Verizon Communications today announced an even faster fiber to the home tier of 150 Mbps down and 35 Mbps up. For folks like myself still stuck on first generation DOCSIS cable or plain old DSL the digital divide grew by a couple of feet. Read More »
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Calix, a maker of next generation networking gear is buying Occam networks for $171 million in a stock and cash transaction. The deal values Occam at $7.75 a share — a 27 percent premium over current stock price and includes $3.84 a share in cash. Read More »
The growing popularity of video — online and on-demand — is making carriers rethink their network plans. Many broadband providers are currently experimenting with new 10G technologies so as to offer much more bandwidth to your home than even current fiber-to-the-home networks offer. Read More »
Verizon has delivered broadband speeds of almost 1 gigabit per second to a customer in Taunton, Mass. as part of tests of its FiOS fiber to the home network. The test customer achieved throughputs of 925 Mbps down and 800 Mbps up. Read More »
Google today launched a site that has the effect of creating a community action network around better broadband, starting with the more than 200,000 people who have already weighed in hoping to convince the search giant to build its planned experimental fiber-to-the-home network in their towns. Read More »
More than 70 percent of U.S. broadband customers are happy with their overall service, according to Leichtman Research Group. And just 26 percent are “very interested” in receiving faster speeds at home. Which means that big, bold fiber efforts aren’t supported by today’s consumer demand. Read More »
The U.S. is still the largest broadband market when it comes to the 30 OECD countries, according to data released late last week by the organization. The U.S. has 81.1 million connections, but it’s not enough to be a big broadband market. We need better broadband. Read More »
The government of Australia has committed $38.9 billion to build an open, fiber-to-the-home network that will serve 93 percent of its citizens, with those in rural areas guaranteed service of up to 12 Mbps. The U.S. can’t replicate that effort but it can learn from it. Read More »
Tomorrow is the last day municipalities can submit applications for Google’s experimental fiber network that will deliver 1 gigabit per second to homes. But even for cities that aren’t chosen, the lessons learned because of this process will benefit them for a long time. Read More »
While some cities have their mayors braving freezing lakes and shark tanks to prove their desire for Google fiber — not Alameda, Calif. But although I may have wanted my town to sizzle to sway Google, I have instead learned to appreciate the steak. Read More »
Google last week announced Google Fiber, an experimental fiber-to-the-home network it plans to use to connect between 20,000 and 200,000 homes. And while we wait for that network to take shape, Reggefiber of the Netherlands is moving ahead and upgrading its network to 1 Gbps. Read More »
The FCC chairman today outlined a vision for 100 Mbps connections to 100 million homes. But that goal will be easy compared with other aspects of the National Broadband Plan he outlined such as delivering faster universal service, telehealth, a smart grid, and digital literacy programs. Read More »
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