1. Survey: Comcast tops in hosted VoIP; Verizon best at IP connectivity Explore FierceTelecom (May 8 2012) Middle Mile , Cable / MSO , National , Regional Comcast continues to make a name for itself in the voice business. The top cable operator garnered top honors for its hosted VoIP service in an Infonetics Research survey. Verizon Business, meanwhile, turned in the top score among IP connectivity providers.   (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Comcast Business Services   MegaPath Wholesale

2. Lightower raises glass ceiling in Central and Northern New Jersey Explore FierceTelecom (May 8 2012) Middle Mile Lightower Fiber Networks is strengthening its Central and Northern New Jersey fiber optic network by adding over 100 new miles of glass through Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Morris, Middlesex and Mercer counties.   (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Comcast Business Services   MegaPath Wholesale

3. AT&T pulls back on wireless broadband as Cablevision expands Explore CEN Feature (Jun 24 2010) Cable / MSO OK, let’s get this straight. AT&T has throttled—a harsh term, but probably accurate—its 3G broadband wireless by adopting a metering system to keep some kind of handle on traffic that’s overwhelming the networks thanks to devices like the iPhone and iPad, both courtesy of Apple. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Cablevision   Optimum Lightpath   Time Warner Cable and Comcast

4. Google TV: more traffic on the pipe no matter how you look at it Explore CEN Feature (Jun 17 2010) Cable / MSO The arguments over whether Google TV will change the way people watch TV or destroy the existing cable/satellite programming formula or bring more viable content to the Internet are all interesting and fun—for somebody else. (Read Full Article)

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5. Cable’s keeping it general: IP video, not necessarily IPTV Explore CEN Feature (Jun 8 2010) Cable / MSO As a poor journalist (and you may offer whatever definition you like to either of those terms) I see IP video as a space somewhat removed from IPTV. (Read Full Article)

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6. Question for Boxee: Where’s the Bandwidth? Explore CEN Feature (Jun 1 2010) Cable / MSO Here’s something that should get your mandibular joints twitching. Boxee CEO Avner Ronen this week said that cable operators should really consider dropping their hands-off policies—and the gloves that cover them—and going at each other with over-the-top IP-based offerings. (Read Full Article)

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7. Analysts agree, Carrier Ethernet is the way to go Explore CEN Feature (May 27 2010) This week’s analysis by Infonetics Research Principal Analyst Michael Howard that “service provider investment in Carrier Ethernet is growing faster than overall telecom capital expenditures” and is “one of the areas that defied the economy” was a direct, albeit no doubt inadvertent, affirmation of what I’ve been saying all along. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Infonetics

8. Latest ‘Apple-cations’ Need to Find Bandwidth Explore CEN Feature (May 13 2010) For whatever reason, I’m not an Apple kind guy. Some who know me claim it’s because I’m rotten to the core—and there may be a seed of truth to that, especially if you really dislike puns. (Read Full Article)

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9. Interconnection Demonstration a Good Sign for Carrier Ethernet’s Future Explore CEN Feature (May 11 2010) Have you heard or read about 3D TV? The Masters was in 3D, showing Augusta National Golf Course in all its treacherous glory. ESPN’s talking about sports in 3D; Verizon’s sniping at cable operators either because it doesn’t have 3D TV technology or just because it likes to snipe; and of course (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

10. Verizon Application yet another Reason for Carrier Ethernet Explore CEN Feature (May 6 2010) Perhaps it’s just me and my laser focus (pun intended) but there seems to be a never-ending supply of reasons to deploy Carrier Ethernet, led by the most obvious of all the reasons: there’s just more IP traffic moving around all over the world. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Jim Barthold

11. Where’s Cable in the Backhaul? Explore CEN Feature (Apr 6 2010) Cable / MSO I recently had a somewhat surprising conversation with a wireless provider who popped a mythical bubble that had been forming in my head about cable, Carrier Ethernet and wireless backhaul. “We priced the cable companies and they’re always way too expensive, twice as much as the LECs,” the operator said. “You talk to them and they get you all excited and then at the end you’re bummed because they don’t deliver on what they promise.” (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Jim Barthold

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