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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 hundred times [...]

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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 [...]

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New Widget Can Save FiOS Consumers Money

February 6, 2010

FiOS can actually save consumers money.  It sounds like the hyperbole that would be uttered by a behind-quota retention and/or direct sales specialist, but the fact is that Verizon has found a very innovative way to save consumers money and thus help consumers justify what ultimately amounts to an entertainment expense in increasingly hard financial [...]

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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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Fiber May be Closer to Home Than Many Know

February 1, 2010

Fiber optics are bound to be the next big thing in broadband, and there are countless reasons why fiber optic cables are vastly superior to traditional metal wires in terms of broadband applications.  A general summary is simply: fiber optics allow for faster data transmissions and greater distances due to using light instead of electricity [...]

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FiOS to Bring Radio Back From the Brink of Extinction?

January 30, 2010

Verizon FiOS customers are no strangers to new features, especially widgets.  In fact, Verizon has shown a penchant to continuously update its portfolio of widgets to maximize the value that FiOS customers receive in a way so palpable that it is almost hard to believe.  The latest widget to arrive on the FiOS Widget Bazaar, [...]

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Apple’s iPad Could Boost Wireless Broadband Adoption

January 28, 2010

After what seems like an eternity of waiting, Apple finally announced its new tablet device.  Dubbed the iPad, the new tablet device may pack some of the features critical to getting consumers on board with mobile broadband in large numbers.  Add to this prices that start at $629 for Wi-Fi/3G models ($499 without 3G support), [...]