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- Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheap
- Verizon will spend $17.5 billion to $17.9 billion on capital expenditures in 2007--most of allocated to a fiber to the premises FTTP rollout--and take an 11 cents a...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Broadband, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizons FiOS, Fios
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- How to halve your cable/broadband bill
- Another day, another Comcast broadband outage. It has been that way for nearly three weeks. Right around mid-morning EST my Internet access from Comcast croaks. I made at least 5 service calls with my annoyance levels increasing each time. Comcast...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Personal Technology, Hardware Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, IP Telephony, Comcast Corp., Verizons FiOS
- Blog posts 2007-01-18
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- 2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?
- 2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?Well, of course satellite is gaining peopleJust look at the amount of price difference between satellite and cable: half to 1/3 of the price, at most!Until cable starts DEcreasing their prices...... they are going to...
- Tags: Network technology, TVs, cable number, cable television, cable, satellite
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- TiVo control comes to iPhone
- TiVo control comes to iPhoneYawn, MS innovated this long agoBy tapping into the extremely innovative [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow]SideShow[/url] feature of Vista something OS X has no answer for, I can interact with my Vista Media PC through my Windows Mobile phone using BlueTooth. Not only can I control all aspects of the...
- Tags: DVR, Microsoft Windows, Digital video, TiVo Inc., cable company, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., digital video recorder, cable, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
- Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And aside from some early problems with connecting to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., WEP, Operating System, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Lines out door, around corner for BlackBerry Storm
- Lines out door, around corner for BlackBerry StormCollective sigh?Did Verizon take preorders for the Storm....oh....no they didn't. 100's of thousands of people already had their G1's on their doorsteps on launch day. But yet...http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/t-mobile-stor-1.htmlNow the real collective sigh will be when people realize that clicking a screen does not allow...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?
- Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...
- Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Sprint Nextel lost 1.3 million customers last quarter
- Sprint Nextel lost 1.3 million customers last quarterLosing customer from bad serviceSprint is losing customers because of the way it does business. Case in point. I recently decided to upgrade to the Instinct phone as I like it better than the iphone and didn't have to change providers. In order...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, technology issue, Sprint Communications, phone, Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Blu-ray is dead: the sequel
- Blu-ray is dead: the sequelI prefer physical media tooThe question is, when will I - and most consumers - make Blu-ray the default? Dark Knight I'll get on Blu-ray someday - the fabulous 8k special effects work makes it worth while. But romantic comedies? Never. Thanks for commenting.RobinDigital d/ls are...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Revenue Share, REAL PROBLEM
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- Comcast's speedier Internet--and its limits
- Comcast's speedier Internet--and its limits"NO" to Comcast!I have been a Comcast user for years. I've switched to Verizon FIOS last month, and I am again a happy camper. I was sick and tired from Comcast's dummy technicians, the lack of coordination between billing and technical departments, constant overcharging, problems with...
- Tags: Cable, Comcast Corp., speedier Internet, Internet, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Comcast winning broadband scrum vs. telcos
- Comcast continues to add broadband Internet subscribers as telecom giants like AT&T and Verizon trail. Comcast's third quarter earnings Wednesday tell the tale of a company weathering the downturn pretty well--but not well enough to excite Wall Street. Comcast reported net income of $771 million, or 26...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, AT&T Corp., Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Verizon's third quarter on target; iPhone dings wireless churn
- Updated: Verizon's third quarter results were in line with Wall Street estimates courtesy of a solid performance in the telecom giant's wireless business. But wireless churn was up as the company did take a hit due to the popularity of the iPhone. On a conference call with...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Verizon Wireless, Wi-Fi, 3G, Wireless, Operational Accounting, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Comcast rolls out Ultra service, keeps cut-off ceiling
- Comcast rolls out Ultra service, keeps cut-off ceilingComcast vs FiOSI can't stand Comcast - service is the pits, goes out a few days each month, yet I'm billed for the whole month. Every six months I have to fight to have them reverse the charges for renting a modem...
- Tags: Modems, Cable, Federal government, Network technology, Fiber optics, Optical networking, Comcast Corp., Fios
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?
- WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?Bring it on! I'll biteIn the Baltimore Washington area we have one maybe two choices for broadband access if you are lucky. The more competition the better. I'll drop Comcast broadband in a heart beat for WiMax. I'll stay if the service is...
- Tags: Modems, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WiMAX, broadband, modem
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Hands on: Slingbox PRO-HD
- Unless you're someone who spends a lot of time Slinging content from your high-def TV to a computer elsewhere on your home network, you're not likely to see a whole lot of reason to upgrade - at least not quite yet - to the new $299 Slingbox PRO-HD, which began...
- Tags: Bedroom, Home Network, Satellite, HD, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.
- Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.Once again, the greed practiced by US...broadband providers gets in the way of real progress. The inherent greed factor of capitalism is strangling our Internet. To regain our world dominance in the Internet world requires the government to step in and nationalize the...
- Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Future-Ready, AT&T Corp., government, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- 100Mbps. 2010. Over The Air. Don't Be Surprised.
- 100Mbps. 2010. Over The Air. Don't Be Surprised.Yeah rightOnly problem is by then, ISPs will probably limit youto 2 megs aday!!! Wouldnt surprise me.JIffwww.anoweb.br.tcRE: 100Mbps. 2010. Over The Air. Don't Be Surprised.CableVision is going about this all wrong. If they keep the infrastructure they have and just cap their customers...
- Tags: Only Problem, Be Surprised, Comcast Corp., Cablevision Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Wireless Access: What Price Speed
- Wireless Access: What Price SpeedQuick Question.....Why do people still stand for "locking-in" a 2 year contract to do anything with Verizon?No contract, free WIFI and same speed.... seem's like a no-brainer to me.RE: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedAt least here in NYC Metro area they have you coming and...
- Tags: 3G, INTERNET, Wireless LANs, Fios, boro, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless access, Wi-Fi, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi
- Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Wireless Access: What Price Speed
- Is Verizon missing a trick in its trench warfare with Cablevision? Or has the maverick cable operator found an Achilles heel in the telephone operator's methods of providing TV, phone and particularly Internet access to customers in the New York area – and possibly nationwide? One...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Wireless Access, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
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