There has been some tension in the marketplace regarding broadband and voice service, particularly in rural markets. It stems from growing consumer demand for standalone broadband – that is subscribing to broadband without the requirement for an accompanying voice line (sometimes referred to as naked...Learn More

Frontier has a new marketing campaign, centered around a “6 feet tall, 8 feet long and 2,000 pound” Buffalo named Frank. The tier 2 telco with extensive rural markets says the campaign will begin immediately and will include broadcast, print, digital and social media, billboards,...Learn More

Aiming to facilitate the ability of broadband network operators to leverage existing infrastructure and keep up with burgeoning network traffic, the Broadband Forum just released BroadbandSuite 6.1, a tool suite “that gives service providers the tools required to provide the speed and stability needed to...Learn More

Broadband momentum continues around the world, according to a new report from the Broadband Forum, which pegs the total global broadband population at over 640 million at the end of 2012. FTTX and hybrid VDSL/FTTN deployments are the fastest growing at 27.5% annual growth last...Learn More

Comcast is turning up the heat on their broadband competitors by upping broadband speeds in several markets today. They are doubling speed for a couple of their packages and increasing speeds by about 60% for one, all at no additional charge for customers. Comcast may...Learn More

Frontier introduced a new broadband promotion that offers a no contract $19.99 broadband service, with a three year price lock, provided customers also subscribe to Frontier phone service. The promotion basically knocks $10 off of Frontier’s entry level broadband product for agreeing to a phone...Learn More

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, announced today that Glandorf Telephone Company will be using ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 broadband platform to enable high-speed broadband and video service to households in Northwest Ohio. Glandorf is utilizing the flexibility of...Learn More

Execs at Windstream, Megapath and another 40 or so Internet service providers may be hitting the punching bag a lot harder now that they’ve all been accused of patent violations over arcane capabilities built into DSL equipment supplied to them by the likes of Alcatel-Lucent,...Learn More

With the launch of new satellite technology from ViaSat and Hughes Network Systems, satellite broadband is gaining more respectability and momentum. New packages from Exede (ViaSat’s brand) and HughesNet Gen4 now offer faster speeds (up to 12 Mbps on a good day) and comparatively lower...Learn More

The TelcoTV conference in Las Vegas this week is offering service providers a wide range of ideas about how to make money in the video service arena. A keynote by Robert Mudge, president of consumer and mass business at Verizon was particularly useful, as was...Learn More

As the rural telecom industry waits to find out how AT&T plans to revamp its rural market strategy, financial firm FitchRatings this week issued a report saying it believes AT&T’s plan will be to invest in its rural business. “There are signs that AT&T is...Learn More

J.D. Power and Associates dealt a blow to DSL technology this week, releasing new research showing that consumers using DSL for Internet connectivity face reliability issues and worse-than-expected network speed. The findings came to light in this year’s J.D. Power and Associates U.S. Residential Internet...Learn More