Cable TV giant Comcast Corp. has confirmed that it has received notice from the Federal Communications Commission that the regulatory agency wants to question Comcast about its delaying (or some alleged “blocking”) of some peer-to-peer Internet traffic. Many consumers and advocate groups have called on the FCC to investigate and fine the service provider for […]
Net neutrality, as recently as the summer of 2007, appeared to be on the wane as a topic of concern for the telecom industry. Service providers weren’t taking it seriously, Net neutrality advocates couldn’t provide enough evidence for their concern, and Congress had moved on to different battles.
That all changed with Comcast’s traffic-delaying controversy. The […]
Verizon Communications announced this week a symmetrical 20 mbps upstream/downstream broadband access service, the latest move by broadband service providers to redefine their services into speed tiers. The service is $64.99 with VoIP service, and $109.99 is customers sign up for a FiOS TV package, voice service and the new symmetrical plan.
Amid the controversy generated […]
India’s largest private telco, Airtel, plans to launch an IPTV-ready network later this year in five cities.
The network will run at 8mbps and follows a successful trial of a 1,000 homes. Airtel has chosen Israeli firm Optibase’s IPTV encoding platforms for its planned IPTV service offerings. Optibase has also installed video over IP solutions for […]
