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Frontier Still Pretending They’re Interested in FiOS TV – Blames Customer Uncertainty on Comcast

Published on February 2, 2012 By Don

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 because of high programming costs. First the company imposed a huge 50% price hike and bot…

Zayo’s fiber to the tower network reaches 2,000 towers

Published on February 1, 2012 By Don

Zayo’s aggressive deployment continues to resonate with the wireless service provider community looking for alternative backhaul solutions; the wholesaler’s fiber to the tower (FTT) network now reaches 2,000 cell towers.
Offering over 100G in overall b…

Time Warner Cable tries to lure DOCSIS 3 users with free VoIP

Published on January 30, 2012 By Don

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has taken another tack in its New York market to entice more users to sign up for its 50 Mbps DOCSIS 3 speed tier by offering one year of free VoIP service.  
The new promotion is clearly another effort to more effect…

Cable is Eating DSL’s Lunch in Un-Upgraded Markets – Telco Investors Get What They Were Willing to Pay For

Published on January 26, 2012 By Don

Both AT&T and Verizon saw continued strong growth in wireless in this week’s earnings reports, but took a bit of a beating in terms of DSL subscriber counts in their un-upgraded markets and overall broadband growth. Verizon lost 103,000 DSL lines durin…

Verizon expands Private IP network service presence in Africa and Middle East

Published on January 26, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is extending its Private IP network services to more regions in Africa and the Middle East to better respond to the greater demand from businesses establishing locations in these emerging markets.
Multinational corporation customers …

Cablevision, Verizon Still Bickering Over Ads – NAD Gives Cablevision Wrist Slap for ’3X Faster’ Claim

Published on January 25, 2012 By Don

Cablevision took a massive public relations beating four months ago after an FCC study showed that the company failed to provide the speeds they advertised 50% of the time. Since then we’d noted that Cablevision had been quietly bumping delivered speed…

If You’re Waiting on FiOS, You Could Be Waiting a While – 30% of Verizon Customers May Wait Years for Upgrades

Published on January 24, 2012 By Don

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, …

What Happens to Customers Waiting For Verizon FiOS? – 30% of Verizon Customers May Wait Years for Upgrades

Published on January 24, 2012 By Don

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, …

Wireline in the fourth quarter 2011

Published on January 24, 2012 By Don

How did the wireline industry perform in the fourth quarter of 2011?
Check in here throughout the third quarter earnings report season for a summary of reports from the wireline industry’s service providers and network equipment manufacturers. Each abb…

Comcast Swears They Didn’t Lie About, Squat On Spectrum – Company Considered, Backed Away From Wireless Play

Published on January 18, 2012 By Don

Buried under the roar of CES recently was a little swipe at Comcast by Republican FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, who suggested that Comcast may have misled regulators by pretending to acquire precious AWS spectrum licenses for need, only to then sub…