Apple: Verizon Broadband Access

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Wireless broadband has developed into a
truly versatile broadband communications
medium while the national local loops
experience ongoing access problems

Wireless broadband has developed into a
truly versatile broadband communications
medium while the national local loops
experience ongoing access problems 07/08/2004 03:39 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004 Global Wireless Broadband Report to their offering [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]

Verizon jacks up broadband offering

Verizon jacks up broadband offering 04/05/2005 02:22 PM
Carrier has doubled the speed of its $30 DSL service and plans to add more communities to its fiber build in Massachusetts.

Verizon Upgrades Broadband Net Service
(NewsFactor)

Verizon Upgrades Broadband Net Service
(NewsFactor) 09/08/2004 02:27 PM
NewsFactor - Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has launched a faster broadband Internet service to attract online gamers, at-home workers and other consumers with high-bandwidth requirements.

Verizon readies national broadband
network

Verizon readies national broadband
network 04/14/2004 11:42 AM
The telecommunications giant says construction of its national broadband network is complete and that it plans to begin offering new data and voice services later this month.

Verizon broadband data service reviewed

Verizon broadband data service reviewed 03/23/2005 08:10 PM

I'm a reasonably frequent visitor to my parents' house in Bethesda, Maryland.  Mom and Dad are both Harvard graduates and consequently have little trouble recognize the utter worthlessness of something developed to a large extent at MIT, i.e., the Internet.  There is thus no high-speed Internet connection in their house and their neighbors apparently share the belief that Internet is not worth paying for because there are no wireless networks from which to steal.

Frustrated at having to drive to a friend's or sibling's house every time I wanted to check the weather or email, I signed up for an $80/month Verizon data card.  Washington, D.C. area is one of its flagship service area, promising "typical speeds of 300-500 kbps, capable of reaching speeds up to 2 Mbps".  Getting the PC 5220 card to work at all required a couple of calls to Verizon tech support, which, unlike Vonage and Lingo, involved minimal hold times and knowledgeable staff.  I needed to download a newer version of some software, which, of course, required an Internet connection...

How does it work?  The average throughput on the "broadband" network here in D.C. has been 50-100 kbps at most.  The software shows that at one point this computer achieved a peak rate of 450 kbps but there are long dropout periods when the rate is 0 kbps.  Most distressing, the service only lasts for 10-30 minutes, after which time this supposedly "always-on" service turns you off and you have to manually disconnect and reconnect to get back on.  Sometimes the software is smart enough to notice that you are disconnected and a little box comes up in the bottom right of your screen noting the fact of the disconnection.  Underneath the note are the words "Verizon: We never stop working for you (R)".

On balance the service is somewhat similar in feel to a 56 kbps modem except that you never know if that 3-second wait for a Web page is going to turn into 60 seconds because you've been silently dropped from the network.

Using Windows XP it is sometimes necessary to reboot the machine in order to switch from 802.11b to Verizon or vice versa.

Verizon Wireless puts $1 billion on
broadband

Verizon Wireless puts $1 billion on
broadband 01/08/2004 08:27 PM
CNET Jan 8 2004 9:16AM ET

Verizon Builds Broadband Wireless
Network

Verizon Builds Broadband Wireless
Network 08/27/2004 01:30 PM
Verizon Avenue launched a broadband wireless trial in Grundy, Va.: The network uses products from Alvarion that may be migrated to WiMax. Even though this is a small network in a rural community, it's a major coup for Alvarion and WiMax. Broadband wireless has largely been used by small startups or ISPs. A major operator like Verizon offers a significant stamp of approval, even if this is only a small trial aimed at learning more about the technology. This news also shows how much legitimacy a big name like Intel can add to a new technology. Realistically, broadband wireless technology that has been available for years could have worked just fine to serve this small community. But it took the buzz and marketing muscle around WiMax to attract the attention of a big player like Verizon....

Verizon: FiOS Access For Other ISPs in
the Works

Verizon: FiOS Access For Other ISPs in
the Works 03/14/2005 05:02 PM
Slashdot Mar 14 2005 5:51AM GMT

Verizon Completes Deployment Of The
Company's National Broadband Network

Verizon Completes Deployment Of The
Company's National Broadband Network 04/15/2004 12:58 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 15 2004 5:21PM GMT

Is Verizon Limiting WiFi Access To Only
Registered Computers?

Is Verizon Limiting WiFi Access To Only
Registered Computers? 08/12/2004 01:28 PM
While companies like Speakeasy continue to win customers by telling people they can do whatever they want with the broadband connection into the home, it looks like Verizon may be going in the other direction. An article in the NY Times suggests that Verizon is rolling out a new system that limits WiFi to only "registered" computers. Unfortunately, the article isn't clear at all, and the issue gets confused because the writer, who was blocked, knows she was using a neighbor's WiFi who was actually connected via SBC. The way the article is written, it sounds like she thought Verizon was somehow getting in the way and blocking her SBC borrowing, when it's pretty obvious that she just picked up the signal from someone else's Verizon-connected WiFi. The more interesting question, though, is whether or not Verizon really is requiring users to "register" every computer they want to log on to an account. If they are, it's a ridiculous and backwards thinking policy. While there's nothing wrong with keeping those you don't want off your WiFi, shouldn't it be up to the person paying for the connection? All Verizon has done is made it much more difficult for its own customers to use WiFi in a useful way. There are plenty of situations where there are perfectly good reasons to open up your WiFi to a "non-registered" computer (someone is visiting and wants to use their computer, you buy another computer, you bring home a work laptop, etc.), and Verizon has just made that much more difficult. Also, why should Verizon need to know how many computers I have accessing the connection? They're just selling the connection. All the more reason to go with a more customer friendly broadband ISP.

