Cisco and The Monitor Group’s Global Business Network has released, “The Evolving Internet,” a year-long research project carried out by an interdisciplinary team that “examines the driving forces and uncertainties that will…shape the path of the Internet [and the $3 trillion market it enables]” out to the year 2025.
Cisco, The Monitor Group Lay Out Evolutionary Paths for the Internet
Posted by: Steve Senne | August 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
FCC Report Outlines Methodology Behind 4 Mb/s Broadband Target
Posted by: Mike Boehne | August 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
In a report recently released from the Federal Communications Commission, the agency shares the data it compiled to determine the 4 Mb/s minimum broadband speed recommended in the National Broadband Plan.
According to the agency, the average (mean and median) advertised download speed for U.S. residential
consumers is 7-8 Mb/s. But the mean actual speed consumers received was approximately 4 Mb/s and the
median actual speed was approximately 3 Mb/s.
Time Shifted TV Viewing Continues to Grow
Posted by: Mike Boehne | August 18th, 2010 | No Comments »
Digital TV and DVR technology continue to change the way viewers watch TV. Comcast, in its “TV Pulse Survey,” reports that while 80% of viewers regularly watch prime-time TV, and watch it live, more and more of them are using time-shifting technology to do so. Sixty-two percent of have watched prime time TV series via video-on-demand, DVR and the Internet, according to the survey, 61% more than was the case a year ago and 84% more than three years back.
Partners launch smart grid wireless connectivity center
Posted by: Steve Senne | August 13th, 2010 | No Comments »
Lockard & White, a telecom engineering and integration firm, and Full Spectrum, a manufacturer of fourth-
generation software defined radios, on August 9 launched a Smart Grid Wireless Connectivity Center
at Lockard & White’s headquarters in Bryan/ College Station, Texas.
The connectivity center will include indoor lab and outdoor smart grid environments.
The goal of the connectivity center is to accelerate smart grid deployments by providing utilities and
wireless equipment manufacturers with a facility where they can have systems evaluated in what the center
operators call “near real world scenarios.”
“Almost all smart grid deployments involve a combination of private wireless communications transporting
a variety of legacy and advanced protocols for command and control of smart grid devices,” said Lockard
& White CEO Marc Lockard in the announcement.
Several electric cooperatives already have engaged the connectivity center to test various wireless
configurations for distribution automation and advanced metering infrastructure backhaul. In addition the
center is extending invitations to certain U.S. investor-owned utilities to visit the test facility and take part
in smart grid workshops.
Broadband Stimulus Funding May Lose $300 Million
Posted by: Mike Boehne | August 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
There’s somewhat of a see-saw movement happening with the remaining broadband stimulus funding of roughly $3 billion. The Senate has passed an amendment that cuts this remaining funding by $300 million. The cut still has to be approved by the House of Representatives.
Broadband Stimulus Funding Keeps Rolling In
Posted by: Mike Boehne | August 5th, 2010 | No Comments »
The Rural Utilities Service announced 126 projects valued at $1.2 billion in broadband stimulus funding on August 4. Small rural telcos were big winners with many DSL and fiber-based projects among the winners.
