From the monthly archives:

February 2010

100 Mbps Broadband For All by 2020?

February 26, 2010

Broadband services have a way of leapfrogging each other in small increments. One providers offers 10 Mbps downstream speeds and 2 Mbps upstream speeds, and another comes out with a 12 Mbps/3 Mbps plan. The recession seems to have slowed this trend, and some cities have not seem the fierce competition that parts of California [...]

Windows Phone Series 7 Coming Soon

February 24, 2010

At CES 2010 it was clear that the future of mobile devices is about to change course in a potentially game-changing way. What was missing, and on the lips of many was the follow-up to Windows Mobile 6.5. Unfortunately, no Windows Mobile update was unveiled at CES 2010, but you know what they say about [...]

Measuring Broadband Performance

February 22, 2010

One of the best things about signing up for the latest and greatest broadband service is the speed, but how can one really measure the speed of their broadband connection? After all, is there really a difference between a 15 Mbps per second DSL connection and the performance offered by a 15 Mbps cable modem [...]

Sprint Selling 4G Phones and Services Nationwide Before Summer?

February 19, 2010

While the 3G wireless price wars are still red-hot, only a few companies seem poised for the next pricing and performance battleground: 4G. Surprisingly, Sprint is one of those carriers and the company is looking to make a preemptive strike by selling 4G phones and services soon. This does leave a few questions, however, some [...]

Verizon FiOS Customers Get HBO GO

February 18, 2010

HBO has long since been acknowledged as one of the industry leaders in providing excellent television, even if they do cancel some of their best series right when they start getting interesting. Instead of offering a moratorium for great shows such as Deadwood and Rome, this post is dedicated to an interesting use of the [...]

Google vs. China: Everyone Caught Inbetween

February 15, 2010

Google’s public confrontation with the powers that be in the People’s Republic of China are slowly cooling down, though the current lull may be nothing short of the calm before the storm. While attempts to examine the situation from both the perspective of Google and China have been attempted, the truth is that the situation [...]

Google to Build Ultra-Broadband Network

February 12, 2010

Google’s recent announcement that it would enter the broadband service sector has certainly raised more than a few eyebrows. While early details and information all point to a FTTH (Fiber To The Home) method of data delivery, scant hard facts are available. The promise of broadband speeds that are dozens or even a [...]

Google vs. China: Understanding China’s Position

February 11, 2010

The recent clash between Google and China is starting to cool down to a low-simmer, but the entire world could be affected by the eventual outcome. Will governments be able to dictate to search engines the same way that they do to ISPs regarding copyright violations and pornographic searches performed by pedophiles? The ramifications could [...]

Google vs. China: Understanding Google’s Position

February 4, 2010

There are plenty of reasons to want a broadband connection, but regardless of the core reason(s) why any given consumer chooses any particular broadband service, there is a near-certainty that virtually all consumers will do one thing at some point: search. Once surfers learn how to search, a whole new world opens up to them. [...]

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