Verizon Admits It Plans To Sell Fiber
Access To Other ISPs

Verizon Admits It Plans To Sell Fiber
Access To Other ISPs 03/14/2005 05:27 PM
While Verizon has been threa tened to withhold fiber if the FCC forced them to share lines, that doesn't mean they're against selling those lines. Verizon has admitted (via Broadband Reports) that they're in discussions with various ISPs about offering them access to the lines. The article makes it sound like no one expected this to happen -- but that's not true. A lot of people expected them to have this option, but to price it at ridiculous rates that had little to do with the actual costs. The problem was never that Verizon didn't want to sell access to fiber lines -- just that they didn't want the government setting the price.

BT increases access to broadband

BT increases access to broadband 07/07/2004 01:23 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Tue Jul 6, 12:01 pm GMT

CEE Broadband and Access Services Forum

CEE Broadband and Access Services Forum 12/05/2003 05:29 PM
marcus evans Dec 5 2003 4:18PM ET

Realistic Argument for Broadband Access

Realistic Argument for Broadband Access 04/29/2004 05:54 PM
While many communities around the country vaguely hope that wireless networks will bring business to town, this Indiana town has some very real reasons for wanting broadband: Scottsburg, Ind. couldn't get any kind of broadband access from the incumbents so it spent $350,000 to build a wireless broadband network. The network equipment comes from Alvarion, which means that it's probably proprietary gear based on 802.11. The network has a very tangible economic affect on the town. Apparently, Chrysler promised to shut down the local Chrysler repair shop, which employs 60 people, if they couldn't get fast Internet access. Other local workers who telecommute threatened to move if they couldn’t get high-speed Internet access. Plus, the school system is saving a bundle with the new service. This Indiana town most certainly isn't alone in wanting broadband but failing to get it from the incumbents. While we already see lots of wireless ISPs serving these small markets, clearly they aren't serving every community that wants broadband. Perhaps WiMax will drive down prices enough to encourage WISPs to build out in more small towns....

China could overtake U.S. in broadband
access this year

China could overtake U.S. in broadband
access this year 04/04/2005 10:44 AM
China will have more broadband Internet access subscribers than the U.S. by the end of the year, if the number of subscribers to broadband Internet access services continues to grow at current rates, according to figures published Monday by market analyst Point Topic of London.

McDonald's puts broadband access on the
menu

McDonald's puts broadband access on the
menu 01/08/2004 08:16 PM

U.S. broadband access leaped 42 percent
in 2003

U.S. broadband access leaped 42 percent
in 2003 06/09/2004 01:50 PM

Nortel back in the broadband-access game

Nortel back in the broadband-access game 02/17/2004 06:23 PM
Three years after Nortel Networks exited the market for broadband-access equipment, the telecommunications maker is looking to get back in.

EU unveils blueprint for mobile
broadband: anytime, anywhere access

EU unveils blueprint for mobile
broadband: anytime, anywhere access 07/06/2004 03:12 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jul 6 2004 7:10AM GMT

Tournament showcases first-ever Wi-Fi
Hotspots all-round broadband access from
SBC

Tournament showcases first-ever Wi-Fi
Hotspots all-round broadband access from
SBC 05/10/2004 01:06 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum May 10 2004 4:55PM GMT

Almost 40 percent of tech-savvy
Singaporeans have broadband access (AFP)

Almost 40 percent of tech-savvy
Singaporeans have broadband access (AFP) 09/21/2004 12:46 PM
AFP - High-tech Singapore is also proving to be high-speed, with almost 40 percent of households hooked up to the Internet via broadband technology, the government said.

By 2006, broadband will become the
prevalent way U.S. households access the
Internet.

By 2006, broadband will become the
prevalent way U.S. households access the
Internet. 07/14/2004 03:35 AM
[PRWEB Jul 14, 2004]

100% Of Rural America Now Has Access to
Broadband Internet Service

100% Of Rural America Now Has Access to
Broadband Internet Service 01/04/2005 08:54 AM
Space Daily Jan 4 2005 1:06PM GMT

Broadband Internet access reaches 49% of
all home, NetRatings reports

Broadband Internet access reaches 49% of
all home, NetRatings reports 07/13/2004 01:39 PM
“Broadband Internet access is coming up to 50% of all home Internet users, Nielsen/NetRatings reports. Its May analysis of Internet connections shows that 49% of all home users—62.9 million households—are connecting via broadband. Four years ago, broadband users were 9% of the market with 7.2 million households. In that time, narrowband users have slipped from 74.5 milion households to 66.5 million.”

