IPv6 test bed comes online
By: By Tim McElligott
MCI and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory collaborated to bring online the North American IPv6 Task Force's Moonv6 next-generation Internet network by connecting it to Internet backbone and allowing nationwide direct connection. ...
Consumer perception of DSL: cheap, not fast
By: By Vince Vittore
Despite the recent blitz of marketing from DSL providers and upgrades to higher-speed service, consumers view the telco-provided Internet access as slower but cheaper than cable modems, according a recent survey by Accenture. ...
Consolidated picks Zhone
By: By Carol Wilson
Consolidated Communications today announced that it will use Zhone Technologies’ Single Line Multi-Service architecture to provide the digital TV service...
SBC, Comcast enliven convergence
By: By Carol Wilson and Vince Vittore
In an increasingly heated broadband battle royale, it's telco cunning versus cable TV leverage, and a shot in the arm for cross-industry competition...
DSL decision time
By: By Dan O'Shea
Various specifications for ADSL2, ADSL2+ and VDSL are ripe for consideration as many telcos prepare to take on broadband upgrades. Applications, distance and urgency all are factors in how extensively they will be deployed...
CES: Tandberg Television demonstrates MPEG-4 AVC with Broadcom
By: By Vince Vittore
LAS VEGAS—At the Consumer Electronics Show, Tandberg Television rolled out what it claims the world’s first, live demonstration of an end-to-end advanced...
Comcast readies aggressive VoIP push
By: By Carol Wilson
Comcast’s long-awaited announcement today that it will aggressively pursue Voice over IP service is just the latest salvo in the cable industry’s steady...
Qbit unveils new compression approach
By: By Carol Wilson
A new kind of compression is about to hit the market that could redefine what telephone companies are able to transmit over their copper phone lines....
BellSouth moving ahead on Microsoft IPTV
By: By Carol Wilson
BellSouth today announced a technical trial of Microsoft’s TV IP Television Edition software platform, taking the next step toward developing an IPTV...
New Edge, MCI find IP boom
By: By Carol Wilson
Two very different service providers are ringing in the New Year by touting significant growth in IP-based networks. New Edge Networks today said it is...
Fonix, Duke Power to expand BPL test
Integrated communications provider Fonix Telecom is partnering through its subsidiary, LecStar Telecom, with Duke Power to expand on ongoing test of broadband...
Cogent sees a more secure future
By: By Carol Wilson
After spending much of the year expanding its customer ranks through acquisition, Cogent Communications is now increasing its service roster to include...
Covad, Verizon ink link-sharing deal
By: By Carol Wilson
Covad Communications has signed its third major line-sharing agreement, this time with Verizon. Combined with its previous agreements with SBC Communications...
Verizon advances on video
By: By Carol Wilson
Verizon last week nailed down its second cable franchise its first in Texas and got a clear view of the opposition it can expect from the cable industry...
BellSouth looks toward next-gen DSL
By: By Dan O'Shea
For BellSouth, the ILEC with the largest base of deployed fiber, the best path to better residential broadband is through faster DSL. The company's plan...
Manitoba Telecom launches games on TV
By: By Vince Vittore
Gaming publisher and developer Iacta announced that Manitoba Telecom Services has launched gaming as part of its MTS TV service using Iacta’s Games4TV...
