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Cox Communications Expands Fast 50Mbps Broadband Internet to Virginia

Cox Communications today expanded its fastest broadband service to residential and business customers in Northern Virginia. Now offered in Fairfax County and Fredericksburg it delivers up to 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) downloads and 5 Mbps uploads using DOCSIS 3.0.... Full Story

Posted on May 5, 2009 2:22 PM

John Chambers Blogs about Broadband Stimulus on GigaOM

Om Malik sent a note saying Cisco CEO John Chambers posted a guest blog entry so I went to check it out.John begins:Now that President Obama has signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into law, the real hard work... Full Story

Posted on March 4, 2009 10:20 AM

President-Elect Barack Obama's $40 billion Handout Bailout to Internet Providers

President-Elect Barack Obama is planning to send up to $40 billion in grants and loans bailout funds toward improving broadband availability and speeds as part of broader economic stimulus efforts, according to UBS analysts. According to Telephony Online: A... Full Story

Posted on January 15, 2009 3:32 PM

Verizon FiOS Voice+Internet Cheaper than just FiOS Internet?

I had to do a double-take when I read the Verizon FiOS pricing plans page that shows Verizon FiOS Internet with Verizon home phone service is less expensive than FiOS Internet without Verizon home phone service. It's $5 cheaper... Full Story

Posted on December 19, 2008 10:31 AM

Cheap Broadband is the Oil of the Modern Economy -- Shouldn't This Have a Greener Hook?

Very interesting post comparing cheap broadband to cheap oil on Mashable. Here's the lead of the piece: Oil and broadband Internet access are the twin fuels of both brick and mortar businesses and Internet based businesses. When oil prices are... Full Story

Posted on August 5, 2008 4:35 PM

The Dead Zone: AT&T's iPhone 3G Coverage Woes

Excited about buying Apple's new iPhone 3G, which goes on sale tomorrow? Pumped about those blazing-fast 3G Internet speeds? Hope you don't live in beautiful Bozeman, Montana; Burlington, Vermont; or Des Moines, Iowa... Those are just a few places... Full Story

Posted on July 10, 2008 3:30 PM

T-Mobile USA T-Mobile@Home VoIP Service

T-Mobile USA is going to launch next week a $10-a-month broadband VoIP service that will be available to T-Mobile wireless subscribers. The VoIP service is called T-Mobile@Home, granting users unlimited local and long-distance calls over a broadband connection. They've partnered... Full Story

Posted on June 26, 2008 9:54 AM

AT&T CallVantage Major Outage...

I have received an unconfirmed report of a major outage for AT&T CallVantage, which is AT&T's VoIP broadband service. I was emailed the following: "At 2:00 pm the voice system is now stating that they have a major outage." Gee,... Full Story

Posted on March 20, 2008 4:10 PM

ADSL to reach 100Mbps speed!

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a 29-year old Australian wiz kid, Dr.Papandriopoulos, has found a way to squeeze more broadband juice out of your phone line, which will improve DSL speeds. Apparently, the technology eliminates a lot of the... Full Story

Posted on November 5, 2007 11:32 AM

FCC Displeased with U.S. Broadband Deployment Rate

According to an eWeek article, the FCC is not pleased with the rate at which broadband is being deployed in the U.S. According to eWeek, the FCC has started a Notice of Inquiry into whether broadband services are being provided... Full Story

Posted on April 18, 2007 9:48 AM

Google Announces Free In-Home Wireless

Google is now offering free in-home wireless broadband service as part of their TiSP beta. According to Google, "Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for? Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband... Full Story

Posted on April 2, 2007 8:02 AM

D-Link DI-102 Broadband Internet VoIP Accelerator

Long-time fans of the VoIP & Gadgets blog, may recalled my 2005 post titled, Mysterious QoS Device, where I discovered with some help from a tipster that Linksys and D-Link were using Ubicom's StreamEngine Net Accelerator to perform Qos techniques... Full Story

