In the last decade, an incredible amount of innovative digital services were made available to the consumer, improving their quality of life. Most of these services rely on the ability to collect, store and/or analyze data that was previously
3G/4G as a landline data substitute
A guest post by Herman Wagter.
In the never-ending discussions about platform competition, the notion that mobile data is a substitute for landline data keeps coming back. I thought it might be interesting to recount a real life experience
So much for mobile-only network strategies…
I had a “wow!” moment this morning reviewing a presentation given by WiK’s Scott Marcus entitled State-of-the-Art Mobile Internet connectivity (thanks for Chris Marsden for pointing this out).
In particular, there’s one graph in there that blew my mind, I’m
Release: Fiber Project Database
We are very proud to announce the release of our Fiber Project Database.
There are many resources available on global numbers for FTTx around the world, be they subscriber numbers or ports shipped. However, all of these numbers tend
Wireline QoE degradation: further explanations (maybe) ?
Last week I posted on the sharp dip in Akamai's average speed data in many countries in the world in the last quarter or two quarters. The piece has gotten some attention and a few responses were sent out to
Return of the Hog Conundrum
Photo by nutmeg66
This morning, Ars Technica publishes a really interesting article on the cost structure underlying wireline broadband service and its sensitivity to data usage entitled Should broadband data hogs pay more? ISP economics say "no".This article looks
Broadband in Bulgaria
