Calix is holding its first ever Media and Analyst event this week in San Francisco and CEO Carl Russo, in his opening remarks, offered some advice to telcos who find themselves losing ground in broadband to cable and other competitors….
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PCMag: U.S. Internet Speed Gains Stall, Hotwire Dethrones Xfinity in ISP Rankings
Internet speeds across the U.S. were essentially stagnant, according to PC Magazine’s latest nationwide ISP rankings. This despite the nation’s telco ISPs expanding gigabit Internet, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployments and cable ISPs expanding deployment of new generation DOCSIS…
Comcast Gigabit Expansion Includes Five States
A Comcast gigabit expansion announced yesterday will bring the service to markets in five states. Gigabit broadband will reach residential customers across Colorado, as well as the company’s Oregon-Southwest Washington and suburban Kansas City, Missouri and Olathe, Kansas service territories….
Comcast SD-WAN Beta Marks Move into Fast Growing SD-WAN Market
An announced Comcast SD-WAN beta trial signals a continuing move into business and enterprise services by the largest U.S. cable MSO. Comcast claims to be the first major cable company to introduce a carrier-grade SD-WAN solution, which will target both…
Next Stop for Copper Broadband? Terabit DSL Promises 10-100 Gbps Speeds over Copper Wiring
Innovative ‘waveguide’ technology developed by broadband vendor ASSIA holds out prospects of multi-gigabit network data transport using existing telco twisted pair copper wiring. Using waveguide modes of existing copper network infrastructure enables data to be transported at 100 Gbps over…
Grande Communications Gigabit Rolled Out in Four Texas Markets
Grande Communications gigabit is now available to homes and businesses in four Texas cities — Austin, Dallas, Midland, Odessa and San Marcos — for prices starting at $69.99 per month, management announced yesterday. Subscription to Grande’s gigabit home and business…
Comcast DOCSIS 3.1 Gigabit Rollout to Cover Utah
The Comcast DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit rollout continues with the news that Comcast is leveraging its investment in DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver residential broadband service as fast as 1 Gbps throughout the state of Utah over its existing network infrastructure….
Comcast Rolls Out DOCSIS 3.1 Gigabit Business Internet
Comcast has begun offering DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit business internet. The offering will be available to business customers in Comcast’s Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit and Nashville service territories, the company said. Comcast DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit business internet services include “Business Internet 1…
Mediacom Gigabit Footprint Now Includes All Iowa Territories
Nearly one million households in Iowa are now a part of the Mediacom gigabit footprint, the company announced today. Mediacom’s gigabit footprint expansion, code named Gigasphere, also touches portions of western Illinois. “Since 1999, Mediacom has invested $3 billion of…
Mediacom Eyes 100% DOCSIS 3.1 Gigabit Network Coverage By Year-end
Mediacom will be the first major U.S. cable company with a 100% DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit network footprint, management announced in a press release. The cable MSO plans to complete its wholesale migration to the cable industry standard DOCSIS 3.1 Gigasphere…
Breaking with DOCSIS 3.1 Cablecos, Altice FTTH Plans Include Path to 10 Gbps
While some of the largest U.S. cable companies are looking primarily to DOCSIS 3.1 to support gigabit broadband deployments, Altice USA has opted instead to deploy fiber-to-the-home, which it says will support speeds up to 10 Gbps. A five-year Altice…
Financial Analyst: Cable Will be the Incumbent Phone Company in 2017
The local cable company could be the incumbent phone company beginning in 2017, according to financial analysts at Pivotal Research Group. The analysts are generally bullish about the cable industry and bearish about the telecom industry which, according to the…
