Tag Archives: Broadband
Global broadband zooms, US penetration is over 80 percent
Did you know that Bulgaria has the highest level of broadband adoption at 96 percent? Or that average connection speed in South Korea is 16.7 megabits per second (Mbps) versus the global average connection speed of 2.7 Mbps? These are … Continue reading
What the Green Bay Packers can teach us about broadband
If Green Bay, Wis., a town of 105,000 people, can raise $ 70 million to rehabilitate its football field by selling $ 250 stock shares, I bet $ 250 there’s a community in America that can raise $ 2 or … Continue reading
Wi-Fi Alliance: There’s nothing “Super” about white spaces broadband
The Wi-Fi Alliance, the keepers of the Wi-Fi brand, have come out swinging against the characterization of white spaces broadband as Super Wi-Fi. The Alliance issued a press release Friday saying it likes the tech, but the name will lead … Continue reading
LTE-Advanced: Think of it as broadband for cars
This week, the International Telecommunication Union approved the LTE-Advanced standard, and the web understandably got excited, in some cases, even proclaiming the arrival of ‘5G’. The wireless broadband nerd contingent at GigaOM is also pretty amped up about LTE-Advanced and the huge … Continue reading
Global broadband subscribers inches up to 600 million
Here are some highlights: A total of 17.4 million broadband lines were added during Q3 2011. China had 152.52 million subscribers at the end of Q3 2011 while the U.S. had 90.5 million. At the end of Q3 there were … Continue reading