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02/17/2009
Customer Loyalty Shifts from Provider to Device
Consumers are becoming more loyal to their telecommunications devices than to their network service providers, according to a 2009 Telecommunications Industry Issues Index released today. The report was commissioned by Jajah, an IP telephony company, to evaluate how carriers view the IP communications market. It is compiled through interviews with C-Level executives at U.S. and […]
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02/12/2009
More HSD: Cox Explains Network Trial
Cox Communications’ high speed data network congestion trial began this week in Kansas and Arkansas. But the trial itself has been on trial since being announced three weeks ago. The battle lines formed quickly. In a January 28 post on DSL Reports, Karl Bode at DSL Reports leaned on comments from the FreePress, a group […]
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02/12/2009
High-Speed Data Dump
Here’s an HD/HSD metric, a top-12 DOCSIS 3.0 list from Comcast, and some numbers from ARRIS. First, back to Toronto at last week’s SCTE Canada Summit. (For previous reports, click here.) During the opening session, moderator Leslie Ellis asked the panelists about their heaviest high-speed data users. (Whether these were their best or worst subscribers […]
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02/10/2009
Verismo Networks Wins at CableLabs Forum
CableLabs is hosting its winter Technology Forum in Colorado Springs, CO, this week. Monday at its Innovation Showcase, 10 invited companies had the opportunity to present their products to cable execs. Each company had eight minutes to showcase its technology in a lightning round. Judges then voted on the best product. The winner was Verismo […]
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02/10/2009
Broadband Stimulus Stimulates Discussion
The economic stimulus bill passed in the Senate today. Reductions in the bill’s size included trimming the amount earmarked for broadband from a proposed $9 billion to $7.5 billion. This is still off from the House version, which provides $6 billion for broadband. Whether the legislation will boost the economy remains to be seen. However, […]
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02/10/2009
In the States
A network connectivity solution from RCN Metro Optical Networks is helping MetroCast expand its