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Jio Fiber Adds Most Wired Broadband Subscribers in September TRAI Data Shows

December 5, 2020

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) latest report shows top five wired and wireless broadband service providers. BSNL led the wired segment while Jio led the wireless segment.

Benton Study Again Shows How Open Access Broadband Networks Can Drive Competition Improve Service

December 4, 2020

In 2009, the FCC funded a Harvard study that concluded (pdf) that open access broadband networks (letting multiple ISPs come in and compete over a central, core network) resulted in lower broadband prices and better service in numerous locations worldwide. Of course when the FCC released its “National Broadband Plan” back in 2010, this realization (not to mention an honest accounting of the sector

US Broadband Speeds Jumped 90% in 2020 But No It Had Nothing To Do With Killing Net Neutrality

November 28, 2020

Last last week, a report out of the UK topped the trending news items at Hacker News. The report found that U.S. broadband speeds – historically the poster child for mediocrity – jumped roughly 90% during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The improvements weren’t consistent geographically, and the report was quick to note that by and large, the U.S. remains relatively mediocre when it comes to broadband s

GOP Telecom Maneuver To Cripple The Biden FCC

November 23, 2020

We’ve noted at length how the GOP is rushing this week to appoint Trump ally Nathan Simington to the FCC. Simington, you’ll recall, wrote Trump’s ridiculous executive order targeting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the essential law that protects freedom of expression and innovation on the internet. The bumbling attack is necessary, you’re told, to “fix” the social media “censorship

2020 - the year that Dreamforce came to you and Benioff made the best of it

November 22, 2020

2020 - the year that Dreamforce came to you and Benioff made the best of it Stuart Lauchlan Wed, 12/02/2020 - 16:16 Summary: Not the Dreamforce he wanted, but the Dreamforce we all got - Marc Benioff hosts a virtual version of Salesforce’s biggest customer event of the year.

With Simington Vote The GOP And Big Telecom Maneuver To Cripple The Biden FCC

November 22, 2020

High-speed internet lines to surge in Europe as virus boosts demand: study

November 21, 2020

MILAN (Reuters) - The number of high speed fibre optic broadband lines in Europe is expected to more than double over the next six years from last year’s levels as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates The post High-speed internet lines to surge in Europe as virus boosts demand: study first appeared on One America News Network.

Perpetually Missing from Tech Policy: ISPs And The IoT

November 14, 2020

U.S legislators have drawn a bizarre line in the sand when exploring the invasive nature of technology companies and personal rights to privacy. In Washington, D.C. there are regular hearings about the potential harms that big tech companies can cause because they have so much access to so much information. Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon testified before Congressional Subcommittees about th

Comcast Increases Prices And Bogus Fees In The Middle Of A Pandemic

November 11, 2020

Last week, we noted how Comcast had expanded its bullshit broadband usage caps during a pandemic, insisting that the confusing, technically-unnecessary restrictions were being deployed in an alleged act of fairness. Of course as we noted, there’s nothing “fair” about costly, punitive surcharges that serve absolutely no technical purpose, and exist exclusively so a monopoly can extract additional r

Verizon NYC Settle Lawsuit Over Verizons Empty Fiber Promises

November 9, 2020

Like ATT, Frontier, and other U.S. telcos, Verizon has a long, rich history of taking tax breaks, regulatory favors, and taxpayer subsidies in exchange for networks it only half deploys. That was the case in the 90s when Verizon took a several billion tax breaks from the state of Pennsylvania in exchange for networks it never deployed. It was also the case in New York City, where Verizon was sued

A Look at the Big Guys - Putting the Telecom Sector Into Perspective

November 4, 2020

You can’t put the telecom sector into perspective without looking at the performance of the biggest players in the industry. The pandemic has been an interesting year for both big ISPs and telecom vendors. Smaller ISPs should care about big ISP performance for many reasons. For many smaller companies, the big companies are the competition, and the big providers' strength or weakness can foretell s

