Competition means that Latvians can get triple-play for under $26 a month. http://t.co/IRU60LXL # The good: a la carte is coming! The bad: only in Canada, suckers. http://t.co/6kP059QB # Open STBs are dying. Any bets this leads more people to bitTorrent? http://t.co/1gHEhtUk # Why do telcos ignore the wireline networks?… Continue reading
Now we get to see if Google Fiber lives up to the hype. http://t.co/3ANMQlJL # Utahns love their home Internet connections. http://t.co/TTf8YXUV # Waiting for the phone company to foll fiber? It's gonna be a while. http://t.co/mXDQgvvf # CenturyLink caught lying about muni networks yet again. http://t.co/72WVuNva # Is your… Continue reading
Next-gen consoles could all be streaming devices, but they require robust networks. http://t.co/pIHBNImp # Listen to @communitynets interview Todd Marriot of @UTOPIAnet and @pashdown of @XMission. http://t.co/bU6YqVN8 # Nobody using those old-school pay phones? NYC is turning them into WiFi hotspots. http://t.co/gAfvPqxB # DirecTV and Viacom stop putting on their… Continue reading
Quality broadband is attracting businesses to Utah. http://t.co/GoFpO0SY # Is the Declaration of Internet Freedom flawed enough to not be signed? http://t.co/lrvz6jkm # Netflix moves more video than any cable company. http://t.co/ggPxtxWM # UN says that Internet access is a human right. http://t.co/VrM9L3mn # This is why we cord-cut: cable… Continue reading
The lack of broadband investment is probably Wall Street's fault. http://t.co/p3OEdfZW # ISP explains why other ISPs shouldn't keep logs more than a couple of weeks. http://t.co/xfvEt0v6 # “7 Habits of Highly Effective Owners of the Business of Broadband.” http://t.co/OAoFu9rc # The headline is a bit of hyperbole, but 2.5Tbps… Continue reading
Google claims government censorship is a lot higher than most of us would like. http://t.co/IU8tM7Hv # CenturyLink is rolling out IPTV, but not yet in Utah. http://t.co/y1LO6VN4 # Paying for TV is getting a lot less popular. http://t.co/EeLQKqZs # Feds worried that IPv6 will make it hard to track down… Continue reading
The Standard-Examiner published an anti-UTOPIA editorial yesterday that, quite frankly, makes me wonder if some sort of illicit substances are in use by their editorial board. Granted, these kinds of opinion pieces are not uncommon, but this one sets a new “standard” in incoherence and inaccuracy. Allow me to “examine”… Continue reading
Last Thursday, The White House announced the launch of US Ignite, a new initiative whose goal is to spur better broadband and applications to take advantage of it. It brings in some heavy players including UTOPIA and UEN from our own state, incumbents like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast, and tech… Continue reading
Comcast anti-trust suit from 2003 still alive. http://t.co/xS4ADj51 # .@UTOPIAnet announces availability of 1Gbps symmetrical connections to all homes in their footprint. #utpol # Highest bandwidth customer on @UTOPIAnet using 20Gbps of total bandwidth. Can your Internet do that? # Now demonstrating remote HD security cameras with two-way voice. Uses… Continue reading
Today UTOPIA announced that they will be offering 1Gbps connections to every home they pass. Word on the street is that getting a connection that’s faster than your hard drive (!) should run in the neighborhood of $330-ish per month if you’re leasing the connection. Right now, only a handful… Continue reading