May 20, 2013

Broadband - News


PlayStation 3 160GB Amazon Family Bundle Now Available

PlayStation 3 160GB Amazon Family Bundle

The PlayStation 3 160 GB Amazon-exclusive family bundle provides every member of the family with the unique blend of entertainment, excitement and fun that PlayStation 3 is famous for. The bundle consists of a PS3 loaded with a hefty 160 GB hard drive, a DualShock 3 controller, a copy of SingStar Dance, two wired SingStar [...]

Verizon LTE to Rollout on Dec 1st

Verizon announced today that it will be holding a press conference on December 1st to discuss its LTE rollout plans. The press conference will begin at 12:00 noon EST and is available via teleconference and on twitter (@VerizonWireless #VZW4G). The  carrier is expected to blanket 38 major metropolitan areas and more than 110 million Americans [...]

BlackBerry “PlayBook” -Starting price $399?

The BlackBerry PlayBook is RIM’s answer to Apple’s iPad, as well as to a nice range of tablet PCs that run under Google’s Android operating system, and every one expects for the company to price the slate accordingly. There is a fresh news of the Blackberry Playbook price from MobilityInsider who claims that there will [...]

Verizon “4G” SIM Card expected to be available now

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Big Red is coming in town with its bag of 4G-ish LTE launches. As that moment approaches, Verizon’s first 4G SIM cards have hit some stores, according to leaked images. We have embedded the leaked photo at the end of this post, there is a chance that it is fake, however it looks pretty genuine [...]

New Verizon FiOS Internet 150/35 Mbps Broadband service launches

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If you’re a Verizon FiOS residential broadband customer, with a need for Internet speed, listen up. Big Red has just announced a new plan that boasts some ridiculously fast, Verizon is launching 150/35 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet service – the fastest mass-market broadband service in the nation – over the company’s all-fiber-optic FiOS network. [...]

BT Vision to provide “ BBC iPlayer” on IPTV service

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BT Vision the broadband based IPTV service which combines terrestrial UK Freeview TV channels with VOD content delivered via its ISP, is readying itself to show content directly from the BBC iPlayer VOD service. BT and the BBC are already working closely on the forthcoming YouView, and the two will now collaborate on iPlayer for [...]

Cisco Launches new range of Linksys E-series wireless router

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Cisco Consumer Products, a division of Cisco, launched its new range of wireless router—Linksys E-series routers in India. The E-series routers are available in three different models—E1000,E-2000,andE3000.These routers are specially designed to suite the individual requirements of users, and can be used to connect devices including notebook, wireless printers,HDTVs and game consoles such a Wii,Playstation, [...]

Clearwire Losing its Grip on U.S Wimax

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Its two years since Clearwire launched its WiMAX network in Portland, Ore., in January 2009 and became the first major operator in the United States to offer next-generation mobile broadband services. It was the first provider of 4G wireless service in Delaware, and now it’s on shaky economic ground. Clearwire and its majority shareholder, Sprint [...]

Virgin Mobile USA Brings Unlimited Mobile Broadband2Go Plans

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Virgin Mobile may not be the most popular network in the American market. But the company surely has got a loyal subscriber base and according to a recent report, the company may be simplifying their Broadband2Go data plans to these users. Using Broadband2Go, We’re not only able to browse the web but also stream high [...]

Net Neutrality Advocates Shouting Against Google and Verizon’s ” Open Internet “

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Net neutrality advocates claim Google and Verizon’s joint policy proposal for an “open Internet” will do more harm than good when it comes to keeping networks as open to all data. Critics claim the proposal is “worse than feared” and if adopted will result in users paying premium rates to access content such as critical [...]