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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
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Statement of NCTA Regarding the Reintroduction of the Broadband Adoption Act

“We welcome the reintroduction of the Broadband Adoption Act by Rep. Doris Matsui and Senators Chris Murphy and Cory Booker, and the renewed focus it shines on the important issue of broadband adoption. While broadband is the fastest growing consumer technology in history, a small but significant percentage of U.S. consumers do not yet subscribe or see the relevance of
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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
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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.
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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
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What Does Cable Do to Deliver the Internet of Things?

Learn more about the future of Wi-Fi HERE Learn more about America’s Internet HERE
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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
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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
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Statement of NCTA President & CEO Michael Powell Regarding Partial Stay Filing with D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

{Background: Today, NCTA and other associations and companies representing a wide array of broadband providers filed a consolidated petition with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to stay the effectiveness of the FCC’s decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a Title II common carrier service. The joint motion is attached.} "Today, we have joined with other
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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
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