Cable-Tec Expo 2009: Comcast's Project Cavalry Priority: Do-It-Yourself DTAs Oct 30, 2009
"When you look at the bandwidth you can reclaim, this is really a big deal," said Taylor. "This is the kind of bandwidth expansion you'd only be able to get from a major rebuild.". (Multichannel News)
ASUS unveils `first USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb ... Oct 30, 2009
This specially-designed onboard IC doubles the bandwidth of the PCIe interface from Gen 1 to Gen 2, delivering 10 times faster USB 3. 0 throughput compared to the previous USB 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Google hit with patent suit related to Chrome Oct 29, 2009
Courgette is a compression algorithm that Google developed to shrink the size of updates in order reduce bandwidth requirements for Google and its users, and also to reduce the potential for vulnerabilities, it says on a describing the technology. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the suit also charges Google with publishing and distributing the source code for Red Bend's technology. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Digital advertising via banner ads turns 15 Oct 29, 2009
As bandwidth improved we have seen enhanced interactivity. Gaming Display Ads, Video display ads to even interactive applications on banners are today a reality. (India Times)
Mark Logic in San Carlos saves clients from drowning in data Oct 29, 2009
The , meanwhile, uses Mark Logic s technology for a tool that lets its soldiers search quickly through reams of data to find the appropriate report, training manual or other necessary document no matter its language or the bandwidth limitations they might face out in the field. More recently, Mark Logic has been moving into the financial services industry. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
East Africa: Tanzania First to Lower Internet Rates Oct 29, 2009
The new prices will see high volume Internet users including banks, large businesses and corporations, government agencies and other institutions enjoying a substantial Internet bandwidth cost reduction as customers will get the same capacity of bandwidth at a third the current prices ... The Head of Wholesale Division at BTC, Duncan Pie, revealed this at a recent cocktail party hosted for customers at which he also spoke about the parastatal's 40 percent price reduction for Internet bandwidth... (allAfrica.com)
Swine-flu telecommuters could clog Web networks Oct 28, 2009
Adding bandwidth capacity and laying down private lines for essential workers is expensive and time-consuming. Shutting down certain Web sites or prioritizing traffic could run into technical and regulatory hurdles, the report said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Brocade Talks Next-Gen Bandwidth Oct 28, 2009
Now it's banking on adoption of next-generation Ethernet bandwidth to help propel it even further in those areas ... Currently, the top end of Ethernet is 10 GbE. But for many in the space, providing next-generation Ethernet bandwidth speeds is seen as a key offering for service provider networking vendors as they aim to help carriers meet exploding global demand for Internet traffic ... Among those features is the ability to do link aggregation: Brocade currently has the ability to aggregate 32... (Datamation)
Hyperlens harnesses metamaterials for ultrasound, sonar Oct 28, 2009
"Our acoustic hyperlens achieves deep sub-wavelength resolution with low-loss over a broad frequency bandwidth," claimed Xiang Zhang, principal investigator at Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division. Berkeley Lab's hyperlens uses metamaterials to focus on objects 6. (EETimes)
AfDB Receives Africa Investor Award as Sponsor of the Year Oct 28, 2009
92 Tbps of available bandwidth will be leased wholesale to telecom operators and internet service providers on an open access basis, thereby encouraging competitive pricing and a large customer base. The project has already attracted broad interest and MST, the Nigerian based sponsor, is in the process of securing long term contracts with a number of the largest operators in Nigeria and Ghana. (allAfrica.com)
Wireless a Matter of Funding Priorities Oct 28, 2009
Main campus currently has about 700 wireless Internet access points, with the newest generation of wireless in Lauinger Library, the Pre-Clinical Science Building and the ICC. This newer generation of access points is able to handle larger quantities of users, as well as more programs that occupy large bandwidth space. In the past, wireless Internet access was not prioritized for upgrades or expansion, but Bergsmark said UIS has worked to make wireless more of a priority. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Wisdom Audio Presents Paper On Highly Advanced Motor Design At 127th AES Convention Oct 28, 2009
When applied to dome tweeters, the goal is much higher power handling and an operating bandwidth that is a full octave lower than the best moving coil domes available anywhere. This would allow for creation of two-way designs with improved imaging and spatiality. (Multichannel News)
BigBand Doubles Edge QAM Density Oct 28, 2009
"We're at a tipping point in terms of bandwidth congestion at the network edge," BigBand vice president of marketing John Holobinko said. "As the industry shifts to IP video and IPTV delivery, the demand for more service groups and larger numbers of QAMs per service group is growing.". (Multichannel News)
