The Broadband Forum is hoping a new specification will help service providers more easily deploy broadband to homes and businesses. At its quarterly meeting in Porto, Portugal, the Forum agreed on a new specification that it says gives service providers the opportunity to architect a fiber-rich future offering faster broadband speeds via copper enhancing G.fast […]
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AT&T accepts nearly $3B in rural broadband subsidies
AT&T will accept nearly $3 billion in Phase II Connect America Funds (CAF), at a rate of $428 million per year over the next six years. In exchange, the operator pledges to bring 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload broadband Internet service to 1.1 million new homes and businesses in its rural service areas. […]
BT, Huawei partner to put G.fast broadband in a UK sewer
BT and Huawei are partnering on what they’re calling the “first large-scale customer trial” of G.fast in the United Kingdom. The trial—taking place in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire—will use BT’s existing FTTC infrastructure and hopefully boost broadband speeds in homes by placing Huawei’s multi-port G.fast equipment in a nearby manhole. In addition to the waterproof equipment necessary […]
