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Clarification on Xbox 360 AT&T U-Verse Support

CES 2010 brought many interesting announcements that centered on products and services that used the Internet in some way, but one of the more intriguing announcements was that of the planned AT&T U-verse support for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console. What made this announcement particularly interesting was the questions it left unanswered. The obvious questions [...]

Eight Reasons Why Broadband Will Shape the Next Decade

Broadband has already made some tangible changes to the way that people live their lives, but the future always holds even greater levels of change. With a new decade here, it seems like a fair time to predict just how broadband will change the lives of consumers before 2020 arrives. Reason #1: IPTV Will Change [...]

IPTV: Broadband’s Promise of a Better Way to Experience TV

Broadband can be extremely useful for a great number of reasons, but one that stands out for many reasons is that of media distribution. Initially, the connotation of receiving media over the Internet meant illegal file sharing, but these days it means something completely different: television channels being broadcast over specialized broadband services. This form [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Basics of DSL

DSL is the commonly used acronym for digital subscriber line, but there are many different DSL technologies on the market. Most forms of DSL are referred to as xDSL, where the letter x is replaced by another letter that is part of a larger acronym that describes that particular form of DSL. For example, ADSL [...]

What is AT&T U-Verse?

AT&T U-verse is a suite of services and products that primarily consist of internet, television and phone services. These services are delivered using highly advanced fiber-to-the-node and fiber-to-the-premises technologies. Unlike traditional TV systems, U-Verse is a service based entirely on IP or Internet Protocol. The utilization of IP enables video to be split in a [...]