Tag Archives: Broadband

OnLive Offering Games on Demand

OnLive Offering Games on Demand

A new online game service called OnLive is offering Games on Demand service. A subscriber will be able to play games on their TV, Mac or PC using plugins and the OnLive Microconsole for TV play.

Founded by noted technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman (WebTV, QuickTime) and incubated within the Rearden media and technology incubator, OnLive spent [...]

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Comcast Turns it Up!

Comcast Turns it Up!

If you are a current High Speed Internet subscriber than you may have been upgraded with blazing fast internet speeds and you never knew it. Comcast has turned it up a notch offering speeds of up to 50 MBS!
If you are currently a High Speed Internet customer, you may want to test your upload and [...]

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WiMax Officially Released

Sprint’s WiMax wireless broadband data service, called Xohm (pronounced “zome”), was able to rightly claim it the first carrier to offer the long-awaited official version of the technology to businesses and consumers.
(Clearwire, a provider of pre-standard WiMax service that Sprint’s Xohm unit will be merged into later this year, began its service offerings earlier.)
The Sprint [...]

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Comcast Offering Faster Internet Speeds

Comcast is beginning to wake up and only because FIOS is in full swing from Verizon, which breaks the speed barrier. You can visit Verizon on the various packages they currently offer.
(AP) – Comcast Corp. on Wednesday said it will begin rolling out faster Internet speeds over the next few weeks in selected markets to [...]

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Comcast Tech Support Call

As you can tell I am not a fan of Comcast as their advertisements are full of you know what. In the last ten years, Comcast is the worst provider I have experienced so far. It will not be long until I have Verizon FIOS and boy I can’t wait!
Comcast Support: How may I help [...]

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Comcast Meet Verizon FIOS

Comcast Meet Verizon FIOS

As I write this my internet is bogging big time, but this is a normal occurrence with Comcast. This company raves on how great they’re in all facets of the offer sheet, but its all bull to say the least.
Comcast is over-rated and over charges for the most basic services. My bill each Month is more [...]

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Comcast at it again!

Comcast at it again!

After getting in hot water over the BitTorrent allegation – Comcast’s new form of network management will kick in when it identifies a single user “disproportionately” consuming network resources and will move to throttle their connection for a short while.
“If in fact a person is generating enough packets that they’re the ones creating that situation, [...]

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Verizon to Comcast: “Say Hello to 50Mbps FIOS”

Verizon to Comcast: “Say Hello to 50Mbps FIOS”

Verizon is currently upgrading all speeds for its FIOS (Fiber-Optic-Service) with speeds to 50Mbps US-wide. This will give users in 16 states the same speeds that were previously reserved only for the most competitive areas. All of FIOS 16 states now have access to up to 50Mbps downloads with 20Mbps uploads at the highest-end, $140 [...]

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