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The Pipe
http://blog.broadbandadvisoryservices.com/
The Pipe is the blog of the Broadband Advisory Services team at Pike & Fischer, a BNA Business located in Silver Spring, Md. Here you’ll find the latest observations, insights and findings from our communications industry analysts. Pike & Fischer’s Broadband Advisory team provides news and analysis, deep research, ongoing financial analysis and market forecasting, market intelligence and custom research covering cutting-edge business and technology topics — including high-speed data access, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP), streaming media, on-demand media, home networking and mobile broadband
Recent Posts
Comcast-NBCU Deal Likely to Spark Other MSO, Telco Content Ventures
Comcast’s $30 billion deal to acquire NBC Universal from General Electric, announced this morning, reflects a trend that we expect to see expand over the next 12 to 18 months as competition in the residential broadband sector intensifies. We expect...
AT&T No Better Off After Settling with Verizon Wireless
Now that a federal court has dismissed AT&T’s lawsuit against the Verizon Wireless campaign that compared the competitors’ 3G wireless service, AT&T’s reputation in the wireless broadband realm is now more soiled than ever. A federal ju...
Time Warner Cable Launches First WiMAX Markets
With the official launch of Clearwire’s WiMAX network in Texas and North Carolina, Time Warner Cable has announced its first Roadrunner Mobile, Clear-powered mobile WiMAX markets. The MSO is offering services to subscribers in its Dallas/Fort Worth...
Clearwire, Level 3 Expand Bandwidth Pact
Level 3 Communications announced yesterday that it has won a contract from Clearwire to add metro connectivity to the suite of services it provides to the WiMAX pioneer. Under the terms of the agreement, Level 3 will supply high-speed Internet conne...
Yahoo Updating its Status with Facebook
Yahoo announced on Wednesday that it would be partnering with Facebook in order to integrate both companies’ content on their respective sites. The move is believed to be another attempt on Yahoo’s behalf to increase the popularity of i...
Comcast Launches Trial Bandwidth Usage Meter
Comcast today began trialing a data usage meter in the Portland, Ore. market area to help customers better understand the amount of data they consume each month. The cable operator says the meter, designed to be simple and easy to use, will roll out ...