Pirelli Presents Its New Broadband
Access Products At Ecoc 2004

Pirelli Presents Its New Broadband
Access Products At Ecoc 2004 09/03/2004 08:25 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Sep 3 2004 12:53PM GMT

Police arrest Net cafe owner over
illegal broadband access

Police arrest Net cafe owner over
illegal broadband access 07/02/2004 10:46 PM
China Post Jul 3 2004 2:10AM GMT

Northern Scotland Residents Complain
About Lack of Broadband Access

Northern Scotland Residents Complain
About Lack of Broadband Access 06/03/2004 12:37 AM
ZDNet Jun 3 2004 4:42AM GMT

Mobile/Wireless Update: InphoMatch Sees
SMS Triple; Broadband Satellites
Wireless Debuts at NAB; Verizon, Next

Mobile/Wireless Update: InphoMatch Sees
SMS Triple; Broadband Satellites
Wireless Debuts at NAB; Verizon, Next 04/19/2004 04:30 PM
AVN Online Apr 19 2004 8:08PM GMT

Gullickson Incorporated's Mission Is To
Make Affordable Broadband Internet
Access Available To Everyone.

Gullickson Incorporated's Mission Is To
Make Affordable Broadband Internet
Access Available To Everyone. 09/08/2004 03:38 AM
Gullickson Incorporated will deliver affordable two-way broadband Internet access via satellite to virtually any home and small business in small cities and rural America early 2005. Gullickson Incorporated's motto is "Broadband. Within Your Reach." [PRWEB Sep 8, 2004]

China Mobile picks Vyyo for broadband
wireless access in Shanghai

China Mobile picks Vyyo for broadband
wireless access in Shanghai 12/09/2003 10:55 AM
Israel Business Arena Dec 9 2003 9:06AM ET

Mobile operators focus on Alternative
Broadband Wireless Access technologies

Mobile operators focus on Alternative
Broadband Wireless Access technologies 04/13/2004 08:42 AM
Telecoms.com Apr 13 2004 12:50PM GMT

StoneBridge Wireless Broadband Achieves
Key Milestones for Federal Access
Deployment Funding

StoneBridge Wireless Broadband Achieves
Key Milestones for Federal Access
Deployment Funding 03/23/2005 05:06 AM
StoneBridge Wireless Broadband, one of the largest next-generation broadband providers in the Midwest United States, has successfully fulfilled the performance requirements of a $4.2 million federal loan to spread broadband to 31 Minnesota communities. It has delivered high-speed wireless access to more than 31 Minnesota communities since 2001. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2005]

Widening wireless New WiMax technology
allows broadband users to access
Internet from more places

Widening wireless New WiMax technology
allows broadband users to access
Internet from more places 09/27/2004 07:28 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Sep 27 2004 10:24AM GMT

Yellowknife Scores a First for Broadband
Wireless Access: SSI Micro and Inukshuk
Internet Introduce New Intern

Yellowknife Scores a First for Broadband
Wireless Access: SSI Micro and Inukshuk
Internet Introduce New Intern 02/11/2004 05:37 PM
Stockhouse Canada Feb 11 2004 9:14PM GMT

Dublin Broadband Specialist Launches New
Corporate Teleworking Technology to
Separate Business and Family Access

Dublin Broadband Specialist Launches New
Corporate Teleworking Technology to
Separate Business and Family Access 03/14/2005 05:59 PM
Virtual Access, the Dublin based broadband specialist has today launched a new technology that will deliver a secure broadband connection for the corporate teleworker. The TW4000 from Virtual Access will allow both business and family access over a broadband connection without possibility of Corporate Security conflicts. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]

AOL Members Now Have Instant Access to
Apple’s iTunes Music Store

AOL Members Now Have Instant Access to
Apple’s iTunes Music Store 12/18/2003 04:49 PM

Access Virus Apple Loop Collection For
GarageBand and SoundTrack

Access Virus Apple Loop Collection For
GarageBand and SoundTrack 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
Access Music GmbH, the company behind the award winning Virus Synthsizer series, released a free Apple Loop collection for Apple's new GarageBand application.
The 46MB archive features punchy arpeggiator patterns, fat filter flows and amazing pad sounds exclusively generated with a Virus C synthesizer. All loops are royalty free and can be used in commercial productions without an additional license.

Watching A Windows User Trying To Bum
Free Wireless Access Off Of An Apple
Store

Watching A Windows User Trying To Bum
Free Wireless Access Off Of An Apple
Store 08/18/2004 11:01 AM
The list of reasons why the majority of the public should immediately switch to the Mac platform continues to grown, and on some days the list seems endless. By Bill Palmer (via MyAppleMenu)

ForeThought.net Launches Mach Broadband
- Cable-Crushing Broadband Internet
Service

ForeThought.net Launches Mach Broadband
- Cable-Crushing Broadband Internet
Service 03/14/2005 05:59 PM
foreThought.net, a Denver-based telephone and Internet company, today announced the launch of "Mach", its new ADSL 2+ broadband Internet access service. [PRWEB Mar 11, 2005]
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