A friend of mine wrote me and asked which broadband solution she should choose to connect with her office from home. This is not the first time others have asked this question of me, so what with me experience with multiple broadband customers I felt a blog post was in order. So what broadband solution [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Broadband’
Broadband Choices
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, tagged Broadband on August 14, 2006 | 2 Comments »
FIOS Installed
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Broadband on October 28, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I am very excited today, “and why is that?” you ask…. because today my Verizon FIOS installation was completed. After having a new fiber cable buried from the street to my house yesterday, and two engineers working inside my house for a few hours today, I finally got connected this afternoon. I am now experiencing [...]
Verizon to offer IPTV over FIOS
Posted in Business Advice, Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Broadband on October 25, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Verizon, the provider of my phone and Internet, is soon to be offering IPTV – TV over the Internet – to those using FIOS. http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/Channels/fios/FiosTV_comingsoon.aspx Hopefully, I shall subscribe to this service as soon as it rolls out 2005/2006 and dump traditional analogue cable TV provided by Comcast. Using my computer as my DVR (currently [...]
Microsoft / Comcast Cable Deal
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Broadband, Microsoft on November 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
US pay TV firm Comcast will next week deploy set-top boxes featuring Microsoft software, in a crucial test for Microsoft’s cable TV ambitions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3994993.stm
Verizon and FTTP
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Broadband on October 27, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/26/221219 “Verizon is now qualifying and accepting installations for FTTP (Fiber To the Premises)! $39.95 for 5MB/2MB, $49.95 for 15MB/2MB, and $199.95 for 30MB/5MB. No word yet on whether Verizon will block ports (25, 80, etc) for incoming or outgoing traffic; with 2MB upload, I hope to basically run a small data center in my [...]
