Since January, xFi Advanced Security has blocked almost 6 billion cybersecurity threats to Comcast Xfinity subscribers’ home networks, according to Comcast’s first “Xfinity Cyber Health Report.” The report combines consumer survey results with data collected by the xFi platform. It…
Smartphone shipments are rebounding, according to a new smartphone shipments forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). According to the (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments rebounded in the third quarter and are expected to grow sightly (2.4%) in…
Seventy-seven percent of wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) surveyed by equipment maker Cambium Networks said that they “are optimistic about their capacity to service their business and residential customers.” This compares to 66% who expressed such optimism in the company’s…
New high quality services filling new content niches and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving an increase in the percentage of U.S. homes with two video streaming subscriptions or more, according to Parks Associates. “The Next ‘Big 3’ in OTT” found…
Opensignal’s assessment of 5G performance in five U.S. cities points to great differences in speeds from one carrier to another. Researchers also noted some significant challenges involving 5G upload speeds. The firm looked at downtown areas in Atlanta, Houston, Los…
The nation’s largest cable and wireline carriers all saw big subscriber gains in the third quarter, according to a new broadband subscriber report from the Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG). In the third quarter, carriers representing a vast majority (96%)…
The FCC put out a tellingly worded press release late yesterday about the status of broadband deployment in the U.S. as of the end of 2019. The number of Americans living in areas without access to terrestrial fixed broadband supporting…
Broadband power users, defined as subscribers who use 1 TB per month or more, are growing dramatically, according to the latest OVBI report from OpenVault. Broadband users are also adopting faster speeds, according to OpenVault data. The firm’s third quarter…
The controversial and made-for-media nature of the 2020 presidential election clearly has driven broadband consumption and mobile app usage to new heights, according to broadband usage data from OpenVault and 2020 election mobile news app usage data from Flurry. On…
Research from Global Wireless Solutions, a provider of mobile network benchmarking, analysis and testing, shows that many rural residents are confused about 5G and whether it is available from their carrier or whether their device is capable of using the…
With more business, education and commerce going online, many are pushing for an increase in the download and upload speeds necessary for a provider to legitimately carry the broadband label. A broadband availability report from researchers at BroadbandNow found that…
In five years, more than half of U.S. broadband households – 58 million homes — will not use a service from a multi video programming distributor (MVPD), according to a video cord cutter forecast from The Diffusion Group (TDG). In…
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