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Cablevision to Verizon: Get your false ads off the air

Published on December 7, 2011 By Don

Cablevision sues Verizon for bashing the cable company in its Fios commercials, claiming that Verizon was using outdated data.

Comcast Offers New Users Free Gateway – Plays Catch Up With AT&T, Verizon

Published on November 22, 2011 By Don

Comcast this week announced that the company will be giving away free 802.11n home gateways to customers this holiday season that sign up for higher-end Comcast services. According to a press statement, the Xfinity Wireless Gateway combines an 802.11n …

Comcast Still Not Sold on Over The Top Video – Insists Internet Video to non-Footprint not Profitable

Published on November 10, 2011 By Don

Over the last year or so there had been some rumors that companies like Verizon could look at offering some kind of over-the-top Internet video version of FiOS to customers in non-traditional FiOS footprints. It’s a natural extension of Verizon’s Flex …

Watch Verizon FiOS Anywhere From iPad: Mobile Monday

Published on October 24, 2011 By Don

Verizon’s new FiOS on Demand app for iOS lets subscribers buy or rent more than 4,000 titles.

Verizon Unveils ‘My FiOS’ Mobile App – Controls, Well, Pretty Much Everything

Published on October 20, 2011 By Don

Verizon this week unveiled their new MY FiOS mobile application for Android devices. Assuming you subscribe to added services, the new app allows Verizon customers to remotely access films, Verizon Flex View TV shows, their home phone settings, their h…

Microsoft in talks with Comcast, Verizon on Xbox TV?

Published on September 19, 2011 By Don

If deals are struck, they would allow Xbox users to watch programming from Comcast and Verizon Fios on the game console, according to a new report.

Corning Can’t Keep Up With Verizon Fiber Demand – As Company Continues Builds in Major East Coast Cities

Published on May 19, 2011 By Don

Verizon’s FiOS deployment has essentially stopped if you’re in a market that hadn’t already signed a franchise agreement with the company, leaving roughly 40% of the company’s customers still on DSL. That doesn’t mean Verizon isn’t deploying a lot of f…

IPTV Now Reaches 45 Million Worldwide – France Top IPTV Country At 23%, U.S. Third At 16%

Published on March 18, 2011 By Don

45 million consumers now use IPTV services, according to new data from Telegeography. The group notes that’s a growth rate of 38% during 2010, driven by the fact that 40 different telcos launched IPTV services during the year — bringing the grand tota…

Broadband Bytes for 2011-03-12

Published on March 12, 2011 By Don

Frontier jumps the FIOS install to $500 in hopes that it will help kill it off. http://bit.ly/dQVpEu # And @UTOPIAnet is wholesale. RT @Integra_Telecom: Fiber networks regain black-gold footing http://bit.ly/h5S4qe (via Denver Post) # Warner Bros. starts renting movies via Facebook. http://on.mash.to/g6SWIK # Your anonymous email and postings may not be so anonymous after all. [...]

New FiOS Customers Get iPhone Discount – As Verizon Expands, Enhances Remote Video Platform

Published on February 15, 2011 By Don

Last November Verizon launched their “Flex View” mobile video platform, which lets users watch owned, rented, or VOD content while on the go — via either smartphone or PC. This week Verizon revamped their Flex View application by incorporating support…