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WirelessCos Want $169.6M in Stimulus Bucks. What About Wireline?

By Stacey Higginbotham Aug. 19, 2009, 7:23am PT 2 Comments

KeyOn, a wireless broadband provider in Omaha, Neb., said this morning that it’s applied for $150 million in broadband stimulus funds in order to expand its WiMAX network and cover an additional 4 million people — a cost of $37.50 each. KeyOn, which uses… Read More »

Tough Times Ahead for U.S. Phone Companies?

By Om Malik Aug. 11, 2008, 4:30am PT 35 Comments

Analysis: The second-quarter 2008 financial reports are in – and the tea leaves are not telling a sunny future for phone companies, who are facing increasingly aggressive cable competitors. Continue reading to find out why going is to get even tougher. Read More »

As Broadband Growth Slows, Expect Speed Boosts

By Om Malik Apr. 29, 2008, 5:00pm PT 32 Comments

U.S. demand for broadband has finally started to slow, but that means the carriers are looking for even more ways to squeeze money out of subscribers. One such way: speed boosts. Continue Reading Read More »

Comcast to Twin Cities: Want WideBand? Gonna Cost You Big

By Om Malik Apr. 2, 2008, 11:59pm PT 13 Comments

Comcast, the largest cable company in the US announced today that it is going to start selling a 50 megabits per second (down) connection in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region. The connection with 5 megabits/second upstream capability is based on DOCSIS 3.0 technology and will cost… Read More »

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