DSL to Go the Way of Dial-Up
The Media Metrics analyst says the fairly miserable subscriber numbers from AT&T and Verizon (which were released last week and this week, respectively) suggest that cable is stealing a share of the broadband market from DSL.
From Wired Blog Network, July 31, 2008
Manchester (UK) Issues RFP for Citywide Wireless
Development and sustainability of wireless broadband services joint venture.
From Manchester City Council, July 31, 2008
OPEC 2.0: Avoid a Bandwidth Cartel
Just as the industrial revolution depended on oil and other energy sources, the information revolution is fueled by bandwidth. If we aren’t careful, we’re going to repeat the history of the oil industry by creating a bandwidth cartel.
From The New York Times, July 30, 2008
AT&T: Economy Squeezing Broadband
AT&T is seeing some consumers terminate home broadband connections for economic reasons, CFO Rick Lindner told analysts today when discussing AT&T’s third-quarter earnings.
From Telephony Online, July 25, 2008
Metro Atlanta Leaders on Broadband Goals at Summit
The Summit...served to introduce members of a newly formed Atlanta Digital Empowerment Council (DEC), part of The Alliance's nationwide initiative which advocates for increased broadband access, especially in urban and underserved communities.
From MarketWatch, July 25, 2008
After Azulstar Backs Out, WinstonNet Put on Ice
WinstonNet has received no responses to the request for proposals to lead the wireless initiative since its initial chosen partner, Michigan-based Azulstar, backed out in March, said Executive Director Lynda Goff.
From The Winston-Salem Business Journal, July 25, 2008
U.S. Has No Idea How Wired For Broadband It Is
A new study (pdf) from a telecom consulting firm named Costquest finds that while thirty-nine U.S. States have something vaguely resembling a broadband plan, only ten of the nation's fifty states have undertaken a definitive broadband mapping effort.
From DSL Reports, July 24, 2008
Gartner: Broadband in 77% of U.S. Households by 2012
The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study.
From NetworkWorld, July 24, 2008
Last Stand For Canadian Independent ISPs
While Bell Canada insists network congestion makes such throttling necessary, data doesn't support those claims.
From DSL Reports, July 24, 2008
WiMAX: What's Working Now
The Taiwanese government's M-Taiwan project will ultimately partly rest on the availability of urban mobile WiMax. This is a major government initiative, partly aimed at creating an entire WiMax ecosystem (from silicon chips to applications), as the government has identified WiMax as one of the next big things after WiFi for the Taiwanese ICT industry.
From Light Reading, July 24, 2008
