After making some big claims (and underhanded political maneuvers), it looks like Vivint’s wireless division may be getting cut loose. The company ceased adding new customers several months ago, closed up operations in Texas and New Mexico, and changed their topography from their overhyped wireless mesh to using traditional WISP… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-18 https://t.co/DhmSN0zJ4c -> Beehive Broadband is serious about making a residential fiber push on the Wasatch Front. https://t.co/dbWMqDT9yF -> Wondering if a page has been censored? Wonder no more. https://t.co/ry5A06c153 -> Expensive broadband, a result of a lack of competition, drives non-adoption. https://t.co/ZoBISZ2BaC -> Inaccurate metering might as… Continue reading
Beehive Broadband has big broadband dreams. After rolling fiber in their native service areas in Tooele County (even into the spec of nothingness that is Grouse Creek) and hitting downtown SLC with fiber rings, they’re now making a push to bring gigabit fiber into The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-11 https://t.co/j2Xt0i12M0 -> Crappy ISPs may have a new enemy: the multi-billion dollar online gaming industry. https://t.co/4Zk3gQoxdW -> SFCN is the network detractors don't want to talk about. https://t.co/Y4dp7bXUtE -> Free UTOPIA!: now with 100% more encryption! https://t.co/kpsAPO6LwC https://t.co/Ulh25k7Iyh -> Now even cash-strapped CenturyLink wants in competing with… Continue reading
After many, many years of being a total slacker, the site has been updated to force HTTPS connections (TLSv1.2 for you crypto people). Everything should continue to work as it has before, though you may need to freshen up your bookmarks and RSS subscriptions if you aren’t automatically redirected. As… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-04 https://t.co/bzF7cZkVAO -> New markets announced: 2 https://t.co/8tam5ZEDrm -> "We totally aren't spending money on new stuff because net neutrality, but we can't tell you what." https://t.co/TgpnfKATPo -> Like Verizon, AT&T has no wired service in Utah. https://t.co/Hs6fqd5oCy -> France considers declaring war on what make the Internet… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-27 https://t.co/RclfccGiMQ -> Online Christmas shopping finally eclipses brick-and-mortar retail. https://t.co/YFA6M9WMPW -> Once Comcast got a taste for spying on you, it never stopped. Ever. https://t.co/jKpKRj6dER -> Your ISP could be forced to be a copyright cop. https://t.co/2ZImnvuKmV -> A prime example of why cities are better off… Continue reading