Ever wished your home had been built with WiFi access in mind to avoid dead zones and other types of poor functionality? Plenty of people probably have, and recent news indicates it’s something a growing number of homebuilders want to tackle. The WiFi Alliance announced a certification program this week that it says brings professionally […]
Altice Rolls Out Premium Support Service Options for a Variety of Devices
The ever-multiplying number of devices in subscribers’ homes that are connected to a broadband network means an ever-expanding challenge for service providers around customer service. No matter the complexity or number of gadgets vying for attention on the network, consumers just want everything to work smoothly, and they often contact their service provider first when […]
Cox Offers Panoramic WiFi to All Its Internet Customers
As subscribers continue to attach a plethora of devices to their home networks and expect their access to broadband be pristine, the idea of WiFi dead zones in the home becomes far less acceptable seemingly every day. Operators including Comcast, Midco, Cox, and others have been taking aim at the issue with plans to roll […]
More Areas in South Dakota Get a Gigabit from Midco
Midco announced this week its 1 Gbps service is now available to more than 50 percent of its customers as it completed additional rollouts in South Dakota in Huron and Yankton and seven surrounding communities. Midco Xstream Gig is on offer to both residential and business customers. The operator previously provided direct fiber services of […]
Do Cord Cutters Have Less of an Overall Appetite for TV?
Cord cutters have proven a favorite subject of analysis for throngs of reports over the last few years. What are the demographics? Is cost the only motivating factor for dropping traditional pay TV services? What do pay TV operators need to do in order to maintain, or even add, subscribers? If you’re involved in the […]
Report Confirms an Ever-Burgeoning Consumer Shift to Digital Content
According to the just-released “State of Digital Downloads” report by Limelight Networks, only 14 percent of consumers surveyed in various parts of the world say they still prefer to rent or purchase DVDs of movies and TV shows, and only 25 percent of respondents favor hard copies of books or traditional print media. For broadband […]
USDA Awards Loans in Four States Aimed at Expanding Rural Broadband Infrastructure
One of Donald Trump’s promises during the campaign season last year was he would focus on some of the country’s crumbling infrastructure and beef it up where it may be lacking altogether. Once he was elected it didn’t take long for lawmakers to seize on that promise and propose projects, including many around rural broadband. […]
Netflix Unveils Internet Service Provider Speed Index for May
Netflix’s ISP Speed Index for May didn’t show any month-to-month movement among U.S. operators on the leaderboard. The index is a measure of primetime Netflix performance on a particular ISP and not a measure of overall performance for other services/data that may travel across the specific ISP network, the streaming service points out. Faster Netflix […]
Netflix Unveils Internet Service Provider Speed Index for May
Netflix’s ISP Speed Index for May didn’t show any month-to-month movement among U.S. operators on the leaderboard. The index is a measure of primetime Netflix performance on a particular ISP and not a measure of overall performance for other services/data that may travel across the specific ISP network, the streaming service points out. Faster Netflix […]
Research Says Global Pay TV Subscribers Hit 969 Million in 2016
Digital TV Research released data on Monday estimating worldwide pay TV operators added 254 million subscribers between 2010 and 2016 to take the global total to 969 million. The research firm’s “Global Pay TV Subscriber Databook” reports digital cable TV created the most additions with 256 million between 2010 and 2016, but analog cable TV […]