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Broadband Bytes for 2013-09-20

By Jesse | September 21, 2013 - 5:00 pm |September 21, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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AT&T threatens to keelhaul suspected pirates. Emphasis on suspected. http://t.co/uO4ugrhuQz ->
Broadband Bytes for 2013-09-13 http://t.co/GMY9b8At3T ->
UTOPIA Goes for Cheap Gigabit http://t.co/BLn5bH70Yj ->
There's a lot of places for online video to break. http://t.co/5OcHkAlCtD ->
Unfortunately, CenturyLink only has enough money to consider it. http://t.co/sMqXHrUbrI ->
If you want to host all the things, you'll need a connection to back it up. http://t.co/bJqnL8rGvv ->
Faster broadband means you'll earn more money. No lie. http://t.co/4C0F8hIevQ ->
Chattanooga matches Google Fiber pricing. http://t.co/5E5HrfQwHu ->
Comcast is trying out a 500M/100M tier… for what UTOPIA gigabit customers used to pay. http://t.co/yBXh5s5QQf ->
Telecoms are only paying lip service to privacy concerns. http://t.co/ZWIvHo39fY ->
NSA spying might destroy the global Internet in favor of national intranets. (That's bad.) http://t.co/cm4LsFkyj0 ->
Feel the need for speed? Here's a list of the fastest (though ISPs with under 50 tests are excluded). http://t.co/XtPts4KXUb ->
Further evidence that incumbents will use predatory pricing to squash all new entrants. http://t.co/2d7PpBIqtu ->
Sony finds a great way to blow through your entire monthly cap. http://t.co/MyLPgwb5IA ->
Sucky broadband kneecaps hosted services. http://t.co/CvERTCySGE ->
At least a few city council and mayoral candidates are willing to be realistic. http://t.co/WBLD9QmN8Q ->
At least one city isn't happy with the terms for Google Fiber. http://t.co/H8R97lZVAH ->
China wants Internet* access for everyone. (*For certain definitions of "Internet".) http://t.co/U5aZ2WxbLl ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-09-13

By Jesse | September 14, 2013 - 5:00 pm |September 14, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2013-09-06 http://t.co/dsvK3XasK8 ->
Pay TV losses accelerate. http://t.co/7f2qBzERF8 ->
California Congresswoman wants to fight cable TV blackouts. http://t.co/oxwZ1JUgwC ->
Unsurprisingly, threatening people doesn't work so well. Maybe you should give the people what they want instead? http://t.co/qEW5vq94l4 ->
CenturyLink has a lot of Haterade for retransmission costs and channel bundling. http://t.co/SurSfXHI1F ->
Remember Verizon's harebrained scheme to use wireless to replace wired? Yeah, that's dead now. http://t.co/0ZCajDYNJv ->
Here's a hint at what UTOPIA may be working on for Monday. http://t.co/94hAZJLb6Q ->
You can be a dumbpipe or a services provider. Comcast is choosing the later. http://t.co/6xq3WHuhyU ->
When you try to re-cast an issue with declining sales tax revenues as something else, you're gonna have a bad time. http://t.co/KgjAuppozP ->
Remember the good old days when cable TV didn't require their box? http://t.co/zAzkTiWlpa ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-09-06

By Jesse | September 7, 2013 - 5:00 pm |September 7, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-30 http://t.co/x9z2L8QTEC ->
Here's a great example of a community deciding to roll its own service (and in Mexico no less). http://t.co/TjTRPPAHSf ->
Verizon caps FiOS usage, but at a very generous 10TB per month. Only 45 out of 5.8M users exceeded it. http://t.co/2O3baa3OW4 ->
Head of Utah's broadband mapping project leaves… for AT&T. http://t.co/5wXgk0cSi4 ->
Have cable or satellite? You're paying ESPN $5.54 per month whether you want to or not. http://t.co/5yQK42NtZ3 ->
Your PC may be safe from the NSA, but not everything it sends data through. http://t.co/yr0oyo8C2v ->
Want fiber in SLC? There's a new push to get it done. Same with Park City. http://t.co/WF5YcysnqK ->
Encryption may be fully broken now. http://t.co/OaFx2Bmi4c ->
There's a strong correlation between income and broadband speeds, but which causes which? http://t.co/E8KnVbC11z ->
Broadband with fricken' laser beams. Will sharks be in a future release? http://t.co/sfVjOtXuw3 ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-30

