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FCC crowdsourcing mobile broadband measurements
Can y’all hear me now? Via Jim Warner, U.C. Santa Cruz network engineer and chair of the Central Coast Broadband Consortium’s technical expert group: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will...
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More unlicensed spectrum on the way
Super-sized WiFi too. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a big step towards fulfilling a promise that Chairman Julius Genachowski made at CES in Las Vegas last month. Yesterday,...
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CPUC’s second field test building consistent picture of mobile broadband...
Spring up, Fall back. More mobile broadband performance measurements are available and accessible to Californians, thanks to field testing done by the California Public Utilities Commission and...
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Faster, cheaper fiber microtrenching gains acceptance
Verizon’s microduct ready to be installed near Sea Ranch in Sonoma County. In what could lead to the first large scale urban use of fiber microtrenching in the U.S., Verizon and the City of New York...
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Broadband 101 workshop in Santa Cruz looks at projects, policy
Zach and friends. “Economic development is not just building a Costco or a car dealership”, said Santa Cruz County supervisor Zach Friend, closing out a three hour workshop on the basics of broadband...
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Comprehensive study shows wireless radiation does not affect people
It’s safe to take off the hat now. There is no scientifically valid evidence that radio waves produced by WiFi or mobile telecoms equipment harm people or make them sick. That’s the conclusion of a...
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CPUC needs a smart and aggressive cat
Telling it like it is. Mark Ferron, a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission, recently – and abruptly – announced he was resigning. What had been a very private battle with prostate...
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FCC’s E-rate program trading up to WiFi and a gig
By Jim WarnerNetwork engineer, U.C. Santa CruzChair, Central Coast Broadband Consortium technical expert group This is arguably a badly timed note about an FCC proposal due for decision on Friday,...
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If you’re wondering how much it costs to use existing poles and conduit, it’s...
The most difficult and costly part of any wireline broadband infrastructure project is getting cable from point A to point B. There are two primary ways of doing it: stringing it on poles or running...
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Mobile broadband gets faster in California, but maybe not fast enough
Click for a bigger version. Mobile broadband is better in California, and improvements have been made quickly. That was one of the takeaways from a meeting of Central Coast Internet service providers...
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Monterey Bay broadband expert group offers conduit design advice
It’s one thing to say that empty telecoms conduit – shadow conduit – should be installed anytime a street is repaved or a utility trench is dug, but that begs a question: what kind of conduit, and how...
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CPUC tells FCC not to confuse copper networks with telecoms service
Don’t confuse copper wireline infrastructure with the services it supports. That’s the message from the California Public Utilities Commission to the Federal Communications Commission. In comments...
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Santa Cruz gets more fiber, more gigabit service
AT&T’s recent fiber to the home (FTTH) upgrades in Santa Cruz mean that Cruzio isn’t the only Internet service provider bringing gigabit class infrastructure into town (unless you have a sneaking...
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FCC allows big ISPs to add performance enhancing juice to speed tests, WSJ says
The fast, reliable broadband service claims endorsed by the Federal Communications Commission are based on test data that’s been doctored by California’s monopoly model Internet service providers,...
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