Comcast Announces Millions Of Xfinity Wi-Fi Hotspots
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Comcast has been working to build out their own Wi-Fi network and offer connectivity not just to subscribers but to the general public as well. For instance, the company built hotspots...
Latest broadband Stories
Verizon Foundation Provides $10,000 Disaster Relief Grant to American Red Cross; Will Match Employees' Donations to Red Cross, Salvation Army COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon is calling on its employees and customers to join in assisting the victims of the historic wildfire in the Black Forest area outside Colorado Springs. The Verizon Foundation is providing a $10,000 grant to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in the area, and the foundation...
New Store Will Showcase Revolutionary Fiber-to-the-Home Communications Network LEOMINSTER, Mass., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers in the Leominster and Fitchburg areas can get an up-close and personal view of Verizon's FiOS TV, Internet and voice services at the grand opening of a new retail store in town on Wednesday (June 19). WHO: Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong Verizon Vice...
Industry and Encouraging the Creation of Sustainable Gigabit Communities ROME, Ga., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Civitium, LLC announced today the public beta release of CrowdFiber, a crowdfunding application built to bring together all of the stakeholders in broadband delivery and consumption in the creation of sustainable gigabit communities. The application is now online at Crowdfiber.com. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/PH33591LOGO ) "It's vitally...
To see this press release, please visit:http://www.broadband-forum.org/news/download/pressreleeases/2013/BBF_BroadbandSuite6.2.pdf FREMONT, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Broadband Forum today released BroadbandSuite 6.2, which establishes a fiber interoperability test plan and offers new options to accelerate G-PON deployments within the broadband industry. This comes at a time when fiber is the fastest growing access technology around the globe, and...
Contract signed between the town of Princeton and G4S Technology LLC Princeton, MA (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 A contract has been signed between the town of Princeton and G4S Technology LLC to design a fiber optic broadband network connecting town offices, schools and residences with high-speed Internet access. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, G4S Technology maintains a Massachusetts office in Springfield. Voters at the May 14 town meeting approved an article requested by the Princeton...
TestShell honored for its innovation in enabling engineers to optimize lab performance, increase testing coverage, expand equipment utilization and accelerate testing SANTA CLARA, California, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- QualiSystems [http://www.qualisystems.com ], the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for test and lab automation, announces that the company has received a 2013 TMC Labs Innovation Award from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine for true innovation and...
Newly launched HughesNet Voice service rolling out in U.S. GERMANTOWN, Md., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced the launch of HughesNet(®) Voice, its feature-rich home Voice over IP (VoIP) solution. It is already available to subscribers in the U.S. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110112/NE29456LOGO ) Bundled along with HughesNet -- the nation's largest...
X1 transforms traditional TV into integrated entertainment experience - complete with apps, personalization and social media tools, second-screen integration and more BALTIMORE, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, today announced the launch of the X1 Platform from Xfinity in the Greater Baltimore area. Unlike any other video service available, X1 uses IP technology and...
To help businesses save a little money, http://www.voipreview.org/ is revealing the top 3 ways that VoIP helps companies reduce their clutter and reduce their office phone bills at the same time. (PRWEB) June 15, 2013 Looking around the office, business owners might see the summer dusk lurking around the lamp stands, the wires hanging beneath desks, and the coffee rings tattooing the counters. It’s time for a clean up, and not just on a surface level. VoIP (Voice over Internet...
Businesses face important decision choosing right VoIP service provider for reliable phone service. Educational guide explains how to mobilize a workforce while keeping them connected with wireless VoIP communication options. (PRWEB) June 15, 2013 The new Guide to VoIP Service is now available for download from VoIP Supply, North America's leading supplier of VoIP equipment and solutions. This is the 11th guide to be released from the company's “Learn More” series of...
Latest broadband Reference Libraries
An internet service provider or ISP is an organization or company that provides access to the internet through copper wires, phone lines, wireless, or fiber-optic cables. There are two types of ISPs, hosting and transit. The hosting ISP is like a co-location center where it will lease server space to people and smaller businesses. The transit ISP provides a large amount of bandwidth to connect hosting ISPs to access ISPs. The ISP can be community owned providing the service as non-profit...
A Radio Atmospheric signal (sometimes referred to as Sferic or Spheric), is a broadband electromagnetic impulse that occurs during atmospheric lightning discharges. Sferics spread out from the lightning source and can be received thousands of miles away. A sferic, depending on atmospheric conditions, may extend anywhere from a few kHz to several tens of kHz. Sferics from far reaching storms, over 1500 miles away, are generally offset in frequency range and may be picked up as tweeks. A...