By Jesse | August 31, 2013 - 5:00 pm |August 31, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-23 http://t.co/Yr4bmd4Fju ->
Shockingly, people will pay extra to keep their privacy intact. http://t.co/i0oqLRnIhY ->
Kevin Spacey rakes the modern TV industry over the coals for not giving viewers control. http://t.co/lPb3ZEr2bf ->
Cost keeps people from getting broadband. http://t.co/f6ztHLoomo ->
AT&T finds 45M/6M connections brag-worthy. http://t.co/X10FAMOIz8 ->
Only one of the top ten Internet cities is in the US. http://t.co/dhQI54YBin ->
Feeling the Google Heat: Comcast will bump speeds to 250Mbps/50Mbps in Provo http://t.co/ZLyTIsVqlt ->
This is why many telcos with copper and HFC plants merge them into a single fiber plant. http://t.co/VGm7KcjkUZ ->
If you run a non-profit organization in Provo, you might want to talk to Google about scoring free service. http://t.co/jNZSo7HzwK ->
Comcast and EA team up for twice the crappiness. http://t.co/ilfovKLLhQ ->
I'd bet that Tor usage is up because people don't like being snooped on. http://t.co/npMR7mN2yY ->
Cue the theme from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. http://t.co/1uA1hSYWjD ->
Encryption may soon not be enough. http://t.co/Xak49bJJSQ ->
Think gigabit is overkill? Think again. http://t.co/kdXVTfZPZy ->
Weak SSL keys are unacceptable. http://t.co/1N4euK2O1R ->
CenturyLink might have actually done the first speed bump in 4 years. http://t.co/7DB7Br8PUK ->
Related: phone companies can barely keep up with them, so why buy new hardware? http://t.co/SfGHUHIYF4 ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-23

By Jesse | August 24, 2013 - 5:00 pm |August 24, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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No, UTOPIA is not bankrupting Orem. http://t.co/hfetltdJx0 ->
Have data centers hit the best network price/performance they can? http://t.co/aLrTowA9uT ->
Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-16 http://t.co/hUypKP3mYY ->
Muni fiber in Lafayette now covers debt service and will soon have enough money to start doing network upgrades. http://t.co/EouLUMEiQo ->
We're addicted to service providers. Now we don't own any of our stuff. http://t.co/PNobp3Yxv6 ->
I think it's cheating to count FTTN, but fiber is definitely growing quickly. http://t.co/kqjIRATVnM ->
"Free market" CenturyLink goes on another federal pork binge. http://t.co/VkfTXGYYZT ->
KC curmudgeons cheesed about new Google Fiber cabinets, but Provoans should already be used to them. http://t.co/rAl2v2XHKm ->
CenturyLink could be taking cues from Verizon and AT&T to ditch copper. http://t.co/mX51Z8Yj9O ->
Spanish Forks Shares SFCN's secret sauce. http://t.co/vNkfKQEqm8 ->
Like CenturyLink, AT&T loves government cheese… so long as it's the one getting it. http://t.co/T5uLSvytnD ->
Qwest/CenturyLink helped the feds with warrantless dragnet spying in SLC 11 years ago. http://t.co/wa2xTKjT7F ->
Gigabit deployments are dragging everyone else forward. http://t.co/4CSKOQEe35 ->
Odds are good you're being actively watched. Like right now. http://t.co/eUte4QASIt ->
Facebook wants better broadband in third world countries. http://t.co/uF0g1NwjDO ->
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the crappiest of them all? (Hint: your cable company.) http://t.co/GHBrOwrY7z ->
Taking the term "information superhighway" much more literally. http://t.co/WQsqogUXFD ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-16

