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Starlink's daunting deployment plan 'leaves no margin for error' – analyst
Jeff Baumgartner 1/18/2022 Post a comment
Elon Musk's nascent broadband will need to radically accelerate the rate of satellite launches – and navigate tricky supply chain logistics – if it's going to come close to fulfilling its global ambition.

Fixed wireless, LEO satellite broadband best suited for unserved and underserved areas – study
Jeff Baumgartner 11/22/2021 Post a comment
Performance data from Comlinkdata/Tutela indicate that T-Mobile Home Broadband and Starlink are as good as VDSL, stomp on DSL, but generally fall short of terrestrial HFC and fiber services.

Amazon to FCC: Make SpaceX follow the rules
Jeff Baumgartner 9/13/2021 Post a comment
Kuiper Systems, Amazon's satellite broadband unit, counters that concerns about SpaceX's 'Gen2' plan for Starlink has nothing to do with slowing competition, but is about holding SpaceX to FCC rules.

AT&T connects with OneWeb
Jeff Baumgartner 9/8/2021 Post a comment
Providing OneWeb with a big-name tenant, AT&T plans to tap into OneWeb's developing low-Earth orbit satellite broadband platform to serve businesses in remote parts of the US.

Amazon, SpaceX wage war over Starlink's 'Gen2' system
Jeff Baumgartner 9/3/2021 Post a comment
Amazon's Kuiper Systems wants the FCC to dismiss SpaceX's next-gen satellite broadband plans while SpaceX calls the complaint a delay tactic to slow competition and help Kuiper can catch up.

Starlink terminal shipments pass the 100K mark
Jeff Baumgartner 8/24/2021 Post a comment
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk notes that Starlink's satellite broadband service reaches parts of 14 countries, with license applications pending 'in many more countries.'

SpaceX sizes up more powerful 'Gen2' system for Starlink
Jeff Baumgartner 8/20/2021 Post a comment
Elon Musk's SpaceX says the next-gen system, to be delivered into orbit via the company's Starship rocket, will substantially increase capacity and reach using a constellation of almost 30,000 satellites.

SES's new 1-Terabit satellite constellation takes a step toward the launchpad
Jeff Baumgartner 8/18/2021 Post a comment
SES showed off its new high-capacity, medium-Earth orbit satellite, which will form its 11-satellite O3b mPower constellation. SES plans to hook into Microsoft Azure to establish an aggregated, multi-orbit network.

Viasat looks for new global satellite fleet to beef up bandwidth
Jeff Baumgartner 8/9/2021 Post a comment
Residential fixed satellite broadband subs dipped in Q2 2021 but customers continue to consume capacity as they move to faster tiers.

Starlink's median download speeds start to flirt with fixed-line levels, Ookla finds
Jeff Baumgartner 8/5/2021 Post a comment
Median download speeds for the satellite broadband service hit 97.2 Mbit/s in the US, up from 65.7 Mbit/s in Q1 2021, according to Ookla's Q2 2021 Speedtest data.

Starlink flirts with in-flight broadband market
Jeff Baumgartner 6/10/2021 Post a comment
Satellite-powered broadband service provider is in talks with 'several' airlines about providing connectivity for in-flight W-Fi services.

First ViaSat-3 satellite takes a step toward launch
Jeff Baumgartner 6/7/2021 Post a comment
Set for launch in early 2022, ViaSat-3 will cover the Americas and represent the first in a set of new satellites that will eventually deliver global coverage.

Starlink's speed performance erratic of late
Jeff Baumgartner 4/7/2021 Post a comment
According to a new batch of Ookla Speedtest data, median speeds for the satellite broadband service temporarily dipped then climbed again. Meanwhile, the service's burst speeds appear to be on the rise.

Rogers poised to become Canada's cable/broadband kingpin
Alan Breznick 3/19/2021 Post a comment
Proposed $20.8 billion deal to buy fellow cableco Shaw Communications would cement Rogers' position as the Comcast of the Great White North, with far more cable and broadband subscribers than any other Canadian provider.

SpaceX, Amazon engage in satellite spat
Jeff Baumgartner 1/26/2021 Post a comment
Two companies take swipes at each other over Starlink's plan to lower the orbit of thousands of satellites.

US ISPs tacked on 1.1M subs in Q4 2020 – analyst
Jeff Baumgartner 1/25/2021 Post a comment
Broadband subscriber additions for Q4 2020 beat year-ago numbers, but slowed down from a blowout, pandemic-fueled Q3, according to Evercore ISI.

