http://connectedhome2go.com/2009/01/20/broadband-issues-for-president-obama/ A Motorola Blog on Video, Voice, Data, Wireless and more! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://connectedhome2go.com/2009/01/20/broadband-issues-for-president-obama/#comment-3824 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:58:52 +0000 http://connectedhome2go.com/?p=1615#comment-3824 [...] Broadband Issues for President Obama The historic swearing-in of President Barak Obama has taken place, and now it’s time for the real work to begin. Alongside war and a tumbling economy, several broadband issues face President Obama in both the short and long term. There’s the broadcast DTV transition scheduled for next month that may now be postponed until June. Next up: the issue of increasing broadband access and download speeds. AT&T’s Fiber Rollout Increasing Digital Divide AT&T likes to brag that they now offer U-verse to over 17 million households, but after two years, they’ve still only managed to sign up 1 million subscribers. While 17 million households sounds like a pretty significant footprint, if you’re not in one of the higher tax brackets, you are probably still waiting for super fast internet access. Placeshifting BeyondTV to the Mac This feature makes it possible for Mac OS X users to watch recorded shows served up by a BeyondTV computer over the internet. It’s a pretty easy process that requires BeyondTV on the home PC and VLC on the place-shifting computer. [...]

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