By Jesse | August 17, 2013 - 5:00 pm |August 17, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-09 http://t.co/GW6i9MIbXf ->
Metering comes to more Comcast markets. http://t.co/rjaLkCG1eD ->
How much is the NSA watching? A whole lot. http://t.co/YtgL6Gf8Vx ->
It's not your imagination. XMission is a little zippier this morning. http://t.co/fILRN3fiW1 ->
Your wired connection may be in danger. http://t.co/0wxG1j20z8 ->
EFF declares war on server restrictions. At least one UTOPIA provider has no such terms. http://t.co/Solmr3N9f5 ->
CenturyLink's gigabit is fiber to the press release. Shocking. http://t.co/1YDd6CiNjl ->
UK's filtering system is already claiming collateral damage. http://t.co/dkh4RZUCzc ->
A UTOPIA provider found a novel way to make landline service dirt cheap. http://t.co/bKaQLVYaEY ->
Unlike most providers, Google embraces over-the-top video for on demand options. http://t.co/kMrG6YVl0r ->
Hyperbole? Hardly. The feds have taken the Internet for themselves. http://t.co/4ZulLQGzZi ->
Spoiler alert: the Google Fiber pricing in Provo is the same as in Kansas City. http://t.co/QiiR9GSNDD ->
Baltimore learned that getting fiber means doing work, not wishing on a star. http://t.co/EiKPrzDmLn ->
Streaming video may soon hit critical mass. http://t.co/XXmhUIJm9v ->
CenturyLink wants to stop the red ink with fiber. No, not for you, silly. For cell towers. http://t.co/CQxqj8PACq ->
Google goes down for 5 minutes… and causes a 40% drop in traffic. http://t.co/9XVjRQXgFb ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-09

By Jesse | August 10, 2013 - 5:00 pm |August 10, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Without good connectivity, you can't get all of your stuff to talk to each other. http://t.co/1bCbAxaEzh ->
FBI sees the NSA's toys, develops a strong envy. http://t.co/v7azxT8Uhf ->
Are sports channels finally getting unbundled? http://t.co/Gs4MfRcuR6 ->
Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-02 http://t.co/5xGXljgTXq ->
MPAA channels the NSA and goes full-on creepy. http://t.co/ZySdmsqzcE ->
One of St. George's providers gets swallowed up. http://t.co/ZcD8TaAPlr ->
Who loves gigabit? Young people, entrepeneurs, and telecommuters. http://t.co/7Hnd7cXtFc ->
Major cable company is pretty sure it won't be able to sell TV in the future. http://t.co/Ps06Qspdkm ->
With a giant duh, YouTube co-founder wonders why media companies artificially limit their audience. http://t.co/PwxsV48eic ->
Six Strikes? Comcast is already onto worse ideas. http://t.co/FRKx1DWpk6 ->
Video sucks because competition is way too low. http://t.co/KwWTsgPEB7 ->
US hosting companies could lose out on $35B thanks to PRISM. http://t.co/oC534f60eQ ->
The future of pay TV looks more like Netflix and less like cable. http://t.co/BhvIT5ICXI ->
ISPs need to be chasing the QoS pot of gold. http://t.co/ojRzicsPHg ->
CenturyLink is dying a slow death. http://t.co/mYlCRtq9EQ ->
Murray mayoral candidate Wilde claims UTOPIA isn't a government agency. Seriously. http://t.co/AelpWJ5min ->
The move towards more remote employees will drive bandwidth demands. http://t.co/Ys8CZEVzfJ ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-08-02

