Communications

A federal communications official says that switching all U.S. televisions to digital will be messy. Switching to DTV Will Be Messy : Read more

Chicago (IL) - Following a slap by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week, Comcast today said that it will limit the available bandwidth to each of its customers to 250 GB per month. Comcast: Same Old Story, But 250 GB Cap Now Official : Read more

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday gave Comcast Corp. Comcast Gets 30 Days To Explain How It Administers Internet : Read more

Chicago (IL) - U.S. broadband speeds are the focus of a recently conducted study by Communications Workers of America (CWA) union and the results are not especially flattering for broadband service providers on these shores. Surprise, Surprise: U.S. Broadband Is Slow. Really Slow. : Read more

Rogers Communications CEO Nadir Mohamed says that 1 GB is more than enough for the iPhone user Rogers CEO Says 1 GB "More Than Enough" for iPhone : Read more

Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reported recently that the worldwide WiMAX equipment market, including fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment, increased 59% sequentially to $363 million in the first quarter of this year. Mobile WiMax Equipment Sales Jump 141% In Q1 : Read more

Electronic Arts took a shot at Activision and Vivendi’s decision to drop out of the association and future E3 shows. Jeff Brown, EA vice president of corporate communications revealed to GamesIndustry.biz that both Activision and Vivendi’s departure from EA to Activision: No Leadership : Read more

San Antonio (CA) - Communications giant AT&T announced this week that it won key "B Block" spectrum in the government's auction for 700 MHz airwaves. AT&T Gets Valued Spectrum To Increase Mobile Tech : Read more

The Federal Communications Commission's auction of the beachfront 700MHz spectrum came to an end yesterday afternoon. Questions About Block D Linger In Aftermath Of Auction : Read more

Top bidders put up a total of almost $2.78 billion on Thursday in the opening rounds of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of coveted U.S. government-owned airwaves. The figure represents the highest bids received for five separate blocks $2.78 Billion In Bids Of US Wireless...

Zyxel Communications has has filed a complaint against D-Link and Waveplus Technology for switch-related patent infringements. Chip supplier, Waveplus (a Sunplus Technology-invested design house), is being blamed as the cause of the dispute. More here Zyxel Sues D-Link And Waveplus : Read more

I cannot figure out what the hell this is in the device manager. I just bought this dude (great lappy BTW) and can't figure out what driver to install for this. Anyone know what this is? It simply shows up as Simple communications Controller in the device manager. I have everything I can think...

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/08/03/business_instant_messaging/index.html Instant messaging is providing a useful alternative to e-mail and telephone communications for more and more businesses. We give you the inside scoop on how things stand in the IM world...

Sea Launch is now preparing for the launch of the Galaxy 16 communications satellite, in June. The 4,640 kg (10,229 lb) Loral 1300-series spacecraft will be the newest member of PanAmSat’s Galaxy HD neighborhood. As the replacement for Galaxy 4R, Galaxy 16 will reside at 99 degrees West...

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?) Hi, all. This is the one thing that's really preplexing me. How does a tivo go about changing channels if you tell it to record something on channel a then channel b? Does it use something like the IR Blaster (or are they using the IR...

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.replaytv (More info?) Hello everyone, I am new here and trying to set up with poopli and I am running into some trouble! Hope someone can offer some advice. It seems that in order to communicate properly and recieve shows thru poopli, I must have a static...