Building a gigabit network is unfortunately not a fast proposition. It takes time and money to dig trenches or string fiber. But…
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The cable-ized future of broadband
The channel-ization of the internet would make it easier to port the pay-TV business model -- for better or worse -- to broadband platforms.…
Read MoreAT&T’s gigabit service is $70 if you let it spy on your searches
AT&T plans to charge $70 a month for its gigabit service in Austin if users agree to let AT&T track their searches. This is a relatively new model for an ISP, although it has been tried elsewhere.…
Read MoreLA wants to pave its streets with gigabit broadband (on somebody else’s dime)
LA is putting out an ambitious proposal to build a city-wide gigabit fiber network -- perhaps too ambitious. It would require the network provider to not only absorb all costs but deliver a free baseline service.…
Read MoreMore proof that without competition U.S. broadband costs more and delivers less
A new report shows us once again that U.S. customers pay more money for less broadband than many other cities in the world. The conclusion is we need more competition.…
Read MoreWhat happens in Vegas will now happen at gigabit speeds
CenturyLink is expanding its gigabit network pilot program to Las Vegas. And in a price reversal, getting a gig and TV will cost you $20 less than buying a stand-alone gigabit connection.…
Read MoreAre you a gigabit thinker? Google Fiber and U.S. Ignite want to know
Perhaps sick of the people who look askance at gigabit connections and ask, “Why does anyone need a gig?” the US Ignite…
Read MoreCenturyLink gets gigabit fever … in Omaha
Guess who's getting a gigabit network now? Residents of Omaha, Neb. woke this morning to news they are getting a fiber-to-the-home network. From CenturyLink.…
Read MoreVermont gets a gigabit network. And it only costs residents $35 a month
Residents of rural Vermont are getting gigabit networks that will cost $35 a month. No, not from Google, but from their incumbent telco provider.…
Read MoreFinding Google fiber in your own back yard
Instead of being jealous of towns getting Google Fiber, municipalities should look not to Google, but to local businesses that might want broadband badly enough to help play the same role.…
Read MoreAs Austin readies for Google Fiber, here’s why you need a gig: even if you don’t think you do
Google Fiber will come to Austin, Texas, making it the second city to get the search giant's gigabit network. Here's why you should be as excited as I am.…
Read MoreGigabit Squared plans fiber broadband for Chicago’s south side
Chicago will become the first city to receive a fiber network as part of Gigabit Squared's college town connectivity program. The Windy City may not be your classic college town, but the University of Chicago's south side neighborhood makes an interesting testbed for the technology.…
Read MoreGarbage in garbage out: Google Fiber edition
Google's getting aggressive trying to get sign ups for its $70-a-month gigabit broadband service it's building on top of a fiber-to-the-home network in Kansas City. It has adjusted the numbers of homes in certain areas to make it easier for those neighborhoods to get Google Fiber.…
Read More3 disappointments from the Google Fiber launch
Google's launch of its gigabit fiber to the home network on Thursday had many positive elements, including free broadband at lower speeds for residents. But there were some things about the proposed network that will disappoint people in the industry and may worry privacy groups.…
Read MoreAnd here it is! Comcast’s 305 Mbps tier
For $300, people in the Northeast, presumably in areas where Comcast competes with Verizon’s fiber to-the-home offering, can soon get 305 Mbps service from Comcast. The fastest tier is expensive, but its the doubling off other Comcast speed tiers at no cost that will hurt Verizon.…
Read MoreGoogle Fiber to launch next week
Google today sent out invitations to a "special event" on July 26 which is undoubtedly the launch of its much anticipated fiber-to-the-home network. The invite reads, "We would like to invite you to a special announcement about Google Fiber and the next chapter of the Internet."…
Read MoreWhy you will need a 300 Mbps broadband connection
Verizon's newly launched 300 Mbps-tier is expensive. What's amazing here isn't the price, but the audience for high speed broadband. Verizon expects roughly 70 percent of FiOS customers to take speeds of 50 Mbps or higher -- the top-of-the-line speeds four years ago.…
Read MoreHas Google changed its mind about sharing its fiber network?
It looks like Google is backing off its commitment to an open fiber to the home network, according to my conversations with sources, a reading of the Google blog and evasions by the search giant when I asked about its stance.…
Read MoreHey, speed demons! San Francisco to get a gig!
Sonic.net, an independent ISP in San Francisco, plans to roll out a gigabit network to the city, putting the hub of today’s tech and web community on equal footing with Chattanooga, Tenn., and eventually both sides of Kansas City, where Google plans to lay fiber.…
Read MoreD.C.: We’ll see your 1 Gig, raise you 100 Gig
One of the benefits of D.C.'s 100 gigabit network is that it should open eyes to the importance of middle mile infrastructure, but it’s not clear how many last mile projects will spring up to connect to it. How DC-CAN resolves this could influence federal policy.…
Read MoreGet your gig on, developers!
The folks at the Kauffman Foundation have teamed up with Google to create a portal where folks can submit their ideas for gigabit application that could use the proposed fiber to the home network that Google plans to build in both Kansas Cities. Lucky them.…
Read MoreSonic.Net goes on the ISP offensive
Sonic.net, a Bay Area ISP, has a service package and ethos that could disrupt the broadband market. Today it's brand of disruption is limited to California, but Dane Jasper, the company's CEO, says that Sonic.net plans to expand outside California.…
Read MoreLife in the fast lane, making the terabit age possible
We want information, and we want it now, so technologists are racing to keep up. From a stealthy startup in New Mexico getting funded to Infinera providing gear that could download Netflix's entire library in 5 seconds, the secret for our need for speed is light.…
Read MoreCable still beating out telcos in broadband adds
DSL is on the ropes, and cable companies are seeing their broadband subs rise, according to data from the second quarter. Leichtman Research Group also found that net broadband additions in the quarter were the second fewest of any quarter in the last ten years.…
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