WEGENER Vice President Gary Pelkey to Present at SMPTE Annual Tech Conference & Expo 2009 Oct 28, 2009
Technical session will address advances in bandwidth saving techniques ... Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: - ), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that WEGENER Vice President Gary Pelkey will participate in the 2009 SMPTE Annual Tech Conference & Expo as part of the technical session titled "Advances in Compression Techniques." Pelkey will present "Move to HD Without Bandwidth Penalty;... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Fears of Web clogs during major H1N1 outbreak Oct 27, 2009
But the Homeland Security Department accused the GAO of having unrealistic expectations of how the Internet could be managed if millions began to telework from home at the same time as bored or sick schoolchildren were playing online, sucking up valuable bandwidth ... Among the many problems posed by this idea, however, is the issue of bandwidth especially the "last mile" between a user's home and central cable systems. (MSNBC -- Crime)
RAID's Days May Be Numbered Oct 27, 2009
The bandwidth assumes that two channels of the fastest type are available to be used for the 9 or 10 (RAID-5 or RAID-6) drives ... We all know that density is growing faster than bandwidth ... A good rule of thumb is that each generation of drives will improve bandwidth by 20 percent. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Mobile Web usage surge continued in Sept: Opera Oct 27, 2009
Data traffic through Opera's mobile browser -- which packages up to 90 percent of the data to save network bandwidth -- rose 8. 7 percent in September from August, Opera said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Oct 27, 2009
ATidgeton location would give the NSA potential access to an enormous amount of Internet data -- currently, the telecom giant controls approximately one-third of all bandwidth carrying Internet traffic to homes and businesses across the United States. The nature of the government operation using the Bridgeton room remains unknown, and could be legal. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Piecing Together a Telecom Gear Rebound Oct 27, 2009
The seller of products that can boost network bandwidth said third-quarter revenue rose 1% from the previous quarter, the second straight period of sequential growth. Tellabs executives said the company may see added growth in the period that ends in December. (BusinessWeek)
Deaf to sign via video handsets Oct 27, 2009
Video compression tools made by US researchers make it possible to send live pictures of people signing across low bandwidth mobile networks. The system cuts down on the bandwidth needed by only sending data about which parts of each frame have changed ... Chatting via signing across mobile networks was impossible, Prof Ladner explained, because the bandwidth available meant video was of too low a quality to accurately depict the arm, finger and face movements of sign language. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
Kindle change reflects new world of mobile Oct 27, 2009
The financial blow to Sprint may not be huge, as it's still providing indirectly purchased bandwidth to users of the older device. But AT&T's entirely logical move may be a sign of what's to come for proponents of mobile systems other than the dominant one. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
First Hyperlens For Sound Waves Created Oct 26, 2009
"Our acoustic hyperlens relies on straightforward cutoff-free propagation and achieves deep subwavelength resolution with low loss over a broad frequency bandwidth.". Zhang is the corresponding author on a paper reporting this research in the journal Nature Materials. (Science Daily)
Our view: Library recession Oct 26, 2009
"Juice up my bandwidth." Keller said 000030F0 the library could easily to stand to quadruple the available bandwidth so that users wouldn't have to suffer slow-speed connections that can squander precious time on machines that must be shared. Her second wish. (Anchorage Daily News)
Video-On-Demand Now 27% Of Internet Traffic: Study Oct 26, 2009
"Every category is growing in aggregate bandwidth, but bandwidth as a percentage is undergoing a massive shift to video." ... During that "primetime" period, the usage profile among all users was roughly equivalent, whereas the heaviest users (sometimes called "bandwidth hogs") use their connections 24 hours per day. (Multichannel News)
How to Control Internet Access Usin... Oct 26, 2009
Some companies are very conscious of the amount of time their staff devote to surfing the Internet and prefer to block Internet access or limit usage to a certain amount of time and/or bandwidth per user. They also would like to block certain types of web sites with a view to limiting access to non work related web sites. (Suite101.com)
RNC website cost $1.4M, five times more than Dem site Oct 25, 2009
The biggest disparity seems to be bandwidth coststhe RNC paid Smartech Corp., a Republican-focused hosting firm, more than a million dollars, plus $22,000 to Eloqua, compared to the DNCs $203,000 to Sprint, Switch and Data and Servint Corp.despite the fact that the two sites traffic, which determines bandwidth usage and, largely, hosting costs, was the same. But the design of the site itself was costly, too. (TheHill.com)
FCC votes to begin crafting `net neutrality' rules Oct 25, 2009
