Tiered broadband – Not because they have to but because they can

There is this inane belief that at some point the Internet will be everywhere accessible 24/7 no matter where you are or what device you might be using. Everything will be streaming video and instantaneous news all ... continue

Motorola Droid Tops 100,000 Sales In First Weekend

With critically lauded appeal, a mobile operating system that continues to grow in popularity and a sleek design supported by a advertising heavy campaign, it doesn't surprise me that the Motorola Droid did well in terms of ... continue

The Independence Day delivery of the DROID

Market share in the mobile phone market is fought by percentage points and exceptional products. Up until this point there is no denying the fact that Apple's iPhone has been gaining ground percentage point by percentage point. ... continue

Verizon to cut the copper umbilical cord

The telephone business has been built around the copper wire that flows through our communities, cities, and countries like a communication blood stream. However those landline phones that have been an integral part of ... continue

Verizon to cut 8000+ jobs in next 6 months

U.S. telephone company, Verizon, has announced that it will be eliminating more than 8000 jobs over the next 6 months. Most of the Verizon job cuts will be from the Wireline side of the company, which uses hardwired ... continue

The Verizon iPhone: Could It Be?

The iPhone may be coming to Verizon, if recent reports are to be believed. Apple has been "discussing" the idea of offering the iPhone on Verizon's network, a story published in USA Today suggests, citing unnamed "people ... continue

Lies, Damn Lies, and Twilight Download Statistics

Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm yesterday received a lot of attention for a post she wrote arguing that that metered broadband suffers a "Twilight Problem" based on a series of calculations based around downloading the movie Twilight. Our ... continue

Daughter’s texting cost family $4,756.25 – Damn!

Texting has become something of our next social disease but in most cases doesn’t much more damage that give you sore thumbs especially if you are in the habit of sending out 10,000 text ... continue

Verizon Suffers Security Slip in Security Seminar Invites

Talk about awesome irony: Verizon accidentally included the private e-mail addresses of 1,200 IT professionals in a mass-mailed invitation for a seminar about protecting personal data. The communications company sent more than a dozen e-mails containing the addresses, ... continue

Rhapsody Goes Mobile With Verizon

RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service is going mobile with a new Verizon partnership launching today. The deal -- branded as V CAST Music -- will give users the option of getting unlimited music downloads to their phones for $15 ... continue

ISPs Eye Bandwidth-Based Charges

A big bandwidth could soon cost you. Broadband Reports quotes a Comcast insider as saying the company may instate monthly data caps for its internet users. Right now, the insider says, executives are looking at limiting you ... continue