Operators
Charter focus: Connectivity, customer relationships… Video? Meh
Charter isn’t looking at video as a stand-alone business anymore, its focus is connectivity. Video just helps bring in the customers.
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Broadband
With signups near, Google Fiber sets 1 GB prices at $70 in Austin
Google Fiber is launching in a pair of Austin neighborhoods next month, kicking off its drive to turn the city into its third 1 GB equipped market, and this week unveiled pricing plans. Google Fiber Read More
Broadband
Will Wheeler’s challenge be enough to up operators’ broadband game?
Seems I’m not the only one pining for 1 Gbps Internet; turns out someone with a little more clout, FCC boss Tom Wheeler, feels the same way. Wheeler, speaking at 1776, a startup incubator in Read More
Broadband
Massive Charter Internet outage, support line busy signals irk subs
Charter Communications still isn’t saying much about the massive Internet outage that left many of its nearly 5 million high-speed Internet subs without access for much of the weekend. In a Facebook post Sunday evening, Read More
Broadband
Will the FCC act to derail laws blocking municipal broadband projects?
It appears that maybe FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler really isn’t worried about stepping on the toes of pay-TV and ISP operators. This week Wheeler, writing in his blog, said it’s time for the commission to Read More
Broadband
Mobile drives broadband growth in Brazil; high-speed Internet access increases
Nearly 40% of Brazil’s urban households now are hooked into high-speed Internet, with 2 million new broadband subscribers in 2013, a new report from the Brazilian Telecommunications Association (Telebrasil) shows. That’s just one takeout from Read More
Broadband
BT bets on demand for bandwidth, expands high-speed fiber to more cities
U.K. incumbent BT is committing more than $82.5 million to continue its deployment of high-speed fiber broadband services to an additional 400,000 customers over the next three years. BT already is spending an estimated $4.97 Read More
Broadband
Google Fiber starts signups in Provo for 1 Gig Internet, pay-TV service
Google has kicked off signups for its Google Fiber service in Provo, Utah, where it purchased the existing iProvo fiber network for a song (okay, actually it paid $1); it’s offering residents a trio of Read More
Broadband
In Austin, AT&T has discovered (Internet) speed kills – and that’s a good thing
When Google last year announced it was planning on deploying super-fast Google Fiber in Austin, Texas, incumbent AT&T launched a quick-hitting counterattack with its own 1 Gigabit deployment. It was a good move. The service Read More