Keeping you up to date with the most important wires coming in to your house. http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/ http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/images/foilogo.gif http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/ 130 64 Targeting the news that matters for the insurance companies you use. A researcher from the University of South Carolina in Columbia has suggested that wi-fi meters which measure the amount of gas, water and electricity used in the home may be causing security issues for homeowners. Ishtaq Rouf says that the devices broadcast a reading every thirty seconds to utility company employees who can read th... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201211012.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201211012.php 01 Nov 2012 10:15:00 GMT It has emerged that almost half 45% of the US wireless market in now owned by companies with a foreign interest. This news follows the acquisition of Sprint by Japanese company Softbank who now own 70% of the provider, the 45% stake in Verizon Wireless by Vodafone and the ownership of T-Mobile by Deustche Telekom. Currently ATandT ... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201210252.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201210252.php 25 Oct 2012 10:15:00 GMT Chinese broadband and technology company Huawei is likely to face restrictions on trading in the US because it is deemed to be a security threat. It has been suggested that technology coming from the company could be used to spy on the US because of links between Huawei and the Chinese state. This is an allegation which has been de... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201210192.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201210192.php 19 Oct 2012 10:15:00 GMT Despite the increased use of broadband caps by Internet providers, the FCC has been accused of failing to oversee how they are implemented and who they are affecting. 64% of US broadband users have some sort of broadband cap on their data usage, however the FCC have only been looking into the issue in the last four months. Those in... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201210072.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201210072.php 07 Oct 2012 10:15:00 GMT A conference held in Las Vegas this week has seen more than 100 small rural telecoms companies join together with T-mobile, Clearwire and Sprint to make it clear that they want regulators in the US to improve competition in the telecoms market. The Competitive Carrier Association has joined together to lobby the government to promo... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209302.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209302.php 30 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT It has emerged that ATandT could be facing a formal complaint for violating net neutrality rules. Three public interest groups, Public Knowledge, Foundations Open Technology and Free Press have argued that ATandT's decision to offer Apple FaceTime at no extra charge only to Mobile Share package customers was against open Internet rules... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209192.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209192.php 19 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT The Council of Better Business Bureaus' National Advertising Division has recommended that Verizon should alter the content of some of their TV ads after complaints from Comcast. The ads claimed that FiOS is faster than cable Internet because cable is a shared connection. The Bureau also suggested that Verizon needs to change the w... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209122.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209122.php 12 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT It is no secret that the quality of television sets has increased dramatically in recent years. In fact, the range of brilliant models which now cost reasonable prices means that choosing the right one now takes a bit more time and effort than ever before. However, it is well worth taking the time to do so in order for you to enjo... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209042.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209042.php 06 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT Despite serious money problems, LightSquared has announced that in order to keep four of their top executives with the company they would like to give them nearly $6 million in bonuses. In recent months, LightSquared has filed for bankruptcy which cost in excess of $134 million so far. Since the bankruptcy was announced, the compan... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209052.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201209052.php 05 Sep 2012 10:15:00 GMT Time Warner Cable seem to be hitting back at Google by announcing that they will be boosting the Internet speeds of New York subscribers' fiber optic lines. This will result in speeds which are 20 times faster than they are currently. TWC is the second largest cable company in the US and has said it will be spending $25 million thi... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208292.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208292.php 29 Aug 2012 10:15:00 GMT Fiber broadband experts are suggesting that Google may be overspending on building their 1GB network and that they could ultimately lose money. They point out that users can get similar speeds via wi-fi or DSL and will not need to spend as much to get it. So far, Google has limited its high speed fiber service to Kansas City and is... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208222.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208222.php 22 Aug 2012 10:15:00 GMT Verizon has launched a new LTE based broadband service called HomeFusion Broadband designed for those homes which have not had access to reliable high speed Internet. Those who subscribe will be able to expect an average of between 5Mb and 12Mb which is a similar speed to those available on DSL networks. Users will have access to t... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208152.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208152.php 15 Aug 2012 10:15:00 GMT After a long wait Google has finally officially launched their Google Fiber service in Kansas City. The 1GB service is the fastest available in the US and outstrips by some margin the average US speed of around 5Mb. At a press conference where they announced the launch, Google demonstrated how well the broadband service works and a... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208012.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201208012.php 01 Aug 2012 10:15:00 GMT Users of the Kindle from Amazon are about to have their Internet usage limited. The Kindle with a 3G connection usually offers free and unlimited mobile broadband and customers have access to the Internet via a browser when they are out of wi-fi reach. However Amazon have now said that the use of the browser will be limited to 50mb... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207252.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207252.php 25 Jul 2012 10:15:00 GMT Telecoms data company Geotel Communications has released a map of the Internet showing where the worldwide fiber optic cables and geographic informations systems run. It shows that for the most part, fiber optics run under the largest oceans in the world and the map gives a visual representation of how information can travel at hug... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207182.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207182.php 18 Jul 2012 10:15:00 GMT The congressman Ed Markey has been running a campaign of letter writing to mobile carriers asking them if and how many times they have handed over user information to the government. This week he received details which showed that there were 1.3 million requests made by the government for user data in the last year. Sprint was the ... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207112.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207112.php 11 Jul 2012 10:15:00 GMT Verizon has warned smartphone users that if they want to use their phones for watching streamed video content, they should purchase at least 4GB of data per month. The Verizon Wireless national manager Brian Malina said that watching video is where the data use grows and if watching video using a 4G connection is a regular thing wh... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207042.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201207042.php 04 Jul 2012 10:15:00 GMT A District Court judge has agreed that Comcast does not have to reveal the names of their subscribers who used their network to download porn illegally. Four subpoenas had been filed by an adult film company to get the names and details of 88 subscribers who had used BitTorrent to receive the films. The judge has stated that the su... