Free Press has launched an online interactive tool to expose fake grassroots groups supported by big telco and cable companies to advance their political agenda. These “astroturf” organizations — many of which also work for the health insurance, energy and tobacco industries — are mobilizing to spread misinformation about Network Neutrality and Internet policies. Check [...]
Comcast ready to resell Clearwire’s WiMAX
In news announcements today cable giant Comcast announced that it would start reselling Clearwire’s WiMax services, a business move they promised earlier this year. From the press release, the main pricing plan for the service (which they are calling Comcast High-Speed 2go™) is a combo of wired cable broadband and local Clearwire WiMax for $49.99, [...]
Comcast Wi-Fi hotzones go live
Comcast is now offering free Wi-Fi service in several New Jersey train stations to people who already subscribe to its cable service. If you are not a subscriber, too bad for you. Comcast has plans to work with Cablevision, which already has several Wi-Fi hotzones, to expand Comcast’s reach. Related news: Cablevision doubles size of [...]
Clearwire’s 100-day agenda: Devices, VoIP and roaming
Just like a hungry uncle devouring Thanksgiving leftovers, the new Clearwire wasted no time tying up the loose ends of its WiMax assets merger deal with Sprint Nextel, finishing the deal Friday while everyone else in the country was busy digesting the previous night’s feasts. With a conference call scheduled for early Monday morning, some [...]
Taking a deeper look at the Clearwire deal — again
With the shareholder approval finally taken care of, the massive deal to build a new nationwide WiMax network under the Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) name can (finally!) now begin in earnest. While those of us who have been following the events over the past year know pretty much what is on Clearwire’s immediate to-do list, for [...]
Comcast discloses, then hits the comments trail
Hitting the deadline with the precision that only a journalist could love, Comcast filed its paperwork with the FCC at about the latest hour imaginable Friday, disclosing both its previous/current “network management” techniques as well as its “protocol agnostic” techniques it would use going forward, all of this made necessary by the FCC’s punitive order [...]
Lawsuits of the week: Comcast appeals FCC ruling, telco sues town for installing fiber
You didn’t really think Comcast would roll over and obey the FCC’s ruling forbidding them from blocking P2P applications, did you? Comcast rallied its legal troops and filed an appeal, which landed in the D.C. Circuit (whose reputation is pro-industry, anti-regulation). The Media Access Project has filed a petition asking the federal court to get [...]
What’s really behind the Comcast 250 GB bandwidth cap
So you think it’s the FCC’s order telling Comcast not to block P2P applications? Not so, according to Harold Feld of the Media Access Project. It’s actually Comcast’s settlement with the Florida Attorney General. Apparently, Comcast had kicked off the highest 1000 users regardless of bandwidth use or geographical location because they were violating Comcast’s [...]
Going the wrong way: Comcast caps Internet usage
Comcast announced that starting October 1, it is imposing a 250 GB monthly limit on its customers’ downloads. You might say, 250 GB seems awfully high, I’ll never exceed that. Indeed, just sending emails, browsing websites and downloading music occasionally won’t get you even near 100 GB per month. So what’s the cap all about? [...]
Clearwire WiMAX demo coming to S.F. CTIA show
We’re not sure yet if the Intel sport-utes will be in the house, but we have confirmed that Clearwire will have a live, working Mobile WiMax demo during the upcoming CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show in San Francisco, Sept. 10-12. The mini-WiMax network demo should help kick off a big month for WiMax in [...]
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- Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK December 3, 2011
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- Looks like WiMAX is really dead in France November 28, 2011
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- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 31: When in doubt, use your W.I.T.T.S. November 23, 2011
- US Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Expand and Improve Broadband Services in Rural Areas November 21, 2011
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- The end of voice as a cash cow November 10, 2011
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- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
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- Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points December 17, 2011
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Ken Biba: I am skeptical of the overarching assertions in th...
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PJ: Um it's a UK supermarket chain, not THE UK superm...
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Dale Buckey: I think your MuniWireless position is really gaini...
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Rory Coanway: WISPS need new markets to expand into. The concep...
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Brandon: Everybody's doing that now. In fact, the only pho...
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