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’
Behind the Numbers: A Little Bit of Math
Technology plus time equals more technology. It’s a pretty simple equation and it’s held true throughout history. Even still, when we take a step back and look at how much progress broadband technology has made made, it’s hard not to be awe-struck. A little less than twenty years ago, the fastest Internet in most homes was via a 56.6 Kbps modem. That’s about enough speed to download a one-megabyte file in six minutes. But things are different now. The majority of broadband Internet customers have access to over 100 Mbpsand several communities are starting to get gigabit broadband. Gigabit
What’s Really In A Gigabyte?
A typical subscriber in North America downloads over 57GB of data each month, but what does that much information look like? Network usage is proliferating exponentially, driven in large part by video streaming, according to the latest Sandvine Global Internet Phenomena Report. The typical subscriber in North America consumes an average of around 57GB of data each month, which represents a 13GB increase from the 44.5 GB just one year ago. It’s also important to note that a large percentage of users greatly exceed the Sandvine published average, using in the hundreds of gigabits per month. The
That’s A Wrap for INTX 2015!
As anyone who was there knows, the inaugural INTX: The Internet & Television Expo was an amazing experience. It was a coming together of industry leaders and emerging technologies to work through the future of entertainment and the Internet. It was by any measure a complete success. With the show now behind us, we wanted to gather our favorite moments and share what made INTX 2015 so special. Perhaps the most widely experienced element at INTX was the Marketplace. It was a re-imagined show floor illuminated by Imagine Park and the five interactive intersections. For a photo tour through the
If YouTube is Broadcast TV, Vimeo is Cable TV
At first glance, they could be seen as unrelated companies – the upstart online video company Vimeo trying to overtake the traditional TV experience that A+E Networks does so well. But as Kerry Trainor, CEO of Vimeo and Nancy Dubuc, President & CEO, A+E Networks sat down with Re/code Senior Editor Peter Kafka at today’s INTX General Session, it became clear that they are actually in the same business. They are both trying to deliver video programming in any form that audiences want. The race they are running is for the consumption of viewers’ time, as consumers are getting flooded with more
Sec. Pritzker and Powell Talk Jobs, Security, Broadband Growth
Closing out the final INTX 2015 General Session, NCTA President and CEO Michael Powell sat down for a conversation with Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. On top of mind for both was the role of the Department of Commerce and it’s programs in both expanding broadband access and protecting businesses and individuals from inherent Internet threats. Secretary Pritzker started by emphasizing both her and President Obama’s commitment to expanding broadband access. She also affirmed the leadership role the private sector has taken in expanding broadband access. Secretary Pritzker noted