Author Archives: Teresa Mastrangelo

Global Survey Confirms Telcos Embracing VDSL2 Vectoring

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

Broadbandtrends recently conducted a global service provider survey of Telco operators regarding their plans to deploy VDSL2 Vectoring.  VDSL2 Vectoring is a noise-cancellation technology that enables operators to significantly increase the speeds offered over their existing copper infrastructure. Key findings … Continue reading →

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Let the Gigabit Wars Begin (at least in Austin, TX)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

Google announced today (April 9, 2013) that Austin, TX would be the next Google Fiber city, with service expected by mid-2014. Google Fiber will utilize a similar build-out strategy in Austin (that was used in Kansas City), by dividing the … Continue reading →

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Dear FCC: Stop Talking and Start Doing – Its Time to Put A PSTN Transition Plan in Place

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

The FCC held its first Technology Transition workshop on Monday March 18, 2013.  The purpose of the workshop was to solicit input on three critical ongoing transitions: 1) TDM to IP; 2) copper to fiber and 3) wireline to wireless. Per … Continue reading →

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The Fixed versus Mobile Condundrum – Part II

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

I wrote about this topic back in January 2012 , but felt it was worth a revisit given this opinion piece that appeared in Forbes today titled “Why High Speed Broadband Fibre Is Becoming Irrelevant” In this article, the author … Continue reading →

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North America Telcos Facing Uphill Broadband Struggle

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

North American telcos had a tough year in fixed broadband during 2012 – as net additions dropped 60% from the previous year, while cable net additions held steady.  Telcos continue to be challenged by cable operators that are – on average- … Continue reading →

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FCC’s Gigabit Challenge – A Missed Opportunity 4 Years Too Late

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

On Friday, January 18, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski issued his Gigabit Challenge – calling for at least one gigabit testbed community in all 50 states by 2015.    It should be noted that this is simply a verbal challenge – not based … Continue reading →

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Put a (HAPI)Fork in it…And other Health & Fitness Trends from CES

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Teresa Mastrangelo

New Year, New You! CES provides the perfect venue for companies to introduce new products aimed at Health and Fitness.  As someone who has been a certified fitness professional for over a decade – I tend to pay extra attention to … Continue reading →

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Cox Communications’ 60+ Hour Email Outage Highlights Much Needed Improvements to Customer Service

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Teresa Mastrangelo

My name is Teresa and I am a Cox Communications customer. Sadly, myself and a few million others,  experienced a 60+ hour email outage that started on Friday 12/14 around 5pm and gradually came back on line in the early … Continue reading →

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What the Big Deal about Big Data?

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Teresa Mastrangelo

Broadbandtrends is guest blogging over at ADVA Optical’s blog “Technically Speaking”  – here is what we have to say on a topic that we will be covering in much more detail in 2013. Check it out: http://blog.advaoptical.com/the-big-deal-about-big-data/

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Is LTE’s Growth Bad News for Fixed Broadband?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Teresa Mastrangelo

News this past week that growth in LTE is impacting FTTH demand in fiber-rich Japan has definitely raised some red flags as to the future of fixed broadband.  During 3Q12, Japan experienced its lowest quarterly demand for FTTH services since … Continue reading →

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