Cable tech chiefs target broadband moves
Alan Breznick 1/25/2021 Post a comment
CableLabs President and CEO Phil McKinney and SCTE/ISBE President and CEO Mark Dzuban say the now-merged organizations will spur cable's rollout of 10G, DOCSIS 4.0 and fixed-wireless, as well as efforts to bridge the digital divide.

Viasat seeks review of Starlink
Jeff Baumgartner 1/7/2021 Post a comment
Viasat urges FCC to take a close look at the potential environmental impact posed by Starlink's plans to deploy thousands of broadband satellites.

RDOF round one: Winners and losers
Jeff Baumgartner 12/8/2020 Post a comment
Auction results were 'quite bad' for incumbent telcos as Charter and SpaceX cleaned up, analyst says.

Viasat: Lower-latencies nice, but not 'decisive' driver for satellite broadband
Jeff Baumgartner 11/6/2020 Post a comment
Viasat execs see no surprises in Starlink's small-scale beta test and believe the satellite broadband company is well positioned to compete on speed, capacity and price.

Starlink speeds blow by Hughes and Viasat – study
Jeff Baumgartner 11/4/2020 Post a comment
As Starlink inches towards commercial launch, recent speed tests from Ookla show that the emerging satellite broadband service is averaging 79.5 Mbit/s down and 13.8 Mbit/s up.

Azure's cloud rolls into space
Jeff Baumgartner 10/20/2020 Post a comment
SpaceX's Starlink and SES are two key partners for Azure Space, a new, globally focused, integrated cloud platform that taps into both satellite and ground-based connections.

Broadband competition MIA for millions of US homes – study
Jeff Baumgartner 8/13/2020 Post a comment
Almost 50 million people in the US are in areas with only one choice of a true broadband service, the Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) finds.

Shaw loses broadband subs due to COVID
Alan Breznick 7/13/2020 Post a comment
Big Canadian cable and wireless operator reports loss of broadband subscribers in its fiscal third quarter even as it boosts speeds.

Viasat tees up LEO satellite broadband plan to reach rural US
Jeff Baumgartner 6/2/2020 Post a comment
It faces an uphill climb, but Viasat is exploring a plan to build 300 low-earth orbit satellites that could deliver low-latency broadband service and qualify for the US Rural Digital Opportunities Fund.

C Spire's rural broadband initiative casts its eyes on the skies
Jeff Baumgartner 5/14/2020 Post a comment
Telesat has joined C Spire's initiative as it prepares to launch a network of hundreds of low Earth orbit satellites designed to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband service.

OneWeb turns to Chapter 11, seeks sale
Jeff Baumgartner 3/30/2020 Post a comment
Satellite broadband startup says talks to fully fund the company through deployment and commercial launch fell through, citing the financial impact caused by the spread of COVID-19.

BBWN Bites: OneWeb adds birds, feels heat
Ray Le Maistre 3/24/2020 Post a comment
Also in this roundup: Streamers ease off; Danes boost broadband availability; Veego teams up with Amdocs; Ukrtelecom takes GPON rural with Iskratel; and more.

US Senate stamps Broadband DATA Act
Jeff Baumgartner 3/11/2020 Post a comment
Organizations applaud passing of act aimed at fixing outdated broadband maps illustrating who has – and who lacks – access to high-speed Internet service.

BBWN Bites: Cable increases its dominance of US broadband market
Ray Le Maistre 3/9/2020 Post a comment
Also in this broadband sector news roundup: Italians at loggerheads; CityFibre shifts up a gear; UK's FTTH market linked to more funding; Canada's Xplornet snapped up for $2 billion.

US cable must be wary of emerging broadband threats
Jeff Baumgartner 3/3/2020 Post a comment
Fixed wireless broadband is 'most important threat' facing cable broadband while new satellite-based options should be met with a cautious eye, analyst says.

Viasat touts ARPU growth over broadband subscriber gains
Jeff Baumgartner 2/7/2020 Post a comment
Viasat notched record ARPU for its US consumer satellite broadband service in fiscal Q3 as subscribers opted for speedier, more expensive tiers.

USDA invests $146M in rural broadband infrastructure this week alone
Alison Diana 1/31/2020 1 comment
In a flurry of activity throughout the week, Donald (DJ) LaVoy, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture, and his team spent about $145.8 million in the non-urban or suburban areas of seven states.

