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The Bottom Line: Court Decision on Comcast Vs FCC
What are the implications regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals decision to vacate an FCC order regarding Comcast's throttling of file sharing?
Addressing the Failures of CableCARD: Home Gateways and Innovation
In a proposed Network Gateway-NOI and CableCARD NPRM, the commission is seeking input on how to best rework the CableCARD rules to make Set-Top-Boxes more universal in nature and easier for consumers to connect and network throughout the home to any video provider offerings. The question remains; is the FCC suited to take on another ...
Industry Demand Calls For Speedy Approval of FCC’s Wireless Spectrum Recommendations
There is increasing demand from the Wireless Sector that opening new spectrum, as championed by the FCC, would speed application roll-outs for broadband in the immediate future. Mobile providers are clamoring to offer increasingly sophisticated applications to connect users with everything on a Mobile Internet.
Broadband Competition and Pricing: Lessons Providers must Learn
I believe everyone can agree that Broadband Competition and Pricing are high on their lists of (all things broadband). Yes, consumers and businesses alike want a high quality broadband experience with dynamically fast upload and download speeds, and with seamless and unbridled applications to fill their Christmas wish lists.
Video Content: Movie Theatre’s still King-Kiosk and Cable watchers on the Increase
According to research performed by Market Force Information, Inc.; (see link at document end), movie watchers still prefer going out to enjoy the Theatre movie experience for various reasons, including:
The National Broadband Plan: Affordable-Speedy-Accessible-Competitive-Socially Sound
The National Broadband Plan submitted by the FCC is a testament to the hard work and dedication from commissioners, staff, and partners in creating a gateway for broadband in the 21st Century.
Retrans-Consent: Be Careful What You Ask For!
With the recent battle between Cablevision and Disney over Retransmission Consent in New York regarding WABC-TV carriage on Cablevisions 3.1 million subscribers, and thereby producing a coalition of Cable Providers to petition the FCC to intervene in negotiations, is akin to the saying: (be careful what you ask for).
Are you prepared for the Inevitable Mobile Mania Magnification?
By 2014, annual global mobile data traffic will reach 3.6 exabytes per month. Globally, businesses and consumers will be transferring the equivalent of billions of DVDs each month. What’s driving that incredible growth? What does it mean to service providers? Are users worldwide becoming mobile data megalomaniacs? Read on to find out.
Customer Service: The Cost of “You’re Doing It Wrong.”
It is estimated that poor customer service has cost the Cable/Satellite Industry over $12 billion in lost revenues over the past year, ahead of the financial services industry with more than $10 billion in losses; which is startling considering Cable/Satellite companies project themselves as the future of home and business subscription services of all things ...
Make No Mistake: Internet Content Subscription Models will come!
Why do Internet users continually resist paid content on a systematic basis? Keep in mind that many current Internet business models were built on the premise, (create the content and they will come).