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ClearAccess Takes TR-069 to Cable Modems
8/13/10 at 9:55 AM by Andrew Burger
TR-069 is a standard developed by the Broadband Forum that allows the remote management and configuration of a broadband modem. It was once the domain of DSL modems. But developments like the recent one from Clear Access now extend the capability to cable ...
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Mediacom Begins Broadband Speed Upgrades
8/31/09 at 10:28 AM by Bernie Arnason
Mediacom, the Middletown, New York based cable MSO, reported earlier this month that they would be raising the speeds of the cable modem broadband tiers. They’re keeping their promise.
The Des Moines Register is reporting starting Tuesday September 1st, ...
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Cable Launches 101 Mbps Broadband
4/28/09 at 7:50 AM by Telecompetitor  New York based cable MSO Cablevision will launch a DOCSIS 3.0 powered broadband tier of 101 Mbps to become the fastest broadband offering in North America (for now at least). The service is scheduled to launch in early May to Cablevision’s entire metro New York footprint and will be priced at $99/month. The service will offer a 15 Mbps in upload bandwidth.
The move is a direct shot across the ...
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Shaw Expands 100 Mbps Broadband
2/19/09 at 9:08 PM by Telecompetitor
CALGARY, AB (February 17, 2009) – As the Canadian economy continues to slow down, Shaw Communications is forging ahead, ramping up its internet speeds and hiring several hundred additional employees. “While many companies are announcing layoffs and cutbacks, we continue to listen to our customers by enhancing their experience and providing more value,” said Peter Bissonnette, President, Shaw Communications Inc. ...
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100 Mbps Broadband Has Arrived in North America
2/4/09 at 4:25 PM by Telecompetitor  Shaw Communications, a Canadian MSO, has launched ‘High-Speed Nitro,’ a 100 Mbps broadband service. The service was launched in their Saskatoon market, and is priced at a whopping $269/month ($249 when bundled). The DOCSIS 3.0 service offers a 5 Mbps upload speed and comes with a 200 GB monthly bandwidth cap. CED has more details. The launch begs two questions: 1) Who needs ...
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Windstream Takes Aim at Cable with SMB Ethernet Portfolio
1/29/09 at 5:29 PM by Telecompetitor  Windstream announced the launch of Ethernet services for the SMB market. Windstream made no bones about their competitive positioning. “Unlike cable modems, Ethernet Internet Access delivers equal downstream and upstream speeds to make transferring large data files and e-mail attachments quick and efficient,” says Windstream in a company statement. Windstream will offer Ethernet packages ranging from 3 to 10 Mbps and hopes to bundle other business ...
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Charter to Debut ‘Ultra60′ 60 Mbps Broadband Service
1/29/09 at 8:28 AM by Telecompetitor  Charter, the nation’s fourth largest MSO, will debut a 60 Mbps broadband service, Ultra60, in their St. Louis market using DOCSIS 3.0. The upstream pipe will be 5 Mbps. “Not only are we delivering the fastest speed today, but our infrastructure has the capacity to support even higher speeds as demand and usage grow,” said Ted Schremp, Charter’s Chief Marketing Officer in a ...
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Need More Speed? Combine DSL and Cable into One Pipe
1/9/09 at 2:23 PM by Telecompetitor  One of the difficult jobs of being at CES is trying to fight through all of the ‘noise’ that’s generated here, and find interesting developments. Sharedband is one I consider interesting. Sharedband is enabling their own form of ‘co-opetiton,’ by allowing users to combine a DSL and cable modem subscription into one super fast broadband connection. Sharedband sends its customers two routers – one for DSL ...
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P&F: Cable Will Dominate New Broadband Adds
1/6/09 at 1:35 PM by Telecompetitor  New market research from Pike and Fisher predicts that cable companies will dominate new broadband adds by capturing 75% of the total market. P&F suggests that that despite FiOS and U-Verse progress, the majority of telco broadband footprints are still served by DSL, which “consumers are increasingly spurning because its speeds are slower than cable.” P&F also predicts that overall broadband growth will ...
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Qwest Continues DSL Price Drop
12/23/08 at 10:30 AM by Telecompetitor  Over the past couple weeks, Qwest has dropped pricing for practically all of their DSL tiers. We all know that DSL has had a terrible year for net new adds, at least from the big three “bells.” Cable cleaned their clock in 2008. Lowering prices, even promotional ones, appears to be Qwest’s (and other bell’s) strategy of choice to stop the bleeding. Their most basic tier of 1.5 Mbps ...
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