Tag: 1 Gbps

September 30, 2019

The cable industry’s 10G initiative will be front and center at this week’s SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans. Somewhat to the consternation of the telco industry, 10G was announced in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. […]

June 23, 2017

Municipal broadband has great allure by letting a city or town take control of its own broadband destiny, but a new Pennsylvania Law study reveals that these networks rarely produce a favorable return on investment (ROI). In their paper “Municipal […]

May 3, 2017

Sonic, an independent ISP serving Northern California, has expanded the reach of its $40-a-month 1 Gbps service to over four new San Francisco neighborhoods in a market that’s lacked true broadband choice. Starting in the southern portion of The Mission, […]

May 2, 2017

TDS’ recent move to start offering fiber-based 1 Gbps service in local small to medium businesses (SMB) in the cable and ILEC territories where it currently offers the same service to consumers is a logical extension of the service to […]

April 25, 2017

DS Telecom is bringing its 1 Gbps fiber-based broadband service to local businesses where it has a strong fiber presence, extending a similar service it has been delivering to residential customers in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets over its […]

April 25, 2017

Verizon has joined the ranks of AT&T and Google Fiber with its own low-priced Gbps Fios offering called Fios Gigabit Connection. However, it’s not quite a 1 Gbps service. Fios Gigabit Connection provides 940/880 Mbps speeds. After launching its Fios […]

July 12, 2016

AT&T is continuing its shift into competitive mode when it comes to gigabit services, and is moving forward with its deployment of GigaPower into Louisville, Kentucky. Local news sources reported sighting the carrier’s around the city, with AT&T confirming that […]

June 15, 2016

FTS Fiber, a dark fiber supplier providing carrier-class network infrastructure in both rural areas and other major U.S. markets, has begun building a 110-mile fiber network in Kent County, Maryland. Over the next several months, subcontractors contracted by Whiting-Turner will […]

May 18, 2016

AT&T is making another statement in the wake of Google Fiber’s move to bring competitively priced FTTH into the San Francisco metro market by launching its 1 Gbps GigaPower FTTH service in six areas at the same $70 per month […]

April 11, 2016

Cincinnati Bell introduced a new service to entice small businesses to migrate to a cloud-based voice services system as it looks to thwart emerging threats from Time Warner Cable and its soon-to-be parent Charter Communications. Connected Office Voice service enables […]

March 7, 2016

Google Fiber may have ignited the 1 Gbps revolution in the U.S. broadband market, but according to data in the U.S. Copyright Office the service provider’s pay-TV service is barely a blip in the larger market. Financial analyst firm MoffettNathanson, […]

February 29, 2016

Consolidated Communications is staying on pace with cable in the broadband race as it extends higher speed broadband tiers to more of its customer base. Speaking to investors during its fourth quarter earnings call, Bob Udell, president and CEO of […]