Category: Broadband
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OTT movies equal VOD with more gardens to pick from
Sometimes I think about keeping thoughts to myself as they often conflict with what people want to hear or contradict what they believe and then I feel bad and then it happens and then the cycle repeats So here we are at the refresh of another cycle. I’m about to feel bad. Over-the-top progressed faster…
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Social Stories of Folly and Frustration
Facebook Follies Just how valuable are those fleeting Facebooks posts so many businesses use to promote their product or message? The messages quickly disappear into a blog scroll longer than the Mississippi – with locks and dam obstacles to discourage anyone from ever trying to find significant information- so they tend to be more like…
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Hard Questions for ISPs
It isn’t often that a former boss and mentor’s son makes the news. My first professional awareness of André Vrignaud was last September when I read an announcement that he had moved from one Seattle internet giant to another Seattle internet giant. So, it was a bit surprising to see him making headlines for a…
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Captions – By Law or By Court Ruling?
Could a lawsuit in California trigger increased regulation of Internet-delivered video or is this just a pointer as to where things are going with online video? The San Jose Mercury News reported in its 6/15 edition that a Berkeley, CA-based non-profit, Disability Rights Advocates, is suing Time-Warner for failing to caption the streaming video from…
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TIA’s 2011 Market Review & Forecast Predicts Solid ICT Spending Growth with U.S. Lagging
Introduction According to TIA’s 2011 ICT Market Review & Forecast, “The telecommunications industry in 2010 began to recover from the global recession that led to a decline in spending in 2009. Spending in 2010 rose 4.7 percent, more than reversing the 3.3 percent decrease in 2009. The United States was affected more than other regions…
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Increased Video traffic necessitates AT&T to cap DSL Internet + U-Verse
According to Engadget.com, AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on DSL customers and a 250GB cap on subscribers to U-Verse high speed Internet access starting on May 2, 201. AT&T will charge overage fees of $10 for every additional 50GB of data, with two grace periods to start out — in other words, the…