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Telecoms want cheap spectrum, low standards

The United States is ranked 19th in broadband speeds with an average advertised rate of 9.6 megabytes per second, Compare that to Japan with 92.8 mbps, Korea with 80.8 mbps and France with 51 mbps. The industry is calling out for more spectrum to be sold off to businesses, more...

Tags: Telecommunications, Standards, Spectrum, Mbps, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-02

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

Mobile WiMAX Assessment in Sub-Urban Area to Support TV Broadcasting

The IEEE 802.16-2005 Mobile WiMAX is a specification of a broadband wireless network intended to support multiple services namely video based services. This paper evaluates the network capacity in order to support TV broadcasting. As of today, despite the standard, in a SISO configuration, specifies bit rates as high as...

Tags: Mobile, TV, IEEE, Mbps, WiMAX, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

White papers 2009-04-13

U.S. ranks highest in world for originating attack traffic in Q4 2008

More attacks traffic on the Internet came from the United States than any other country in the world last quarter, according to a new report from Akamai. The U.S. ranked highest in the percentage of observed attack traffic, defined as unsolicited attempts to connect to unadvertised systems,...

Tags: U.S., Broadband, Akamai Technologies Inc., Mbps, Connection Speed, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-27

Verizon Wireless: 4G LTE trials showing 50 to 60 Mbps download rates

Verizon Wireless: 4G LTE trials showing 50 to 60 Mbps download ratesBut will they....remove the 5GB cap on monthly usage? I would love to get wireless boradband access at this speed, but if they cap usage, why bother? At these speeds 5GB will go by quick.They probably willI would assume...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, 4G, Verizon Wireless

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

My very own little project failure

My very own little project failureWhile I feel your pain ...... You must have had that little voice in the back of your head going "No, don't do it, don't say it" just before you said "No problem" and offered to change your network instead of changing the firewall ......

Tags: Routers & switches, Domain names, NETWORKING, Network technology, PRODUCTIVITY, Mbps, router, project failure, computer

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

ONS-TDM-SONET - Optical Network Systems Time Division Multiplexing SONET v8.5

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this lab-intensive course, you will get an introduction to the Cisco Optical Network System ONS Time Division Multiplexing TDM family of transport products. The ONS 15454, ONS 15310-MA, and ONS 15310-CL are SONET transport system components that can be mixed and matched to create high-speed...

Tags: Optical Network, SONET, Mbps, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications

Training 2009-02-01

VDSL2 Service Deployment With Bonding: An Enabler to Longer Reach and Higher Rate Triple Play Access

A major challenge facing telephone company operators in deployment of broadband access services is the issue of reaching all customers in the objective serving area with a good enough signal quality suitable for triple play service - voice, video, and data. The available bit rate on a twisted pair cable...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Broadband, Conexant Systems, Mbps, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2009-01-01

ILJIN Diamond Cuts Costs, Achieves Integrated Enterprisewide Management

ILJIN Diamond is a leading manufacturer of industrial tools that utilize synthetic diamonds as precision cutting instruments. In 2007, ILJIN Diamond kicked off a project to streamline workflows and improve the way it responded to changes in the market. This required the company to adopt an integrated business management model,...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Diamond, Mbps, ILJIN Diamond, PDAs, Hardware Upgrade, LANs, Wireless LANs, Networking, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Case studies 2008-12-01

Comcast rolls out Ultra service, keeps cut-off ceiling

Yesterday, in the lapse of about an hour, I got 1) an email from Comcast flak Charlie Douglas on the rollout of the cable giant's Extreme and Ultra Internet service to Boston and Philly and plans to extend to 10 major markets and 2) a call from Comcast inviting me...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet, E-mail, Cable, Network Technology, Online Communications, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Koman, Speed, Mbps, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Confirmed: MacBook drops Firewire

It's confirmed. Apple has dropped the Firewire port from the new MacBook. The port lineup for the new MacBook L to R: MagSafe power port Gigabit Ethernet port Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) Mini Display Port Audio...

Tags: FireWire, Apple MacBook, Mbps, Ethernet, Notebooks, Networking, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I upgrade?

Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I upgrade?Can you evaluate it?If it does seem like you are achieving $100/mn more productivity with the additional speed, I'd say go for it. It comes down to a value issue for me.RE: Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, Mbps, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Fios

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I upgrade?

Verizon on Tuesday said it will roll out 50 megabits per second Mbps broadband service with upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps. Needless, to say this national rollout--the 50 Mbps down 20 Mbps up (50/20) service was tested in select areas--got my attention. I'm a Verizon...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Mbps, Verizon FiOS, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

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

F5 Networks Case Study: Brown Shoe

Brown Shoe is a leading consumer-driven footwear company, operating nearly 1,300 retail shoe stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company was looking to implement a real-time disaster recovery strategy to enable their large number of retail stores to continue operation in the event of a data center failure. The...

Tags: Data Center, F5 Networks Inc., Mbps, Data Centers, Retail, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2008-04-03

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ATSomething for a journalist to investigate...or maybe you already know.Is it possible that your esteemed landlord is getting a discount/kickback for making AT&T the exclusive provider of broadband in your complex?I must say Mr. Ou I sympathize with you..You are well aware im NOT a proponet of Comcast in ANYWAY...

Tags: Broadband Internet, DSL, Network technology, Fios TV, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Kbps, SBC

Discussion threads 2008-03-05

Are AVCHD camcorders the next HD lie?

When I wrote "Don’t believe the low bit-rate ‘HD’ lie" with a comparison, I had no idea that these compromises in quality would apply to the latest consumer HD camcorder format called AVCHD as well.  When I first read about the AVCHD format with its use of MPEG4-AVC (H.264) video...

Tags: Problem, Camcorder, Video, Difference, Mbps, HD, AVCHD Image, Quality Video Equipment, Corporate Communications, Marketing, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Here's what fake HD video looks like

After this morning's piece "Don’t believe the low bit-rate ‘HD’ lie", I thought I would follow up and show you want crappy HD looks like.  The following is a sample from AVSForum user Xylon who digitally ripped some images from DIRECTV and Dish Networks satellite service 1.5 years ago.  Note...

Tags: MPEG-2, Video, DirecTV, Mbps, HD, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-18

Don't believe the low bit-rate 'HD' lie

Update 6:00PM - Here’s what fake HD video looks like. Last week at CES, Comcast announced their "HD" video on demand download service over its future DOCSIS 3.0 that allows 4 minute downloads of entire HD movies.  Attendees at MacWorld this week were told that disk-based HD...

Tags: Apple Inc., Video, Blu-ray, Mbps, HD, Microsoft XBOX Service, Corporate Communications, Hd Dvd, Marketing, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-18

ABwE: A Practical Approach to Available Bandwidth Estimation

This paper reports on a new tool developed for monitoring available bandwidth in the range from several Mbps to 1000 Mbps. The tool is based on the packet pair dispersion technique. It has been in experimental use at SLAC for several months and it has been demonstrated at iGrid2002 and...

Tags: Stanford University, Monitoring, Mbps, Productivity

White papers 2008-01-01