Posted on February 12, 2007 10:02 AM

Verizon, Dell Offer Pay-As-You-Go Broadband

According to ABIResearch.com, Verizon, Dell plan to offer Pay-As-You-Go Broadband with Verizon's EV-DO technology embedded into select Dell laptops. Teaming up with Dell is a very smart way for Verizon to shore up their marketshare in the high-speed long-distance wireless... Full Story

Posted on March 29, 2006 3:53 PM

CompUSA to offer Covad broadband

Covad and CompUSA have announced a deal to offer Covad's broadband in 168 stores nationwide. CompUSA and Covad have created what they are claiming is "a total technology solution for the very small business market". According to Covad, small business... Full Story

Posted on January 25, 2006 5:06 PM

2006 the year of IPTV?

Is 2006 the year for IPTV? Certainly seems that way with all the releases I've been getting in email lately, including this one below, which lists broadband data and 400 IPTV channels. 400 channels? 400 CHANNELS!?!?! Sheesh! I only have... Full Story

Posted on January 12, 2006 2:47 PM

CES 2006: Annual CE Clambake Kicks Off Tomorrow

Just like New Year's Day follows New Year's Eve, the giant annual consumer electronics clambake in the desert known as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off a few days after New Year's -- in this case tomorrow -- in Las Vegas.... Full Story

Posted on January 4, 2006 2:14 PM

Verizon Inflight Wireless Broadband

According to PRNewswire, "Verizon Airfone has made significant progress toward providing wireless broadband services for U.S. air travel. The announcement follows the FCC's establishment of rules for auctioning spectrum in the 800 MHz band dedicated to commercial air-to-ground telecommunication services.... Full Story

Posted on December 12, 2005 1:14 PM

Cingular BroadbandConnect 3G network

Cingular has just launched BroadbandConnect, a 3G wireless network that Cingular claims is the largest national high-speed wireless data network. The broadband service will be available to around 35 million people. Cingular, plans to expand the high-speed wireless network throughout... Full Story

Posted on December 6, 2005 11:29 AM

FCC wants ala carte TV channels

I heard on WABC talk radio this morning that the FCC wants cable companies to offer TV channels "a la carte" to give consumers more choice. Considering how harsh I was on the FCC's e911 requirements this morning, I have... Full Story

Posted on November 29, 2005 11:08 AM

SupportSoft and Thomson team up for the Triple Play

I'm a huge fan of Triple Play or even Quadruple Play solutions. I mean who doesn't want IP-TV/video-on-demand, broadband, and VoIP all in one cost-savings bundled package? One of the challenges in Triple Play is the provisioning and management... Full Story

Posted on November 28, 2005 11:59 PM

Democrats want nationwide broadband policy

Below is the text of Leader Pelosi's speech this morning to the National Press Club. Statements are included from industry and academic leaders regarding the Innovation Agenda which addresses America's nationwide broadband policy and even mentions voice over IP.I highlighted... Full Story

Posted on November 15, 2005 4:10 PM

Nancy Pelosi will kick the FCC's ass and ask questions later

House Democratic Leader Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will deliver a speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday unveiling the Democrats' new "Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1." Her speech fits right in with my recent blog... Full Story

Posted on November 10, 2005 5:06 PM

Legislation for a statutory framework for IP and Broadband Services

Yesterday, I listened to a congressional hearing discussing a draft of legislation to create a statutory framework for Internet Protocol and Broadband Services. I actually streamed the audio/video, but only recorded the audio from the hearing. It featured several witnesses,... Full Story

Posted on November 10, 2005 11:52 AM

Cablevision High Speed Internet upgrade

Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced that it is leveraging the capacity of its fiber network to introduce two new Optimum Online premium tiers that will increase the speed of its Internet products to up to 50 Mbps. Cablevision... Full Story

Posted on November 7, 2005 10:13 AM

Wireless Broadband on airplanes

Some interesting news worth sharing. AirCell has announced the successful testing of wireless broadband that works while travelling on an airplane. Tomorrow, AirCell will announce the successful completion of its extended airborne demonstration program that allows potential airline customers and... Full Story

Posted on October 24, 2005 11:59 PM