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Cable vs. FTTP competition may mean 42 cents off your bill

Cable vs. FTTP competition may mean 42 cents off your billwhere I live we don't ge that at allTelcom or Cable if you are a long term customer expect to be screwed. Your best bet is to drop their service then sign up as new customer with the competition. As...

Tags: Network technology, Verizon Fios, cable, FTTP, FTTP competition, Brighthouse

Discussion threads 2008-02-14

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Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days

I just wish comcast would play nice with other cable providersThen everyone wins. I want to connect a site that is far away to my fiber infrastructure.. but because comcast is dragging their asses instead of making money on a deal with brighthouse.. i cant get solid access to...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, bandwidth, Burke, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

EU ups its bet on LTE wireless networks

There was an article on Zdnet about comcast, brighthouse, timewarner and..sprint funding wimax research and deployment.I know for a fact that all the sprint towers in florida are being given fiber backbone connections. This can only mean that sprint intendeds to move to some form on high speed wireless...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, network, wireless, wireless network

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

What open source should tell the FCC

What open source should tell the FCCyou are rightThe very wealthy in the US will not give up their power easily. Open and free internet is the enemy of the rich and powerful.The free flow if ideas is what they are trying to stop, here and in places like China.I...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, open source, DSL, broadband, FCC, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Comcast loses subscribers, but hurdles fourth quarter targets

Updated: Comcast reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 32 percent amid rising competition, slowing subscriber growth and an asset impairment charge totaling $600 million. However, Comcast handily topped Wall Street estimates. For the fourth quarter, Comcast reported net income of $412 million, or 14 cents...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Asset Management, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus bill

Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus billBrighthouse will be offering 50Mbs downstream in florida this yearI think either way though, its going to mainly benifit telephone companies.Cable provider lines out in the boonies are sparce.Its funny they are giving tax credits to monopolies that already overcharge in areas they know...

Tags: Taxes, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Free trade, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Personal finance, Cable, broadband, Broadband tax, tax, stimulus

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Jaspersoft V3 and Infobright Brighthouse: A Ground-Breaking Marriage of Business Intelligence and Analytical Database Technology

The presenter of this webcast showcases the integration of the latest commercial open source BI technology from Jaspersoft with the high-performance, columnar, analytic data warehouse from Infobright. The presenters of this webcast express their view of the market and demonstrate the integration of these two leading technologies.

Tags: JasperSoft, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Comcast submits plan to limit heavy users

Comcast submits plan to limit heavy users"Second Stream", or Setting Up the "2-Tiering" Stage?"Comcast will do this by creating a second stream of traffic for recent heavy users that will have a lower priority when compared to its other customers..."The new scheme would seem to be a lot fairer than...

Tags: INTERNET, Cable, Comcast Corp., heavy user

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)

Verizon FiOS: The beginning (Photos: Verizon FiOS installation step by step)NiceDo you mow your own lawn, or have your kids do it?Green ConnectorLooks to be an SC type connector. only showing one, means that they are useing some sort of 2-way multiplexing? normally you have 2 fibers, 1 transmitting and...

Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, Cable, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, photograph, Fios, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Fios

Discussion threads 2007-07-16

Load Linux onto your HP PC and you void your warranty

Load Linux onto your HP PC and you void your warrantyISP DNS servers are notoriously badAt least that has been my experience with Brighthouse/Timewarner. That's why I switched to OpenDNS and have not had a problem since. Just point your PC or router to it rather than your ISP's DNS...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Domain names, Operating systems, Desktops, Tech Support, DNS server, PC, Linux, HP PC, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

Vonage: we're getting ready to announce new service bundles

Vonage: we're getting ready to announce new service bundlesAs long as my phone works I am happy!I news that they may shutdown scared me. So as long as my phone still works I am happy. Don't really care about deals. I pay $30.36 after all is said and done for...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Verzion, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Cisco exec: 200 Kbps isn't "broadband" anymore

Cisco exec: 200 Kbps isn't "broadband" anymoreJust a quick note: i have 10Mbps down by 2Mbps UpIts brighthouse/RR cable. So its higher than your 6 and actually 8 is now the standard cable unless you get RR lite which is like 384Kbps.CablingTechnically is "broadband" not the definition of the...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, broadband, cable, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-04

Sweeping telecom bill unveiled

Sweeping telecom bill unveiled"Personal Libraries"How can they get away with flagging broadcast radio as copy-protected? I'm pretty sure the Sony case back in the 80's said that time-shifting programming which this would seem to be is legal fair use. The digital receivers they're talking about here don't work...

Tags: Telephony, RIAA, MPAA, U.S. Congress, telecommunications, BellSouth Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-01

Vonage plans $600 million IPO, report says

Vonage plans $600 million IPO, report saysGet it while the getting's goodIt would be a shame for the WiMAX steamroller to JUST squash a few private owners when it could squash hundreds of thousands of investors!Vontage has plenty of service problemsCall or write me if having the sameAnthony Creta 631588-1483or...

Tags: WiMAX, Financial Planning, INTERNET, Investment, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., service problem, Vontage, IPO

Discussion threads 2005-08-26

TiVo giveaway has lump of coal for Comcast

TiVo giveaway has lump of coal for ComcastIsn't competition great !!! (For consumers, that is)It's about time the cable companies had some competition. Glad TiVo is attempting to keep them honest.Now we need some REAL cable competition similar to the phone companies...Lower montly subscription costNow if only Tivo would...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TiVo Inc., Comcast Corp., digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2004-12-15