Broadband News & Trends
Aircraft-Based Wireless Networks
Filed under “Why didn’t we think of this first?”, a new concept is emerging out of the windy California desert. In a nutshell, airplanes would act as “mini-satellites” and create a flying network, capable of blanketing isolated areas with wireless coverage. The...
Cord-cutting Trending in US Pay-TV Market
As the cord-cutting trend continues gain steam, it’s beginning to threaten the viability of the business models of traditional television, telephone, and Internet companies. Among the largest US telcos, AT&T and Windstream, experienced declines in their subscriber...
5G – The Fact, the Fiction, and Everything in Between
Sure, we’ve all heard the over-the-top hype about the new slippery-fast 5G wireless standard. Although it’s not available yet, tests by some large carriers show promise. Now the bad news - the soonest it will likely be available to consumers is sometime in 2020....
Broadband Service Provider News – Centurylink, Mediacom, Verizon
Last week, CenturyLink hinted it is planning to replace its legacy “Prism” IPTV platform with a new, higher bandwidth system next year. Hoping to appeal to the millennial generation, the new platform (“Prism Stream”) features just 17 channels. The company is still...
The Lowdown on Bluetooth 5
There’s a new sheriff in town, and its name is Bluetooth 5. It sports a bevy of new upgrades, including longer range, larger broadcast message capacity, and faster speed. But it doesn’t stop there - it has been designed specifically to play nice with other...
A Third of American’s Lack Choice of Broadband Providers
According to an Internet Access Services Report, only two thirds of Americans have a choice of more than one broadband service provider delivering service of more than 10 Mbps. The study summarized responses from the end of 2015. It also found that in many cases, this...