The broadband providers insist they need flexibility, free from government intervention, to keep their networks running smoothly and prevent high-bandwidth applications such as streaming video from hogging too much capacity ... Those include determining what constitutes legitimate network management by the broadband providers to handle congestion and offer specialized services, such as telemedicine, that may require dedicated bandwidth ... The agency will also have to determine how to apply net... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
3-D TV in homes in 2010 Oct 25, 2009
There are concerns that 3-D broadcasts, which require twice the data, will gobble up an unworkable amount of television bandwidth. And some worry that 3-D glasses and graphics won't make a smooth transition to American living rooms. (CNN -- Tech)
Exec Sees Hulu Charging for Access Oct 24, 2009
Hulu was kind of cool at first, but with isp's setting download caps it just is not worth the bandwidth. 000008C0. (CBS News)
Why Blu-ray Will Never Come to the Xbox 360 Oct 24, 2009
While VUDU and others offer high-definition content, there are inherent limitations to digitally distributed media that prevent the format from matching hard copy high-definition formats, such as bandwidth caps, variable connection speeds, and compression. Audio/videophiles will go down kicking and screaming before adopting an inferior format, but a growing market of consumers, especially those who use online outlets like YouTube and Hulu, seem to be more than happy to trade audio/visual... (IGN Gear)
AT&T: Smartphone trumps laptop connections Oct 24, 2009
"The iPhone is a mixed blessing for AT&T. While it does sell quite a few units and generates lots of Web traffic, it is a bandwidth hog. AT&T allows customers to log on either through the cellphone network or through the Wi-Fi option. Wi-Fi is usually faster than traditional cellphone speeds so customers use it. AT&T likes that because it keeps their traditional cellphone network from being overloaded.". Most Read Stories. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
AT&T touts 3G upgrades in Baltimore region Oct 24, 2009
The technology increases bandwidth to support more data-heavy multimedia forms of data. Most Read Stories. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
FCC approves draft net-neutrality rules Oct 24, 2009
The issue has come to the fore as cases emerged of broadband providers choking off bandwidth for surfers using data-intensive tools like peer-to-peer file sharing, and mobile phone carriers erecting barriers to competing online calling services. Telecom trade associations and free market groups have characterized the rules as an unnecessary government intervention that will discourage investments in the industry and complicate the legitimate need to manage traffic, spam and malware. (San Francisco Chronicle)
$5B SatCom may augur DISA-GSA deals to come Oct 24, 2009
For the third tier of the contract covering custom end-to-end solutions and including leased bandwidth, teleport access, network, user equipment, integration services and network management, an IDIQ contract is more flexible and a better fit, he said. A separate industry day will be scheduled to discuss the solutions component of FCSA, he said. (FCW.com)
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Execs Talk Network Future Oct 24, 2009
The networking world is now at a cross roads with increasing demands for more bandwidth while at the same time trying to deal with effects of a global recession ... The reason why the carriers are being forced to transform their network is that their subscribers are using more bandwidth than ever before ... Qwest's Poll noted that in his company's residential business, bandwidth usage has been growing. (Datamation)
Green Packet enters Singapore market Oct 23, 2009
He said P1 would also offer supplementary bandwidth to which existing telecommunications companies could offload data traffic to minimise network congestion. Lai said P1 also planned to bundle mobility to fibre-to-the-home players to complement their services. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Bandwidth Police Help Keep Corporate Networks Humming Oct 23, 2009
Bandwidth hogs are clogging business networks ... Enter the bandwidth police, companies that call themselves application delivery network, or ADN, specialists. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Verizon CEO: We've Never Provided 'Dumb Pipes' Oct 23, 2009
He said that real bandwidth power for the average American is now one hundred times more than it was in the year 2000. "The reason why we have a big impact is our technology is inherently productive and it has a multiplier effect throughout the economy," Seidenberg said. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Bandwidth demand will stoke Intelsat General growth Oct 23, 2009
What is your e-mail address. My e-mail address is. (FCW.com)
The Great Internet Buildout Is Spurring Mergers Oct 23, 2009
Those cute apps that look up baseball scores or let you log into Facebook eat up enough bandwidth to put the backend infrastructure of phone companies under pressure, forcing them to upgrade their networks with new and fancy gear ... "There are n the world, according to the Broadband Forum, and that number is only going to increase over the next few years as emerging telecom economies such as India, Brazil, and Russia ramp up their Internet efforts. A whopping are going to connect to the... (BusinessWeek)
Living Together in the Digital Home Oct 23, 2009
