Category Archives: Broadband Bytes

• Layton, are you ready for some UTOPIA fiber? http://t.co/tSHcs5Xb #
• A fifth of adults don't use the Internet. http://t.co/FXud5WWz #
• An in-depth look at the legal arguments behind streaming OTA broadcasts. http://t.co/niQ6biy0 #
• iProvo officially goes back to the city. http://t.co/Q9JJBpqf #
• Cable overbuilders merge to survive. http://t.co/nZNnCyc7 #
• Is universal voice service about to get killed? http://t.co/hkx3TQuq #

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• Who's building the nation's fastest broadband networks? Not telecom companies. http://t.co/cuTO5pDI #
• Netflix forms a PAC, mostly to try and save its own hide. http://t.co/Ky56s5Di #
• Cable companies have even given up on pretending that competition exists. http://t.co/IYAUGi9U #
• The average cable bill will top $200 by 2020. http://t.co/s7WFuFKp #
• Deliver the speeds you promise or you could wind up on the wrong end of a lawsuit. http://t.co/jojrS2gK #

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• Well dang. Channel bundling is totally legal. http://t.co/JtOd9VqO #
• If even the RIAA/MPAA hate your Internet censorship bill, you've gone too far. http://t.co/66wHwkLS #
• Cord-cutters continue to grow in numbers. http://t.co/m5BmzkFf #
• Telecom employees do better work when they telecommute. http://t.co/gyvm1LDE #
• CenturyLink testing 100M down, 12M up service in Denver… at $165/mo. http://t.co/ccTrPWqM #
• Selling micro-provisioned services can cause big bumps in ARPU for fiber networks. http://t.co/8MtP5Vw6 #
• A new law could exempt your ISP from spying on you for the feds. http://t.co/n67rmA4z #

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• And back to square one on iProvo. http://t.co/n7GADUl8 #
• Fiber networks can attract venture capitalists and fuel a start-up boom. http://t.co/8knWMu2o #
• Orwellian Comcast claims some bits are more equal than others. http://t.co/mTXWGOl5 #

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• Worried about server seizure? Cram it in a drone and make them shoot it down. http://t.co/c2lCff7g #
• Cable beats the ever-loving daylights out of DSL… again. http://t.co/sxBz7587 #
• Internet Accounts for 4.7% of the U.S. Economy http://t.co/T5fjU66b #
• IP video on cable systems requires more bandwidth than they can spare. http://t.co/YaBHEqvg #
• Cable losing video subscribers to satellite and telcos. http://t.co/xMorbmgw #
• Video competition drops cable prices 31%. http://t.co/sToi2wtC #
• ICANN makes domain seizure easier. http://t.co/eOhsuM1U #
• A brief update on construction progress in Centerville. http://t.co/QkaxkTZf #

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• Telecommuting is now so mainstream that almost everyone (literally) is doing it. http://t.co/zdfupRbF #
• Telecom takes 9 of 32 spots for Worst Company in America competition. http://t.co/r4XuWdvG #
• If a giant like Intel can't negotiate video rights for over-the-top, who can? http://t.co/qjlpFMb1 #
• MPAA/RIAA set to force you offline by this summer… with your ISP's help. http://t.co/rGQmnfSg #
• Half of all website traffic is automated. http://t.co/jbYq7Nlc #
• Unsurprisingly, you still hate phone and cable companies. http://t.co/vuiYzosu #

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• The next big thing in streaming? Applications. http://t.co/6IQPGECd #
• AT&T imitates Verizon, will dump DSL markets it doesn't want to upgrade. http://t.co/RRls4uAH #
• There's gold, er, dark fiber in them there streets! http://t.co/PGEoWmuj #

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• Sorry, telcos, this is as good as it's ever likely to get. http://t.co/LJ1qvWdY #
• The broadband stimulus isn't going so well. http://t.co/TixfDyyu #
• Comcast wants to avoid metered billing since it would seriously cheese off customers. http://t.co/1IDIALJ2 #

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• Comcast wants a piece of the streaming market. http://t.co/U556A7nE #
• Yet another attempt to stream over-the-air broadcasts. Lawsuit in 3, 2, 1… http://t.co/apPJZS02 #
• Your next cell phone may seamlessly jump between cell towers and WiFi hotspots. http://t.co/OEyABuR4 #
• .@pashdown of @XMission lays down the law on a CenturyLink right of way request. http://t.co/QGBiwdL3 #
• Throttling is about money, not congestion. http://t.co/wDpDKut4 #

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• Whoops! Metered users use more data. http://t.co/G6T8WUgc #
• Cities with fiber networks can save big bucks. http://t.co/fip5IpM0 #

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