Rural America To Get More Broadband

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

This means more VoIP will be in more places and offered by more players.

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Published on March 20th, 2006 under





Last 20 posts tagged "Broadband"

AT&T is Sitting Pretty with iPhone and U-verse

Source: gigaom.com

AT&T reported a slight boost in profits this morning, and the carrier has quite a bit to boast about, especially on the wireless side. iPhone activations reached 2.4 million during the third …

Published on October 22nd, 2008 under , , , , ,

Verizon Says Shame Will Keep Your Web Data Private

Source: gigaom.com

Today on the Verizon Policy blog Link Hoewing writes about the results of an academic research paper that looks at the effectiveness of “shaming” corporations into behaving properly. The …

Published on October 14th, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

Cisco Lays Off Texas Broadband Telephony Employees

Source: gigaom.com

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Published on October 13th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

AT&T Turns to Retail Channels for U-Verse

Source: gigaom.com

AT&T plans to sell its triple-play U-verse services through more than 600 Circuit City and  Wal-Mart retail stores beginning this month. There are a few things about this plan that just …

Published on October 13th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , ,

Mystery Mobile VoIP Technology Available Next Month?

Source: gigaom.com

An almost decade-long effort to bring an unknown wireless broadband technology to the U.S. is set to bear fruit next month in Florida after XG Technology Inc. scored a $375 million infrastructure …

Published on October 10th, 2008 under , , , ,

BT’s 21 Century Network Is So…Last Century

Source: gigaom.com

Ready for a little Friday humor? Well there’s this British carrier called BT that’s spending £10 billion ($17 billion) to build out an all-IP network that would handle the massive influx …

Published on October 10th, 2008 under , , , ,

Qwest Brings Land Lines into the 21st Century

Source: gigaom.com

Today, Qwest Communications launches an Internet portal that allows users to access and see what’s happening on their home phones. Dubbed qHome, the service allows users to see who’s calling …

Published on October 9th, 2008 under , , , ,

AT&T Reorg Could Be the First Step Toward Layoffs

Source: gigaom.com

AT&T’s move to reorganize itself into four business units is likely a precursor to layoffs, according to sources within the company who asked not to be named. The reorg comes as AT&T …

Published on October 1st, 2008 under , , , , , , , , , , ,

Survey Says…Cable Sucks

Source: gigaom.com

Cable providers rate poorly on both customer service and pricing, but thanks to their speedy broadband service, they have so far managed to score more customers than the phone companies, according …

VoIP Like You Give a Damn

Source: gigaom.com

When I checked out Google’s blog post Tuesday about its Free the Airwaves project, which aims to convince the FCC to approve the use of the white spaces between the spectrum vacated by analog …

Published on September 5th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Alcatel-Lucent CEO and Chairman Out

Source: gigaom.com

During its second- quarter earnings call earlier this morning, telco gear maker Alcatel-Lucent said its chairman, Serge Tchuruk, and its CEO, Patricia Russo, would step down. Both said they …

FCC Rules Against a Baby Bell

Source: gigaom.com

FCC Rules Against a Baby Bell —

Not only did the FCC decide on Friday to berate Comcast for messing with P2P traffic, but apparently it showed no love to Qwest, either, denying Qwest’s …

Published on July 28th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Is Cable Voice Getting a Sore Throat?

Source: gigaom.com

The economic downturn, in particular the housing market slump, that has been pressuring U.S. telecom operators now seems to be extending to cable operators as well. After enjoying nearly eight …

Published on July 9th, 2008 under , , , , , , , ,

AT&T May Drop Dish, But Still Has U-verse

Source: gigaom.com

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Published on July 2nd, 2008 under , , , , , ,

AT&T Offers The Whole Enchilada- Broadband Internet That Flexs Depending on Where You Are and What You Are Doing

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

Being based in San Antonio, we think in terms of Mexican food.  I used to see former AT&T Chairman Ed Whitacre dine at LaFogatta, one of my personal faves.  When you get the whole enchilada, …

Published on June 4th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Broadband Wanted In The Air

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

If this doesn’t tell you that Boeing blew it by being premature and pulling out of the flying WiFi space over a year ago, nothing proves it better.
A survey by BarclayCard shows that over …

Published on May 29th, 2008 under , , ,

The Need For Speed: AT&T Nears Completion of 3G Wireless Technology Deployment That Delivers Broadband Wireless Speeds - for Downloads and Uploads

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

Summer is just around the corner, and by June the phone company as we no longer know it, will deploy High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T’s …

Published on May 23rd, 2008 under , , , , , , , , , ,

Now Vonage Will Also Sell Broadband

Source: gigaom.com

After a really rough 2007, Vonage (VG), the independent voice-over-IP service provider, seems to be having a better 2008. This morning the company reported its first-quarter 2008 financial results, …

Published on May 8th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Kimpton Hotel’s Palomar Hotel in San Francisco Has Pitiful Broadband

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

The other day Jonathan Greene posted about the lousy performance when it came to Broadband that he had at the Hotel Monaco in Seattle. The Monaco, like the Palomar here in San Francisco where …

Published on May 4th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , ,

San Diego Airport Broadband Part Two

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

I’m on my way to the Bay Area for a week’s worth of meetings, meet up
and to also assist winemaker friend Sylvain Fadat of Domaine d’Aupilhac
on Monday at the annual Kermit …

Published on May 4th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

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