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Frontier CEO Pretends DSL Is Fiber – Though you won’t see a price hike for this imaginary upgrade

Published on September 8, 2010 By Don

Frontier Communications, fresh off their $8.5 billion acquisition of millions of Verizon DSL and landline customers, has been downplaying the fact the company isn’t offering speeds that can successfully compete with cable in most markets. While Frontier CEO Maggie Wilderotter has been promising these customers a “fast future,” the company really isn’t in a financial [...]

Analysys Mason: Copper’s Good enough – Business case for FTTH ‘just isn’t there,’ insists firm

Published on September 7, 2010 By Don

A new report from Analysys Mason argues that telcos considering fiber to the home should instead take a conservative approach and explore technologies allowing them to nurse last-mile copper (aka VDSL2) instead. According to the firm, the business case to move beyond fiber to the home trials “just isn’t there” (something that should surprise Verizon, [...]

SingTel lays out FTTH service pricing

Published on August 31, 2010 By Don

Starting this month, Singapore’s broadband consumers will be able to access SingTel’s new Fiber to the Home service with an aggressive price plan and of course higher speeds in a market typically known for slow speeds and high prices. This week the service provider introduced a basic and a premium service package. Priced at $63.40 [...]

Carriers Intent On Sucking All Value Out Of Femtocells – AT&T not sure you deserve that free, congestion-easing Microcell, sorry.

Published on August 26, 2010 By Don

We’ve repeatedly noted that femtocells (which allow you to route mobile calls over your broadband connection) would probably take off if carriers stopped sucking all the value out of them. Carriers like Verizon seem intent on making users over pay for the hardware on top of monthly fees, in addition to having usage eat away [...]

Home Gateway Initiative event focuses on IPv6 testing, software modularity

Published on August 26, 2010 By Don

As momentum builds around integrating IPv6 capabilities into home gateways, the Home Gateway Initiative has decided to hold a second test event at the end of the year. Set to be held from November 22 to December 3 in the UK, HGI’s second test event will focus on the performance and capabilities of the Home [...]

NTELOS names ADTRAN as its GPON broker

Published on August 24, 2010 By Don

NTELOS (Nasdaq: NTLS) is putting its broadband stimulus grant money to work as the West Virginia provider employs ADTRAN (Nasdaq: ADTN) for its new GPON-based Fiber to the Home (FTTH) deployment. For the 9,000-home GPON network, which is a part of the Alleghany Now Broadband Initiative, NTELOS will deploy ADTRAN’s Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access [...]

IPTV, DVRs will spur growth of ‘no-new-wires’-based home networks

Published on August 18, 2010 By Don

WiFi may dominate the home networking airwaves, but IMS Research’s new report, Home Networks and Residential Gateways, illustrates that telcos and cable operators alike just as keen on leveraging a home’s existing wiring (coax, phone lines or power lines) infrastructure to distribute video and data services. IMS Research’s report revealed that as of the end [...]

Verizon Tests 1 Gbps GPON FiOS – Existing business customer sees 800-925 Mbps in trial

Published on August 16, 2010 By Don

Verizon’s been busily conducting GPON connectivity in the field, showcasing how future upgrades could theoretically allow them to offer 10 Gbps to each home, or symmetrical 1 Gbps service to each PC in said home. But Verizon’s current framework is no slouch either, the company today announcing they just completed a trial that involved almost [...]

59% Don’t Know What Fiber To The Home Is – Fiber users most satisfied, says group that sells fiber

Published on August 12, 2010 By Don

According to a new survey from the Fiber To The Home Council (which is comprised of largely fiber hardware vendors and carriers), 71% of FTTH subscribers say they are “very satisfied” with their Internet service, compared with 53 percent for cable broadband and 52% for DSL. The survey, conducted by RVA LLC, polled 1,000 FTTH [...]

Opelika, Alabama Decides To Give Charter Fiber Competition – 62% of locals vote to get into the broadband business…

Published on August 11, 2010 By Don

Despite best efforts by Charter Communications (including telling locals earlier this week that a coax network is more reliable than fiber to the home), 62 percent of Opelika, Alabama residents have voted to build a fiber to the home network.The $33 million fiber network will be funded with revenue bonds, using a core fiber ring [...]