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Latest DSL PrimesMarch 3 The Results of the Plan The constraints that held back results Expected but not yet announced The Basics: By 2013, 90% covered 50 ... more |
Bravo, Verizon: "No Bandwidth Caps. Period!" Customers hate bandwidth caps, Verizon's market research shows, so "No Bandwidth Caps. Period!" is the highlight of their latest DSL ad campaign. ... more |
No B-52's in My Backyard AT&T's customers have long hated the unfortunately named B-52's cabinets and now British Telecom is facing civil disobedience over the ugly 6 ... more |
The Broadband Plan, Early MarchThe U.S. broadband plan accomplishes very little for affordability, quality, speed, or availability of broadband in the U.S., although it has other ... more |
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Absolutely No Wireless Spectrum Shortage in 2010 Sure the iPhone has problems, but John Stankey of AT&T thinks restoring a $2B capex cut will fix them. It may take ... more |
LTE - 25-45 meg, with problems Bengt Nordstrom and friends drove around Stockholm and blogged LTE downloads "above 25 Mbps more often than below, and we’ve reached 45 ... more |
Vodafone cuts femtos to £50 - or free - in advance of iPhone Customers tell us it is life changing,” claims Guy Laurence, Vodafone UK CEO, who has just dropped the price of the “... more |
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Microsoft: IPTV Doesn't Need QOS, Works on Xbox "TV/video services powered by Mediaroom 2.0 can be delivered to any broadband consumer, not just to customers on a managed-QoS IPTV network," Microsoft's Scott Rowe ... more |
"Hollywood Seized by 3D Mania" but ... When I wrote After Avatar, You Must Move On 3D Channels, I had no idea just how powerful the movie would prove. As I write, ... more |
After Avatar, You Must Move on 3D Channels Jim Cameron's Avatar premieres December 18 and it will open eyes about what 3D can be. The film inevitably won't live up to the hype, ... more |
NBC ex-Honcho: Future of TV is Product Placement and Advertiser Conte Ben Silverman left the NBC cochair job for a new company designed to let advertisers take even more control over media. His money comes from ... more |
Policy
Unproven claims about broadband 40,000 people losing their jobs at Verizon know the job impact of broadband can be negative as well as positive. Verizon has the most advanced ... more |
Simple, cheap way to deliver broadband to half of those withoutI didn't believe it until I ran the numbers, but 20% of annual USF/ICC spending is enough to reach easily half of the 35M ... more |
The Constraints that held back resultsThe first constraint: No moneyBy August, Blair was saying publicly that they needed to look at existing resources. I remember December 2008, the economy was ... more |
Columbia CITI SummaryOne principal conclusion that can be drawn from this report is that by 2013‐4, broadband service providers expect to be able to serve about 95%2 ... more |
Dave's questions on the planI asked the chairman for any data that refutes: 100 squared is no more than we'd get without the plan (Cable's building anyway) The incremental wired homes ... more |
Dave's note to the plannersI believe strongly in open process, so I'm posting this on DSL Prime although it is far too rough to be an article. A leader ... more |
Great Things Possible in the PlanThe last 2-5%: Obama promised to bring broadband to all Americans, a good thing. There are about 5% of homes that can only get satellite, ... more |
Editorial: Thank you Commissioner Clyburn Mignon Clyburn is staying out of the limelight but providing thoughtful comments. She was particularly cogent at MMTC addressing what really affects broadband costs for ... more |
Coming in the U.S. Broadband Special issueCongressman Serrano Low Speed Lifeline "Absolutely Unacceptable""Is it acceptable that the proposed lifeline broadband program only offer low speeds," I asked Jose Serrano, pointing our ... more |
Nellie Kroes' weak stand on broadband almost lost EU Commisionership Broadband for all is the goal of the EU, but “the commissioner-designate didn't speak concretely on the social challenge for a guaranteed development of Internet, ... more |
US Rules for Australian Unbundling? Although the U.S. FCC has killed most unbundling, Primus wants the U.S. Trade Representative to demand stronger DSL unbundling rules in Australia. They are probably ... more |
Cheat sheet on the broadband plan (Draft)I have pulled part of this for the moment. Someone I've known to be reliable for years tells me there are important things I am ... more |
High speed affordability dropped from Obama BroadbandI have pulled this for the moment. Someone I've known to be reliable for years tells me there are important things I am missing. I ... more |
Blind Leading the Blind In D.C. they call it "Beltway Blindness" but the affliction is common elsewhere as well. Folks - especially paid advocates - who don't know the ... more |
Rob Curtis' Promise: We Will Get the Facts "You might as well help us getting the information," Rob Curtis said to the companies at a broadband workshop. "We're going to get the facts ... more |
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