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.…
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Got FiOS? Verizon breaks out 9 channels for viewing over mobile broadband
Tablet and smartphone owners wanting to watch TV content on their mobile devices are no longer stuck using Wi-Fi to do so. Verizon now allows mobile broadband streaming of 9 channels, plus local content in certain markets.…
Read MoreUS phone companies are winning new TV watchers. Cable & satellite, not so much
In the fiercely fought battle for pay TV subscribers, the phone companies are stealing customers away from cable and satellite companies, a trend that is likely to continue for remainder of the year. The worst loser? Satellite companies like Dish Networks.…
Read MoreHold onto your wallets! Verizon launches 500 Mbps FiOS tier for $310 a month
It's not Google Fiber gigabit service, but Verizon does have a new 500 Mbps FiOS download tier complete with 100 Mbps uploads. Those speeds won't come cheaply though: You're looking at $300 a month or more.…
Read MoreFaster & faster! The US now has 82.4 million broadband connections
A resurgent housing market and stronger economy, along with our growing need for speed and connectivity is the reason why demand for US broadband is booming. Here are some numbers to give you an idea as to who is winning and who is losing.…
Read MoreDOJ green-lights Verizon-cable deal with minor conditions
The Justice Department is giving Verizon clearance to close its $3.9 billion acquisition of the cable companies' 4G airwaves. While it is imposing conditions on their joint-marketing agreements -- basically non-compete pacts -- to resell each others wireline and wireless services, the concessions are relatively minor.…
Read MoreUS broadband growth slows to a trickle with only 260,000 new connections
The decline of DSL in the US has life tough for the phone companies - who in total lost 70,000 subscribers during the second quarter of 2012. Winner: cable companies in general and Comcast in specific as 260,000 new folks signed up for broadband in the US.…
Read MoreHow fast is your ISP? A new report tells all.
When it comes to speeds Cablevision and Verizon FiOS are the most likely to deliver better than advertised download speeds while any provider offering DSL -- AT&T, Frontier, Windstream and CenturyLink-- struggle to deliver on their promises. A new FCC report looks at how well ISPs perform.…
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 MoreThe DSL death march continues….
The slow death march of DSL continues!. Last week, Verizon reported a loss of about 89,000 DSL connections, but increased demand for faster FiOS Internet. Today, numbers from AT&T follow the same trend.…
Read MoreVerizon upgrades network for a 100 gig world
Long-haul networks aren't the only pipes getting 100 gigabit upgrades these days. On Tuesday Verizon said it is upgrading the metro networks in at least seven U.S. cities to meet the demand for broadband at the edge. Looks like we're closing in on the terabit age.…
Read MorePost Its $3.6 Billion Cable Deal, Verizon Puts Brakes On FiOS Expansion
Last week, Verizon announced a $3.6 billion deal to buy wireless spectrum from cable operators and resell their pay-TV services. This week,……
Read MoreVerizon cutting wireline, DirecTV ties as it shacks up with cable
Verizon’s blockbuster deal with the major cable operators has made casualties of its future residential broadband expansion plans and its partnership with DirecTV. Verizon is wasting little time in embracing its rivals Comcast and Time Warner and overturning the competitive dynamics of the residential broadband industry.…
Read MoreVerizon’s strike pits its past against its future
More than 45,000 Verizon workers are striking this morning. People are concerned about what the strike could mean for telecom equipment vendors, but a better question is how much will Verizon’s legacy employees drag down the company as it competes against more modern IT companies?…
Read MoreVerizon’s Bundle Builder shows the power of broadband
Verizon is unbundling its data plans from its video offering, providing a more flexible offering to its customers. By doing so, the telco enables its customers to pick and choose the data plans they want without them being tied to a certain number of video channels.…
Read MoreKansas City Gets Gigabit Speeds. What About the Rest of Us?
Kansas City may not be alone in getting gigabit broadband. In Google’s blog today, it said: “We’ll also be looking closely at ways to bring ultra high-speed Internet to other cities across the country.” Sounds like Google isn’t finished yet. And that’s a good thing.…
Read MoreVerizon Brings Online Account Tools to Feature Phones
Verizon is today enhancing online management functions to give customers a single portal for checking email, managing account information and remotely programming a FiOS DVR from a web-connected computer or mobile phone. The portal brings advanced account functionality to feature phones that don't support mobile applications.…
Read MoreDisney, Verizon FiOS Extend Carriage Deal; Includes Mobile, Digital Access
With the recent Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) deal as a template, Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Verizon FiOS TV have agreed to extend and expand di……
Read MoreVerizon's Digital Voice Goes All-VoIP
Verizon's FiOS Digital Voice was always digital, but relied on central switches to route phone calls. Now the product uses Session Internet Protocols and softswitches in the home to privately manage calls on Verizon's network which increases QoS while also reducing costs for Verizon.…
Read MoreThe FCC Wants You! (to Test Your Broadband Speed)
Some 80 percent of respondents don't know the actual broadband speed to their homes, an FCC broadband survey finds. To educate and gather more data, the agency is looking for 10,000 volunteers to use a hardware box for speed testing. Will you join the broadband army?…
Read MoreVid-Biz: Comcast-NBC, Verizon FiOS, Ooyala
Comcast-NBC Deal Lets FCC Seek Web-TV Concessions; U.S. regulators may use their veto power over Comcast Corp.’s planned purchase of NBC Universal…
Read MoreVid-Biz: Hulu, Vudu, Youku
Why Hulu Will—And Should—Charge For Hulu Plus; When Hulu finally announces its subscription plans, it will have a small but critical window…
Read MoreYour Next Class Project: A Boxee or FiOS App?
Kids, stay in school! At least if you’re at NYU’s IPT program, that is, because its students can actually get credits for…
Read MoreVid-Biz: BBC, Chatroulette, Howcast
BBC Signals an End to Era of Expansion; The BBC will close two radio stations, shut half its website and cut spending…
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