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 ->… Continue reading
Competition is good, and Comcast is just now proving it. I spoke with one of their sales guys who confirmed that Comcast will be offering a package of 250Mbps/50Mbps for $70 starting in September, but only in Provo. (Sorry, everywhere else.) This is in direct response to Google Fiber coming… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
It’s no small secret that Verizon has been working really, really hard to ditch copper access lines. In areas where they haven’t rolled out FIOS, they’re letting older copper plants rot on the vine, ceding the wired space in those communities to the local cable companies. In areas of New… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
A great thing about smaller providers is that they’re always looking at the crazy ideas to come up with something really cool. A great example of that is how SumoFiber is approaching home phone service. Most providers either resell a SIP trunk or roll their own in-house SIP solution. (Veracity… Continue reading
If you’re using XMission on UTOPIA, you probably noticed a nice little bonus last night: all 50Mbps customers got a bump up to the full 100Mbps for no extra charge. There’s a few people left to be switched, but it should be done within a couple of days, tops. One… Continue reading
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…. Continue reading
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… Continue reading