Category Archives: Broadband Bytes

• Studio sues lawyer from offering cheap legal help to victims of bogus P2P lawsuit. http://is.gd/hW2Kz #
• Comcast and NBC want zero conditions on their megamerger. http://is.gd/hW2Na #
• Did Ma Bell cheat us out of a fiber future? http://is.gd/hW3NP #
• A group is trying to raise $150K to provide broadband in poor countries via a defunct satellite. http://bit.ly/hEuGaQ #
• A potential municipal bond collapse would severely hamper municipal networks. http://bit.ly/gGyUgn #

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• Handset makers like Apple could usher in the dumb pipe. http://is.gd/hv0yP #
• A quarter of US pageviews are Facebook. http://is.gd/hv5cP #
• Frontier in denial about how much their network sucks. http://is.gd/hv5lU #
• Paid prioritization could actually be really, REALLY bad for ISPs. http://is.gd/hv9qW #
• New wireless service from Cox actually gives you a refund for unused minutes. http://is.gd/hvabh #
• OnLive launching a $99 console next month and subscription to unlimited older titles. http://is.gd/hveqh #
• Just 50 ISPs account for half of all botnets and spam. http://is.gd/hvfdk #
• Mobile DTV is coming, but very slowly and in a small footprint. http://is.gd/hvfYB #
• Cell phone boosters are old news, but that they are a threat to carrier revenues is pretty new. http://is.gd/hvlKE #
• CableLabs working on standards for home security systems. http://is.gd/hvlOV #
• AT&T claims 80% of its footprint upgraded to HSPA+, but I doubt it will actually fix their terrible network. http://is.gd/hvnZE #
• Crowdsourcing works for fact-checking. http://is.gd/hvpK3 #
• Data centers crave cheap power. http://is.gd/hvqpO #
• Online ad revenues hit record highs. http://is.gd/hvqGU #
• China hijacked 15% of all Internet traffic for 18 minutes. http://is.gd/hvu7V #
• Wholesale bandwidth prices are falling. http://is.gd/hvv8P #
• You can't understand telecom until you understand regulatory capture. http://is.gd/hvwUD (via @communitynets) #
• @Frontiercorpse Same story as a lot of second-rate ILECs. There's no money or competition to make them improve. #
• East Gate in Layton will have @UTOPIAnet service. http://is.gd/hziyT #
• Netflix pulls out a streaming-only plan, includes plan to use way more than 20% of peak bandwidth. http://is.gd/hAY8e #
• Qwest CFO says that merger was inevitable and necessary. Right. http://is.gd/hAZog #
• Patent troll wants to shut down DOCSIS 3.0 bonding. http://is.gd/hBwKf #
• The drop in cable subs may have more to do with the economy than it does cord-cutters. http://is.gd/hCDPi #
• FCC may let you text 911. http://is.gd/hE10B #
• Blu-ray drives fail to make headway in PCs. I'd bet streaming is to blame. http://is.gd/hE7wU #
• If you're not paying, you are the product. http://is.gd/hE8CM #
• Video: Mobile backhaul is a cash cow for wholesale networks. http://is.gd/hE9WA #
• Google may do what Netflix can't: score streaming rights for Miramax films. http://is.gd/hEadW #
• Even if they could save money on a capped plan, smartphone users demand unlimited data. http://is.gd/hEHwB #
• In-car WiFi could be a standard feature in a few years. http://is.gd/hFbUQ #
• The Internet routes traffic in sucky ways, but there's not really any good fixes. http://is.gd/hGjKd #
• Homeland Security seizing pirate websites. http://is.gd/hSree (h/t: tons of folks who linked this) #

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• Does a competitive tech market end up in monopolies anyway? http://on.wsj.com/a50s6K #
• Phone calls are going the way of hand-written letters. http://tcrn.ch/cFPfDG #
• Facebook drops a new unified messaging system. I'll still to Google, thanks. http://lifehac.kr/9zNnjD #
• Demand for broadband bounces back. http://bit.ly/ctdwaS #
• Apple may kill MP3 with a new music streaming service. http://bit.ly/c7DaPy #
• Cablevision readying the network DVR. http://bit.ly/dxPtAI #
• .@Integra_Telecom rolls out SIP. http://bit.ly/az7K01 #
• Net neutrality and bandwidth caps don't matter when you have actual competition. Like in Europe. http://bit.ly/dqhPyo #
• NBC and Comcast may be prevented from blocking access to online video. http://engt.co/ampxtN #

