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News BlogTN: Deal is near on AT$T's statewide cable plansPosted on April 13, 2008 - 6:37am.
from: The Tennessean Deal is near on AT&T's statewide cable plans Lawmakers expect to unveil compromise legislation on Monday that would permit AT&T to offer its television services statewide, capping months of closed-door talks between feuding sides of the telecommunications industry. TN: Comcast, AT$T work together on new bill for franchising rightsPosted on April 13, 2008 - 6:35am.
from: Memphis Business Journal Friday, April 4, 2008 After vociferously contending an AT&T, Inc.-backed bill on the state's Capitol Hill last year, Comcast Corp. is now working with the telecom giant behind closed doors to create a new bill that will assuage both parties while changing the way video franchising rights are granted in Tennessee. TN: Legislators Say Bill Sought By AT$T Finally ReadyPosted on April 13, 2008 - 6:33am.
From: The Chattanoogan Legislators Say Bill Sought By AT&T Finally Ready Legislative leaders said they have finally reached agreement on a statewide franchise bill sought by AT&T that is expected to result in a new cable TV option for Chattanooga residents and others throughout Tennessee. FCC approves new method for tracking broadband's reachPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:29am.
from: CNet FCC approves new method for tracking broadband's reach by Anne Broache, CNet As expected, federal regulators on Wednesday voted to overhaul the way they measure how widely broadband is available across the United States. For years, the Federal Communications Commission has been drawing up reports on the state of U.S. Internet access availability based on methodology that considers 200 kilobits per second (Kbps) service to be "high speed"--and such access to be widely available even in ZIP codes that may, in reality, house only one connection. ( categories: FCC )
MA: IBEW Tries Mass. Organizing Of Comcast WorkersPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:25am.
from: MultiChannel News IBEW Tries Mass. Organizing Of Comcast Workers Comcast is in the crosshairs of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which has vowed to demonstrate nationwide at Comcast facilities in an effort to organize the company’s employees. ( categories: Comcast | MASSACHUSETTS )
When Capacity Is Never EnoughPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:24am.
from: MultiChannel News COVER STORY: When Capacity Is Never Enough WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A bit is a bit is a bit. An electronic packet of data is a packet is a packet. Unless you look inside to see what it contains. NY: FiOS Internet Takes ManhattanPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:16am.
FiOS Internet Takes Manhattan By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 3/24/2008 8:31:00 AM Verizon Communications has inked a deal to Internet service at up to 50 megabits per second, over its FiOS fiber-optic network, to residents in two Manhattan apartment complexes – but for now, the telco's still unable to proffer TV services in New York City. GA: Timing on new cable till fuzzyPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:14am.
from: The Albany Herald Timing on new cable till fuzzy SUSAN MCCORD susan.mccord@.at.albanyherald.com ALBANY — A new Georgia law allowed AT&T to purchase on Feb. 14 a single state video franchise that includes much of metro Albany, but the company is slow to say when it will bring U-verse television service to Southwest Georgia. GA: New arrangement nets city more moneyPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:12am.
from: The Reflector New arrangement nets city more money By T. Scott Batchelor Monday, March 24, 2008 The city of Greenville is getting more money now that state — rather than local — government is franchiser for cable systems, local officials said. ( categories: GEORGIA | State Franchises )
MA: Verizon under fire for FiOSPosted on March 25, 2008 - 7:07am.
from: The Sun Chronicle Verizon under fire for FiOS Verizon has been under fire in recent months from critics who question why the company’s rollout of FiOS, its new fiber-optic cable television and Internet service, has mostly ignored Massachusetts’ cities, including Attleboro, Boston and Brockton, in favor of suburbs. ( categories: MASSACHUSETTS | Verizon )
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