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
And less competition for all. RT @BenWinslow: RT @cressman: AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion – http://nyti.ms/f5esDh # 60% of broadband isn't. http://bit.ly/g7FkYO # Google makes moves into broadband mapping and ISP speed reporting. http://bit.ly/hcMJpO http://bit.ly/gtKc68 # Bell Canada admits what we all suspected: metering is about cashing… Continue reading
Today, it was announced that AT&T plans to buy up T-Mobile for a cool $39B. This would combine both nationwide GSM providers into the single largest wireless company in the country and bump us down to three such companies. A lot of fiber naysayers like to point to wireless as… Continue reading
Telecom picks up 6 of 32 nominations in Consumerists' Worst Company in America competition. http://bit.ly/hbNORP # In most cases, 4G really isn't. http://bit.ly/fze972 # Newspapers getting crushed by web sites. http://on.mash.to/haihB6 # Japan's earthquake still couldn't stop the Internet for more than a few hours, tops. http://bit.ly/gv24eE # Sprint: No,… Continue reading
Frontier jumps the FIOS install to $500 in hopes that it will help kill it off. http://bit.ly/dQVpEu # And @UTOPIAnet is wholesale. RT @Integra_Telecom: Fiber networks regain black-gold footing http://bit.ly/h5S4qe (via Denver Post) # Warner Bros. starts renting movies via Facebook. http://on.mash.to/g6SWIK # Your anonymous email and postings may not… Continue reading
I’ve received final word that Fuzecore has decided to leave UTOPIA and has sent its customers over to Xmission. Part of the problem for the Idaho-based provider is that there just weren’t enough customers available on the network to make things work, the same problem Prime Time Communications found itself… Continue reading
Small wired towns poised to take over the digital economy. http://bit.ly/dL879p # Verizon still sitting on its hands with FIOS deployments. http://bit.ly/dTnagw # Google starting to boot content farms from search results. http://on.mash.to/gKGqpT # 59% of USF money isn't spent on universal service. http://bit.ly/heVosk # DOCSIS 3.0 to pass 85M… Continue reading
Like Netflix, Redbox is now moving from physical media to streaming. http://lat.ms/hOEin2 # Does your connection feel faster? It might not be your imagination. http://bit.ly/gxOu8e # Both CenturyLink and Qwest have sagging profits, but it won't stop the merger. http://bit.ly/iaPm4q http://bit.ly/gKyeuh # CenturyLink rolling IPTV in Las Vegas. Could it… Continue reading
Free Monty Python videos on YouTube lead to 23,000% increase in DVD sales. Seriously. http://bit.ly/fBYVLh # iTunes still dominates online video rentals. http://bit.ly/g88nsU # Hughes gets gobbled up as satellite market further consolidates. http://bit.ly/gVa4ak # Thanks in part to @UTOPIAnet, Utah has the 2nd best rate of 1Gbps service in… Continue reading