For the most part, the Utah Legislature has spent very little time focusing on telecommunications issues. From my stance, that’s usually a good thing as when they focus on the sector, it is almost always to promote an anti-municipal telecom bill. This year, however, brings a bill worth opposing. SB112,… Continue reading
US broadband still lags behind the rest of the world. http://t.co/uaCJOM92 # There's big bucks (and a viable business model) in providing fiber to cell towers. http://t.co/1rPLDx3y # Worried about your cap? A new tech could halve the requirements for HD video streams. http://t.co/cTsyuter # Powered by Twitter Tools
AT&T finds its metering systems are still too broken to be used for billing. http://t.co/pQwBvoQM # CenturyLink kills off Qwest VoIP and doesn't tell anyone… not even the users. http://t.co/UobHpR4c # Not even Google can do a trouble-free fiber rollout. http://t.co/h163R3sx # Former @UTOPIAnet exec files suit against the network,… Continue reading
Could this be the year of IPv6? http://t.co/if6lzYG4 # Hulu imitates Netflix, seeks original content. http://t.co/iyDoXojr # A sign of the times? Windows 8 will help out with metered connections. http://t.co/HLaJov2T # SOPA And PIPA dead for now. http://t.co/Q26Q8cP7 # Deals between Verizon and cable are prompting anti-trust concerns. http://t.co/czo2h5QL… Continue reading
UTOPIA’s 2011 audit report (PDF) has come out, and the Utah Taxpayers Association wasted no time in butchering their “analysis” of it. (If you need a good piece of fiction, go find their January 2012 newsletter; I won’t grace it with a link.) Their overeagerness to once again trash UTOPIA, however,… Continue reading
Dish bets on the DVR to end all DVRs. http://t.co/eCAFfBtG # Should we expect more original content online this year? http://t.co/gJiTmCE9 # Will ISPs start selling the right to cut in line? http://t.co/acUnupfF # Cord-cutting no longer just for hipsters, going mainstream. http://t.co/TIHEZ36X # AT&T putting on a sock puppet… Continue reading
Provo is writing off $5.4M loans to #iProvo from the energy department. http://t.co/eqAsoC0c # Stick a fork in BPL; it's done. http://t.co/ysNmrvN8 # Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most spectrum of them all? http://t.co/uoaG6nJN # Problems with censorship? Why not launch your own satellite? http://t.co/xaOyXvE6 # Comcast… Continue reading
MIT gets into the e-learning field. http://t.co/FmKDICfT # Sprint starts a phone patent fight with cable. http://t.co/IAaWFHQt # GameFly embraces the Netflix model, now streams games to subscribers a la OnLive. http://t.co/PO2EtsP5 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Want to land a data center in your town? These places are on the ball. http://t.co/E4BEdAdm # Do you have an Internet connection, or do you have broadband? http://t.co/8G4x8iQw (h/t @windley) # You think we're bad? 100M people in Europe still haven't used the Internet. http://t.co/znnZ02aL # SOPA goes for… Continue reading
The facts of bandwidth usage (and how it is billed) don't support caps. http://t.co/dVbnWpiH # Comcast and Time Warner show Clearwire the door. http://t.co/vcg9DRlC # No, it's not your imagination. You are actually wasting a lot of time online. http://t.co/OTFo1N6k # Frontier doesn't care if you own your modem, they'll… Continue reading