Altice USA has launched the Altice Gigabit fiber symmetrical internet service over its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network that is available to residential customers in select areas of Long Island. The Gigabit fiber service will be delivered across Altice USA’s FTTH network that has been built and designed with Altice Labs’ optical fiber technology. This will allow […]
Broadband
T-Mobile Eyes In-Home Broadband, Bundled with Wireless TV
T-Mobile has its eye on the in-home broadband market, and if its proposed merger with Sprint is successful, the carrier says it will be able to offer bundled wireless TV and internet service to a greater number of customers via its 5G network. That’s according to an FCC filing last week, first spotted by FierceVideo, […]
California Net Neutrality Bill Clears Key Hurdle
The California Assembly voted Wednesday to enshrine net neutrality in state law, delivering a major victory to advocates looking to require an equal playing field on the internet. In the latest effort by California lawmakers to drive national policy and rebuff President Donald Trump, lawmakers approved one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to revive […]
California Net Neutrality Bill Clears Key Hurdle
The California Assembly voted Wednesday to enshrine net neutrality in state law, delivering a major victory to advocates looking to require an equal playing field on the internet. In the latest effort by California lawmakers to drive national policy and rebuff President Donald Trump, lawmakers approved one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to revive […]
Funding Awarded for Broadband Development in West Virginia
Funding Awarded for Broadband Development in West Virginia
FCC Releases Winning Bidders of $1.48B CAF-II Auction
The FCC on Tuesday revealed names of the winning bidders of its Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF-II) auction, which concluded last week and will dole out $1.488 billion to internet service providers to expand fixed internet coverage in rural areas. The winners span a variety of different service provider types, with satellite providers, electric […]
Rural Utility Operators Choose Adtran, FiberRise to Deliver Gig Services
Four electric cooperatives have chosen Adtran and FiberRise to help deliver gigabit internet service to their rural markets across Tennessee and Alabama. The utility operators include the Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC), Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative (MLEC), North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) and Tombigbee Electric Cooperative. “We launched fiber broadband services as a means […]
Smarter Homes, Greater Expectations
The global smart home market is exploding, reaching $93 billion in 2018 and growing to $155 billion by 2023 (Strategy Analytics). Over a third of homes in the U.S. are now smart homes, spending an average of $1,000 on devices beyond personal computing (Statista). Homes everywhere are adopting connected devices to help warm their rooms, […]
Smarter Homes, Greater Expectations
The global smart home market is exploding, reaching $93 billion in 2018 and growing to $155 billion by 2023 (Strategy Analytics). Over a third of homes in the U.S. are now smart homes, spending an average of $1,000 on devices beyond personal computing (Statista). Homes everywhere are adopting connected devices to help warm their rooms, […]