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Faster Internet For Rural America
Although the Internet is accessible across the entire United States of America, certain rural areas have had slow speeds and limited access since the introduction of DSL broadband Internet. Largely, this is because the phone lines have simply not been up to the capacity of those found in the big cities, and the cost to […]
Continue readingRouter Issues Won’t Affect Fiber Says Frontier
The recent struggle in West Virginia to put federally funded Internet routers in public facilities throughout the state hasn’t slowed Frontier Communications‘ work in bringing high speed fiber optic cable in West Virginia schools, a Frontier engineer commented early this week. Mark McKenzie, Frontier’s Engineering Manager said that Frontier did not have any role in […]
Continue readingThe DSL Death March Continues
The gradual decline of DSL Internet continues as AT&T and Verizon, two of the biggest phone companies in the US reported substantial losses of customers in the first quarter of 2012. Last week Verizon announced that it lost 89,000 DSL subscribers but gained 193,000 new users of its FiOS services. Verizon’s fiber optic service is […]
Continue readingAT&T Hikes U-verse TV To 4 Million Subscribers as DSL Woes Persist
The total subscriber base of AT&T U-Verse TV at the end of last quarter stood at 3.99 million users which represents a healthy gain of 200,000 new subscribers in the first quarter of 2012. The company also managed to enroll 718,000 new AT&T U-Verse Internet subscribers during the same period while the numbers in its […]
Continue readingVerizon Stops Selling DSL in Fiber Markets, Eyes More FiOS Price Hikes
According to Verizon Communications CFO, Fran Shammo, Verizon will be aiming to improve its wire-line unit’s profitability by no longer selling Verizon DSL over copper in areas where FiOS is available and hiking the price of FiOS bundles in the next two quarters. In the first quarter of 2012, Verizon added 193,000 FiOS Internet and […]
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