizon has unveiled their first quarter earnings, which indicate the company saw a earnings of $1.44 billion on revenues of $26.99 billion. According to the company, they added 906,000 contract subscribers, slightly more than the quarter before but we…

Intellifiber wins network contract with NASA

Published on April 7, 2011 By Don

Intellifiber, the new carrier/enterprise subsidiary of PAETEC (Nasdaq: PAET), just won a five-year contract from NASA to build and manage a communications network for its Wallops Island Flight Facility (WFF).
The new network deployment is all about ens…