Cable

Know Your DOCSIS: Get Up To Speed!

The term DOCSIS, itself an acronym for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification, is something that many techies and broadband junkies talk about nearly endlessly, often in excited and/or argumentative tones. Since its initial release in 1997, DOCSIS has been better known as the technology behind cable broadband services. Different variants of the DOCSIS standard [...]

AT&T U-Verse Coming to Xbox 360

AT&T’s U-verse service looks like it might be about to do something quite interesting, something that might be a sign of great changes to come: it is going to integrate with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 home entertainment console. This news was released at the CES trade show during Microsoft’s keynote, but it ultimately builds on older [...]

Verizon Releases NBA League Pass Widget

Verizon’s FiOS service has a lot of potential for innovation, and Verizon continually demonstrates this potential in many ways, but none so frequently as their tendency to release increasingly impressive widgets. The latest big-name widget to be released to FiOS customers, the NBA League Pass widget, is certain to not only impress sports fans, but [...]

Who Needs Blu-Ray When They Have On Demand Services?

The so-called next generation video format is long since over, but the ultimate winner may not be Blu-ray. Depending on how one chooses to view the outcome, providers of digital cable and/or broadband services might be the immediate winners, and companies that offer downloadable content on demand may be the long-term beneficiaries of the conflict. [...]

How to Cancel Your Cable Service

There are a handful of reasons why one might wish to cancel their current cable service. Perhaps the economic downturn and/or an unexpected emergency has left one reducing unnecessary expenses, a move might be in the offing, or perhaps there are better offerings from the competition. There may be other perfectly valid reasons as well, [...]

Time Warner Cable and News Corp. Settle: Customers Win!

It has been nearly a week since HSE originally reported on the brewing conflict between Time Warner Cable and News Corp., which owns many popular networks including the entire Fox lineup. At the time, a deadline for resolution seemed to be dropping of the ball in New York City, an event that has no come [...]

Time Warner Cable and Fox Face-Off: Are Consumers the Real Losers?

It appears that a conflict is brewing between News Corp., which owns the various Fox networks, and Time Warner Cable. The spat appears to be center around an issue of billing, and the result may be countless thousands of Time Warner Cable customers unable to access News Corp. content if an agreement cannot be reached [...]

How to Switch High Speed Internet Providers

It is only a matter of time before consumers realize that their current broadband plan may not be all that they had hoped for, and start looking for something better. While 2 Mbps download speeds might have been top of the line performance a few short years ago, competition has raised the bar a great [...]

Money For Fiber: What Does It Mean For Consumers?

There has been a lot of talk about the various money for fiber incentives being offered and discussed by various state governments and of course, the federal government. The real question is: what does money for fiber mean to consumers? Answering this question has been very difficult, especially given the hyperbolic tendencies of many news [...]

Comcast Settles P2P Throttling Suit: Everybody Loses

Comcast has officially settled one of the active class action law suits brought against them regarding data discrimination. The result is that current and/or former Comcast customers in the United States that have, or used one of Comcast’s broadband data services may be eligible for a $16 payout. Comcast has allocated a total of $16 [...]