November 23, 2010
Verizon on Monday announced it has gone and tripled the speed of its FiOS service to 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps), making it the fastest mass-market broadband service in the country.
“The new 150/35 Mbps FiOS Internet offer establishes a new bench…
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November 18, 2010
In an attempt to rally up the troops (and no doubt generate some marketing buzz), Virgin Mobile today issued a call to consumers far and wide to “demand an end to misleading broadband advertising.” According to the self-anointed savior of broadband, Vi…
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November 12, 2010
The Internet Innovation Alliance put together an interesting graphic detailing just how much money broadband subscribers potentially save every year by having “access to education, job opportunities, social networking, and on-demand information.” Did y…
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November 4, 2010
According to market research firm iSuppli, broadband subscriber growth around the world dipped 6.6 percent in the second quarter of 2010, but all is well again with third quarter numbers up 5.8 percent.
“Broadband subscriber additions declined in the s…
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November 3, 2010
The battleground among wireless carriers is switching from 3G to 4G turf, and according to T-Mobile, they have flags planted in more areas. On Monday, T-Mobile announced the expansion of its 4G service into six more metro areas for a total of 75 overal…
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November 1, 2010
Sprint today announced the expansion of its 4G mobile network into New York City and parts of New Jersey and Long Island, including Hartford, New Haven, New Brunswick, Trenton, and Tampa.
“Sprint has provided customers with 4G service since 2008 and we…
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October 27, 2010
In a lot of ways, Verizon’s FiOS service has always been about showing off more than it’s been about making money. Back in August Verizon proved that again when they created an experimental 1Gbps fiber network in Massachusetts. Now here we are again ta…
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October 21, 2010
Google has just announced the next step in their plans to build out super high-speed fiber internet in the US. The Big G will be building a fiber network capable of 1Gbps speeds for Stanford University’s Residential Subdivision. This is a group of abou…
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