- Power Lines: No 'Third Front' Yet
Could electric power lines become the next big thing in broadband? Some utilities and federal regulators think so, but cable companies and other high-speed Internet providers doubt power lines will upend the broadband industry's competitive balance. For years, electric utilities have been experimenting with ways to transmit data signals via ......
- Astound Makes a Sound With Tiered Data Service
In one of the earliest forays into tiered cable-modem service, broadband service competitor Astound Broadband has launched a quartet of packages to residential customers in the St. Cloud, Minn.-area, and the East Bay cities of Concord and Walnut Creek, Calif. The launch could prove to be an early test of ......
- Worldwide Cable Modem Market Grew Nearly 70% In First
Quarter 2000.
Demand for high-speed broadband access connections outpaced supply of enabling devices during the first quarter of 2000, as worldwide shipments of broadband cable modems exceeded 1.47 million units, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). Dataquest analysts said the first quarter of 2000 ......
- Adelphia Adds Terayon DOCSIS 2.0 Gear
Adelphia Communications Corp. has deployed more than 200 of Terayon Communication Systems Inc.’s DOCSIS 2.0 cable-modem termination systems for the MSO’s high-speed Internet customers. It’s believed to be one of the first widespread launches of DOCSIS 2.0 gear in the U.S., according to Terayon executives. The rollout in 10-plus markets ......
- What's in a name?
After years of uncertainty in the courts and Congress, the FCC is expected in the next few weeks to chart its course on regulation of cable Internet and other broadband services. Although conventional wisdom has long held that the commissioners believe they have the power to force cable systems to ......
- What's in a name?
After years of uncertainty in the courts and Congress, the FCC is expected in the next few weeks to chart its course on regulation of cable Internet and other broadband services. Although conventional wisdom has long held that the commissioners believe they have the power to force cable systems to ......
- Broadband's Becoming A Political Hot Potato
Washington— In 1960, we had the missile gap. In 2004, we just might have the megabit gap. White House hopeful Sen. Joseph Lieberman complained last week that the Bush Administration has let broadband policy drift and said he plans to do something about it. This week, the Connecticut Democrat — ......