The Broadband Revolution of the last 15 years was supposed to forever change our media consumption habits. The arrival of mobile or portable form-factors that facilitate viewing video was going to cement that. Broadband has penetrated more than half the population (54 percent of the population has an active mobile broadband subscription in the US, [...]
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Charter Communications: Honey, I deleted your mailbox!
A software error during routine maintenance at Charter Communications has resulted in the permanent deletion of 14,000 customer e-mail accounts. All contents in these email accounts, including messages, photos and other attachments have been erased and there is no way to retrieve contents from any folder. Charter Communications is large cable TV operator in the [...]
JetBlue to offer on-board Wi-Fi on BetaBlue Aircraft
JetBlue will introduce in early 2008 limited in-flight e-mail and Instant Messaging access, in partnership with Yahoo and RIM (the maker of BlackBerry phones). Passengers on JetBlue’s Wi-Fi equipped BetaBlue aircraft will be able to use their Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, smartphones, and BlackBerries to access customized version of Yahoo!® Mail and Yahoo!® Messenger named Yahoo! Mail [...]
Worldwide DSL Broadband speeds keep increasing
In the 3rd Quarter (Q3) of 2007, average residential downstream DSL speeds increased across the world, except in two regions, according to research by Point-Topic. Asia Pacific, Latin America, South East Asia, Western Europe and Eastern Europe all saw increased downstream DSL speeds. In North America & Canada and the Middle East & Africa, however, [...]
Which Countries have the Highest Broadband Adoption?
If you ever wondered which countries are leading the broadband revolution, at least in terms of broadband adoption, you have it here. Broadband adoption itself is not as important as what broadband adopters do with it, but it provides an idea of which countries will be the leading users of using Internet services and perhaps [...]
Internet Traffic continues to explode Internationally
International Internet traffic is Alive and Well! International Internet traffic grew 57 percent from mid-2006 and mid-2007, according to Telegeography’s Global Internet Geography. While it is less than the stellar 74 percent growth in the previous year, it’s still a huge improvement by most standards. Note: percentage growth numbers are relative to the first half [...]
