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FCC Provides Broadband Speed Test Data
3/18/10 at 8:50 AM by Bernie Arnason
As a part of the national broadband plan process, the FCC recently launched some broadband test tools, including a broadband speed test. “The purpose of the Consumer Broadband Test (Beta) is ...
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Hollywood and Cable Industry Partner to Promote Movies on Demand
3/17/10 at 2:06 PM by Andrew Burger
Major Hollywood studios and select cable companies have joined in a $30-million Movies on Demand® promotional campaign dubbed, "The Video Store Just Moved In." Partnering with cable co's Armstrong, Bend Broadband, Bright House Networks, iO TV, ...
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Genachowski Discusses Broadband Plan in YouTube Interview
3/17/10 at 9:37 AM by Bernie Arnason
The widely anticipated National Broadband Plan, authored by the FCC, was introduced yesterday. It offers a series of policy goals to achieve universal broadband availability in the U.S. by 2020. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski agreed to be ...
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Cable Industry’s Newest Target – CLECs
3/17/10 at 8:36 AM by Bernie Arnason
The FCC approved Comcast’s acquisition of CIMCO, a Chicago based CLEC, paving the way for Comcast to continue its march towards significantly growing its SMB and Enterprise telecom market share. Comcast is also in the process of ...
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FCC’s National Broadband Plan Released Today
3/16/10 at 10:08 AM by Joan Engebretson
The National Broadband Plan, to be released today, focuses on four ways government can help ensure that every American has access to broadband. These include, 1) designing policies to ensure competition; 2) ensuring efficient management of assets such as spectrum and rights of ...
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CHR Solutions to Acquire Western Data Pro
3/15/10 at 1:46 PM by Andrew Burger
CHR Solutions, a Houston, Tx based business consulting firm with deep roots in the independent telco space, announced the acquisition of Western Data Pro, an Oregon based billing and OSS provider to small telcos. CHR is currently executing an acquisition ...
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FCC Broadband Plan: USF to Fund 4 Mbps Broadband
3/15/10 at 10:21 AM by Bernie Arnason
The details of the FCC’s national broadband plan are trickling out. The actual plan will be unveiled tomorrow at an FCC open meeting and delivered to Congress on March 17th. The creation of the plan was mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ...
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Top Cable and Telcos Add 4.1 Million Broadband Subscribers in 2009
3/12/10 at 4:10 PM by Andrew Burger
Having added a net 4.1 million new subscribers in 2009, the country's largest cable and telephone companies ended the year with nearly 71.8 million high-speed Internet subscribers, about 93% of the U.S. market, according to a Leichtman Research Group ...
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Retransmission Fights Reaching a Boiling Point?
3/12/10 at 11:36 AM by Andrew Burger
The recent Disney/ABC-Cablevision flap over retransmission of WABC in the New York area – which almost led to the Oscar’s broadcast being blacked out to 3 million Cablevision subscribers - has prompted a coalition of sorts among cable/DBS/telco providers, including the ...
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