Moving Forward in 2010 with New Technology and New Goals - 09.01.10: A study from Nielsen has found that of the 195m Internet users in the United Sates, 93% use a broadband connection. This represents an increase of 16% since 2008. The study also found that more users than ever are accessing online video content with 138m watching videos, up 11%. On...


Even our cars have WiFi - but millions being spent on Internet "Awareness"? - 24.12.09: A study from USTelecom which looked at the broadband use of North America, Europe and Asia has found that US consumers transfer 14.2 gigabytes of web content per month. This puts the US in third place behind South Korea and France. On average this equates to around 3000 emails or 1...


Government feels they are investing whilst providers feel they are interfering - 18.12.09: The Obama Administration is to award $2bn in loans and grants over the next 75 days in a bid to expand broadband access and to create many thousands of jobs. 18 broadband projects in 17 states will be announced this week as part of an initial investment of $182m. The White House Na...


Internet providers fees and fines not helping during recession - 11.12.09: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is questioning Verizon on why it is doubling its termination fees for Smartphone customers and why those without a data plan are being charged for accidentally accessing their mobile Internet service. Verizon increased their termination c...


Companies and Individuals Investing in Broadband's Future - 04.12.09: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced plans to improve access to broadband for libraries in the US. One plan involves using state broadband improvement plans and another plan is to offer help getting access to Federal broadband stimulus funds. Gates has announced part...


FCC Pushes Broadband but comes under fire from AT&T & Verizon - 27.11.09: A workshop held at the Federal Communications Commission has outlined concerns regarding the National Broadband Plan. Industry leaders and academics pointed out that funding into research had been inadequate and that students gaining a PHD in the telecommunications field were choos...


It's the System Governing Broadband that needs the Overhaul! - 23.11.09: Albany Governor David Paterson, has appointed 13 people to serve on the New York Broadband Development and Deployment Council. Coming from a variety of backgrounds, including private industry and municipal and State government, they are all leaders and experts in broadband technolo...


Small Steps for some, Giant Leaps for others - 01.11.09: Motorola has announced this week the first deployment of its RF over glass solution along with Metrocast Communications. It will be used in selected Virginia properties as part of its upgrade of its networks to fiber to the home networks. RF solutions offer a way of expanding servi...


Verizon Makes Fiber Optic Improvements in Delaware - 25.10.09: Residents living in New Castle Delaware now have access to an all fiber optic network for their television entertainment. Verizon's award winning FiOS TV service is now available to more than 2000 households in the area offering 130 HD channels, video on demand and fast Internet sp...


You have to spend money to make money - 18.10.09: FairPoint Communications have this week said it has completed an $85m upgrade to its fiber optic network, installing more than 368 miles of cabling throughout the New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine areas. They say this is just the beginning of their future plans. They expect to be ab...


Scholars get Nobel for Fiber Optic Work - Schools to get Fiber Optics - 11.10.09: Charles K. Kao along with Willard Boyle and George Smith have won the Nobel Prize for their work in discovering how to transmit light through fiber optics. Kao calculated how it would be possible to transmit light over longer distances by removing impurities from the glass. Boyle a...


Verizon Speeds up whilst Cuba Lags Behind - 04.10.09: A small Miami firm may have been given the right to lay fiber optic cables between the US and Cuba. TeleCuba Communications have said that the cables will be operating by the middle of 2011, but that permission still needs to come from the Cuban government. Cuba is currently the on...


Intel, Sony & Verizon Pushing Fiber Optic Boundaries - 27.09.09: Intel has demonstrated its new fiber optic technology known as Light Peak at the Intel Developer Forum held last week. Light Peak is designed to connect many devices to a PC using fiber optic lines in a very similar way to how USB connections work. Intel have been hoping to get the...


Fiber Optic Cabling Spreading Fast - 20.09.09: Organizations in Alaska have asked for $1.3bn of broadband stimulus money from the U.S Government in a total of 26 applications. The money is part of a huge stimulus package passed by congress earlier this year. The largest application has come from Kodiak-Kenai Cable which wants t...


Verizon Offers Great Careers Whilst Government Secures their Holdings - 13.09.09: Verizon has been named as one of Business Week's "Best Places to Launch a Career" for the fourth year in a row. It is the highest placed telecommunications company on the list at 22nd. Data collected for a survey of 60,000 U.S undergraduates was used to compile the ranking. Executi...

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