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U-verse Problems? We Have Advice!

July 12, 2010

U-verse problems are few and far in between, but they do happen. Who do people turn to when they experience U-verse problems? Strangely enough, sometimes they e-mail us! While we certainly have a lot of love for U-verse here at High Speed Experts, we also understand that U-verse problems do exist in certain situations. We [...]

Google TV Announced

May 25, 2010

Google TV has finally been announced after months of speculation and rumors, but the answers provided by an official Google blog post provide entirely new questions. These questions are surprisingly broad, especially concerning just what the new technology is. Is it a device? Is it a platform? Is it a technology? There are certainly arguments [...]

WiGig: WiFi Gets Serious, Wireless Broadband to Follow?

May 17, 2010

Wireless broadband technologies have traditionally lagged behind WiFi standards for a number of reasons, but the distances involved are a key factor. This trend does not seem in danger of ever changing, which makes looking at next-generation WiFi standards a good guide to see where wireless broadband services are likely to go. The good news [...]

Energy Efficient Home Theater an Oxymoron or the Future?

May 13, 2010

Home theaters were once anything but energy efficient, but this is changing as environmental awareness and political realities are being rapidly demystified by the media. While inaccurate information is perhaps more prevalent than honest information, it is still essentially true that overall awareness of energy concerns and the environment are more common these days. That [...]

DSL Phantom Mode: Copper to Hit 300 Mbps?

May 4, 2010

Fiber is certainly the next big thing in terms of broadband, IPTV, and VoIP services, but the question many are asking is: how much headroom does copper (or any other metal) have left? Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell division thinks it has an answer: enough overhead to produce speeds of up to 300 Mbps of downstream performance. Dubbed [...]

FCC Broadband Tests Results Are In: Round 1

March 23, 2010

The FCC Broadband Test is now officially live, with all forms of broadband being subjected to download and upload torture tests. Loyal High Speed Expert readers will probably note that broadband performance tests of all kinds are potentially flawed, but that does not necessarily make such tests irrelevant. Instead, it just means that the results [...]

Google Leaving China

March 19, 2010

While HSE has covered the struggle between China and Google until it started to simmer, it looked like things were going to simmer for a while and never erupt. Sure, Google pulled out of a few key events in China, demonstrating that it cared little for the marketing opportunities, and the Chinese government issued a [...]

Wireless Network Troubleshooting 103: Cheating When Things Go Wrong

March 15, 2010

In the third portion of our wireless network troubleshooting guide, we will discuss topics that are a little bit beyond the scope of wireless network troubleshooting. Why? Because sometimes there is only so much you can do with existing situations, and investing additional money in new MIMO routers, high gain antennae, network cards, and all [...]

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 [...]

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