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Time Warner Cable to deliver one-gigabit broadband in Los Angeles by 2016

Posted July 22, 2014, 2:45 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

Time Warner Cable is bringing its ultra-fast broadband Internet service to Los Angeles. The company recently said they can offer Internet speeds of up to one gigabit per second to residents, businesses and government offices by 2016, far faster than…

Comcast plans to roll out data caps for all customers in next 5 years

Posted May 15, 2014, 3:45 PM by Himanshu Arora Filed in Industry News

Comcast Executive VP David Cohen said in a call (transcript) with investors yesterday that he expects "usage-based billing", also known as data caps, to reach all of the company's customers within the next five years.

Cox to offer gigabit broadband service by the end of the year

Posted May 1, 2014, 1:15 PM by Himanshu Arora Filed in Industry News, The Web

Following Google and AT&T, Cox Communications has now announced plans to provide 1-Gigabit-per-second fiber-based broadband service by the end of the year. Cox CEO Pat Esser made the announcement during an interview yesterday with Bloomberg TV at the NCTA's Cable…

Weekend Open Forum: How fast is your home internet connection?

Posted April 18, 2014, 7:15 PM by Tim Schiesser Filed in WOF

Here in Australia, our internet infrastructure isn't fantastic, with most premises relying on ADSL2+ connections that are physically capped at 24 Mbit/s and limited by the distance you are from the local exchange. Many people are stuck with relatively slow…

Comcast increases Internet speeds in 13 Northeastern states

Posted April 10, 2014, 11:15 AM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

Comcast has boosted the Internet speeds for customers in 14 Northeastern states. The announcement came as the cable company answered questions from Congress regarding their pending merger with Time Warner Cable.

Bright House is bringing residential gigabit fiber network to Tampa

Posted March 13, 2014, 5:45 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

Bright House Networks has announced plans to build a gigabit broadband network for homeowners in Tampa, Florida, less than a month after Google selected 34 cities for possible Google Fiber expansion. Bright House President Nomi Bergman said their decision wasn’t…

Netflix signs deal with Comcast to keep streams lag-free

Posted February 24, 2014, 8:00 AM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

Netflix has come to an agreement with Comcast to ensure the streaming service receives the necessary bandwidth to provide a smooth and lag-free experience for the company’s broadband customers. The duo promised in a joint press release that the collaboration…

Three in five US households with broadband also own a connected TV

Posted February 14, 2014, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

A new report from TDG Research suggests that if you have a broadband connection but don’t own an Internet-connected television, you’re now part of the minority. A full 63 percent of all US broadband households now own such a device…

Researchers demonstrate 1.4 Tbps broadband connection using commercial-grade hardware

Posted January 22, 2014, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

A joint research team from French telecoms Alcatel-Lucent and BT have come up with a 1.4 terabit connection that would put Google Fiber and all other competitors to shame. The technology is said to use commercial-grade hardware with a new…

Korean carrier to launch 300 Mbps LTE-Advanced network later this year

Posted January 20, 2014, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in Mobile Computing

Mobile Internet has already eclipsed home broadband speeds in some parts of the world and it only looks to get even faster moving forward. SK Telecom in Korea has announced plans to roll out a blazing fast 300 Mbps service…

Net neutrality update and a potential future of selective data capping and Internet price gouging

Posted January 17, 2014, 12:09 AM by Julio Franco Filed in Industry News, The Web

Live in the United States? Enjoy being able to stream and browse the Internet to your cold little heart's content? Don't want your Internet costs to go up? It's time to start thinking about what could be one of this generation's biggest issues for gamers: net neutrality.