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• With or without Payson, UTOPIA is moving forward. http://is.gd/gOcHt #
• A lack of standards could leave carriers as dumb pipes. http://tcrn.ch/drpS7C #
• Muni nets exist because of a lack of investment; they are not a cause of it. http://bit.ly/a6SZ4W #
• FCC may push Lifeline service for broadband. http://bit.ly/bbAYu8 #
• Time Warner auto-DVRs shows for three days. Now there’s a good idea. http://bit.ly/9WqkHr #
• RT @CJSettles: @UTOPIAnet speaking at MBD broadband strategy conference. Explaining how they turned network around by making it open access #
• Department of Commerce says the broadband stimulus kind of sucked. (Well, duh.) http://politi.co/c05t8C (via @UtahPolicy) #
• Sex, drugs… and texting? http://bit.ly/bDv5Ym #
• Broadband is saving you almost $8K per year. http://bit.ly/aBdhBa #
• Big surprise: big telcos suck. http://bit.ly/avYGCP (via @communitynets) #
• Charter to enforce bandwidth caps. http://bit.ly/aS94y1 #
• Colorado requires Qwest and CenturyLink to spent $70M on broadband. Any bets on that actually being enforced? If you’re actually going to bet get the sky betting app on your smartphone or tablet so you make money instead of lose it.http://bit.ly/dkCCoX #
• Verizon’s VOD solution hits TV, PC, and mobile. Oh yeah, and streaming your own files too. http://engt.co/cBoXIV #
• Over 1/5 of Americans have canceled or scaled back pay TV in the last six months. http://bit.ly/b07zAX #
• Net neutrality and prioritized access don’t have to be at odds. http://bit.ly/cCgQK8 #
• Steam is doing to Gamestop what iTunes did to Sam Goody. And I’m cool with that. http://bit.ly/cXsl02 #
• Hulu clears $240M this year. http://tcrn.ch/9fVfh7 #
• Firesheep is a bigger problem than you think. http://bit.ly/cZqWfl #
• RUS offers to help FCC with National Broadband Plan. I question how much “help” they can be. http://bit.ly/cyQxbb #
• That fancy HD set is spending a lot of time showing you SD content. http://bit.ly/9kG00Y #
• Adoption will suffer until broadband gets cheaper. http://bit.ly/9NtJcU #
• Salt water can be an antenna. No lie. http://bit.ly/aCihCO #
• Small Dutch ISP first to do symmetrical 100Mbps with DOCSIS 3.0. http://bit.ly/cXQPoK #
• US mobile data to exceed 1 exabyte this year. http://bit.ly/df5FRd #
• Muni network buries incumbent on speed. http://bit.ly/aygWqP #
• Net neutrality candidates didn’t get crushed in the latest election after all. http://bit.ly/clp1qk #
• In which Hulu gets (accurately) compared to OPEC. http://tcrn.ch/cBmqbO #
• Manti Telecommunications on their IPTV rollout . http://bit.ly/9wLt5l #
• Facebook wants to take over your e-mail. http://gizmo.do/bF5Uxs #
• YouTube gets 35 hours of new video every minute. http://bit.ly/cDNGK9 #
• Managing wireless bandwidth can be done a lot smarter than it is. http://bit.ly/bcz29o #
• Print is dead part XXXVII: the white pages. http://bit.ly/c9iEEk #

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• Cablevision caves to Fox demands. http://bit.ly/bjkneF #
• Firesheep is a much bigger problem them we all realize. Another reason to go wired instead of wireless. http://bit.ly/9AU1Pz #
• Another new streaming games service emerges. And I wonder how much bandwidth it will require. http://bit.ly/96afU6 #
• If ISPs listen to Craig Moffett, they'll use caps and overages to make up for your cord-cutting. http://bit.ly/b6aXKH #
• Comcast is experiencing a routing problem that's preventing access to the website. Can't confirm if it affects other ISPs. #
• People as femtocells in a giant mesh. http://bit.ly/cWGU8V #
• New specs are out for TV Everywhere. http://bit.ly/9nfnSD #
• Amazon's program to give you a digital copy when you buy a DVD expands to 10K titles. http://engt.co/aRk4Iq #
• Is it any surprise that incumbents would fight never-ending wars of attrition against muni networks? http://bit.ly/9ejBem #
• Qwest and CenturyLink continue losing landlines and bet on broadband. But where are the upgrades? http://bit.ly/bFiPiw http://bit.ly/ba3TnI #
• The election may have killed net neutrality. http://bit.ly/amIhzT #
• Both sides agree: losing Rep. Boucher is bad news. http://bit.ly/dtTqUd #
• Over 500K Americans cut the cord last quarter. http://bit.ly/bEawad #
• .@SFCN's phone service is a big hit. http://bit.ly/dCuQpd #
• Clear bleeding cash. http://bit.ly/cSllK5 #

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