Prysmian Group Wins $38M Rural Contract From Mexican Government
Alison Diana 1/15/2020 Post a comment
Prysmian is working for a government-owned Mexican company to connect remote regions of the country with high-speed broadband.

The State of States' Broadband Mapping
Alison’s Wonderland 1/7/2020 3 comments
The lack of an accurate broadband map means states and counties including Illinois, Georgia and Roanoke, Va., must tackle this issue themselves before spending their residents' money on deploying infrastructure.

NY's Governor Cuomo Is in a Net Neut State of Mind
Alison Diana 12/20/2019 Post a comment
Governor Andrew Cuomo details how he wants to bring net neutrality back to the Empire State.

GAO: Rural Broadband's High-Cost Payment Program Saddled With Too Much Fraud-Risk
Alison Diana 11/26/2019 Post a comment
The federal watchdog agency recommends the FCC consider eliminating the old cost-accounting program since it's more prone to fraud than the alternative reimbursement method among small, rural providers that receive about $2.5 billion annually to deploy broadband.

Climate Change Cries Out for Infrastructure That Withstands the Storm
Fiber Broadband Association 11/21/2019 Post a comment
The strength of natural disasters like hurricanes is worsening, scientists say, and it's imperative that broadband infrastructures can withstand or be speedily repaired post-catastrophe, writes Fiber Broadband Association President and CEO Lisa Youngers.

New CEO Will Lead Frontier Communications' Future – Report
Alison Diana 11/11/2019 Post a comment
After suffering many quarters of financial and broadband subscriber losses, Frontier Communications' bond owners are ready for dramatic change – including a replacement for CEO Dan McCarthy (pictured), Bloomberg reports today, citing several sources.

Calix Q3 Earnings Show Transition Is (Slowly) Underway
Alison Diana 10/25/2019 Post a comment
Calix must overcome ties to its hardware-based past and return to positive earnings, something CEO Carl Russo predicts will happen soon -- pointing to the vendor's flat Q3 earnings and uptick in Verizon orders as positive financial indicators.

USDA Sows $152M Crop of Rural Broadband Funds
Alison Diana 10/8/2019 Post a comment
The US Department of Agriculture is investing to provide or improve rural broadband in 14 states, across 20 projects.

Overwhelmed by Growing SVoD Fees & Choice, More Subs Become Pirates
Alison’s Wonderland 10/2/2019 Post a comment
As more streaming video providers enter the market and consumers find it harder to locate content, they're returning to piracy.

Telemedicine Saves Almost $4K Per Diabetic, CoBank Tells FCC
Alison Diana 9/19/2019 Post a comment
Broadband-infrastructure financial firm CoBank found rural Type II diabetes patients felt better, had improved relationships with their healthcare providers -- and saved money, when they had high-speed-powered telemedicine.

Operators' Hurricane Dorian Prep (& Luck) Pay Off for Florida
Alison’s Wonderland 9/6/2019 1 comment
Years of investment in infrastructure and user-friendly tools make the difference in how operators act before and after natural disasters, even though Hurricane Dorian's impact on Florida was far less than originally forecast (thankfully).

Broadband Forum Updates Quality of Experience Delivered Initiative
Alison Diana 9/4/2019 Post a comment
Industry organization's third-quarter meeting features demonstration of QED implementation and release of Broadband Forum architecture report.

Illinois' $420M Broadband Program Is Part of National Trend
Alison Diana 8/19/2019 7 comments
Governor JB Pritzker introduced the Broadband Advisory Panel, consisting of 25 private citizens and government professionals, who will work with ISPs to guide Illinois' $420 million investment in broadband infrastructure.

Broadband Forum's Connected-Home Standard Gathers Momentum
Alison Diana 8/9/2019 11 comments
The industry association's latest iteration of its popular TR-069 standard was specifically developed to help providers remotely manage and control smart-home networks.

Frontier Posts $5.2B Loss That Includes $5.4B Goodwill Write-Down
Alison Diana 8/7/2019 6 comments
Frontier earned revenue of $2.07 billion, but $5.4 billion goodwill write-down goes toward losses on sale of assets and operations and restructuring expenses, plus potential future costs.

SES Colonizes Space With ONAP
Mitch Wagner 8/7/2019 2 comments
As the satellite communications company looks to expand its fleet of orbiting birds, it needs the Open Network Automation Platform to provide essential automation.

SpaceX Delays Satellite Launch 'Til Tuesday
Alison Diana 8/5/2019 3 comments
Also in today's roundup: Corning fiber growth, WOW broadband results and new FTTH deployments from Safaricom.

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