Google Fiber Rolls Out Major Upgrade to Pay-TV Google Fiber has announced a massive update to its pay-TV user interface, in spite of  rumors circulating last month that the company was set to curtail deployment plans and cut staff.The Google
Comcast Embraces Netflix in Home Cable Set-Top Box Bowing to the might and popularity of Netflix, Comcast has made an extraordinary concession and agreed to allow its customers to view Netflix through its X1 home cable box. The new cable
Top Weekly Updates Comcast to Rollout Gigabit Broadband by End of 2016 After a successful test of a DOCSIS 3.1 modem in Philadelphia, Comcast said it will offer a new gigabit-speed service by the end of 2016. So far, one
According to Cowen & Company Analyst Colby Synesael, he believes that Comcast is “highly likely” to acquire Level 3 or Zayo, because building a national fiber network would be too expensive, not to mention time consuming. With Comcast raking in $2.1B
Over the last year in the telecom industry, all the conversation has been around GAFAN (Google + Apple + Facebook + Amazon + Netflix) and how they’re investing in dark fiber, undersea cabling systems, satellites, balloons, MVNOS and last mile infrastructure.
Confession: I totally underestimated EdgeConneX. They aren’t a Cool Startup as I recently wrote, they are a game changer to CDN Network Footprint Architecture. And who are CDNs? Pure-plays, Netflix, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook, Mobile Operators, Cable Operators and Network Operators.
Akamai is the 800 pound gorilla in the land of giants. The global content delivery ecosystem is too vital for any one company to dominate. Just a few years back, none of these giants had a CDN. Eventually, they came
Let’s ask the crazy question – Can Netflix surpass Comcast in market valuation in the next five years? First, let’s dive into a recent study by MTM, a London based consultancy catering to the who’s who in media. The study
It’s looks like the the recent ruling on Net Neutrality is starting to move the needle in favor of the Middle-mile Middlemen, kinda, sorta. There are some winners and losers in this soap opera, but it will take some time
It’s been nine months since our last interview with Per Buer, founder of Varnish Software. Varnish Software is one of leading global caching platforms, powering millions of websites and thousands of well known online brands. A lot has happened in
Today, we are starting our very first series of Q&A sessions. In this session, we talk to Per Buer, the founder of Varnish Software. The topic of discussion is Comcast and Apple’s decision to use Apache Traffic Server (ATS) to
In one corner you got Netflix, Level 3 and Cogent. In the other corner you have AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. The fight is getting nastier, and also more entertaining. Reed Hastings is the man. He speaks his mind, and goes
