CableLabs today announced six winners of The 10G Challenge, a competition meant to inspire innovators to leverage emerging 10G broadband networks. An industry consortium of NCTA, CableLabs, and Cable Europe has established a 10G brand, calling it the next leap…
Frontier CEO Nick Jeffery provided an update to investors today at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference, and it’s quite clear, Jeffery is a fiber fan. He might be the fiber industry’s biggest cheerleader and he doesn’t seem too…
Comcast announced a new multi-gigabit broadband strategy today, with faster download and upload speeds launching in several markets, with accompanying gigabit-capable Wi-Fi service. Comcast calls this the nation’s largest multi-gigabit network expansion, with 50 million homes being targeted by the…
Cable broadband MSO Astound said today that it has upgraded its entire broadband footprint to support speeds of 1.2 Gbps downstream and 50 Mbps upstream. In addition, the company unveiled the Astound TV+ app, which enables video subscribers to stream…
Comcast reported quarterly results today and revealed a first since the communications conglomerate began offering internet service decades ago. No broadband growth in the previous quarter. It’s a true sign of the times, as fiber and fixed wireless providers are…
The North Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Office yesterday awarded $23.4 million in Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants to expand broadband infrastructure in 12 counties, which will boost service for nearly 7,000 households and 374 businesses. With the…
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced preliminary approval for close to $21 million in funding for six broadband infrastructure projects in the state. Comcast was the largest winner of this latest West Virginia broadband funding. The $21 million in grants…
WOW! said today that it has made 1.2 Gbps service available in all the markets that it serves. The upstream speed is a considerably slower 50 Mbps, however. Telecompetitor asked WOW! what network upgrades it had made to support the…
Regional cable MSO Breezeline, formerly Atlantic Broadband, has entered into two public-private partnerships in Maryland. The larger of the two partnerships will extend broadband to 524 homes and businesses in Cecil, St. Mary’s and Queen Anne’s counties. Breezeline is contributing…
Rural areas are known – and valued – for their slower pace of life. Yet those who live in low-density population areas have no less need than their urban and suburban counterparts for high-speed data and internet. Rural broadband has…
Regional cable MSO Midco is adding yet another project to its Fiber Forward initiative, an investment that uses the company’s fiber network to bring 10 Gpbs speeds to Lawrence, Kansas and its surrounding communities. Earlier this year, the company provided…
Charter Communications updated investors today during its 1Q22 earnings call and offered some insight on the impact of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program on the operator. Charter was the largest RDOF auction winner, measured by number of locations….
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