I’ve talked before about fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) as a real-estate perk, but a new study shows that high-speed broadband really is an important selling point among home buyers. Bearing in mind that the study was commissioned by the Fiber to the Home Council and announced in a press release by Verizon, the report concludes that buyers [...]
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The long-fabled quad play may have finally arrived, and guess what, it doesn’t look anything like originally envisioned. Comcast launched wireless broadband service today in Portland Oregon combining the Sprint 3G network and the Clearwire 4G network. It’s a data-only service, and it represents the ultimate conclusion of major cable operators regarding the quad play: [...]
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If you’ve always wondered how your set-top accesses firmware updates, or if you’re a cable operator looking for a more efficient way to do code downloads, this is the post for you. Motorola’s Vic Melis recently explained how to use an offline loader to do bulk code downloads (think guide updates), and I’ve posted his [...]
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All of the major TV operators in the US are competing seriously on the quantity and quality of their HD programming. However, among the smaller guys, the HD line-ups are often significantly sparser. To help change that, Comcast Media Center (CMC), Motorola, and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) launched an update to the HITS [...]
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Comcast and Time Warner held a joint press conference today to announce details around the On Demand Online initiative. Specifically, Comcast will begin a trial next month to test out its authentication system and gather feedback on the new video service. Here are the deets as we now know them: The trial will include roughly [...]
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