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Charter and One Economy Partner for Free Internet Service
Charter Communications and One Economy, a global non-profit organization that leverages the power of technology to improve the lives of low-income people, will partner with local community agencies in a pilot program to provide up to 1,000 St. Louis area households with free Internet service, training and affordable technology. Charter will provide approximately $700,000 in [...]
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VITA Awards Cox Business Services Internet Svcs Contracts
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) awarded Cox Business statewide contracts for Internet services in selected speed tiers and zip codes. The contract now provides a vehicle for Cox to provide both Cox Business Internet and Cox Optical Internet to State customers through the VITA ordering process. Cox Business Internet has speeds that range from [...]
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Neutral Tandem Selects Cisco
Neutral Tandem (www.neutraltandem.com) a provider of tandem interconnection services to wireless, wireline, cable and broadband telephony companies, selected the Cisco (www.cisco.com) ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers to support its new Ethernet exchange service. Neutral Tandem’s Ethernet eXchange is said to fill a void in the Ethernet market by providing Ethernet service providers a more [...]
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Time Warner Launches DOCSIS 3.0 in North Texas
Time Warner Cable launched wideband Internet in North Texas propelled by DOCSIS 3.0. Residential customers can get speeds up to 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream for $99.95 per month. In related news, TWC will be offering wideband Internet service to Western New York as of April 5, offering download speeds of up to [...]
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Cablevision du Nord Deploys Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals’ (www.mixedsignals.com) Sentry and Medius digital content monitoring solutions are being used by Cablevision du Nord, a Canadian cable op. Cablevision is the largest cable operator in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Québec, providing cable TV and high-speed Internet to tens of thousands of subscribers in 50 municipalities throughout the province.
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Comcast and Augusta Deliver Masters in 3D
Comcast and The Augusta National Golf Club announced a partnership to deliver The Masters Tournament in 3D. Consumers with new 3D televisions and 3D-enabled PCs will be able to watch the Masters broadcasts live in 3D from April 7-11. The event marks a series of industry firsts — the first live next-generation 3D broadcast of [...]
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Product News: March 18, 2010
Cisco Tees Up for Next-Generation Internet • Moxi Shines at SCTE Innovation Showcase • BigBand Doubles Down on HD and Stream Processing Capacity • Mixed Signals Beefs Up Video/Audio Error Resolution Capabilities • Blonder Tongue Extends Digital and Encoder Lines • New Associates of Applied Science Degree Offered by Jones/NCTI • RGB Adds to Broadcast Network Processor Line • Cable Show Technical Program Features Top CTOs, CIOs • Clearfield Intros New WDM Packaging • New VoIP Team: Sigma Systems, Cedar Point • IneoQuest Expands Microsoft Mediaroom Line and IPTV Support Solutions • Quintech Debuts RF Matrix Router •
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MTV Networks Int’l Orders Miranda Viewers
Miranda Technologies (www.miranda.com) reports that MTV Networks International, Amsterdam (MTVNI Amsterdam) has ordered two Kaleido-X multi-viewers and an NVISION 8576 enterprise class router for a system expansion, which will allow playout of up to 75 channels from July 2010.
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Bejing Gehua Picks BigBand Edge QAM
Beijing Gehua Cable TV Network (Gehua Cable) picked BigBand’s (www.bigbandnetworks.com) edge QAM BEQ platform to deliver its new interactive HDTV and broadband internet services. Gehua Cable operates the broadcasting and cable TV network as well as reception and transmission of broadcasting and cable TV programs within the Beijing municipal area. The large-scale cable network covers [...]
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