Broadband Bytes for 2016-01-29 https://t.co/t8lglhqS16 -> Wait, what? A large news outlet like CNet is willing to say that wireless gigabit is mostly hype? https://t.co/R9gJA2hkuE -> Wireless carriers are seeing thinner margins than ever. The dumb pipe is upon us. https://t.co/m6gddXOpqf -> Rural broadband is quickly becoming the house that federal… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2016-01-22 https://t.co/ZiaXGbE3AO -> The Aereo guys now want to shake up the broadband market. https://t.co/btbCDZZT2u -> WA letting marginalized customers buy broadband from the county instead of being out in the cold. https://t.co/UNpxvb1TH3 -> CenturyLink, your complaints will carry more water when you start building actual broadband. https://t.co/uQd286pXe5… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2016-01-15 https://t.co/lpf1Wm6wZf -> CenturyLink fiber is mostly advertising for DSL, not actually "you can buy it" fiber. https://t.co/4bjYKAHcXH -> Given how spotty and sad AT&T's fiber rollout is, this says a lot. https://t.co/bK0rBTxTB1 -> By the time they hash this standard out, pay TV may not exist as… Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2016-01-08 https://t.co/rcElMcAOxE -> Cities can hold incumbents' feet to the fire, if they want to. https://t.co/wm7W6v7cdc -> If it's this bad with self-reported data, what would a real investigation turn up? https://t.co/MgclIxfBgt -> Theory: squirrels and sharks are part of a vast global conspiracy to knock out utilities…. Continue reading
Broadband Bytes for 2016-01-01 https://t.co/QGBnvYK5Yv -> Huge annual price hikes wouldn't be possible in a competitive marketplace. https://t.co/gr3zoDcVDV -> If you want to not get the broadband you're paying for, get DSL. https://t.co/UwupVoG7Cl -> Good broadband more than pays for itself. https://t.co/B6QbxQguTi ->
Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-25 https://t.co/vl6OgA57z9 -> Surprise! Vivint Wireless may not be long for this world. https://t.co/XIRrz7rLnL https://t.co/u8Eg9tKqEM -> Comcast had almost twice the number of complaints of AT&T, Verizon, and Time Warner… combined. https://t.co/ga4iZUdo62 -> NYC is turning phone booths into WiFi hotspots and funding it all with electronic billboards…. Continue reading
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