Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The Need for Speed: Comcast Plans to Up Speeds, Qwest Putting FTTN on Ice
As a sure sign that the souring economy is causing broadband issues, Qwest is planning to ramp down deployment of their FTTN-based ASDL2+ service. While one of their supplies cites the coming winter weather as the reason for the slow-down, but analysts are reading between the lines that plunging landline subscriptions paired with a slowing [...]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Qwest and Verizon Sittin’ in a Tree… M-E-R-G-I-N-G?
For several months now, rumors have been swirling about that Verizon may attempt to purchase Qwest, a move that would put us one step closer to a reversal of the 1984 breakup of Ma Bell. Most cite Qwest’s switch to selling re-branded Verizon Wireless service as testing the waters. Qwest is also in a weak [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in News, Rumors by Jesse
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Broadband Bytes: Wednesday Edition
By: Mike Taylor and Jonathan Karras
The fact that we will be doing a regular feature on broadband news shows that there is a lot of interest in this space. At a recent Qwest webinar, lots of business attendees mentioned slow network speeds are a major concern. Many people are supportive of UTOPIA for different reasons [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
The Need for Speed: Comcast’s Plans to Squeeze More Bandwidth From Aging Copper
In the quest to prepare for DOCSIS 3.0 without undertaking the necessary step of replacing aging coax with fiber, Comcast has been playing around with several solutions designed to postpone the inevitable and squeeze more bandwidth from their copper turnip. The end result? Freeing up anywhere from 25% to 50% of their available bandwidth on [...]
