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Google (www.google.com) says they’re going to invest in an “experimental” gigabit to the home network for anywhere between 50,000 to 500,000 subscribers. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this the same Google that said they were going to bid on 700 MHz wireless spectrum a couple of years ago? Let’s look at the details on [...] Comcast has announced the launch of 100 Mbps high-speed Internet services for businesses in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The asymmetric service (100 Mbps down/15 Mbps up) also includes a bundle of business applications including Microsoft Communication Service, anti-virus software. And it’s all available at $370 per month.. The speed is made possible by Comcast’s rollout of DOCSIS 3.0 [...] Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman nominee Julius Genachowski got the typical Capital Hill posturing lectures today at his confirmation hearing, but appears to be on track to be confirmed with Senate Commerce Committee leadership homing for a confirmation vote before July 4. Democratic Senators seemed to be more on point to delivery lectures more appropriate for [...] Last week, Blair Levin officially returned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to “help coordinate its development of a national broadband plan,” saith acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps. But let’s be honest, Blair probably already had a reserved parking space over there given his involvement in the Obama transition team on tech policy, working hand-in-hand [...] If you don’t feel like plowing through all of the HD Communications Summit pieces, here’s a recap of what went on. 1) Jeff Pulver can still pull over 100 of the “right people” to an event just after InterOp and just before the U.S. Memorial Day weekend. 2) The baseline for a PSTN/POTS phone call hasn’t changed [...] Verizon is selling off its wireline operations in predominantly rural areas across 14 states to Frontier. Ba-be, we can hear you now… The transaction is expected to return around $8.6 billion to Verizon and its shareholders as Verizon continues to “transform its growth profile” (i.e. shed parts of its business that aren’t making money so fast) [...] Last week, Cox Communications announced the availability of DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed broadband service in the Northern Virginia area. The service is billed to deliver speeds of up to 50 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload. Preliminary tests have demonstrated those speeds to the router, but home users are likely to get an eye-opening experience on [...] My other piece on Cox DOCSIS 3.0 service: Cox DOCSIS 3.0 high-speed cable service delivers – but will your home gear? Some quick and dirty pictures of what I’m using to trial/beta Cox’s 50/5 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem service. Test configuration – Linksys WRT310N router and Cisco DPC3000 DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem You’ll note brother CPE here, [...] |
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