Industry-first 20Gbps speeds on production fibre network
US-based telecommunications giant AT&T says it has achieved an industry-first by reaching speeds of 20Gbps on its production fibre network.
It reached the speeds for both downloads and uploads, and AT&T said symmetrical speeds are...
Investing in telecoms companies in SA and US — 2022 review
2022 was a brutal start of the year for tech giants. Netflix is down 70%, Nvidia dropped 44%, and Facebook declined 43%.
It is not only tech stocks which took a hammering. The S&P 500 recorded its worst start of the year since 1939...
Smartphones are getting faster, but some older connected cars may lose service forever.
Read the full article at the link below:
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/43187/how-the-3g-shutdown-in-2022-could-screw-your-car
AT&T suffers worst stock decline in 16 years
AT&T Inc. suffered its worst stock decline in more than 16 years after posting a surprise loss of subscribers last quarter, sparking fears for investors a day after archrival Verizon Communications Inc. registered strong results.
The stock fell 8.1...
AT&T cleared to buy Time Warner for $85 billion
AT&T Inc. was cleared by a judge to take over Time Warner Inc. in an $85 billion deal that will fuel the mobile-phone giant’s evolution into a media powerhouse and could spark a wave of new mergers.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday...
AT&T and Verizon face probe over mobile technology
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are under investigation by U.S. antitrust officials.
[Bloomberg]
AT&T taken to regulator over slow broadband in poor neighbourhoods
Residents of a low-income neighbourhood in Cleveland, Ohio have lodged a complaint with the FCC over slow broadband services in the area, Ars Technica reported.
A little bored this morning so did a traceroute to google.com...
(Im on Telkom LTE so I hope this is the right section of the forum for this)
traceroute to google.com (216.58.223.46), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 homerouter.cpe (192.168.1.1) 3.132 ms 5.552 ms 5.549 ms
2 * * *...
Hi,
My colleague from the USA is bringing his family with him for a visit next week - and they want to get a pay as you go - any network really... for his wife.. will their iPhone 5 or iPhone 5S work on the SA networks? both are apparently GSM technology... and on AT&T....
AT&T fined $100 million for internet speed cap on 'unlimited' data plans
Millions of AT&T customers were affected by the practice
Brian Fung
Thursday 18 June 2015
The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country's...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRcH0d5JpY4
There seems to be some fire burning in this guy's veins. I must admit that I like it!
Referring to Verizon and AT&T as 'Dumb and Dumber' . :D Need some CEO's like this in S.A..
Unlimited US mobile data plans – what are they like?
As a long-time buyer of these data plans, I’m well aware that unlimited doesn’t really mean unlimited
AT&T drops R21 billion for Nextel
The US telecommunications firm AT&T agreed to buy the wireless company Nextel Mexico from NII Holdings, Inc for 1.9 billion dollars
Fibre in SA: are we headed for regional monopolies?
International technology websites are full of complaints about cable Internet providers in the United States, and one can’t help but wonder if South Africa is heading the same way
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dark fibre africa (dfa)
dominic cull
ellipsis regulatory solutions
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internet service providers’ association (ispa)
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parkhurst residents and business owners association (prboa)
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ISP sued for throttling data
The U.S. government sued AT&T Inc on Tuesday, alleging the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier sold consumers unlimited data plans but would reduce their Internet speeds once they exceeded a certain amount of data
Netflix to pay ISPs for smooth streaming
Video streaming service Netflix has agreed to pay U.S. broadband provider AT&T Inc to ensure smooth delivery of Netflix content to Internet users
“Bad boy” T-Mobile CEO kicked out of AT&T party
T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere is taking his “bad boy” image and feud with AT&T to the next level: he crashed a party thrown by AT&T at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas, and was thrown out after being discovered.
Analysis: T-Mobile strategy could eat into business of AT&T, Verizon
T-Mobile US Inc is expected to post stronger subscriber growth than its larger rival AT&T Inc for the second straight quarter, suggesting the upstart carrier’s bold new customer policies could shake up the U.S. mobile market.