Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that 90 per cent of US households get an Internet service at home, compared to 84 per cent in 2017, and 74 per cent in 2007. Broadband accounts for 99 per cent of households with an Internet service at home, and 89 per cent of all households get a […]
The UK’s broadband use is set to break records after a bumper 2022 saw people head online to engage with major events such as the Queen’s Funeral, watch live sport, enjoy the build-up to Christmas, and continue online gaming, particularly Call of Duty. UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach’s annual broadband update – based on the […]
Thirty-six Internet Service Providers gained 0.2 Mbps in November on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers offer the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. A total of 377 ISPs stayed the same, 17 ISPs dropped 0.2 Mbps and three ISPs – Optix in Pakistan, Zajil Telecom in Kuwait […]
Telco TV specialist Netgem TV has enhanced its content line-up, suggesting there is something for everyone to enjoy. Fifteen additional channels are available now to new and existing customers at no extra cost across Netgem’s Internet Service Providers’ partner networks, including TalkTalk, Community Fibre, Lothian Broadband, Brawband, Pop Telecom, Air Broadband, Inspire, Box Broadband, PureFibre, […]
Based on insights from more than two million T‑Mobile broadband customers, US telco T-Mobile’s 2022 State of Fixed Wireless report suggests that over the last couple of years, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has massively disrupted the traditional Internet industry. In the third quarter of 2022, T-Mobile welcomed its two millionth Internet customer, doubling its total […]
The US Federal Communications Commission has unveiled new rules that will for the first time require broadband providers to display easy-to-understand labels to allow consumers to comparison shop for broadband services. The Report and Order approved by the Commission creates rules that require broadband providers to display, at the point of sale, labels that show […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and wireline phone providers and fixed wireless services in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 825,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in Q3 2022, similar to a pro forma gain of about 820,000 subscribers in Q3 2021. […]
October was relatively steady in the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. A total of 131 internet service providers (ISPs) moved up 0.2 Mbps from September’s results, 300 ISPs stayed the same, and one ISP, Reytel DSL in Honduras, saw a drop […]
The Federal Communications Commission asked Congress earlier in 2022 for authority to make content companies such as Netflix pay into the Universal Service Fund (USF) to help subsidise Internet access for households that can’t afford it. But the economics of Internet traffic dictate that idea would backfire by raising prices for consumers and lowering the […]
A federal jury in Austin, Texas, has found communications service provider Grande Communications liable for wilful infringement of 1,403 copyrighted sound recordings and ordered it to pay $46,766,200 (€47.8m) in damages to a group of record label plaintiffs. US federal law does not allow internet providers to be wilfully blind to online piracy on their […]