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As cable companies have been trying to compete with FiOS, one of their favorite tactics has been a series of ads that intentionally distort the difference between core and last-mile fiber. Cable marketing folk assume that since the public is probably too stupid to understand the difference, they can take some of the shine off [...]

Om Malik gets an early peek at the latest quarterly Akamai “State of the Internet” report. As we discussed the last time this report was released, Akamai gathers the data from clients that have hit their global content server network, offering at least a partial glimpse of the full picture. According to Akamai, DOCSIS 3.0 [...]

As expected, Charter Communications this morning filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a restructuring effort the company says will reduce their .7 billion debt load by billion. The company had previously stated they’d be filing before April 1. Charter CEO Neil Smit says he’s optimistic and that customers have nothing to worry about. [...]

Next-generation wireless broadband often comes down to backhaul, something made clear by the delays faced by Sprint when they tried to get Clearwire off the ground, but couldn’t (at first) find enough high-bandwidth backhaul links. To that end, Verizon says they’re making the obvious move of offering their fiber network to wireless carriers, giving them [...]

While such deals have been common overseas for a while, AT&T just started offering users subsidized netbooks from both Dell and Acer if they’re willing to sign two-year wireless broadband contracts. Now reports indicate that Verizon will be joining the trend as well, and is in negotiation with multiple hardware vendors to release 0, subsidized [...]

Last week we noted that AT&T had finally started selling unsubsidized (no contract) iPhones for the rock bottom price of 9 for the 8GB version, and 9 for the 16GB version. Of course, in baby bell fashion, AT&T then proceeded to make the offer even less valuable to consumers by restricting the purchase to one [...]

42% of UK unhappy with broadband service; BT scornful of uSwitch’s poll techradar.com Cost-conscious consumers downgrade from cable Internet to dial-up chicagotribune.com Comcast claims OceanNet illegally tapped into its broadband signals mddailyrecord.com iiNet defends BitTorrent use digital-media.net.au Huge discrepencies in mobile broadband charges abroad, study finds computerweekly.com Verizon plans to sell netbooks: report reuters.com European [...]