Can LTE Unlicensed Steamroll Wi-Fi?
A recent article in Washington Post seems to be confusing people. In “The future of mobile data pits cellphone carriers against cable giants,” Brian Fung claims, among other things, that…
Internet Use Nears Saturation
Here’s a rosy picture: the Pew Internet and American Life Project’s data shows that Internet use is effectively universal for some very significant US population groups: 96% of young adults (aged…
GTT’s Growing Pains Behind Over-Hyped Congestion Claims
Last Wednesday, I filed a story on claims by Free Press’s “Battle For the Net” that AT&T and other ISPs were causing massive Content Delivery Network (CDN) slowdowns at several…
Internet Slowdown Rumor Greatly Exaggerated
The Guardian ran a story on Monday, June 22nd claiming that major US ISPs are slowing traffic speeds for thousands of users. Given that 70 million US households have broadband…
5G: A Revolution in Networking
A couple of weeks ago I went to the ATIS 5G Symposium in Chicago held in conjunction with the Light Reading Big Telecom Event. ATIS is the chief organization of…
Time Warner Cable will be the first to get hit with a net neutrality complaint
The ink is still wet on the FCC’s Title II Internet regulations, and already there’s a rate regulation complaint: The government’s new net neutrality rules have only been active since…
Unlicensed Spectrum is Important
For part 2 of our spectrum infographic series, we’d like to discuss a little more about why unlicensed spectrum is so important, and what the difference is between LTE-unlicensed and…
How LTE Unlicensed Actually Works
The issue of LTE Unlicensed is a hot topic in spectrum policy circles, but there’s a lot of confusion about the pros and cons of LTE-U technology. So High Tech…