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While America still lags the rest of the world in the deployment of high capacity broadband networks, the last few years have seen us improve rather dramatically. The catalyst for this improvement has been Verizon's decision to invest nearly $20...
There's a great Wired article from last week about AT&T's new trial of bandwidth caps in Reno, NV. It hits on how the introduction of bandwidth caps is happening primarily on networks where bandwidth is scarce, like on cable networks...
So anyone who reads App-Rising.com on a regular basis knows that I'm a fan of full fiber networks. I just can't get around the fact that no other access technology has the capacity of fiber optics, and ultimately I believe...
Much ado was made when the recent wireless spectrum options wrapped up and the two biggest winners were AT&T and Verizon. Pundits lamented over the fact the two biggest companies got the two biggest chunks of spectrum as they feared...
This past Sunday night I hit a new high on my Verizon Wireless connection: 2.8Mbps. My browser had crashed while more than sixty tabs were open. Normally I'd dread this situation as while I can restore my last session when...
Now I know the Great Broadband Debate has hit the mainstream: I just read one of the better articles I've seen on the pressure high bandwidth use is putting on existing broadband service delivery models in, of all places, the...
There are many in the telecom world who believe the ultimate answer to all things broadband is competition. If you can just get that dynamo of capitalism churning then you'll create incentives through competition to spur investment and innovation. I've...
Since writing earlier this week about the tension between offering higher speeds and stricter usage caps, I've decided to continue relying solely on my Verizon wireless card to support my broadband needs. Driving this decision was my curiosity as to...
In my continuing adventures transitioning to watching all my TV online, over the weekend I had one of the starkest reminders yet of that cresting wave of the exaflood and how today's broadband isn't prepared to handle it. On Friday...
As mentioned yesterday, I attended a panel of representatives of the biggest broadband providers in the US, including: Tom Tauke of Verizon, Jim Cicconi of AT&T, Joseph Waz of Comcast, Mr. Ali of Sprint (my apologies to him if he's...
It's amazing how combining a seemingly endless show floor with limitless choice in nighttime activities can derail the best intentions of any blogger to post throughout the day. Never worry, though, as there have already been many interesting, enlightening experiences...
It's been an incredible year for FTTH in arena of public opinion. It started as an albatross, a costly gamble that Wall Street battered Verizon's stock price for daring to try. Then earlier this year attitudes began to shift. As...
Don’t know how I missed this: earlier this month Verizon allowed regarded tech columnist Om Malik to send questions to a Verizon employee named Rich who’s been wired for 100Mbps access to his home to discuss how it’s changed his...
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