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Category Archives: Broadband
Click! Network Moves to Put Independant ISP’s Out of Business
After years of operating in blissful ignorance of the markets they allegedly compete in, Click! has come to the conclusion that they’re in trouble and have to do something, and do it quick! The fact that they haven’t upgraded their … Continue reading
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Tagged Advanced Stream, Click! Network, Net-Venture, Ranier Connect, Tacoma
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Is Click! Network Trying To Commit Suicide? Looks That way…
Comcast started offering DOCSIS 3.0 connections here in the Seattle-Tacoma area over a year ago. Where is DOCSIS 3.0 for Click customers? An open letter to Click! Network Management Sirs: Comcast started offering DOCSIS 3.0 connections here in the Seattle-Tacoma … Continue reading
Metered Bandwidth Will Kill Movie Downloads and Stifle Other New Technology
I was looking at file sizes of Blu-Ray movies today. The average size of 320 current titles was 27 GB – for just the movie alone. You add in all the extras and what not that usually come with a … Continue reading
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Tagged bandwidth caps, broadband, Comcast, metered billing, net neutrality, time-warner
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Comcast Metered Billing Plan:
A Sneaky Assault on the Future of the Internet Comcast recently announced it was considering extra charges for users who consume more than 250 GB of bandwidth per month. After 250 GB, users could purchase additional bandwidth in 10 GB … Continue reading
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Tagged Comcast, Comcrap, internet, metered billing, movie downloads, net neutrality
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Pay-By-The-Byte Ressurected?
If a “pay-by-the-byte” pricing scheme is necessary for the economic survival of US ISPs, then how on earth are the ISP’s in Asia and elsewhere making it? Here are some current prices from Asia: Japan: 100 mb/s symmetrical FTTH – … Continue reading
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Oh to be a shill for a telco (or a gullible retard)
It never fails to amaze me how the telcos shills populate user forums. There was a story on broadbandreports.com: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81287 5% of ISP Users Generate 45.3% of Traffic On the flip side, 40% generate just 3.8%… Posted on 2007-01-29 15:44:04 … Continue reading
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Wi-Fi Makes Fiber Obsolete?
I don’t believe wireless and fiber will ever really compete. I think there will always be a place for both. They both have unique attributes: wi-fi’s portability, and fiber’s speeds. Each has it’s own place – they compliment each other. … Continue reading
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A World Without Net Neutrality: The Death of the Internet As We Know It
BellSouth and a few others telecos have recently started advocating a “pay-by-the-byte” type of pricing scheme. Under those proposals, consumers who access high-bandwidth applications, like file sharing or VoIP or online gaming would pay more than people who just web … Continue reading
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The High Price of Doing Business With Click! Network
Below is an open letter to Click! Network management. For nearly six months now, Click! Network subscribers in the City of Tacoma and surrounding areas have had to pay 33% more for their broadband Internet service than similarly situated customers … Continue reading
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Where is broadband heading in the US?
Here’s what I think is going to be big in the near future: A lot of the commercial software publishing places have immense pipes for software downloads, now. And if the people in the forums are telling the truth, download … Continue reading
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