24.06.2008
Cable companies run fiber fib ad blitz in fight with Verizon’s FiOS
Comcast and its cable allies have lined up a series of broadcast ads belittling Verizon`s vaunted FiOS network, claiming to have a larger fiber-optic network. What the ads don`t point out is that while fiber is used in the network, it doesn`t go to the home as is the case in most FiOS... |
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27.06.2008
Cable customer care leaves room for improvement, execs say
The cable industry “has to get better at customer care,” as telcos continue to push into providing TV and broadband, Comcast Cable COO Steve Burke said during the opening session of SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Philadelphia. “We have a long way to go,” he said.And, he said, the... |
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06.04.2009
Cable cut clobbers London
BT said 50,000 addresses in parts of east London lost phone and Internet service over the weekend after damage in a tunnel on Saturday. The cable cut also caused road congestion as traffic lights connected to the network were cut off from the master traffic computer system.The company says... |
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11.12.2008
Cable cut disrupts Embarq service in Nevada
Construction workers laying a new sewer line in Las Vegas accidentally cut fiber and copper cables owned by Embarq, triggering a network outage Wednesday morning that affected at least 60,000 customers. The problem probably will result in lingering service disruptions for the next day or... |
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07.02.2008
Cable firm an Ethernet upstart
A company that calls itself Time Warner is carving itself a strong niche in the Ethernet business, but it is not the Time Warner you probably have in mind. Though Time Warner Telecom continues to be strong in carrier Ethernet, we`re talking about Time Warner Cable (Time Warner Telecom is an... |
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22.06.2010
Cable guru John Malone slams Verizon's FiOS strategy
John Malone, the co-owner of DirecTV (NasdaqGS: DTV) and chairman of Liberty Global who was outbid by Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) to acquire Bresnan Communications, is throwing water on Verizon`s (NYSE:VZ) FiOS Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and TV fire. Perhaps bruising from his loss to Cablevision,... |
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24.03.2008
Cable guys de-emphasize data rate race
Cable TV companies are at the very early stages of migrating to DOCSIS 3.0, a migration that is occurring at the same time these firms are generally losing broadband customers to telcos. It also is happening as the largest cable TV player is facing tremendous scrutiny for network management... |
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30.11.2009
Cable industry pioneer Bill Bresnan passes away
Bill Bresnan, the cable industry pioneer who founded Bresnan Communications, died at 75 after a battle with cancer. The announcement of his passing came just as Bresnan Communications promoted Jeff Demond--a 24-year Bresnan veteran--from president to CEO of the cable company. In that transition... |
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24.03.2010
Cable MSOs, AT&T enter the broadband stimulus race
Since the Obama Administration launched the Broadband Stimulus funding program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) last year, large cable MSOs and telcos have mainly sat on the sidelines, but now many of these same companies are changing their tune. In a somewhat... |
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10.11.2008
Cable operators talk quad play at CTAM
This week in Boston, cable executives have gathered at the CTAM (Cable and Telecommunications for Marketing) Summit `08 to discuss the future of their industry and the current telecommunications invasion of TV turf. A quad play incorporating wireless seems to be at... |
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