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Korea’s fiber penetration reaches 12.2%

Korea had 12.2 fiber-optic connections per 100 inhabitants in June 2008, compared with 10.5 cable broadband connections, and 8.4 DSL connections. The fiber penetration rate jumped from 10.4% in the previous OECD survey in December 2007. Japan has a fiber penetration of 10.2%, followed by DSL with 9.6% and cable...

Tags: Fiber, Fiber Penetration, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, AM, Korea

Blog posts 2008-10-25

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IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Now this is stimulus

As I sat through a DSL install at one of our schools this morning, I Tweeted my excitement at finally leaving a fractional T1 behind at this particularly remote school. The bandwidth, usually running around 200kbps, has seriously hampered our efforts to roll out e-learning tools, so a 6MBps...

Tags: School, Australia, 6MBps, E-learning, Training And Certification, Network Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-14

News to know: Neeris, Sun-IBM, Storm 2, Sprint ad

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. Dancho Danchev: Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM Sam Diaz: Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sprint Communications, IBM Corp., 3G, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?

Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?Wonderful for AustraliaJust imagine not having to deal with Comcast, and having real, actual, broadband without a fascist corporation looking at all your packets.Bass ackwardsThat said Australia?s concept?form a government-private sector joint venture and then make it totally private when the network...

Tags: Vertical industries, Broadband Internet, Optical networking, Fiber optics, government, broadband, broadband penetration, FTTH

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Jobs: â€ÂœBlu-ray is just a bag of hurtâ€Â�

Jobs: â€ÂœBlu-ray is just a bag of hurtâ€Â�I get the feeling that Apple is worried thatif they placed a Blu-Ray disc into the unit that it would cut down on rentals thru iTunes.In that case it would appear that Blu-Ray has little need of Apple.Care to back that up?[i]I get...

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, job, Apple Inc., Blu-ray disc

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Did the DVR and HD impact NBCOlympics.com traffic numbers?

My ZDNet colleagues Tom Steinert-Threlkeld and  Ryan Stewart ran the raw numbers on Olympics online viewership. While the amount of traffic on the videos over the weekend was impressive --  3.42 million video streams with 66.7 million page views and an average visit of 15 minutes...

Tags: Olympic Games, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, Digital Video, TVs, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Innovative model brings fiber to rural Vermont

Innovative model brings fiber to rural VermontDownside to living in the BooniesPeople who choose to live out in the middle of nowhere should expect limited utility services. It is expensive for Telcos and Cable Companies and other utilities to provide the infrastructure for their services to a smattering of...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, fiber, Innovative model, broadband

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Innovative model brings fiber to rural Vermont

I recently moved even farther out in the sticks of rural Massachusetts. We're far enough out that DSL service to the area preceded our arrival by about 2 weeks. When we had DSL installed, the tech pointed out that I should actually be getting close to 3.5MBps since...

Tags: Fiber, Network Technology, Networking, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Google reportedly in talks to lay undersea cable

Google reportedly in talks to lay undersea cablePretty smart for them to be investing here. They need the world-wideinternet to be faster and more reliable for their business model to have the most success. On the other hand, MS has a vested interest in the internet being slower and less...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., telecommunications company, broadband, cable, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-09-22

Broadband penetration isn't the whole story

Broadband penetration isn't the whole storyUhmmmmDial-up is not broadband, it's a fact that internet dial-up access in the US is very cheap, but they tried the same in the NL, only when people get used to the speeds delivered by broadband, they will never switch back. But that's easy talk...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, DSL, mobile Internet, broadband, telecommunications company, Dial-up, Dana

Discussion threads 2006-02-06

Broadband penetration isn't the whole story

In Dana Blankenhorn's article, Should we mandate open source Internet access?, it's a little misleading to compare broadband penetration in the U.S. with a list of countries which have dramatically less inhabited geographical area to service and which started with less infrastructure to upgrade or replace. Of those countries in...

Tags: broadband

Blog posts 2006-02-06

Should we mandate open source Internet access?

Should we mandate open source Internet access?So, are you going to pay for it?I mean all that hardware is not going to be free or install itself so are you willing to foot the bill?Or GAWD FORBID are you talking about taxing people even more to pay for it??? If...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, open source, British Telecommunications, WiMAX, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2006-01-31

It's the end of the PC as we know it

It's the end of the PC as we know itBroadband vs. DialupI have friends in Spain on DSL. The reason? Dialup costs $50.00 a month and DSL costs $50.00 a month. It's a no-brainer. Here in the US, my unlimited dial-up costs $9.00 a month, where...

Tags: Thin clients, Desktops, Broadband Internet, Network technology, ADSL, PC-owner, network computer, desktop, broadband, PC IS, network

Discussion threads 2005-09-30

Google's grand ambition

Google's grand ambitionYes, the asset that Google will leverage is the abilityto quickly scale their backend cheaply with the highest reliability on the planet. They are number one in providing reliable raw backend power. Microsoft can not even touch them here. This is all possible because of Linux and open...

Tags: INTERNET, Web browsers, Software development, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsofts

Discussion threads 2005-09-21

The double-edge of the FCC's DSL ruling

The double-edge of the FCC's DSL rulingDo the math, guysIf I want to cover just my neighborhood with a local mesh, I'm going to get killed on pricing. A T1 line costs almost $200 a month and has less bandwidth than a DSL connection. If I divide that...

Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, EarthLink Inc., cable, DSL, phone, FCC, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2005-08-08

78 mln DSL lines, 45 mln cable Internet hookups by June 2004

The number of broadband lines worldwide increased by almost 55% to over 123 mln in the 12 months to the end of June 2004, according to Point-Topic. DSL lines increased by over 30 mln, or 66%, to 78 mln. Cable modem and other broadband lines increased by nearly 13 mln,...

Tags: broadband, broadband line

Blog posts 2004-09-17

Broadband users, watch your wallets

Broadband users, watch your walletsWRONG city boy!Assuming most rural people can better afford anything is like country bumpkins assuming all city folk are rich. It just ain't so. The majority of working rural people live on less the what the "poverty" level is in the city.It COSTS more...

Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, INTERNET, Telecom & Utilities, Real Culprit, broadband, rural area, little town, city dweller, phone

Discussion threads 2004-04-27

Why 802.11 is underhyped

Why 802.11 is underhypedToo much radio?Isn't it dangerous to health to have radio transmitters everywhere? I would rather be wired than have cancer :)hype-Yes, and the telephone was underhyped as well...so too the automobile, and mobile phoneswhy is 802.11 underhyped?Well I agree with the first posting. But as a...

Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, WiMAX, IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi, cell phone

Discussion threads 2004-02-04

Cable joins broadband price war

Cable joins broadband price warCharter TNHere in East TN, Charter just changed to 2 tiers instead of 3 or 4. Unfortunately, UPLOAD is still at 128kbps. Although I understand the reason behind it (they don't want customers putting up servers), why should they care WHAT I do with the banwidth...

Tags: Pricing, Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, cable, pricing strategy, broadband, Internet access

Discussion threads 2003-11-12