Tag: Fiber
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AT&T’s Fiber JV is Bringing Multi-Gig Internet Speeds to This Large City
Gigapower, a joint venture partly funded by AT&T, said on Thursday that it intends to build out a fiber network in the Southern Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, area. The company said it intends to roll out fiber in the communities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Eagan, Savage, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Farmington, Lakeville, Rosemount and Shakopee. Gigapower is…
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Exclusive: Frontier CEO on How He Killed ’50 Years’ of Time That Would’ve Been Spent on Customer Care Calls
When you ring a customer care service line, you often get sucked into a limbo with unspecified call wait times and annoying hold music. Time has no meaning there, right? One company actually did the math. Internet service provider Frontier Communications Parent calculated the difference between the time spent on customer care calls throughout 2023,…
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Frontier Cable TV Is Facing Pressure To Sell Its Business
Frontier Communications is being urged to begin an immediate review of its business and consider a possible sale, according to a letter from investment firm Jana Partners. The firm, which owns a stake in Frontier, warned the cable company’s shares would continue to lag otherwise. “We wish for the Board to pursue whatever option generates…
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More Than Half of the U.S. Has Access to Fiber High-Speed Internet Service
Fiber optics, once an expensive and rarely offered service, has hit a major milestone in reach. In June, the average fiber access rate was 55.6% of households, an increase from 45.9% in December 2021, according to comparison and research website, Broadband Now. Since that time, about 5.6 million new households have subscribed to fiber internet. …
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This Small Broadband Provider Will Launch 50 Gbps Fiber Internet Service Tomorrow
Once upon a time, 1 Gbps of internet speeds courtesy of a fiber-optic connection seemed like a mind-blowingly fast connection. On Wednesday, a small broadband provider in the northwest will begin offering a 50 Gbps service — upload and download — to its customers. Ziply Fiber, a Kirkland, Washington, broadband provider will launch the service…
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T-Mobile Is Rolling Out Fiber Home Internet In Two New States
Back in 2021 T-Mobile started to offer fiber home internet in select markets. Now T-Mobile will be rolling out fiber home internet in two new states. According to a report from FierceTelecom, T-Mobile is expanding its fiber home internet network into Minnesota and Flordia. With T-Mobile fiber home internet, pricing starts at $55 a month…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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T-Mobile, a Wireless Provider, May Be Placing a Bigger Bet on Fiber
T-Mobile may be taking a page out of its telecom rivals Verizon and AT&T and moving in fiber optics in a bigger way. The wireless carrier, which distinguishes itself from its competitors by focusing almost entirely on wireless — home and mobile — is in discussions with the fiber business of Tillman Global Holdings to…
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Cable Internet Weaker Than Expected as Fiber and 5G Home Internet Dominates Growth
The past few years has shown that having a quick, reliable internet connection is a must-have. As a result, consumers are increasingly fleeing cable for newer and faster alternatives. That’s according to study conducted by RVA LLC on behalf of the Fiber Broadband Association, part of an annual study that looks at the changing dynamics…
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AT&T Is Giving Away Free Apple TV 4Ks to New Fiber Internet Customers
Thinking of getting new Internet? Right now, AT&T is offering a free Apple TV 4K or a $50 Visa card to new AT&T Fiber Internet customers. There are a few catches. You need to get their 300 or 1,000 Mbps Internet plan. You need to live in an area that offers AT&T Fiber. There is…