Added to this, many homes will soon have the home-network infrastructure, usually Multimedia over Coax Alliance, to provide surplus bandwidth for a high-quality content-sharing experience ... Many homes already have an extensive coaxial-cable framework that provides high-bandwidth wired connectivity throughout the home. (Multichannel News)
TBJ unveils Triangle's fastest-growing private firms Oct 22, 2009
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The Expanding Net of Online Regulations Oct 22, 2009
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulators meet today to decide whether to restrict the ability of internet service providers (ISPs) to calibrate their fees to correspond with the amount of bandwidth used by a consumer. The FCC would essentially require ISPs to charge consumers the same for internet activity that uses a lot of bandwidth, like downloading music, as they do for activity that uses relatively little bandwidth, like reading text on a web page. (Townhall.com)
Cisco ISR Routers Get Big Refresh Oct 22, 2009
The platforms differ in their port configurations and performance, with the top-end ISR G2 3900 unit providing up to 150 Mbps of bandwidth with concurrent services enabled, according to Cisco. With the new ISR G2 launch, Skully noted that Cisco will have an upgrade program in place for current ISR customers. (Datamation)
Google Takes On AT&T in Fight Over `Terrifying' Internet Neutrality Rules Oct 22, 2009
The issue comes down to whether they want to use that limited bandwidth as the rationale for prioritizing and/or degrading certain traffic purely for commercial purposes, said Whitt, 47, the Washington telecommunications and media counsel for Mountain View, California-based Google, in an interview ... Companies such as New York-based Verizon and Dallas-based AT&T say net neutrality rules could interfere with management of their networks, risking slowdowns when applications such as... (Bloomberg)
Panasonic Avionics Corporation To Provide Premier Broadband Connectivity Solution for Business Aviation Oct 21, 2009
The suite provides the bandwidth to support virtually any service business passengers require, including simultaneous voice, Internet, VPN, live television and video conferencing ... eXTraBandwidth This solution provides a tiered offering of guaranteed, consistent bandwidth for high quality communications, such as dedicated voice, video conferencing and other bandwidth-critical applications ... With our Global Communications Suite, Panasonic will be providing a truly global solution with... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Broadband Users Consume 11.4 Gbytes Per Month: Cisco Study Oct 21, 2009
Peer-to-peer traffic represented about 38% of all Internet traffic, which was a significant decrease from Cisco's earlier pilot studies that showed P2P accounting for more than half of all bandwidth used, said Doug Webster, senior director of market management in Cisco's Service Provider Group. "There's been an assumption that peer-to-peer is taking up the majority of the traffic," Webster said. (Multichannel News)
Cox Should Disclose PowerBoost Limitation: Ad Group Oct 21, 2009
Specifically, the NAD recommended that Cox "clearly and conspicuously" disclose in future advertising the fact that PowerBoost, which temporarily increases download speeds when extra bandwidth is available, provides the extra speed burst only for the first 18 to 22 Megabytes of a file download. In a statement, Cox said, "Cox is pleased with the decision of the National Advertising Division which concluded that PowerBoost technology provides a meaningful benefit to Cox High Speed Internet... (Multichannel News)
Is Something Going To Happen? Oct 21, 2009
Dish is being quiet as well, but they are sitting on all kinds of bandwidth on their ;Eastern Arc; service as the NIMIQ 5 satellite is in full operation, besides the 16 transponders that Dish Network now has access to on January 1st they will gain control of the other 16 transponders on the satellite ... And even with the new space gained by the new satellite Dish Network is working to increase bandwidth as of last night Dish Network started reclaiming some bandwidth on the satellite by using... (Multichannel News)
Are we due a wave of book piracy? Oct 20, 2009
Page last updated at 18:36 GMT, Monday, 19 October 2009 19:36 UK. Are we due a wave of book piracy. (BBC News -- UK)
Can Hulu Save Traditional TV? Oct 20, 2009
are otherwise just bandwidth and resource hoggers who contribute nothing to hulu's bottomline, so this approach is understandable, regardless of whether Hulu has the rights to show their programming to folks outside of the United States (and I suspect they don't). That said, I'm a HUGE fan of ad-supported PLUS paid-subscription business models (which is also where we're headed at HomeCamera, and where I think you're going to see many top-notch publications by 2013). (FastCompany)
FCC Should Heed Danger Signs On Road To Net Neutrality Oct 20, 2009
Some require substantial bandwidth, others are latency sensitive, and still others are dependent on speed. Increasingly, creators of applications, software and other online content are partnering with network operators in the early stages of development to better match capabilities and needs. (Multichannel News)
Multichannel Newswire Oct 20, 2009
Well take a break from the lingo of IPTV this week in favor of a more fundamental question: How much bandwidth does it take to send linear and on-demand video over IP. The short answer. (Multichannel News)
