News tagged with cable networks

Bell Labs breaks optical transmission record, 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier

Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet

(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 7 weblog

Physicists break color barrier for sending, receiving photons

University of Oregon scientists have invented a method to change the color of single photons in a fiber optic cable. The laser-tweaked feat could be a quantum step forward for transferring and receiving high ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

FCC poised to adopt network neutrality rules (Update 2)

(AP) -- New rules aimed at prohibiting broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers of Internet traffic now have just enough votes to pass the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 72

Cable subscribers flee, but is Internet to blame?

(AP) -- Cable companies have been losing TV subscribers at an ever faster rate in the last few months, and satellite TV isn't picking up the slack.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 15

SpotterRF debuts Radar Backpack Kit (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- SpotterRF has announced a special radar backpack kit designed to enhance situational awareness for soldiers on the ground. The company says its special radar is designed for warfighters as part ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

The Internet comes to you across the bottom of the ocean

The Internet brings you data from around the world almost instantly. This information, coming from Geneva or Tokyo or Buenos Aires, arrives in the U.S. not from satellite but along cables that sit on the bottom ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

House votes to repeal regs on Internet access

(AP) -- House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with traffic on their networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 97

Australia embarks on great broadband adventure

From snowy mountains and sun-baked deserts to the steamy tropical north, Australia has begun wiring its vast expanse with a high-tech broadband network in a giant project being closely followed abroad.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

YouTube renovates website with a new look, format

(AP) -- YouTube has reprogrammed its website to make it easier for viewers to find and watch their favorite channels.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Drifting satellite threatens US cable programming

(AP) -- A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

FCC seeks input on rules for online services

(AP) -- Federal regulators are seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren't part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband connections.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

FCC closes loophole in cable program access rules

(AP) -- Federal regulators have closed a wrinkle that has allowed cable TV operators to withhold sporting events and other popular programming that they own from satellite companies and other rivals.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mobile Internet device performs unevenly in debut

If you could take broadband Internet with you, where would you take it? To an airport, a coffee shop or - this being Los Angeles - the beach, where you can surf the Net while watching surfers ride the waves?

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

FCC rejects proposal for free wireless service

(AP) -- Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1