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- Frugal Friday: Optimum Ultra and DOCSIS 3.0, Crapware, When to replace a PC, Engine Yard and Ruby on Rails
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss my adventures in Optimum Ultra 100Mbps cable broadband service (and experience the hilarity of early adoption when my VOIP cuts out 3 times during the broadcast) the bane of crapware, the decision of when to replace a small...
- Tags: Cable Broadband, PC, Small Business, Ruby, DOCSIS, Ruby On Rails, Cable, Broadband Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-04
- P4P: faster, smarter P2P
- P4P: faster, smarter P2PNice write-up!This is a great explanation of P4P!Comcast recently joined the P4P Working Group, and we look forward to working with them to explore ways to optimize p2p traffic over their infrastructure.ComcastP4P would not help Comcast, Wireless providers or any other Cable provider. Unlike DSL, the...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Broadband Internet, Network technology, P4P, P2P, network, Comcast Corp., cable broadband, cable
- Discussion threads 2008-03-16
- Renova Virtua 2008 (Windows)
- Renew Virtua IP Cable BroadBand from Brazil, i dont know if works on others cable broadbands from the world. It's based on the netsh command included in Windows XP and Vista. Main goal is to renew cable broadband ip address. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com. ...
- Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Microsoft Windows, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-03-14
- A rational debate on Comcast traffic management
- Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been a whole lot of accurate reporting on the subject because of the complexity of the issue. The subject of...
- Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable Modem, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., User, Modem, Free Press, RTS, Cable, Network Technology, Modems, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Whaleback announces package to help cable broadband VoIP quality
- Â Your cable broadband provider may also be your VoIP provider.Here's betting some future lucky pennies that if they are not your VoIP provider, they sure want to be.That brings us to Whaleback Systems. You don't need to know them, but I do. They are a broadband Managed Service Provider, as...
- Tags: News
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Cable broadband ISP's QoS enhancement surcharge draws Vonage's ire
- Cable broadband ISP's QoS enhancement surcharge draws Vonage's ireI am not a fan of regulation but "Net Neutral" is mandatory.Let's hope our elected animals understand that. Or more accurately, care about the people more than the "contributions" from the players.Different regulatory situationIt's not so obvious that the U.S. providers...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet service providers (ISPs), VoIP, Shaw, QoS, Cable broadband ISP, cable broadband, Vonage Holdings Corp., cable
- Discussion threads 2006-03-07
- Cable broadband ISP's QoS enhancement surcharge draws Vonage's ire
- As I posted last week, more than a few Vonage customers are suspicious that Comcast is crimping the quality of their voice calls. Vonage denies the charge, but the subject is still a red-hot issue on the Vonage Forum. But now we have concrete proof of another strategy broadband...
- Tags: Shaw Communications, Shaw Digital Phone
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- 21.2 mln Americans have cable broadband, 15 mln - DSL
- Currently United States has 21.1 mln broadband cable subscribers and 15 mln DSL subscribers. 77 mln US households are online, with majority still favoring dial-up access.
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, DSL, broadband, cable, cable broadband
- Blog posts 2005-06-29
- $18 bln spent on cable broadband in 2004
- Cable modem service revenues have become increasingly important to cable operators. Worldwide revenues for cable modem services exceeded $18 bln in 2004, up from $14 bln in 2003. There were 42 mln worldwide cable modem subscribers at the end of 2004, up from a total of 31 mln at year-end...
- Tags: cable, cable modem
- Blog posts 2005-02-04
- $18 bln spent on cable broadband in 2004
- Cable modem service revenues have become increasingly important to cable operators. Worldwide revenues for cable modem services exceeded $18 bln in 2004, up from $14 bln in 2003. There were 42 mln worldwide cable modem subscribers at the end of 2004, up from a total of 31 mln at year-end...
- Tags: cable modem, cable
- Blog posts 2005-02-04
- European cable broadband market share to drop from 53% to 15% in 2010
- Europeans will get their broadband Internet connections mainly through upgraded phone networks by 2010, while cable television operators will see their market share decline to 15%, according to Forrester Research. Cash shortages will kill cable's momentum, and its market share will drop from 53% in 2000 to 15% in 2010....
- Tags: broadband, cable
- Blog posts 2005-01-20
- European cable broadband market share to drop from 53% to 15% in 2010
- Europeans will get their broadband Internet connections mainly through upgraded phone networks by 2010, while cable television operators will see their market share decline to 15%, according to Forrester Research. Cash shortages will kill cable's momentum, and its market share will drop from 53% in 2000 to 15% in 2010....
- Tags: cable, broadband
- Blog posts 2005-01-20
- Survey: Denmark is Web-savviest nation
- Survey: Denmark is Web-savviest nationSomething's fishy in DenmarkMaybe they can take over ICANN.WRONG !!!What about Canada (the greatest % of population with Internet at home and the 2nd most wired country in the World and the best with Government services on the web)What about South Korea (the greatest % of...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, cable broadband, broadband, survey, cable, Web
- Discussion threads 2004-04-19
Additional Resources
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?
- Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...
- Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Nokia Mural 6750 (AT&T)
- Photo gallery: Nokia Mural 6750Nokia has given U.S. carriers an interesting selection of cell phones over the past few months. We've seen quality music phones, quirky square models, and basic handsets just for making calls. The newest device to land on our desk, the Nokia Mural 6750 for AT&T, falls...
- Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Mural, Nokia Corp., phone
- Product reviews 2009-10-16
- AT&T to FCC: Close loopholes and write rules that apply to Google, too
- AT&T has taken off the boxing gloves in its fight with Google over the Google Voice service and proposed Net Neutrality rules. In a letter to the FCC PDF this week, AT&T went on the attack to portray Google as a big powerful company that's trying to fool the FCC...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Federal Government, Telephony, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...
- Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Comcast plus NBC Universal creates a Web juggernaut
- If Comcast did manage to gain control of NBC Universal it would be have an aggregation of Web sites that would make it a top 10 player in comScore's top 50 rankings. According to CNBC, General Electric is talking to Comcast about a deal that would spin...
- Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Web, Comcast Corp., Talks, Channel Management, Asset Management, Networking, Marketing, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- TV Everywhere: We're not just ready; we're already doing it
- Television has gone through some major transformations over the years: color, cable, digital and even TiVo. Now, the industry is undergoing another transformation - and consumers are more than ready. A report released today found that consumers are already accessing television-style video content from devices other than...
- Tags: TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
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