The adoption of Kubernetes-enabled infrastructures and applications has revealed the challenge involved in enabling persistent, reliable data storage in an ephemeral compute…
Read MoreAt the FCC broadband workshop held this morning, researchers argued for a new Internet architecture built upon infrastructure currently used in large…
Read MoreWith venture capitalists still leery about telecommunications investments after the fallout from the dot-com crash, telcos should beef up their R&D if…
Read More[qi:101] The government agencies responsible for dispensing $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus money said today that 2,200 entities have applied for the…
Read More[qi:_newteevee] It seems the British government is going loony for anti-piracy rhetoric from the likes of U2 and David Geffen. Legislation proposed…
Read MoreDelaware, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts have some of the fastest Internet access speeds in the country, according to a new survey by…
Read MoreAmazon.com (s amzn) is pushing small, inexpensive digital camcorders like the Flip and Kodak’s new Zi8, naming them “shoot-and-share” and introducing a…
Read MoreThe Federal Communication Commission yesterday afternoon released a notice of its open meeting to be held next Thursday. The two most significant…
Read MoreMy daughter broke her leg on Saturday, and despite my worry for her, I spent a considerable amount of time at the…
Read MoreToday is the due date for municipalities and companies to apply via mail for a piece of the $4 billion being released…
Read More[qi:101] Folks applying online for some of the $4 billion in broadband stimulus funds available in the first round of grants have…
Read More[qi:gigaom_icon_routers] Verizon (s VZ) said today that it’s inked a partnership with Wi-Fi hotspot service provider Boingo Wireless that will allow its…
Read MoreGroups representing municipal broadband advisers and consumer-oriented nonprofits have written a letter protesting the way the first tranche of $4 billion in…
Read MoreiControl Networks, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup working on broadband-based home security solutions, said today that it’s raised $23 million in third-round…
Read MoreWireless broadband is growing like wildfire. Current estimates are that by the end of the year there could be over 250 million…
Read MoreIn the U.S., which has a population of 304 million, there are about 270 million cell phone subscriptions. With a market this…
Read MoreEight-two percent of home buyers who have had broadband service over fiber all the way to the house rank it as the…
Read More[qi:032] The other night I watched “Corpse Bride.” The Tim Burton flick was streamed from Netflix via my Time Warner broadband subscription,…
Read MoreTwo-thirds of U.S. homes subscribe to broadband today, up from one-fifth five years ago, according to data released today by the Leichtman…
Read MoreThree years ago, the wireline revenues of U.S. phone companies were forecast to decline about 3.3 percent annually through 2009. Talk about…
Read More[qi:046] We don’t quite need the U.S. Census to tell us that most (but not all) people love the Internet. Breakneck growth…
Read More[qi:_earth2tech] Back when municipal Wi-Fi was all the rage, EarthLink still had its shirt and Kelly Clarkson was leading the charts. Companies…
Read MoreMany retail broadband consumers are oblivious to the cost of bandwidth. For the majority of those here in the U.S., the monthly…
Read MoreOver the last few weeks, we have started to see cable companies offering broadband connections with speeds ranging from 50 Mbps to…
Read MoreAs if I didn’t have enough USB sticks sitting around doing nothing (512KB flash drives, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless dongles, etc.). Now…
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