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Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

Screenshot, Ars Technica, Downdetector Credit: Screenshot, Ars Technica, Downdetector Over the past two decades, copper theft has emerged as a major problem in industries spanning plumbing, telephone and Internet connectivity, and others relying on the material, which is a good conductor of electricity and once sold at low prices. In 2008, the FBI warned that… Read More: Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers »

AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180 for 5Gbps

reader comments 121 with 91 posters participating Share this story AT&T has started offering 2Gbps and 5Gbps symmetrical Internet speeds over its fiber-to-the-home network, the telecom company announced today. The multi-gigabit speeds are available to “nearly 5.2 million customer locations in parts of more than 70 metro areas, such as LA, Atlanta, and Dallas,” AT&T… Read More: AT&T announces multi-gigabit fiber: $110 a month for 2Gbps, $180… »

AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage

Enlarge / An AT&T technician working on a fiber project. reader comments 81 with 66 posters participating Share this story AT&T says that supply-chain shortages will delay fiber construction to about 500,000 homes that it originally planned to wire up this year and warned that shortages are likely to impact other companies that purchase fiber… Read More: AT&T delays 500,000 fiber-to-the-home builds due to severe fiber shortage »

CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber

Enlarge / A CenturyLink service van parked in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 2, 2019. reader comments 127 with 98 posters participating Share this story CenturyLink is selling large portions of its copper network in 20 states to a private-equity firm, letting the telco pull out of rural areas where it doesn’t plan to… Read More: CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing… »

Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition

Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. reader comments 78 with 63 posters participating Share this story It’s no surprise that cable companies charge lower prices for broadband when they face competition from fiber-to-the-home services. But an article yesterday by Stop the Cap provides a good example… Read More: Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with… »

AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia, basically admitting giant merger was a mistake

reader comments 89 with 76 posters participating Share this story AT&T today announced it will spin off WarnerMedia—including HBO and Warner Bros.—into a new company, less than three years after AT&T bought Time Warner Inc. for $108 billion. AT&T said it struck a deal with Discovery, Inc. to combine WarnerMedia and Discovery’s assets into a… Read More: AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia, basically admitting giant merger was… »

Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to-the-home footprint

Getty Images | Rafe Swan reader comments 30 with 27 posters participating Share this story Frontier Communications emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, saying that it plans to double its fiber-to-the-premises footprint by extending fiber to an additional 3 million homes and businesses. “Frontier is deploying capital and pursuing an extensive fiber build-out plan… Read More: Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to-the-home footprint »

AT&T promises fiber-to-the-home expansion in 90 metro areas this year

Enlarge / An AT&T technician working on a fiber project. reader comments 75 with 62 posters participating Share this story AT&T today said it will bring fiber Internet to a few million more homes and businesses by the end of this year. “In 2021, AT&T plans to increase its fiber footprint by an additional 3 million… Read More: AT&T promises fiber-to-the-home expansion in 90 metro areas this year »

AT&T scrambles to install fiber for 90-year-old after his viral WSJ ad

Enlarge / Aaron Epstein after conducting a speed test on his new AT&T fiber service, in a picture taken by his wife, Anne. Anne Epstein reader comments 96 with 74 posters participating Share this story When 90-year-old Aaron Epstein bought a Wall Street Journal print ad to complain about his slow AT&T Internet service, the… Read More: AT&T scrambles to install fiber for 90-year-old after his viral… »

Comcast says gigabit downloads and uploads are now possible over cable

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Pasieka) Comcast’s cable Internet still has a heavy emphasis on download speeds, as even its gigabit-download service only comes with 35Mbps uploads. But that may not be the case forever, as today Comcast announced a “technical milestone” that can deliver gigabit-plus download and upload speeds over existing cable wires. Specifically,… Read More: Comcast says gigabit downloads and uploads are now possible over… »