AT&T G.fast service, announced today for multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in 22 metro areas, will provide broadband service over a combination of fiber and coax cable at speeds up to 500 Mbps, said an AT&T spokesperson…
Speaking at ADTRAN’s Broadband Solutions Summit this morning in Huntsville, Alabama, Verizon’s Director of Network Planning Vincent O’Byrne outlined a Verizon next generation broadband strategy. That strategy is heavily focused on NG-PON2. It apparently will…
Regional broadband provider i3 Broadband has selected Huawei for broadband access gear to serve MDUs and FTTP in their central Illinois market. I3 will use Huawei gear for a growing MDU broadband focus to deliver…
A new report from Next Century Cities offers a range of broadband policy ideas aimed at spurring investment and adoption. The organization, which now has 166 member communities, was formed several years ago with the…
AT&T Fiber locations now reach 44 markets across the U.S., with the announcement of four new metro areas coming online with the gigabit capable FTTP service. AT&T eventually plans to reach 67 markets/metro areas nationwide,…
A Windstream G.fast deployment in Lincoln, Nebraska will bring gigabit speeds to existing copper infrastructure within multiple dwelling units (MDUs). Lincoln is Windstream’s first market for the copper based G.fast technology, which is of great…
Fiber broadband connectivity increases the market value of rentals in multiple-dwelling-units (MDUs) by 8 percent, according to the results of a new Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council Americas study about FTTH and apartment rentals.…
PETALUMA, CA–(Marketwired – April 19, 2016) – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in enabling service providers to deliver a gigabit experience to their subscribers, today announced the industry’s premier solution for delivering an…
The FCC has banned exclusive agreements with apartment building property owners and telecom carriers. These agreements have been common and basically allow a carrier to become the exclusive provider for telecom services in places like…
The FCC ended exclusive contracts between video operators and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) properties today. These exclusivity agreements allowed video operators to be the sole choice for multichannel video service within MDUs, effectively denying any competiton.…