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206272.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206272.php 27 Jun 2012 10:15:00 GMT The new Surface Tablet which is due to be released by Microsoft soon will not run on wireless broadband connections, but only on wi-fi. It seems that recent research has indicated that tablet buyers are not concerned with having a wireless broadband connection and are happy to use wi-fi. In 2011, just one third of all tablets sold ... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206202.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206202.php 20 Jun 2012 10:15:00 GMT A complaint filed by Verizon has led to a ruling by the Council of Better Business Bureaus' National Advertising Division that Comcast will need to pull their ad which claims their Xfinity service is the "fastest in the nation". However it was agreed that Comcast can claim to be one of the top three fastest Internet services. Comca... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206132.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206132.php 13 Jun 2012 10:15:00 GMT Many Internet providers and others have proclaimed the June 6 to be "World Ipv6 Day" in celebration of the introduction of the new Internet protocol. Comcast and ATandT are among other companies which have said they want to encourage other providers and web companies to prepare for and enable the new protocol as the old Internet prot... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206062.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201206062.php 06 Jun 2012 10:15:00 GMT As a response to the technology which allows television watchers to automatically skip over ads, Comcast is working on new technology which will place another advertisement in the middle of the screen while the ads are fast-forwarded. A patent has been issued by Comcast for the device which will put an ad on the screen when recorde... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205302.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205302.php 30 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT It seems that Google is once again delaying the schedule for its high speed broadband service. Kansas City was chosen to be the one US city which would get the ultra fast broadband service from Google. However this was more than one year ago and since then residents have been able to sign up after being told they would have access ... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205232.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205232.php 23 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT A study released this week has revealed that the big four wireless providers are all very similar when it comes to customer satisfaction. The American Customer Satisfaction Index showed that Sprint, ATandT, T-Mobile and Verizon were within two points of each other in the ratings. This is the smallest spread since the survey began. Th... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205162.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205162.php 16 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT A survey from the a href="http: www.wi-fi.org" Wi-Fi Alliance a released this week has shown that smartphone and tablet users want a seamless wi-fi connection when they are out and about. 90% of those questioned said that they would stay with their service provider if they could connect automatically to their wi-fi hotpsots. 72... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205092.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205092.php 09 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT It has been suggested that Apple may be the next company to provide broadband services in addition to their other core business. It has been predicted that the company will be providing mobile phone services to its customer base by industry analyst Whitey Bluestein. It is thought that the broadband service will be bundled up with i... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205022.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201205022.php 02 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT Google has announced this week that they are making some changes to their search engine to penalize over optimization and favor websites with high quality content. They have said that websites which do not keep to their current quality guidelines will be punished. This new system will go live in the next few days. It should mean th... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204252.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204252.php 25 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT A new Pew report has shown that one in five US adults does not use the Internet and half of these say the reason is because they don't think it is very relevant to them. These people say that they do not need to go online to find out the information they need or to communicate with other people in the way they choose. Another reaso... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204182.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204182.php 18 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT Despite the fact that having access to a landline in all US homes is a legal right, it is possible that this right may be taken away if ATandT and Verizon have their way. The two phone providers are wanting to end their 99 year contract to be "the provider of last resort" as they say that providing a landline to all homes is too cost... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204112.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204112.php 11 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT The US has been ranked 16th in the world in terms of broadband penetration, speed and price. This poor performance puts the US behind countries like Portugal, Belgium and Denmark who enjoy cheaper and more reliable broadband at faster speeds. Experts are blaming the lack of proper competition in the US for this result. Most people ... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204042.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201204042.php 04 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT A study by TechNet has discovered that smartphone use in the US has risen dramatically in the past 3 years while broadband adoption rates have flattened. TechNet has called on the government to encourage broadband adoption by improving the number of programs available especially for those on low incomes. Around two thirds of the US... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203282.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203282.php 28 Mar 2012 10:15:00 GMT It has been announced by the analyst Craig Moffett from Sanford Bernstein that Sprint may be facing the real threat of bankruptcy. It is thought that the reasons behind this extraordinary announcement may be the high cost the company had to pay to offer the iPhone and the cost of their forthcoming LTE network. The latter may be in ... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203212.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203212.php 21 Mar 2012 10:15:00 GMT An ad agency has been criticized for using homeless people to be human wi-fi hotspots at a festival in Austin. The initiative called "Homeless Hotspots" is being described as a charitable experiment by the marketing firm, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. They have joined together with Front Steps Shelter to offer homeless people a 4G mi-fi de... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203142.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203142.php 14 Mar 2012 10:15:00 GMT Verizon is once again claiming that they do not have enough spectrum in a bid to get acceptance for their deal with the cable industry. In a letter to the FCC, Verizon has said that they expect to run out of spectrum in 2015, but they have not included any data in the public submission to back up these figures. However they do stat... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203072.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201203072.php 07 Mar 2012 10:15:00 GMT An unemployed truck driver and student has taken ATandT to court over the throttling of his data services and he has won. Matt Spaccarelli was awarded $850 by the small claims court judge who said that it was unfair for the company to slow down his iPhone when he was sold an unlimited data plan. The amount was worked out based on the... http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201202292.php http://www.fiberopticinternet.com/news/201202292.php 29 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT