Free UTOPIA! » Broadband Bytes http://www.freeutopia.org Municipal fiber advocacy at its finest. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Broadband Bytes for 2012-02-04 http://www.freeutopia.org/2012/02/04/broadband-bytes-for-2012-02-04-2/ http://www.freeutopia.org/2012/02/04/broadband-bytes-for-2012-02-04-2/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000 Jesse http://www.freeutopia.org/2012/02/04/broadband-bytes-for-2012-02-04-2/
  • US broadband still lags behind the rest of the world. http://t.co/uaCJOM92 #
  • There's big bucks (and a viable business model) in providing fiber to cell towers. http://t.co/1rPLDx3y #
  • Worried about your cap? A new tech could halve the requirements for HD video streams. http://t.co/cTsyuter #

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  • AT&T finds its metering systems are still too broken to be used for billing. http://t.co/pQwBvoQM #
  • CenturyLink kills off Qwest VoIP and doesn't tell anyone… not even the users. http://t.co/UobHpR4c #
  • Not even Google can do a trouble-free fiber rollout. http://t.co/h163R3sx #
  • Former @UTOPIAnet exec files suit against the network, WVC, @mayorwinder, the Deseret News. http://t.co/7wt2jtIc #
  • DSL is in a death spiral. http://t.co/PizHv46L #

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  • Could this be the year of IPv6? http://t.co/if6lzYG4 #
  • Hulu imitates Netflix, seeks original content. http://t.co/iyDoXojr #
  • A sign of the times? Windows 8 will help out with metered connections. http://t.co/HLaJov2T #
  • SOPA And PIPA dead for now. http://t.co/Q26Q8cP7 #
  • Deals between Verizon and cable are prompting anti-trust concerns. http://t.co/czo2h5QL #
  • No regulation + no competition = Comcast hiking prices by 80% over three years. http://t.co/cy0lOTru #

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  • Dish bets on the DVR to end all DVRs. http://t.co/eCAFfBtG #
  • Should we expect more original content online this year? http://t.co/gJiTmCE9 #
  • Will ISPs start selling the right to cut in line? http://t.co/acUnupfF #
  • Cord-cutting no longer just for hipsters, going mainstream. http://t.co/TIHEZ36X #
  • AT&T putting on a sock puppet show to try and keep its hands clean. http://t.co/wBmRaEha #
  • CentuyLink is bringing IPTV to town. http://t.co/B6kKxbb3 #
  • The intersection of Comcast and the federal government is larger than you think. http://t.co/P6KzJJuz #
  • I'll be hanging out at @UTOPIAnet tomorrow afternoon. If you want me to ask questions, pass them along. #
  • Do you have cable or satellite TV? $8 of your monthly bill is just for sports. http://t.co/3R6lQAD7 #
  • Google TV adds OnLive for streaming games. http://t.co/Gx40H56w #
  • 10Gbps coax could happen… next decade. http://t.co/0PqsoHmj #
  • Oops! Comcast admits that SOPA won't work http://t.co/CkEkmcuG #
  • Verizon ditches the set-top box for FIOS. http://t.co/tUn5yJVq #

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  • Provo is writing off $5.4M loans to #iProvo from the energy department. http://t.co/eqAsoC0c #
  • Stick a fork in BPL; it's done. http://t.co/ysNmrvN8 #
  • Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most spectrum of them all? http://t.co/uoaG6nJN #
  • Problems with censorship? Why not launch your own satellite? http://t.co/xaOyXvE6 #
  • Comcast says it's done installing DOCSIS 3.0. Don't have it? Tough noogies. http://t.co/HEStijKw #
  • If your telco won't and your city can't, use a co-op to get good broadband. http://t.co/5kriOQqB #
  • Would you use bitTorrent for cloud storage? Because you can. http://t.co/n3UURDuM #

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  • MIT gets into the e-learning field. http://t.co/FmKDICfT #
  • Sprint starts a phone patent fight with cable. http://t.co/IAaWFHQt #
  • GameFly embraces the Netflix model, now streams games to subscribers a la OnLive. http://t.co/PO2EtsP5 #

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  • Want to land a data center in your town? These places are on the ball. http://t.co/E4BEdAdm #
  • Do you have an Internet connection, or do you have broadband? http://t.co/8G4x8iQw (h/t @windley) #
  • You think we're bad? 100M people in Europe still haven't used the Internet. http://t.co/znnZ02aL #
  • SOPA goes for a strategic retreat, but it can always come back later. http://t.co/7wS53p0t #
  • Can tougher CA standards fix SSL? http://t.co/OhgwoVz7 #

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  • The facts of bandwidth usage (and how it is billed) don't support caps. http://t.co/dVbnWpiH #
  • Comcast and Time Warner show Clearwire the door. http://t.co/vcg9DRlC #
  • No, it's not your imagination. You are actually wasting a lot of time online. http://t.co/OTFo1N6k #
  • Frontier doesn't care if you own your modem, they'll charge you for it anyway. http://t.co/bbnYhGul #
  • Human review of all online postings? Get real, India. http://t.co/CHAnJJGN #
  • Borders joins the fray of selling IPv4 addresses. http://t.co/vDEwR601 #

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  • Unsurprisingly, you're using screens other than TVs to watch video. http://t.co/S4jk7EAo #

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  • Fmr. @UTOPIAnet exec plans to sue @mayorwinder over a Burwash story. http://t.co/WAcW7338 #utpol #
  • CenturyLink starts capping. http://t.co/hgEbfGem #

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