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July 2008 |
US wireline carrier Verizon Communications has launched its FiOS TV service for business users, with the fibre-based subscription television being offered for use in locations such as bars, restaurants, building lobby areas, banks and health service waiting rooms. The service offers up to 400 digital TV and music channels, including around 30 high definition TV stations. Video-on-demand services are also available, with a library of more than 10,000 titles. In addition, subscribers can access pay-per-view c... |
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July 2008 |
The demand for internet bandwidth is set to double in two years and grow still further, according to a study carried out by the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications at Swansea University.
The independent 'Global Bandwidth' study said that huge changes in network content and social behaviours, will mean bandwidth demand exceeds 160 Tbits/s by 2010 – an annual demand that exceeds the equivalent of the combined broadband network usage of the previous decade (1998-2008).
Professor David Payne, the st... |
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July 2008 |
Just over a quarter of all UK broadband customers are dissatisfied with the service offered by their provider, according to a survey from price- comparison site uSwitch.com.
In particular, customers are unhappy with their broadband connection speed, which they believe is often far slower than advertised.
USwitch found that many consumers who agreed to an "up to" 8MB broadband package were in fact only receiving 4MB.
USwitch puts the blame for consumers being short-changed on the UK's broadband infr... |
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July 2008 |
Viacom, having rudely ignored the user information I provided for them just a week ago, is now demanding to know whether any YouTube employee watched, or even, deep disgrace, uploaded any Viacom material onto the site.
If they did, then, under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, they lose their claimed status as an ISP and merely become an IPS.
That's an Infernal Profit Squirreler.
Although I have no donkey in this derby, I am moved, by Viacom's refusal to accept my data, to offer Google some requ... |
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July 2008 |
For as long as consumers have had high-speed Internet at home, they have surfed the Web as much as they wanted, downloading any content while paying their service provider a flat monthly fee.
Those days may be ending.
Internet service providers, especially cable companies, are eyeing new pricing models to address the rapidly growing popularity of such applications as streaming online video and the sharing of large files. These programs can eat up bandwidth and cause bottlenecks, slowing service ac... |
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July 2008 |
Telecom operators may hold back investments in existing networks if there are any further delays in the auction of 3G spectrum, say experts.
While the world awaits the much-anticipated global launch of Apple's 3G-enabled iPhone on Jul. 11--and at a later launch date in some Asian markets--the news brings little meaning for the tech-savvy in India, which has yet to roll out 3G networks.
There have been inordinate delays in the launch of 3G services in India. Last year, the country's telecom and defense... |
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July 2008 |
The US has 40 million mobile users, 15.6 percent of which use their mobile for the internet. The UK is the second most active country with 12.9 percent of subscribers browsing on the move whilst Italy follows with 11.9 percent.
‘28 percent of mobile internet user’s recall seeing some form of advertising’ in the UK and are 60 percent more likely to interact with advertising than an average user. The audience is largely made up of men, who account for 66 percent.
Portal sites, accessing email accounts a... |
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July 2008 |
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reportedly ready to rule that Comcast's network management policy has resulted in the blocking of certain file-sharing applications.
The agency is expected to conclude its investigation into the cable provider on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
FCC chairman Kevin Martin announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that the agency would investigate Comcast after an AP article accused the provider of blocking access to file-sharing ap... |
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July 2008 |
President Bush signed a bill into law Thursday that broadens the government's surveillance power. The move came just a day after the Senate passed the legislation, by a 69-to-28 margin, culminating months of political fireworks. The package includes a controversial clause that grants immunity to telecommunications companies that participate in National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The change is the most sweeping since the Foreign Intelligen... |
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July 2008 |
Scientists have developed what they claim is a small scratch on a piece of glass, which could make the internet nearly 100 times faster and give users unlimited, error-free access anywhere in the world.
"This is a critical building block and a fundamental advance on what is already out there. We are talking about networks that are potentially up to 100 times faster without costing the consumer any more.
"The scratched glass we have developed is actually a Photonic Integrated Circuit. This circuit uses... |
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July 2008 |
Price was the number-one reason for UK consumers to switch broadband providers between April and June 2008.
UK-based Simplifydigital, which matches consumer needs with the best deal on the market, said that service reliability, once the most important aspect, had slipped to third place.
Pricing is now closely followed by the desire to bundle TV, broadband and home phone services, also to save money, in what is widely seen a sign of the global credit crunch.
Simplifydigital said that a looming e... |
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July 2008 |
Google Inc. says Bell Canada and other telecommunications companies that slow or restrict certain types of Internet traffic are violating Canadian law and is calling on federal watchdogs to put a stop to the process.
The technology titan calls Bell's policy of slowing or "shaping" certain forms of Internet traffic - mostly peer-to-peer file transfers - "unjust discrimination" and says the practice should be prohibited in Canada. It makes the argument in a recent filing with the Canadian Radio-television ... |
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July 2008 |
The mobile operator 3 has removed the default roaming capability on its mobile broadband services, saying it needs to protect its customers from excessive data-roaming charges.
Customers who want to use data while abroad in other European countries that have 3 networks will have roaming enabled by default, but those roaming elsewhere will have to notify the operator. 3 has brought in its new measures following several recent cases in which data roamers incurred 'bill shock', with some racking up thousand... |
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July 2008 |
O2 has admitted that its online ordering system failed this week - on strength of orders reaching 13,000 per second at points on Monday morning.
In an email to customers, the company sends its apologies to existing iPhone users who tried to take advantage of the company's advance upgrade deal earlier this week. Under the deal, registered iPhone owners were able to contact O2 to place an order for an upgrade, which would be fulfilled on Friday when iPhone 3G ships.
The email carries a host of inter... |
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July 2008 |
Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the exclusive service provider for the Apple iPhone 3G in Canada, has added a lower-priced plan for sending and receiving data over the handset after a wave of criticism over its original pricing options.
Rogers said on Wednesday it would offer a promotional, 6-gigabyte plan for C$30 a month. It will be available to those who activate by Aug. 31 on a three-year contract and can be added to any voice plans currently available.
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