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Broadband Reports has learned that Comcast is engaged in trials that may (or may not) result in the company offering Comcast customers free Wi-Fi. According to sources within Comcast, the cable giant has been studying Cablevision’s free Wi-Fi operations with great interest, and today launched a technical trial offering Wi-Fi service near NJ Transit commuter [...]

You might recall that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson made some waves last year when he stated the telecom giant was having trouble finding enough skilled workers to fill the 5,000 customer service jobs it promised to return to the States from India. As of last March, AT&T had only managed to bring back 1,400 of [...]

The recent love letters to DOCSIS 3.0, and this week’s announcement by Charter that they’d be offering 60Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 cable in St. Louis has apparently made Verizon grumpy. The telco yesterday took a shot at DOCSIS 3.0 over at their policy blog. Verizon complains that comparisons between their FTTH FiOS service and DOCSIS 3.0 [...]

It’s interesting to note that Charter has apparently taken a page out of Comcast’s new support book, and has begun helping broadband customers via Twitter. As part of their new outreach program, they’ve also apparently suggested that regular Charter techs should no longer offer support in our forums in any official capacity. “In order to [...]

As we’ve been exploring, the music industry has been engaged in a global campaign to put ISPs into the role of content nannies, trying to get laws passed forcing ISPs to terminate the accounts of repeat offenders. So far laws have been successful in only a few countries (like France), though closed door negotiations with [...]

Yesterday, purely across party lines, the House passed (244-188) the 9 billion stimulus plan, billion of which will go to broadband. The House bill includes a mandate requiring that ISPs who get government funds for deployment must adhere to network neutrality — the term left undefined until the incoming FCC boss, Julius Genochowski, defines it [...]

Verizon has started laying fiber in some neighborhoods that are already served by AT&T U-Verse. The select broadband incursions may evolve into a broader battle, depending on who you ask. Some believe any AT&T or Verizon direct competition could remain limited to very select greenfield developments in just a handful of Texas areas. Others think [...]

The site has been a bit lean on content as of late, but we are getting back into the swing, and with the ITExpo in Miami, FL approaching in the first week of February, we expect a bunch of new VoIP product releases and you will be able to hear about it here on the [...]