Broadband Bytes for 2015-02-20 http://t.co/uiRDMURv6i -> We should be impressed at an electronics swap on decade-old fiber they didn't want to build in the first place? http://t.co/x7mwehF729 -> Is the FCC inadvertently enabling the kind of shakedowns that started the net neutrality debate? http://t.co/VKZ6EZYy1q -> Yet another reason to go with… Continue reading
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Broadband Bytes for 2015-02-06 http://t.co/pDZuTFv3c2 -> Sen Hatch loves the Comcast merger, hates net neutrality. http://t.co/yNrBzeYjsr -> Should VoIP devices be required to come with a battery backup? http://t.co/vEqyNMlx7L -> Telcos will use any excuse they can to justify dumping old copper instead of building more fiber. http://t.co/Bk1hOKafHT -> Unsurprisingly, you… Continue reading
Way back in 2004, Springville had a fiber-to-the-home network covering most of the city, but it had only picked up about 100 subscribers. The city made the decision to shutter the network, purchased from the defunct AirSwitch, since it was operating at a loss and was mostly dark. Now a… Continue reading
Apparently you have to scare incumbents into building fiber. http://t.co/7xoI3a8G5q -> Apparently insulting name changes are standard operating procedure at Comcast. http://t.co/J5IfPr2Vtt -> Broadband Bytes for 2015-01-30 http://t.co/gHdb2P8Ilg -> The $10M question: fund opex shortfalls or build more revenue-generating network? http://t.co/PMSfU1X4p2 -> With a 97% profit margin and little telco competition,… Continue reading