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- Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days
- Comcast has built a TV Everywhere site that's "complicated technically," but will roll out nationally as a pilot in the next 30 to 60 days, said Stephen Burke, chief operating officer of the cable giant. Burke, speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Media, Communications...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., TV, Cable, WiMAX, Network Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- The United States of broadband: All of the speed is on the east coast
- Akamai's state of the Internet report for the first quarter illustrates the distribution of broadband speeds in the U.S. The real speed appears to be on the east coast. Here's the distribution of broadband in the top 10 states: Akamai...
- Tags: Broadband, Mbps, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?
- Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Paul Greenberg:Â Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- 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
- The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux
- Goddamit! Why have I been offline for so long? As I explained in a previous article last summer about my broadband situation, my employer, like many large technology services companies, has elected to classify my work situation as "Home-Based", in that...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Broadband, Mike, Cable Guy, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Verizon dismisses Cablevision 101 Mbps claims; Price war looming?
- Cablevision appears to have struck a nerve at Verizon with its launch of a 101 megabits-per-second broadband service. On Tuesday, Cablevision detailed the launch of Optimum Online Ultra, a 101 Mbps service, available in the New York area. The service, which will be offered in Cablevision's region,...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., DSL Reports Karl Bode, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- 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
- The Gateway to the Connected Life: DOCSIS 3.0
- DOCSIS 3.0 helps operators address the current network speed limitations by enabling them to increase upstream and downstream speeds to 120 Mbps and 160 Mbps, respectively. To achieve these ultra-high speeds and help cable operators deliver more content over their existing networks, DOCSIS 3.0-compliant channel-bonding technology from Cisco uses multiple...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., DOCSIS, Connected Corp., Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-12-19
- Comcast to debut 50Mbps Internet in Chicago, Baltimore, Atlanta (updated)
- Comcast says it will debut its new ultra-high-speed Internet service in the Chicago, Baltimore, Atlanta, and Fort Wayne, Ind. markets, according to the Associated Press. The Philadelphia-based company says the next-generation Docsis 3.0, or Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification 3.0, technology will include some of the...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Baltimore, DOCSIS, Cable, Broadband Internet, Internet, WiMAX, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Wireless, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- 100Mbps. 2010. Over The Air. Don't Be Surprised.
- What if WiFi could square off or even beat WiMax or other approaches to broadband access to the Internet, over the air? If you listen to comments from Tom Rutledge, the chief operating officer of Cablevision Systems Corp., at the Merrill Lynch...
- Tags: Network, DOCSIS, Wireless LANs, Cable, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services
- Qwest plans to roll out integrated home services where it ties its services in with those from its partners such as MSN and DirecTV in a move enabled by a thin layer of software, according to Qwest CTO Pieter Poll. Poll right talked about Qwest's broadband strategy...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Qwest Communications Inc., Service, West, Cable, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Broadband Internet, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast
- FCC issues 'radical' order re: ComcastInstead of throttling ...... the ISPs could monitor the average bandwidth per month up and down per user. The billing could be done on a bandwidth basis ... If one user is using a lot more bandwidth, then their bill will be a...
- Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespread
- FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespreadThis is really no supriseFor anyone who knows Comcrap they should have known this. and FINALLY a FCC investigation shead light on it. Comcrap needs to be hit with a HUGE fine so no other ISP resorts to the methods of blocking internet protocols and...
- Tags: Federal government, ComCrap, FCC, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-22
- Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent deal
- So, I talked to former ZD technical director and editor at large George Ou last week. He's been looking at Comcast's claims for its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout in Minneapolis. I passed along Comcast's projections that the service would 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps up. ...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttling
- News.com's Declan McCullagh has an interview with Joe Waz, Comcast's SVP for external affairs head PR honcho, about the surprising news that the cable company is talking to BitTorrent about ways to work together to fix the problem of P2P apps sucking up everyone's bandwidth. Photo by Declan The...
- Tags: Bandwidth, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet, Productivity, Cable, Networking, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- 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
- Verizon fixes P2P problem - on its network at least
- Verizon has been experimenting with a new technology called P4P, which localizes P2P file transfers, as many media are reporting today. Essentially, rather than randomly pulling pieces of a file from around the world, Verizon is communicating the locations of their users, so local sources are preferred over distant ones....
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Verizon Communications Inc., Cable, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Wireless, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- What a novel idea: Verizon cooperates with P2P file sharers
- Verizon will unveil test results detailing how an Internet service provider can boost download speed by about 60 percent if it cooperates with file-sharing software makers. According to the Associated Press, Verizon's test could represent a turning point between ISPs and P2P firms. The message: If folks are going...
- Tags: Result, Network, P2P, Verizon Communications Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
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