Hybrid 5G/satellite testing facility to open in Oxfordshire next year

October 31, 2020

The engineering hub, which is due for completion in 2021, will provide a base for UK researchers and businesses to experiment, and will allow teams to test the benefits of hybrid 5G and satellite communications networks. The hope is that once the technology is demonstrated, the techniques can be rolled out to other businesses across the UK. The centre is being backed by a European Space Agency con

More Subsidies Alone Wont Fix What Ails US Broadband

October 30, 2020

For decades, U.S. taxpayers have thrown countless subsidies, tax breaks, and other perks at entrenched broadband monopolies, hoping that this time we’d finally put that pesky “digital divide” to bed. And while there certainly are countless communities that have been helped by taxpayer-funded projects, there are just as many examples where this money was effectively wasted by unaccountable telecom

Ajit Pai Easily The Most Controversial FCC Boss In History Will Step Down January 20

October 25, 2020

While many GOP members continue to happily undermine democracy by fueling Trump’s baseless electoral fraud claims, FCC boss Ajit Pai won’t be coming along for the ride. In a statement, Pai confirmed that, as is custom, he’ll be stepping down as agency head on January 20 as the Biden administration takes over. Historically, the party that controls the White House controls both a 3-2 commissioner ma

Sky Black Friday deals: Half-price deals ending at midnight on Cyber Monday

October 25, 2020

Sherwin Coelho 3 days 7 hours ago Cyber Monday is here, and Sky is doing what Sky always does this time of year: running amazing deals. The telecoms giant is in the midst of an enticing Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals event that spans its entire portfolio, including Sky TV, Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile – but it’s ending at midnight tonight. Apart from 50% off t

HURRY: These Black Friday Sky deals end tomorrow

October 23, 2020

Sherwin Coelho 9 hours 24 min ago The Black Friday weekend is here, and Sky is doing what Sky always does this time of year: running amazing Black Friday deals. The telecoms giant is in the midst of an enticing Black Friday deals event that spans its entire portfolio, including Sky TV, Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile. Apart from 50% off the best Sky TV packages and hu

These are the best Black Friday phone deals of the week

October 23, 2020

Alan Martin 9 hours 48 min ago It’s the Black Friday weekend, and phone deals are in full swing. Case in point: here’s Mobile Phones Direct with a series of appealing phone contracts. We’ve crunched the numbers, and all the deals below cut the mustard. That is to say that all of them beat the price of the SIM-free handset with a SIM-only contract of similar minutes

Airtel BSNL JioFiber broadband plans offer up to 300 Mbps speed at Rs 1499 which is better?

October 21, 2020

Airtel, BSNL, Jio offer speeds up to 300 Mbps. Airtel and JioFiber give unlimited data benefits. The three telcos offer varying streaming benefits.

Airtel BSNL JioFiber broadband plans offer up to 300 Mbps speed at Rs 1499 which is better?

October 21, 2020

Airtel, BSNL, JioFiber broadband plans offer up to 300 Mbps speed at Rs 1499, which is better?

The best cheap SIM only deals are STILL ON after Black Friday

October 21, 2020

Alan Martin 1 day 7 hours ago If you’ve got a nagging feeling that you’re overpaying on your monthly phone bill, then Lebara’s Black Friday SIM only deals are worth a look. Lebara is an MVNO – or ‘mobile virtual network operator’. That means it piggybacks off another provider’s network, in this case Vodafone. In short, it gets the same connectivity as a contract as

UK commits 250 million to diversify 5G equipment sources

October 21, 2020

New investment will include spending on 5G diversification, local fibre networks and Shared Rural Network 4G initiative, government says The UK government will spend 250 million over next few years to diversify its 5G equipment supply chain and to help carriers remove Huawei 5G equipment from their mobile networks. Around 50 million of the sum will be made available next year to help

Black Friday Sky deals: HALF PRICE Sky TV broadband and mobile

October 19, 2020

Sherwin Coelho 1 day 2 hours ago Black Friday is here, and Sky is doing what Sky always does this time of year: running amazing Black Friday deals. The telecoms giant is in the midst of an enticing Black Friday deals event that spans its entire portfolio, including Sky TV, Sky Broadband and Sky Mobile. Apart from 50% off the best Sky TV packages and huge savings on