Internet Services

The End of Ubiquity

Nearly 10 percent of Americans have no access to broadband services and another 20 percent have access that is too low/slow to support advanced Internet services such as video or streaming data such as required for Pandora. ...More
September 21, 2011 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog
Mobile Internet Access To Outpace Wired in 4 Years

New research reveals some not-so-surprising statistics, given smartphone and tablet adoption. ...More
September 16, 2011
Posted in News
Despite No Computer, Comcast Billed Elderly Woman for 4 Years of Internet

She says she never signed up for Comcast Internet service, but the 91-year-old woman says the cable provider billed her anyway – for four years. And get this: She doesn't even have a computer. ...More
July 12, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
FCC Net Neutrality Rules Set to Move Ahead

The guidance helps to clear an obstacle that has been holding up the effective date of controversial rules that prohibit broadband providers from blocking lawful content or unreasonably discriminating on their networks. ...More
June 30, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Slide Show: 5 Times To Turn to Ethernet Over Fixed Wireless

Do your customers need a solid alternative to copper T1s, but can’t take advantage of Ethernet over copper? Here are five instances when Ethernet over fixed wireless makes sense. ...More
June 22, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Ethernet/ MPLS
IPv6 and the Yottabyte

Altogether, 434 websites, universities, technology companies and service providers shared their content over IPv6. After a collective pause and one-eyed peaking, they learned that IPv6 and IPv4 could indeed share today’s Internet. ...More
June 10, 2011 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog
FCC: No Broadband Access for 26 Million Americans

Perhaps more surprising is the FCC’s findings that roughly one of third of Americans, or more than 100 million people, “do not subscribe to broadband, even when it’s available." ...More
May 20, 2011
Posted in News
Moody’s: EarthLink’s Future Tied to East Coast Operations

EarthLink faces challenges turning around a company that it just acquired. ...More
May 6, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Welcome to Potatoes, Onions and Oz

Google’s objective in Kansas City, Kan., is to deliver 1 Gbps to each home. The company insists it doesn't want to become an ISP or ITSP; the objective is to provide a networking environment where application developers can push functionality and purpose to unseen levels. ...More
April 18, 2011 By David Byrd
Posted in Blog
House Deals Blow to FCC’s Internet Rules

The Senate will vote next on whether to overturn the FCC’s Network neutrality rules. ...More
April 11, 2011
Posted in News