TV/Video News & Trends
TV/Video News & Trends
Gigabit Services Gradually Turning Profitable
According to survey interviews conducted by networking firm Adtran, profits are being earned by companies deploying gigabit broadband. Among the survey’s participants, more than half said that their revenue streams are positively enhanced by the gigabit services they...
Li-Fi Could be the Cure for Wi-Fi Congestion
We’ve all experienced it: sitting down in a crowded cafe, switching over to the free Wi-Fi the bodega supplies, and finding it slow to the point of uselessness... if you can connect at all. It would seem, that with 11 channels available at the 2.4 GHz frequency, and...
Google Fiber Placing Bets on Wireless Broadband
Reading between the lines of a new filing Google Fiber recently submitted to the FCC, it seems that the company continues to search for more ways to exploit wireless broadband in the never-ending search for faster connection speeds. Google Fiber’s new applications...
CenturyLink Joins the G.fast Parade
CenturyLink recently announced that it is testing G.fast technology in an unnamed area populated with assorted apartment buildings. The company is trumpeting the test as “one of the earliest” trials of the new technology, which connects buildings to the fiber grid,...
Average US Broadband Exceeds 50 Mbps
The United States reached an important milestone, according to new research by Speedtest. For the first time in history, the average download speed for domestic broadband users surpassed 50 Mbps, hitting a top speed of 54.97 Mbps in June 2016. This figure represents...
Slow Internet Causing Computer Rage in UK
A new report by Fix Britain’s Internet campaign claims that four million people in the UK have experienced anxiety and stress over slow or erratic broadband connections. Some even say that they have lashed out or been awash in tears over the experience. Fix Britain’s...