Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Broadband Bytes: January 24-30, 2009
This week saw the DTV transition delay get, uh, delayed (though not for long), Cox’s new traffic management plan, and a competing version of the broadband stimulus package that offers 50% more cash for 90% fewer conditions. Qwest also renewed its fight with SkyWi, Charter dropped a 60Mbps gauntlet, and Google launched tools to find [...]
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Broadband Bytes: November 8-14, 2008
Here’s a quick list of what’s going on in the telecommuncations market for the week of November 8-14:
Cable’s move to digital signals is resulting in higher prices and reduced channel selection for many video customers. While it will ultimately improve their HD and VOD offerings, customers on the lowest-prices tiers are likely to end up [...]
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Will President Obama Be Good For Broadband?
That depends on who you ask. Consumer groups are no doubt going to flip for his proposed expansions of online privacy, pushing providers to offer true next-generation speeds and fighting bandwidth caps. ISPs, free market types and the MPAA/RIAA are no doubt going to call foul on some of these proposals. Obama is also proposing [...]
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
FCC to Investigate Skyrocketing Cable TV Rates, Ignores Telcos
Have you noticed that video rates have been going up at a painful rate? FCC Chair Kevin “I love Ma Bell” Martin did and he wants answers. Despite also naming Verizon in the inquiry, it’s pretty obvious that cable is the real target. The focus is on the move of more and more channels out [...]
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Comcast Caps to Begin in October, Set at 250GB per Month
BroadbandReports broke it and Comcast confirmed it: starting on October 1, Comcast will institute caps of 250GB per month. It’s beleived that overage fees are off the table for now, a welcome change from the initial plan to charge $1.50 per GB, a markup of around 100 times cost. There’s also a concrete DMCA policy. [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Broadband Bytes: Weekend Edition
Qwest announced key leadership changes in Sales and IT. The link includes some background about each of the new executives that have been chosen. I’m hoping the new leaders will realize the importance of bringing telecommunications into the 21st century by investing in infrastructure like Verizon has been doing and understand the increasing [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Frontier Guarantees Mass Migration to UTOPIA in Tremonton with New 5GB Monthly Cap
Frontier Communications, the incumbent phone carrier in Tremonton, has decided to give UTOPIA a helping hand by implementing a 5GB monthly cap on all of their DSL customers to drive them into the arms of a competitor. By comparison, the lowest cap available from a UTOPIA provider is 20 times that at 100GB per month. [...]
