Consumers get half of advertised broadband speed, FCC says

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	FCC: Consumers get half of advertised broadband speed The actual download speeds that consumers get are about half of those promised by service providers, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service See how you can transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Read now! In this Issue Five billionth device about to plug into Internet Iridium satellites gather data for solar storm-watchers What is the 'Smart Grid'? Satellite, public safety projects win broadband awards Verizon FiOS test nears 1 gigabit per second Verizon, HBO planning on iPad streaming apps On the streets of Stockholm with LTE Are your cloud services secure? US broadband victim of vicious circle WHITE PAPER: Qwest A Cost-Effective Approach to Complexity Outsourcing network management can save time and drive lower total cost of ownership. Read more! Five billionth device about to plug into Internet Sometime this month, the 5 billionth device will plug into the Internet. And in 10 years, that number will grow by more than a factor of four, according to IMS Research, which tracks the installed base of equipment that can access the Internet. Read More Iridium satellites gather data for solar storm-watchers The same Iridium satellites used by businesses to transmit data around the world have been tuned to provide comprehensive electromagnetic data about solar storms that will result in an early warning system to protect power grids. Read More What is the 'Smart Grid'? "Smart Grid" is the name for a vision of what the electrical power grid should look like, where the grid itself uses modern networking technology to allow different parts of the grid to communicate. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Utilizing Analytics to Drive Revenue, Cut Costs Download this whitepaper today and examine how companies utilize analytics to drive revenue and cut costs.Realize this faster and with less risk with the scalability of SAS 9.2 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux on NEC's Intel Xeon processor. Read Now Satellite, public safety projects win broadband awards Four satellite-based broadband providers and emergency responders were among the winners in a new list of broadband grants and loans announced by two U.S. agencies. Read More Verizon FiOS test nears 1 gigabit per second Now that's fast. Verizon has completed a field trial on its fiber-optic FiOS network, in which it delivered bandwidth approaching 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) to business customers in Taunton, Massachusetts. Read More Verizon, HBO planning on iPad streaming apps Netflix may provide a must-have app for your iPad, but it looks like it's not going to have any such luck providing users with HBO content--HBO instead wants to build off its subscription service and release an exclusive iPad app, according to a report from Bloomberg. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Five Network Security Threats Discover the five most costly network security threats and see how you can protect your business with a layered security approach. Read Now. On the streets of Stockholm with LTE A test of TeliaSonera's LTE (Long Term Evolution) network and its new multimode modem shows the next-generation mobile technology at its best -- delivering speeds at up 59.1M bps (bits per second) -- when used at 2.6GHz. But it also reveals how the technology sometimes struggles when used indoors. Read More Are your cloud services secure? Cloud computing and virtualization are rapidly changing the normal mode of operations for most companies. But this move also means that techniques used to secure your corporate information assets must evolve drastically. In particular, there is no longer a physical "perimeter" to guard. Instead, the information is distributed, and the security must be likewise distributed. Read More US broadband victim of vicious circle A study from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project finds that the rate of broadband adoption in the United States has slowed, and that a majority of Americans feel that the National Broadband Plan should not be a government priority. Broadband expansion may be just what the country needs to get back on track, though. Read More
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