What’s up with broadband and the Internet? A look at the numbers: 75 Million: The number of cable homes to be passed by DOCSIS 3.0 in North America in 2010 according to Heavy Reading. 40%: The percentage of US households with a wired or wireless home network as of January 2010 according to the CEA. [...]
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While I have no official sources to cite, I heard recently that the Fancast Xfinity TV portal is doing “astonishingly well,” especially as measured by online viewers of short television clips. Know what seems to be particularly popular? Late night comedy. In the morning. As the morning news programs figured out a long time ago, [...]
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Comcast has officially launched its multi-room DVR service, dubbed AnyRoom DVR, in parts of Oregon and Washington. The long-anticipated service uses Motorola DCX set-tops with MoCA, and connects up to three client boxes to one 500GB DVR hub. The wait for multi-room DVR from the cable industry has stretched far longer than many experts predicted [...]
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An interesting nuance in home networking behaviors came up in conversation today. For years, retailers have sold Motorola cable modems bundled with cable service. However, those modems have typically been shelved in a separate section from home networking gear. Now that there’s a viable DOCSIS 3.0 solution combining both technologies in one box, it’s going [...]
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