Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to know how it should regulate services delivered over broadband connections other than Internet access. Such services can include IPTV, home security monitoring, telemedicine, and remote power management as part of a smart grid. This is such early days for these kinds of...
When it comes down to what type of broadband connection is fastest, the perception is that fiber-to-the-premises services, exemplified by Verizon FiOS, sets the gold standard and that if you can't get FTTP, go with cable and lastly DSL. Read more in PC Magazine...
Consumers have tended to take claims of transmission speeds made by telecommunications companies with proverbial grains of salt, and now the Better Business Bureau is attempting to make the claims more accurate by asking Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications to discontinue some of the claims they have made about fiber optic networks. ...
Craig Settles has an answer for the 1,095 communities that are not going to get Google to build a next-generation fiber optic network in their area once Google chooses a few winners in the coming weeks. Don’t pout, organize. Read more in Wired magazine.
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government wants to set minimum home Internet speeds to make the United States the world's largest market of high-speed Internet users, the Federal Communications Commission's chairman said on Tuesday. Read more...
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
FEBRUARY 10, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Google has announced plans to build and test open access fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in “a small number” of trial locations across the United States. The company has issued an RFI seeking communities interested in participating in the trials. Read more....
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
There are "encouraging signs" that competition in the video services market is increasing, said the PSC in its third annual Status of Competition for Video Services in Michigan report. Michigan has seen a two percent growth in the number of cable customers in each of the last two years since the passage of the Michigan Uniform Video...
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Op-ed piece in the Roanoke Times by Wes Rosenbalm, CEO and president of Bristol Virginia Utilities, and FTTH Council member and the first public utility in the United States to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network offering cable, phone and data services. Read more...
Monday, January 25th, 2010
JANUARY 25, 2010 -- Fiber-optic technology proved popular once again in the latest round of U.S. rural broadband stimulus funding. At least nine of the 14 projects announced today will use fiber for middle-mile or last-mile networks. Read more....
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Op-ed: Community-owned broadband is one way to bring fiber to smaller markets, but many states restrict the practice. Researcher Christopher Mitchell argues that it's time for a bit more Roosevelt-style localism in US broadband. Read more....
September 12 - 16, 2010