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…
France took our discarded concept of local-loop-unbundling and implemented it successfully, with users in Paris now being able to get 100 Mbps fiber, VoIP service and a full television lineup for around $40. French ISP Iliad is also prepared to shake u…
You might recall that a little more than a year ago Verizon announced that they planned to start charging FiOS customers a $3.50 fee simply to pay your FiOS bill by credit card. Verizon ultimately backed off the idea (already implemented for landline u…
EATEL, a Gonzales, La.-based independent ILEC, is the latest wireline-centric service provider to craft a deal with a wireless operator to extend wireless services to its respective customer base.
Through this new wholesale agreement, EATEL will be abl…
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 …
Earlier this month the FCC unveiled their “Connect America” plan, aimed at shifting Universal Service Fund subsidies away from rural phone service and toward rural broadband expansion. The problem so far has been the government hasn’t truly addressed …
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…
Cable companies continue to rank highest in customer satisfaction when it comes to phone service — and phone companies continue to rank higher in customer satisfaction when it comes to TV services. That trend continues this week with a new report by J…
Confirming rumblings we’ve touched on previously, Verizon today officially unveiled the company’s new home monitoring platform for existing broadband, TV and phone customers. The “Home Monitoring and Control” service costs users an additional $10 a mon…
Over the years consumers have poured more than $25 billion into the Universal Service Fund, a program intended to bring phone connectivity to rural markets, and broadband connectivity to schools and libraries. While some of these goals have been accomp…