Disappointing news for net neutrality proponents hit the wire late today. Apparently, in response to Netflix‘ recent deal with Level 3 Communications in which Level 3 will carry Netflix streaming video data traffic, Comcast has levied a recurring fee on Level 3 to deliver this streaming video traffic to its customers. Backed into a corner, Level 3 [...]
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Tags: comcast, Internet, Level 3, Net Neutrality, Netflix 
3 Comments »2010 sure went fast. It seems like just a few months ago we were waiting patiently to board a flight home from CES in Las Vegas – basking in the ubiquitous free WiFi gifted to travelers across the country from Google in a gesture of holiday cheer. What more could a tired tech team want? How about [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Google, Internet, PCs and Laptops, Software, Technology, Web Browsers Tags: Airtran, Chrome, Delta, Gogo In Flight Internet, Google, Google Chrome, Virgin America, WiFi No Comments »Most of the big cable companies have released their quarterly earnings reports, which include data pertaining to the number of TV subscribers they’ve added or lost. NewTeeVee reports that across the board, the cable companies cumulatively lost more than 500,000 TV subscribers in the 3rd quarter of 2010, adding to more than 700,000 losses from [...]
The hype surrounding the pending release of Google TV reached epidemic levels this week, as Google revealed details about its much anticipated platform, and hardware makers such as Sony and Logitech demonstrated various ways to implement Google’s new technology. Pursuing a different approach than other digital media streaming solutions from Apple or Boxee, Google TV intends to [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Content Delivery, Digital Media Players and DVRs, Displays and Projectors, Google, Home Theater, Internet, IPTV, Technology, TV and Video Tags: AppleTV, Boxee, digital media player, digital media streamers, Google, Google TV, Logitech, Logitech Revue, Roku, Sony 6 Comments »