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Will the FCC succeed in regulating broadband?

Posted Thursday, May 06, 2010 6:07 AM by msteinberg :: 1 Comments
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With the release of our May newsletter , there are new reports that the Chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski, will announce today (May 6th) an attempt by the Commission to reverse a court ruling in favor of Comcast and restore a "free and open Read More...

Google's Broadband Plans are 100 times faster

Posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:23 PM by msteinberg :: 0 Comments
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Google announced on its blog today that it plans to build out a series of experimental high-speed networks in select locations that will provide connectivity at speeds 100 times faster than today's typical user connectivity. This rapidly hit the blogsphere Read More...

WiMAX 2.0 is coming

Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 9:01 AM by msteinberg :: 0 Comments
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For those that have been waiting patiently for ISP Clearwire to roll out WiMAX , aka 802.16e to your neighborhood, you may want to wait a tad longer. It looks like there is an upgrade about to be approved by the IEEE this year, with product trials in Read More...

tHAWT Episode #173: Net neutrality rules

Posted Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:43 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://hill-vt.com/podcast/tHAWT/tHAWT_100209.mp3
In this episode of the Hill Associates Week in Telecom (tHAWT), Dave and I made sure we would not lose one side of the conversation by having our discussion in the conference room. That wasn't the main reason but it makes for a good opening :-) So Read More...

tHAWT Episode #154: Verizon continues sell off

Posted Saturday, May 16, 2009 1:49 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://hill-vt.com/podcast/tHAWT/tHAWT_051509.mp3
In this episode Dave and Paul kick off the discussion on the topic of Verizon's announcement about selling off more of their rural land lines, this time to Frontier . Later in the discussion Mark calls in on Skype. Unfortunately this seems to have Read More...

tHAWT Episode #140: Dave ponders the broadband competition

Posted Saturday, February 07, 2009 3:34 PM by thindson :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://hill-vt.com/podcast/tHAWT/tHAWT_020609.mp3
In this episode Dave Train takes the reins solo and reviews many of the links that have been tagged with tHAWT in delicious.com. (Thanks to those who help us out by tagging articles, it is much appreciated). For this week there were a number of articles Read More...

PodSnacks: Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/isp.mp3
Since we've been talking about various Internet -related concepts, and since this question came up in my class last week, I thought I'd tackle the term Internet service provider (ISP). Most of us probably know what this is and, if we don't, Read More...

PodSnacks: PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)

Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q3/pppoe.mp3
We recently had a little PAP/CHAP sidebar, so now let's go back to Peter and see if he can give us a bit of an explanation of PPP over Ethernet . If you've followed this series, this might seem like an odd combination. Both PPP and Ethernet are Read More...

PodSnacks: Hotspot

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2008q3/hotspot.mp3
Not a lot of time to write, so let me just say that today, Trevor and I are going to talk to you about a pretty basic term: hotspot . Enjoy! As always, you can listen to (or download) the PodSnack by clicking here , or you can use the Flash player below. Read More...

PodSnacks: Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET)

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/ng-sonet.mp3
A couple of days ago, I chose to talk about Ethernet over SONET (EoS). At the end, I mentioned that Next Generation SONET (NG-SONET) is a critical enabling technology for EoS. Today we're going to look at NG-SONET and identify the three basic enhancements Read More...

PodSnacks: Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC)

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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The fourth and final installment in our access network series, which thus far has focused on Fiber to the X (FTTX), switches gears a bit to a different industry segment, that of the cable companies. In today's PodSnack, Dave and Trevor take a bit Read More...

PodSnacks: Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/fttp.mp3
The third installment in our series on Fiber to the X (FTTX) looks at Fiber to the Premises (FTTP). This is the predominant architecture being championed by Verizon as part of their FiOS service. In today's PodSnack, Dave and Trevor discuss the technology Read More...

PodSnacks: Fiber to the Node (FTTN)

Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/fttn.mp3
Today we continue our series on Fiber to the X (FTTX) with a look at Fiber to the Node (FTTN). This is the predominant architecture being championed by AT&T. In today's PodSnack, Dave and Trevor will explore the technology and discuss some of Read More...

PodSnacks: Fiber to the X (FTTX)

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/fttx.mp3
Today we begin a short series on Fiber to the X (FTTX), which will be completed over the coming weeks along with our concurrent series on Fiber Channel. FTTX is the generic name given to an entire family of access technologies and deployment models being Read More...

PodSnacks: Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) vs. Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)

Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:00 AM by mgilbert :: 0 Comments
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Attachment(s): http://podcast.hill-vt.com/podsnacks/2007q2/utp-stp.mp3
Building on yesterday's PodSnacks, today, Paul will take you through the difference between shielded and unshielded twisted pair . It should come as no big surprise that the primary difference is... wait for it... shielding! (Sometimes I just crack Read More...
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