AT&T adds more 3G cell sites in North Florida Oct 20, 2009
The upgraded network will provide more bandwidth that customers need to handle new services and devices with enhanced video and audio capabilities. The new sites are in addition to the more than 115 3G cell sites AT&T has turned on this year in North and Central Florida. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Does Fragmentation Hurt Storage Network Performance? Oct 20, 2009
He contends that the hidden influence of fragmentation could well cause storage administrators to buy more I/O bandwidth and install more hardware than is really needed for the applications they run. But if it is a software problem, they are targeting the wrong bottleneck. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Etisalat Announces Deal with Endavo Media on Major Online Video Platform Licensing Agreement Oct 20, 2009
Etisalats decision to license the Endavo platform is the first of many steps Etisalat plans to take in order to leverage its many assets, such as the Emirates Exchange, which is peered to more than 1,000 networks worldwide, and the FLAG fiber connection, which provides the majority of Internet bandwidth in the region. This will enable content owners in the region to reach users beyond their current satellite coverage area or terrestrial broadcast network. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rethinking cable TV service? Oct 20, 2009
A few things to remember about digital service: Digital saves cable companies bandwidth on their cableplant so they can offer more channels and use the saved bandwidth from ditching analog to sell more high-speed data services, With digital, cable can control charge per tv service is provided to. With analog, TV were cable-ready and could be plugged right into the set without a cable box (not talking about PPV) so you can run 5 TVs in the house by using a splitters for the price of one. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
FCC ponders Internet data laws... Oct 19, 2009
One question is how much flexibility broadband providers should have to keep their networks running smoothly by ensuring that high-bandwidth applications such as YouTube videos don't hog too much capacity and impede other traffic like e-mail and online searches ... The FCC also needs to sort out how the rules would apply to wireless systems, which have less bandwidth capacity than wire-based networks and might have greater need for traffic management ... AT exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple... (The Drudge Report)
Mobile TV Is Close For Phones, Netbooks And Cars Oct 19, 2009
But they've had to build the broadcasting networks from scratch -- or suck up their own limited bandwidth. And they charge a monthly fee. (W-USA News, DC)
Deaf to sign via video handsets Oct 19, 2009
Video compression tools made by US researchers make it possible to send live pictures of people signing across low bandwidth mobile networks. The system cuts down on the bandwidth needed by only sending data about which parts of each frame have changed ... Chatting via signing across mobile networks was impossible, Prof Ladner explained, because the bandwidth available meant video was of too low a quality to accurately depict the arm, finger and face movements of sign language. (Yahoo News -- Disabilities and the Disabled)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Oct 19, 2009
ATidgeton location would give the NSA potential access to an enormous amount of Internet data -- currently, the telecom giant controls approximately one-third of all bandwidth carrying Internet traffic to homes and businesses across the United States. The nature of the government operation using the Bridgeton room remains unknown, and could be legal. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
New Reality For Old Nets Oct 18, 2009
Small cable channels continue to be sold for their bandwidth (or, indeed, shut down, as Lime TV was in 2007 after new owners rebranded what had been Wisdom Television) ... But with channel bandwidth at a premium as distributors look to offer other services like phone, high-speed Internet and on-demand programming to subscribers, networks (especially smaller outlets within bigger network groups) are looking to hold on to their bandwidth and retool struggling services. (Multichannel News)
New Estimate: YouTube's Bandwidth Bill Is Zero Oct 17, 2009
Earlier this year, there was an analyst report that got a lot of attention, claiming that YouTube's bandwidth bills were huge, and there was no way the site was likely to ever become profitable ... One of the major problems with the original estimates of YouTube's bandwidth costs were that they simply extrapolated out the cost of bandwidth, and never took into account Google's unique position -- such as the fact that, during the "down" years a while back, Google scooped up a ton of for pennies... (Multichannel News)
Police forces adopt smartphones Oct 17, 2009
Potential problems include limited mobile bandwidth. Graham Baker says the phones are designed with that in mind. (BBC News -- Technology)
Crescent City Radio is running of funds Oct 16, 2009
Former student Mark Glynn gave bandwidth from his own online radio station to help get the station off the ground, but it was meant to be an initial donation, not continuous funding. The staff of Crescent City Radio is not paid and the Federal Work Study Program funds work-study students. (The Maroon, LA)