In case you’re still convinced there’s a true open market in broadband space and the handful of companies running it are sufficient competition for each other, consider this: in Hong Kong, you can get a fiber-to-the-home connection 20 times faster than Verizon’s FiOS connection for about the same price.
Dial-Up Users Happier Than Broadband Users
High-speed Internet service continues to attract new subscribers, but satisfaction measurement for high-speed customers indicates that service providers are not making significant progress in producing loyal customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Internet Service Provider Residential (ISP) customer Satisfaction study out today.
‘Free’ Broadband Sparks Constitutional Debate
Though M2Z Networks threatened to take to the FCC to court to force a decision on the company’s "family friendly" free nationwide wireless broadband proposal by September 1, a likely "no" vote from the commission has made M2Z decide more public debate is necessary.
Free Broadband Isn’t Really Free
The US broadband situation is so dire that you may not even be able to give away access. Worse, there might be good reason for that. You may not have heard of M2Z Networks, Inc., but 50,000 others have and are pressuring the FCC to approve the company’s offer of free nationwide broadband access.
Cringely Details Why Your Broadband Stinks
The $200 billion boondoggle that was meant to deliver high speed digital services to the home by the year 2000 instead left America running to stand still in the world of broadband delivery.
The Broadband Gap In The U.S.
The U.S. ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
U.S. Broadband Adoption
Income and race are becoming less important in U.S. broadband adoption according to The Pew Internet & American Life Project report "Home Broadband Adoption 2007."
U.S. Broadband To Reach 86 Million Households
Around 86 million U.S. households will have broadband Internet access by 2012 according to a new report from JupiterResearch.
Broadband Users Spend Spare Time Online
Broadband users spend close to half of their spare time online during a normal weekday according to Media-Screen’s "Netpop|Play" report.
The study found that the average broadband user spent an hour and 40 minutes of their weekday spare time online. More than half of that time online was focused on entertainment and communication.
The study also revealed a range of users spare time activities and found that email and personal Web surfing were more popular than TV viewing.
TiVo Launches Search For Broadband Users
DVR innovator TiVo has announced a new Universal Swivel Search feature for its broadband users, which allows them to search broadband, cable, and broadcast programming.