By Jesse | August 3, 2013 - 5:00 pm |August 3, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Once you start filtering, it rapidly becomes a slippery slope. http://t.co/SY3yGAAUcb ->
IPTV is stunted by crappy broadband. http://t.co/sx8hru8V0v ->
Broadband Bytes for 2013-07-26 http://t.co/oPQIPTyjLF ->
In which Provo plays Lando Calrissian and Google is Darth Vader. http://t.co/ZoNyvXltXP ->
We've seen it in voice service. How do we get more of it in broadband? http://t.co/Eer3rKtBNV ->
NSA spying is causing heartburn over hosting security. http://t.co/8zRLZc43vU ->
It's not your imagination. Your "high-end" connection has all kinds of trouble with YouTube. http://t.co/4o4im2EFR0 ->
The "wireless" future sure does need a lot of fiber. http://t.co/PxuVKgH2y6 ->
AT&T’s likely joining Verizon to ditch wired connections for high-margin wireless. http://t.co/qF6NXUB7UR ->
If you criticize the monopolists, they'll fight back and fight dirty. http://t.co/zovyw3wSG4 ->
Google goes evil and reverses on network neutrality. http://t.co/QtW0miBMVA ->
Comcast's cash cow is broadband. http://t.co/kUCvd7rUbm ->
Why you have Comcast: it took an hour to say "sorry, we don't serve your area". http://t.co/68FV7otbP8 ->
Smart TVs stink. More over-the-top video could help. http://t.co/en0YP2U1TY ->
The cap came back. We thought it was a goner. http://t.co/WARVCMfK7V ->
The exaggeration of "wireless only" explained. http://t.co/pY1j4ynEny ->
War has been declared on Google's server ban. http://t.co/mbvdcWpoPH ->
Comcast is playing with prepaid options. http://t.co/ZauUpSioMW ->
Cable's weaknesses are starting to show. http://t.co/Vd3c3lx5PU ->
TV loses to the Internet. http://t.co/9pfoM9a0pi ->
CableCard has already been on life support, but it may get a real death sentence. http://t.co/7i1NCanOQE ->

Broadband Bytes for 2013-07-26

By Jesse | July 27, 2013 - 5:00 pm |July 27, 2013 Broadband Bytes

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Phone companies don't care about NSA spying. http://t.co/I0nYRKSDky ->
Math problem: would you rather have 95% of 7Mbps or 75% of 40Mbps? http://t.co/gVagIgG4CZ ->
XMission gives us an idea of what an NSA tap looks like. http://t.co/MCo7W2nWLN ->
Aereo will be available here Real Soon Now(TM). http://t.co/ZmviPcXLbO ->
The UK is ignoring the collateral damage caused by this war. http://t.co/4Ye3qf1UfK ->
Is it any wonder the NSA wants access to Google's network? http://t.co/dWyyEkVKIS ->
Irresponsible Orem candidates refuse to actually talk to UTOPIA. http://t.co/KVSgrx0Fed ->
Pointing out how tech changes employment sometimes gets dangerously close to "get off my lawn"-ism. http://t.co/at0pFnDUqB ->
Verizon thinks you'll pay the same price for their 500Mbps as UTOPIA's gigabit. http://t.co/POPiNSqeKw ->
Provo finalizes the Google Fiber deal. http://t.co/ld92b4gicV ->
US broadband still lags. We're number 9! We're number 9! http://t.co/LlzPTy6G68 ->
Protect your privacy, go to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. http://t.co/ykdyGMeBlt ->
Aereo might give cable an edge in retransmission disputes. http://t.co/mjlfi0WBUl ->
How about that? Utah's a pretty speedy state. http://t.co/BeGQBf8DQc ->
The feds could completely break SSL as a useful standard. http://t.co/Glc4rPgC2O ->
300Mbps over 200m? That's really unimpressive. http://t.co/BufJw7iBlC ->
Twitter's API Broke Broadband Bytes http://t.co/oc5MtTdFbd ->
Another reason to move to fiber: theives don't want to steal it. http://t.co/NajmBfzcKA ->
Google Fiber bans running servers, says "screw you" to start-ups and businesses. http://t.co/DXXJpcChss ->

Twitter’s API Broke Broadband Bytes

By Jesse | July 26, 2013 - 5:36 pm |July 26, 2013 Website

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It should be working again and publish as normal tomorrow.

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