After all, they laughed at him when he wanted to lay high-speed broadband cable across the ocean floor.
Singapore is the most "wired" with claims that every house on the island is connected to the Internet via high-speed broadband cable.
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Biscom, a Milan-based broadband cable operator whose stock is currently buried in a deep trench, along with a host of other, bigger telecom companies.
My own view is that wiring up the country (either country, any country in fact) for the current 100 Mbit broadband cable systems would be a gross waste of money.
Now they are trying to turn these ramshackle federations into alliances bound together with new broadband cable that can carry two-way traffic and deliver sports, movies, online shopping and other luxuries to consumers who are willing to pay extra for them.
Since its founding, TiVo has evolved into the ultimate single-solution media center by combining its patented DVR technologies and universal cable box capabilities with the ability to aggregate, search and deliver millions of pieces of broadband, cable and broadcast content directly to the television.
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Since its founding, TiVo has evolved into the ultimate single solution media center by combining its patented DVR technologies and universal cable box capabilities with the ability to aggregate, search, and deliver millions of pieces of broadband, cable, and broadcast content directly to the television.
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The distributor, New York-based FilmBuff, which specializes in VOD releases, hasn't yet finalized the date with broadband and cable providers.
Liberty is based in the U.S., but has stakes in rapidly growing broadband and cable television markets in 17 countries ranging from Slovakia to Peru.
"Cable is using broadband as a defense, but it's not defending their rural areas because even cable isn't offering much broadband there, " he says.
About 80% of the UK is now able to get broadband access through ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), while about 40% of the country is covered by cable broadband connections.
Over time, he says, more and more satellite video customers will have cable broadband connections.
If the telephone companies do not provide broadband, the cable operators, with 700, 000 subscribers already, certainly will.
As of June, 2011, 95% of all Americans had access to broadband Internet from cable, DSL, fiber or other wired services.
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The sophistication gap between big and small cities has narrowed, thanks to technology (broadband Internet, cable television, satellite radio, overnight delivery, etc.).
These companies own big businesses tied to dying services (land-line phones) and low- or no-growth services (such as broadband internet or cable subscriptions), so profits and share prices generally went down.
With 55 percent of all U.S. households beholden to a single, fixed-line provider of broadband access (mostly cable modem service), the Commission should consider how each of its rules affects broadband investment.
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This should be the sort of thing that gives cable and broadband companies pause.
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Like other telecommunications giants of DT's ilk, the onslaught of cellular and Internet-based telephony, along with cable operators offering triple-play packages of cable, broadband and phone services, has put a stranglehold on profits.
He is an investor in cable companies, broadband startups and the odd piece of Nantucket real estate.
Unlike its cable and DSL broadband rivals, satellite isn't "always on, " which is perhaps the one less-desirable feature in my book.
They buy: games at full price, multiple consoles, new smartphones, PCs, tablets, cable TV and broadband, and cars that are outside their means.
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Should we be thinking about cable competition or broadband competition?
Add free Netflix streaming to the list of reasons why people are choosing cable as their broadband provider, particularly if they live in an area that is covered by the new network of free wireless hotspots.
In every other developed country in the world policy makers would be thrilled to have a second independent competitive national broadband communications infrastructure, like cable offers, that creates facilities-based competitive benefits of innovation, investment and diversity of choice.
The Optical SMART Hub breaks new ground by functioning as a Wireless AP router changing broadband Internet service with a cable from the wall to Wi-Fi Internet connection so that all family members can enjoy wireless connection at home.
The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt unveiled a pledge that 90% of British homes and businesses would have access to superfast broadband, and BT told us that it was now racing ahead in the broadband market, leaving its cable rival in the dust.
Time Warner Cable isn't the only one who thinks tiered broadband is the future -- so does the American Cable Association (ACA).
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Twitter, Tumblr, broadband operators, wireless providers, cable companies, etc.
"It is often overlooked how the cable operators have driven broadband, " said Mr Walker.
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