Category Archives: Broadband Bytes

• Time Warner and Roku are playing nice. http://t.co/zonHs7oJ ->
• Netflix says DSL sucks. http://t.co/qfQOAdxc ->
• Verizon: copper breakage means fiber replacement. http://t.co/dgta5nzP ->
• VoIP is great, but telcos want to use it to enhance their monopoly position. http://t.co/a2vVQJrh ->
• Comcast and CenturyLink among the worst companies for customer satisfaction. http://t.co/8rlSaND9 ->
• As awesome as VoIP is, there's something to be said for simple analog systems. http://t.co/Ii2qBuV6 ->
• Vint Cerf on deregulating monopolists: "I'm not allowed to use foul language, right?" http://t.co/pbbtOdUx ->
• Aereo wants to come to Salt Lake City (among others). http://t.co/BaqVvVrj ->
• Eagle Mountain ISP says FCC requirements required them to do contracts or hefty install fees. http://t.co/exTmsFcg ->
• Dish and Sprint get into a bidding war for the K-Mart of ISPs. http://t.co/BMdXL0OI ->
• DDoS as a legal form of protest? There's a petition for that. http://t.co/Ru6MflY3 ->
• Don't get too comfortable with MPEG-4. http://t.co/62jEHHoR ->
• We dropped Netflix a long time ago because of constant buffering issues. http://t.co/5ltohQqN ->

• DSL providers pounded by patent troll. http://t.co/wPU7hLcj ->
• Your rural telco may not survive the decade. http://t.co/JSGPietu ->
• Even a big gun like Intel can't make a la carte happen. http://t.co/xujiAAZ9 ->

• Is Comcast the new Standard Oil? http://t.co/6KjsNCSe ->
• The landline continues its steady decline. http://t.co/DFFwpsP1 ->
• Are you ready for rate hike season? http://t.co/X3keRx8M ->
• A la carte or not, you're paying more money for fewer channels. http://t.co/YkT65uL6 ->

• If you hate caps, you want competition. http://t.co/8UG1ZO4B ->
• Big telcos torch landlines to charge you much more for wireless. http://t.co/tfEUeNIP ->
• Amazon imitates Netflix by making original content of their own. http://t.co/ghZD1New ->
• Here comes metering legislation. http://t.co/bJnIxzQw ->

• Taking Google Fiber nationwide would cost half as much as the Telco Act of '96 did. http://t.co/a7TeIKDS ->
• Reminder: you have no online privacy. http://t.co/7dKazps3 ->
• Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee both hate on the ITU. http://t.co/ywRf2jDC ->
• There's no such thing as too much bandwidth. http://t.co/UB6qF5dc ->
• Short version: if you don't already have a better service when fiber arrives, you're stuck playing catch-up. Forever. http://t.co/kaIUOEwh ->
• Mike Masnick makes the argument for open-access networks. http://t.co/cvPiCFf2 ->
• RT @UtahBroadband: Utah Broadband Advisory Council meeting today at 10 AM. Watch online: http://t.co/sclFCUtd ->
• Seattle goes gigabit. http://t.co/80Csnlzz ->

• An inaccurate headline, but a good report on what Spanish Fork does with its municipal HFC system. http://t.co/ue5Jw6H4 ->
• New Post: The long knives come out: Tribune articles on UTOPIA http://t.co/A3HFDxQz ->
• CenturyLink users should get ready for a 10% price hike. http://t.co/fIIAUH8T ->
• The ITU's version of "fixing" the Internet sounds a whole lot like breaking it. http://t.co/9GSqYmTo ->
• US to UN: Leave the Internet out of it http://t.co/19sBz8c5 ->
• Fiber isn't just faster than wireless, it's also cheaper. http://t.co/O4KQwl4A ->
• Regulatory headaches kept Google Fiber from also doing voice. http://t.co/jT0TQXmv ->
• "Tech isn't an industry. It's not just a job function. It's a part of nearly every aspect of our economy." http://t.co/x9YMLdbl ->
• Your broadband bill won't go down until competition goes up. http://t.co/SzECLR9q ->

• The cost of installing a broadband connection pays for itself in under four months. http://t.co/o4wAV9u5 ->
• Want a start-up culture? You need fiber. http://t.co/kPflhY9u ->
• Google Fiber has a secret weapon against Time Warner Cable: customer service. http://t.co/V8cVTLVd ->
• Pushing 8Tbps on existing fiber. http://t.co/ZXgaULSZ ->
• Six strikes gets pushed back a few innings. http://t.co/DPvnX4PQ ->
• Congress may lay off of the Internet for a couple of years. http://t.co/z0EGZCtc ->
• Google Fiber is just too darn fast? I'd best most of us would like to have that problem. http://t.co/BoAUuFcX ->
• Online storage goes into a brutal pricing war. http://t.co/keYErIa9 ->
• Yikes. It appears that repressive governments have figured out how to turn the Internet against us. http://t.co/XKaRAqdc ->

• Tribune editorial board slams efforts to further restrict UTOPIA cities. http://t.co/c78sEzlP #
• Defamation suit against UTOPIA gets dismissed. http://t.co/1U352RD6 #
• Home security is the next way to move well beyond the staid triple-play package. http://t.co/qQtuwKSS #
• ISPs now gunning to be the next OnLive. http://t.co/eZiPtRQh #
• Fiber is still growing even if Verizon has stuck a fork in FiOS. http://t.co/mxWjlRSz #
• Regulatory capture makes your Internet connection both slow and expensive. http://t.co/DTtmKotu #
• A couple of new bills will protect your privacy and ease up on Internet transactions. http://t.co/9Cya8fvc #
• Time Warner Cable uses its incumbency power to stifle Google Fiber. http://t.co/bavRKWwH #
• Comcast starts using FTTH, thus tacitly admitting that fiber is the future. http://t.co/QIG2RM4k #
• Terabit Ethernet put on ice in favor of 400Gbps. http://t.co/hBxWY7oF #
• U.S. cedes first place in another field: Internet freedom. http://t.co/4b9esylS #
• Will Dish go OTT-only? Seems likely given the partnership with UTOPIA. http://t.co/YpK7UK9z #

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• It's easy to single out the UK for IPv4-squating, but a lot of /8 owners are doing the same thing. http://t.co/aZgBZcpY #
• Big Tech brings a big club to DC lobbying. http://t.co/CNq49vJS #
• Legislators spent most of the day grandstanding, but there's a glimmer of hope for collaboration. http://t.co/VTUhJty1 #
• Quantify just how slow rural broadband is. (And don't hold out hope for improvements.) http://t.co/BGyKs5zf #
• Use sewers to cut FTTH deployment costs. Seriously. http://t.co/5349dmMp #
• I have to wonder if trading IPv4 addresses is any cheaper than moving to IPv6. http://t.co/pqLwf71C #

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• UTOPIA sets the Herald straight on rate increases and operating funds. http://t.co/rAzctHGz #
• Almost 20% of you can't stream HD video. http://t.co/ysRY4SdU #
• 89% of Kansas City will get Google Fiber out of the gate. http://t.co/VD4VJch3 #
• The push for UN Internet taxes is nothing more than a protectionist shakedown. http://t.co/sYrLAzVx #
• Repealing regulations is unlikely to improve broadband (or any utility) access. http://t.co/GuW31srJ #
• Copper: promising today to do tomorrow what fiber did yesterday. http://t.co/AMBF5U32 #
• Comcast to offer up some higher caps for higher-speed tiers. http://t.co/zEjNbzAX #

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