http://www.circleid.com/ Latest Broadband related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-08-29T10:37:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88272_aircell_vs_voip/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88272_aircell_vs_voip/ More...]]> 2008-08-27T14:30:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandvoipwireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/more_airlines_aircells_wi_fi_service/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/more_airlines_aircells_wi_fi_service/ More...]]> 2008-08-26T16:31:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandwireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/88268_google_expanding_undersea_cable_system/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88268_google_expanding_undersea_cable_system/ Unity trans-Pacific submarine cable project, research company, TeleGeography reports today that "Google is working with a consortium of carriers planning to build an intra-Asian submarine cable system. The new cable, dubbed the Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC), would link Unity's landing station in Japan to Guam, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore." Report further indicates that the work is still in the planning phase. 'Given the current flurry of undersea cables under construction, the SJC cable will probably not be ready for service until 2011 at the earliest,' said TeleGeography analyst Alan Mauldin. More...]]> 2008-08-26T08:20:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadband http://www.circleid.com/posts/broadband_competition_as_good_as_it_gets/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/broadband_competition_as_good_as_it_gets/ White spaces could be in rural areas, and a little bit in broadband, but I don't think so. Other things that people are looking to be disruptive I don't think will happen." More...]]> 2008-08-22T09:09:01-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandwireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/airline_mobile_broadband_service/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/airline_mobile_broadband_service/ launched yesterday on flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami, and Delta will also rollout Gogo across its domestic flights within about a year. Airlines are starting to offer Internet access, but are falling into one of two camps: airplane antennas that beam down to cell towers, or beam up to satellites. Several airlines are lining up behind service provider Aircell, which has built its own cellular network, erecting towers across the United States, following the win of a coveted FCC frequency license in 2006. More...]]> 2008-08-21T16:26:00-08:00 internetbroadbandmobilewireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/88213_p4p_solving_bandwidth_challenges/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88213_p4p_solving_bandwidth_challenges/ More...]]> 2008-08-21T15:09:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandp2p http://www.circleid.com/posts/fcc_broadband_across_usa/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/fcc_broadband_across_usa/ More...]]> 2008-08-20T14:57:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandpolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/88202_comcast_fcc_throttling_order/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88202_comcast_fcc_throttling_order/ August 1st ruling against Comcast, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a 67 page order released today has given Comcast 30 days "to disclose the details of their unreasonable network management practices, submit a compliance plan describing how it intends to stop these unreasonable management practices by the end of the year, and disclose to both the Commission and the public the details of the network management practices that it intends to deploy following termination of its current practices." More...]]> 2008-08-20T12:29:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/88201_wimax_successful_as_fringe_technology/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88201_wimax_successful_as_fringe_technology/ press release says "WiMAX has gained such momentum across so many regions that it is no longer sensible to suggest that WiMAX growth will be flattened by the emergence of LTE [Long Term Evolution] in the next few years." Probably true, but it's also clear WiMAX will never reach the scale of either mainstream wireless family, i.e., WiFi or GSM/3GSM. By comparison with these giants, WiMAX will be a fringe operation. The critical issue is volume, and what counts is the wireless technology brand, not the technology itself. More...]]> 2008-08-20T11:27:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandmobilewireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/isp_deep_packet_inspection_probable_option/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/isp_deep_packet_inspection_probable_option/ More...]]> 2008-08-19T15:50:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandnet_neutralityprivacy http://www.circleid.com/posts/88192_lawrence_lessigs_reaction_mccain_technology_plan/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88192_lawrence_lessigs_reaction_mccain_technology_plan/ John McCain's release of his technology policy statement on August 14, Lawrence Lessig has released a video presentation criticizing the tech plan for lack of change to important issues such as broadband penetration declines in the country. Early during the video presentation, Lessig has this to say: "...the single most important fact about internet's development in last decade has been the extraordinary decline United States has faced with respect to our competitive partners. We started the Bush administration at no. 5, we will end at no. 22. And the question anybody should be asking about internet policy here, is why we did so poorly and what change there might be to reverse that decline..." More...]]> 2008-08-19T11:14:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandnet_neutralitypolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/mobile_data_card_users/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/mobile_data_card_users/ More...]]> 2008-08-19T09:59:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandmobilewireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_launches_free_the_airwaves/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/google_launches_free_the_airwaves/ Free The Airwaves" which encourages Internet users to get proactive on the white spaces issue, if they "care about the future of the Internet." Minnie Ingersoll, Google Product Manager, explains in a related blog post: "For quite some time we've been talking about the potential of the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels ("white spaces") to provide affordable, high-speed wireless Internet connectivity nationwide. For this to happen, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must allow unlicensed use of this spectrum..." More...]]> 2008-08-18T09:45:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandpolicy_regulationwireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/88178_mccain_campaign_technology_message/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88178_mccain_campaign_technology_message/ More...]]> 2008-08-17T20:33:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandnet_neutralityregional_registries http://www.circleid.com/posts/88153_mccains_technology_non_plan/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88153_mccains_technology_non_plan/ finally out. As expected, it's light on what most of us understand as "technology policy." There are many platitudes about the glories of lower taxes and private investment, but little understanding of just how profoundly communications and information technologies are changing our world. The good news, I suppose, is that McCain is finally talking about technology issues which he resolutely ignored for most of the campaign, and which his advisors dismissed as not worthy of Presidential attention. More...]]> 2008-08-15T13:59:01-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandpolicy_regulation