Allied Fiber today said it has begun construction on the first phase of a nationwide wholesale fiber network that will span 11,548 miles.By combining the pipe, the data centers and cell towers the Allied network could fundamentally change the economics of providing bandwith and encourage competition. Read More »
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Nothing quite works like the threat of the possibility of losing a money-making asset. With rumors that Apple is flirting with Verizon over a future partnership, AT&T has abruptly changed its future wireless broadband plans to include a sudden acceleration of its LTE deployment. Read More »
We’ve noted that Verizon plans to use its fiber network for backhaul for its future Long Term Evolution network, and today it says that it will also rent out capacity on that fiber network to other wireless carriers as well. As our readers are… Read More »
Sprint is blaming a puny backhaul network and a paucity of backend bandwidth for some of the delays with its cursed, WiMAX technology-based Xohm network, which will offer broadband speeds over wireless when it goes live later this year. They might not be alone, as carriers… Read More »
