Fierce Competition in the Video Marketplace
Over the last two decades, we’ve gone from relatively few ways to get video at home to literally dozens of choices. See how much the marketplace has changed:
Unless the FCC Acts, A New Technology Could Disrupt Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is popular. Really popular. 4 billion devices popular. So popular that more broadband data is carried over Wi-Fi than all other platforms combined. But is the miracle of Wi-Fi in jeopardy? It may be because the lifeblood of Wi-Fi – unlicensed spectrum – is potentially at risk by the deployment of a new technology called LTE-U that may not play well with others in the unlicensed sand box. It could cause massive interference problems to Wi-Fi. Although some wireless carriers developing these LTE-based technologies have acknowledged the need to share spectrum fairly with unlicensed
How We're Changing the Stereotype of the Cable Guy
Originally posted on LinkedIn Pulse on June 8th, 2015 The cable industry faces many challenges, but most of them provide exciting opportunities to remake the industry for the Digital Age and better serve the changing desires of consumers. That transformation is now underway. We continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible over our networks, providing the fastest broadband speeds available, delivering consumers an “anytime, anywhere” entertainment experience and introducing new services that make our lives better. Some of the best visual stories ever produced are emerging from cable
You Really Like Watching TV, Don't You?
People like streaming movies, listening to music, and playing video games online. Groundbreaking, we know. Take a look at the illustration below for a quantifiable look at just how all-consuming our passion for entertainment has become. It is, by a wide margin, our favorite thing to do with a broadband connection. So keep watching, listening, and playing. That’s what broadband is for!
Anatomy of a Botnet
The Washington Post’s recent series “Net of Insecurity” brings up the apparent, almost unavoidable reality of security risks on the Internet. While hackers, viruses, and scams are a near-inevitable byproduct of an open Internet, there are things your ISP is doing to prevent some of the most dangerous cyber attacks. Take a botnet for example. A botnet is a collection of Internet connected devices communicating with each other in order to perform tasks in concert. As a group, these devices are capable of causing serious havoc if they’re all simultaneously instructed to attack a single target
Future of Wi-Fi Predicted in Cisco Visual Networking Index
Earlier this week, Cisco released their latest Visual Networking Index. It offers forecasts and data on everything from IP traffic to mobile growth drivers and perhaps most interesting to us, the latest Wi-Fi usage statistics. We’ve known for some time that Wi-Fi carries more data than any other Internet medium. According to Cisco, this trend will continue through the end of the decade. So we ask the question, “How far can Wi-Fi take us?”
Top 6 Slides From Mary Meeker's 2015 Internet Trends Report That Highlight the Future of Broadband and TV
Earlier this week, former Wall Street analyst turned venture capital tech guru Mary Meeker presented KPCB’s annual (and highly influential) Internet Trends Report. It was 197 slides that could be best described as the unofficial temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate of the Internet economy. The scope of the deck was wide, covering everything from advertising trends to emerging economies. From our perspective, six slides stood out, highlighting the growth, evolution and future of broadband, video entertainment, and the changing Internet marketplace. The fact that user-controlled content
Cox's Mark Greatrex Talks Gigabit Internet at NCTA [VIDEO]
Earlier this month, NCTA and CTAM, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, hosted a discussion with Mark Greatrex, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer at Cox Communications and Chairman of the Board at CTAM. He shared with us new research on how their customers engage with cable and broadband and how Cox is building stronger customer service relationships. He also discussed how Cox’s gigabit broadband service, G1gablast, is changing how customers are using the Internet. Are you noticing that millennials and older customers need different things from the customer relationship? Yes
What Does Cable Do to Deliver the Internet of Things?
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Broadband in Education: A Roadmap to 21st Century Learning Environments
It seems like everyone, from the President, the Secretary of Education and the Chairman of the FCC to local newspapers, is saying schools need more broadband. And prestigious panels like the Aspen Institute and LEAD Commission are calling for a different kind of learning environment in schools to foster new 21st century skills. As the nation’s largest broadband provider, the cable industry certainly appreciates the value of a robust broadband network and quality digital content for education, but we also realize that simply pumping up capacity, or dropping a bunch of laptops into students’