by Pivot
Tag: Time Warner Cable
2014’s Gigabit Network Boom: A Recap
The gigabit network trend accelerated substantially in 2014. I took a look back at Telecompetitor’s coverage (see list below) and was astonished how many new players this year entered the market or announced plans to…
Behind Time Warner Cable/ Boingo Seamless Wi-Fi Roaming
Time Warner Cable and Boingo have implemented what they said is the wireless industry’s first Passpoint roaming integration. Customers of either company will be able to seamlessly roam onto the other company’s Wi-Fi hotspots, with some…
Google Fiber Austin Launch: An Anti-Climax?
Homes and businesses in parts of south and southeast Austin, Texas can now sign up for Google Fiber ultra-high-speed broadband service. And according to a Google blog post, “This is just the beginning. We’ll be…
LRG Finds Record-Breaking Pay-TV Subscriber Losses
The largest pay-TV service providers in the U.S. lost some 150,000 video subscribers on a net basis in 3Q 2014 – the most of any previous 3Q, according to new market data from the Leichtman…
Could Time Warner Cable’s Phone 2 Go App Stem Landline Cord Cutting?
Time Warner Cable today launched what could be a service provider’s best shot at stemming ongoing landline phone service erosion. But it’s only an option for services providers who, like TWC, have converted their voice…
Cincinnati Bell Execs Detail Fioptics Expansion Plans
Cincinnati Bell will accelerate its fiber deployment plans and will target deployments based on expected customer lifetime value (CLV), said company executives at Cincinnati Bell Investor Day today. The event also was webcast. The Cincinnati-based…
WBA: Next-Gen Wi-Fi Deployments Gain Momentum
The pace of next-generation Wi-Fi Hotspots (NGH) deployment is accelerating. Twelve commercial NGH deployments from operators in the U.S. Asia, Europe, South America and the Middle East have gone live, according to the Wireless Broadband…
AT&T RFD-TV Deal Aims to Appease Regulators
AT&T today said it has reached an agreement to add rural cable channel RFD-TV to its U-verse Video lineup. The move is not a surprise, considering that as of August, about half of the letters…
Hello GreatLand Connections, Cable’s Newest Competitor, Maybe
To get ahead of regulator’s anti-trust concerns regarding the planned merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable, a framework for a new cable MSO, made up from divested Comcast and Time Warner Cable properties, was…
Gig.U: Lessons Learned from Early Gigabit Deployments
As the gigabit network movement gains momentum, stakeholders have learned a variety of lessons from the nation’s earliest deployments of the ultra-high-speed broadband service, notes Gig.U in a report released today. Gig.U, an organization that…
TWC Maxx is Latest Answer to Rising Gigabit Momentum
It’s been well documented that Google’s initiative to introduce next generation broadband by building out Google Fiber networks in cities around the U.S. appears to be pushing big incumbent ISPs to accelerate their own “super-fast,”…
Time Warner Cable Los Angeles Gigabit Network Plans
Time Warner Cable on Friday issued a press release to tout the gigabit network it proposes to deploy in the city of Los Angeles. The company’s proposal came in the form of a response to…