See below for update. It appears that astroturfing isn’t just for the Utah Taxpayers Association anymore. The Utah County Association of Realtors, a very powerful lobbying group, has been organizing a “public forum” entitled “What does UTOPIA mean for your home?” and has been using robocalls to promote attendance at it. The call says that UTOPIA [...]
Jean McManus, Executive Director of Packet Technology & Transport, Verizon Corporate Technology
To say Jean McManus is enthusiastic about the transition to IPv6 would be an understatement. As executive director of Packet Technology and Tra…
Amazon has rather quietly launched a new video streaming service that’s free to Amazon users who already pay for the company’s Prime service — which provides “free” two day shipping for an annual fee of $79. According to the website, the service offer…
TDS Telecom this week announced that the company is now offering a new VDSL2-based broadband tier that offers 25 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream for $70 a month in seven states, including Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont, Tennesse…
For much of the year we’ve been talking about how the FCC is taking a closer look at why we’re seeing an endless-stream of stories about 3G users (often quite intelligent ones) being socked with completely unreasonable wireless data bills. In a clear e…
I popped on over to the UTOPIA website today and found that they’ve added two new service providers: 1Wire Communications and InfoWest. I don’t know a lot about 1Wire, but I do know that InfoWest is a well-regarded CLEC in the St. George area. Both companies will be providing voice and data services to business [...]
As some tipsters had suggested earlier this week, the FCC will be addressing white space broadband at their upcoming September 23 meeting. According to a meeting agenda (pdf) posted to the FCC website, the FCC’s September meeting will focus on the E-Rate program (specifically, letting universities and schools purchase dark fiber directly), some E911 issues, [...]
Turner Broadcasting and Verizon have announced that the two companies have expanded Verizon’s “TV Anywhere” Internet video ambitions by providing FiOS TV customers with access to TBS and TNT content. According to the companies, users will now have access to show from these channels 24 hours after they air on regular TV. Users can access [...]
Google announced their plan to deploy 1 Gbps fiber to the home service to a limited number of households back in February, and while they haven’t delivered a single bit yet — the announcement operated as a very effective PR tool –keeping Google’s name in the press constantly as a company that was going to [...]