Australia Says No to Huawei
According to a March 27 Reuters article, Huawei Technologies Co. LTD of China has been asked not to provide project bids and contracts for the $38 billion Australian National Broadband Network (NBN)....
View ArticleVerizon Offers HomeFusion Broadband Service Nationwide
On May 3, Verizon launched HomeFusion Broadband service nationwide, whereby subscribers can use an LTE router in their homes to connect up to four wired and 20 wireless devices to the web through...
View ArticleThe Teachers Speak: Broadband Now
I just returned from Discovery Education Networks ”Administrator Day of Discovery,” which convened education professionals to learn and share perspectives about the growing role of technology in...
View ArticleCalix: More than 70% of Rural Subs Receive Less than 4 Mbps
More than 70% of rural broadband subscribers are receiving service below the 4 Mbps downstream target of the Connect America Fund (CAF), and more than 90% are experiencing upstream speeds lower than...
View ArticleGoogle Adjusts Kansas City Fiber Thresholds
After Google’s July 26 announcement that it’s Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) fiber to the home network, named Google Fiber, was ready to launch, there appear to be a few wrinkles that need to be...
View ArticleStudy Estimates that Use of Broadband Can Save Nearly $8,900 per Year for...
The results of a study posted recently by the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) indicate that the average household can save $8,870 per year through the use of high-speed broadband Internet access to...
View ArticleSurvey: Majority of People Willing to Pay for Home with ‘Good’ Broadband
Think Broadband draws our attention to as survey recently conducted by Halifax, which finds that 30% of UK residents report access to a “good” broadband signal is likely to affect their decision on...
View ArticleNTCA Survey: Regulatory Uncertainty Impacting Carriers
Three-quarters of respondents to NTCA’s most recent broadband survey cited regulatory uncertainty as an impediment to broadband deployment, second only to deployment cost overall. In spite of the...
View ArticleFCC’s Gigabit Workshop Echoes NTCA’s Smart Rural Community Initiative
The FCC held a workshop last week focused on Gigabit Communities, with the goal of outlining how broadband providers can work with local and state leaders to deploy networks capable of delivering...
View ArticleIP is Not the Internet
In a recently published letter, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office denied Apple’s request to trademark the term “iPad Mini,” ruling that “mini” merely describes small things. It is an interesting...
View ArticleBaseball, Washington Style
Policy Perspective There is probably little doubt that the phrase “buzz kill” was invented to describe Washington, DC. At a Nationals game last week, the ceremonial first pitch was tossed by . . . the...
View ArticleInformation Technology Council of N.D. Announces Plans to Improve State’s...
The Information Technology Council of North Dakota (ITCND), a coalition of North Dakota business, government and education leaders, has announced an initiative to provide state-of-the-art broadband...
View ArticleKY Governor, Congressman Plan to Increase Broadband Availability in Commonwealth
At a joint press event held last week, Kentucky governor Steve Beshear and Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers announced the first steps in an initiative to bring high-speed broadband service to unserved...
View ArticleNebraska Study: Broadband Access Creates Job, Revenue
A study out of Nebraska confirms broadband access creates jobs and helps drive the local economy. The report is based on a survey, which was sent to 10,000 businesses and conducted by Strategic...
View ArticleHow to Crowdfund Broadband
I obtained a new BlackBerry last week, which I instantly dubbed my “2015 Crown Vic.” But, I didn’t select the BlackBerry when I entered a new wireless contract because I am old-fashioned (more on that...
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FSBC (the Flat Stanley Broadband Challenge)
See that yellow dome atop the John Deere cab? It enables everything from monitoring and diagnostics, to real-time repair assistance, to soil-sample tracking, to crop insurance record-keeping and more....
View ArticlePeeling the Broadband Onion
Recent studies of the barriers to broadband adoption show that lack of demand—i.e., not feeling as if the Internet has anything of interest to offer the individual—is among the top barriers to...
View ArticleFCC Workshop on Broadband Privacy Begs for Clever Headline
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hosted a public workshop on consumer privacy in the broadband marketplace. The event featured panels moderated by FCC and Federal Trade Commission...
View ArticleIf You Build It, They Will Subscribe
By deploying fiber further out into their networks, NTCA member companies are able to offer their customers higher broadband speeds than ever before, a recent NTCA member survey shows. According to...
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