United States falls to 31st place in global broadband speed list

Posted November 27, 2013, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in The Web

If you live in the United States and think you have access to a fast broadband connection, think again. That’s because 30 countries have faster Internet connections on average than the US according to the latest statistics from Speedtest.net. …

Cable TV subscriptions at major providers set to drop below 40 million

Posted November 26, 2013, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in Industry News

In what probably amounts to little or no surprise at all to many, cable TV subscriptions are on the decline. It started with tech-savvy individuals cutting the cord and moving to streaming video services but now it appears the trend…

FCC seeks your help in testing mobile broadband speeds with Android app

Posted November 11, 2013, 11:30 AM by Himanshu Arora Filed in Industry News

Are you getting the mobile broadband speed you are paying for? The Federal Communications Commission is planning to launch a new smartphone application called "FCC speed test" for users to test precisely that. The application will allow users to run…

Los Angeles to bring free fiber-based internet to city residents and businesses

Posted November 6, 2013, 10:30 AM by Himanshu Arora Filed in Industry News, The Web

Los Angeles is planning to roll out fiber-based Internet to every residence, business and government entity within the city limits. The network, which would also power public Wi-Fi hotspots, is expected to provide free Internet access to anyone at 2-5…

A third of American adults don't have broadband access at home

Posted August 26, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight Filed in The Web

It may be tough to believe given our connected audience but it’s true: nearly one out of every three adults in the US don't have high speed Internet access at home. What’s more, three percent of American adults still connect…

Google plans to provide worldwide internet coverage, via a network of floating balloons

Posted June 17, 2013, 9:30 AM by David Tom Filed in Industry News, The Web

The mysterious Google X lab is at it again, and this time they are unleashing a top-secret internet service that goes by the code-name “Project Loon”. Google's plan is to eventually launch thousands of internet-beaming transmitters into the stratosphere, carried…

ConnectED initiative promises schools +100Mbps Internet in 5 years

Posted June 7, 2013, 11:45 AM by Rick Burgess Filed in The Web

The Obama administration yesterday unveiled plans (pdf) to vastly improve broadband delivered to K-12 students. The initiative aims to roll out 100Mbps Internet (up to 1Gbps where possible) to public schools within the next five years and all supposedly without…

California man finds limits of Verizon FiOS unlimited data broadband service: 77TB

Posted May 24, 2013, 8:30 AM by Jesse Schoff Filed in Industry News, The Web

Verizon offers unlimited data for their FiOS fiber-optic broadband service, but as one person found out recently, as with all things, it’s not truly “unlimited.” A California man, who goes by the handle Houkouonchi online and preferred not to be…

FCC proposal may greatly improve airplane Wi-Fi

Posted May 10, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess Filed in Industry News, The Web

The FCC has proposed freeing up as much as 500MHz of spectrum for the purpose of impoving airplane Internet connectivity during flight. The bump in bandwidth could be a boon for airborne Internet junkies but may come at the expense…

Omaha next up for gigabit Internet, but it's not Google Fiber...

Posted May 2, 2013, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess Filed in Industry News, The Web

With gigabit Internet already deployed in a handful of U.S. cities, less fortunate municipalities are likely to develop -- or may already have developed -- a little gigabit-envy. The next city to join that exclusive gigabit club though will be Omaha,…

Average broadband speed in the US up 28%, South Korea still far ahead

Posted April 24, 2013, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches Filed in Industry News, The Web

Akamai has published its “State of the Internet” report for the last quarter of 2012 today, offering an overview of broadband speeds per country as well as figures on denial of service attacks, among other interesting metrics. According to the…

HBO Go bundle for broadband subscribers could happen, says CEO

Posted March 22, 2013, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches Filed in Industry News, The Web

HBO has produced some of the best shows to ever hit the small screen, from pop-culture masterpieces like The Sopranos to epic fantasy novel adaptations like Game of Thrones. Unfortunately the network doesn’t make its content available on services like…

Liberty buys Virgin for $23 bil, claims world's largest broadband ISP

Posted February 7, 2013, 12:32 PM by Rick Burgess Filed in Industry News, The Web

In an enormous deal funded by both cash and stock, U.S-based Liberty Global has announced the purchase of Virgin Media for a hefty $23.3 billion. When combined, Liberty Global and Virgin Media will be home to roughly 25 million subscribers…

Former FCC chair: ISP data caps are about monetization, not network congestion

Posted January 21, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess Filed in The Web, Industry News

Data caps, also known as broadband caps and bandwidth caps, have long been a controversial method of managing network congestion by ISPs -- or has it? While numerous ISPs have explained away the necessity of bandwidth caps to maintain quality…

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