Netflix may now have more customers than Comcast. http://bit.ly/eCB2Jf # Google wants to make money from its fiber project. http://bit.ly/f0QNR6 # Cisco predicts the death of the STB (video): http://bit.ly/iiPslJ # FCC: broadband sucks (and we won't admit that we caused a lot of it). http://bit.ly/hjGTug # 73% of you… Continue reading
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Chris Hogan, one of UTOPIA’s former execs, has filed a suit against the agency over violations of his employment contract. The suit alleges that consulting firm TetraTech was awarded an improper contract for network construction because Executive Director Todd Marriott’s brother is a manger… Continue reading
CenturyLink takes the Qwest name out to the woodshed. http://bit.ly/gRHPsy # Analyst says Google's fiber unlikely to change much of anything on a national level. http://bit.ly/eyoahz # IPv6 uptake still painfully sluggish despite running out of IPv4 addresses. http://bit.ly/htjoFt # Powered by Twitter Tools
After many, many months of inaction, UTOPIA is finally starting to move some more fiber into the ground starting with Centerville. This is the start of wiring up anchor institutions using the federal broadband grants, money that should touch most member cities. It won’t get the fiber all the way… Continue reading
New technique can pin your location from an IP address to within 690 meters. http://bit.ly/ecg8p5 # Powered by Twitter Tools
A view of caps around the world. http://bit.ly/hz05wR # Verizon testing speeds up to 1Tbps. http://bit.ly/eK5L4u # Google makes a play for a big hunk of telecom patents. http://on.mash.to/feBON0 # Could Comcast use OTT video to compete with other MSOs? http://bit.ly/fxgTSo # Dish "wins" the rotting carcass of Blockbuster. http://j.mp/e8G1aq… Continue reading
IPv4 addresses are worth big bucks. http://bit.ly/hR8bT7 # IP addresses are a lousy way to identify individuals. http://bit.ly/hhaX9G # Big Canadian ISP accidentally throttles World of Warcraft. http://bit.ly/iaKMuL # Maslow as applied to broadband. http://bit.ly/hhHhjN # Sprint throwing down the anti-trust gauntlet at AT&T. http://on.mash.to/dKpMni # Amazon launches a new… Continue reading