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AT&T U-verse Extending Coverage Range in Existing Markets

July 17, 2010

AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS are two of the top tier broadband services that deliver top-notch IPTV and VoIP (digital telephone) services, but the competition has just heated up; AT&T has officially unveiled its plans to incorporate a new technology into its U-verse network that will greatly increase the effective range from the neighborhood node [...]

Broadband Stimulus Round Two and You

July 6, 2010

$2.7 billion dollars. That is a lot of the proverbial cheese, and it is the current number of U.S. Dollars being dedicated to revitalizing the nation’s flagging broadband infrastructure by the Obama administration. On Friday, President Obama announced a new round of grants, loans, and other government programs that were expected to comprise approximately $1 [...]

3D TV to Help Coax Hit 800 Mbps?

July 1, 2010

Fiber optics have been claiming the spotlight recently, but recent efforts by DSL providers are showing that metal wires are not entirely out of the race just yet. The latest news is that coaxial wires used to deliver digital cable services might soon be providing 400 to 800 Mbps of broadband performance. Is this is [...]

Verizon FiOS Gets Month to Month Option

June 21, 2010

Verizon FiOS will be going month to month in what amounts to a trial service before customers sign up for a contract. Let nobody say that Verizon does not listen to its customers, especially when it comes to the backlash that customers have to offer when they feel disrespected. Such a situation recently happened when [...]

Securing non-PC Devices on Your Network

June 14, 2010

While there have been products designed to help users secure their computers for years now, these same products are now proving insufficient to meet the challenges of a new age. It is not that the products are not good, because they generally are. Nor is the problem such that malware has become a serious business, [...]

Broadband Too Fast to be Safe?

June 6, 2010

One of the most common broadband-related e-mails we get here at High Speed Experts has to deal with security, and in particular the question of whether faster broadband connections mean more vulnerability. It does indeed stand to reason that a much more narrow window exists to secure a computer or other device from infection or [...]

Theatrical Releases in Home Theaters Coming Soon

May 31, 2010

It might be a little early to rejoice, but it seems that many major studios are in negotiations to reduce the time it takes to move top quality movies from the big screen to the home theater. The goal is to get movies from the big screen to the home theater in 30 days. This [...]

Xbox TV Channel? Maybe…

May 28, 2010

Microsoft might be mulling the possibility of a video game/Xbox-centric television channel according to multiple sources. Just what the station would feature or how it would work is still a mystery, but Microsoft has already demonstrated that their current generation Xbox gaming devices can serve double-duty as set top boxes (STBs) without substantial upgrades or [...]

Time Warner Cable Calls Foul on Piracy Requests

May 20, 2010

While nobody at HSE will ever suggest that piracy is a good thing, it has been an open question as to just how bad piracy truly is. It might be easy to look at actors with eight-figure movie deals and figure that they could live without one or two extra sales this year, but that [...]

Fiber Optic Report Released: Customers Missing Out

April 26, 2010

FTTH, or fiber to the home, is one of the acronyms that long time High Speed Experts readers know well, and new readers can find plenty of FTTH info on our site and on other sites as well. While the reasons behind the high desirability of fiber will be briefly covered again in a moment, [...]

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