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HTTPS Now Enforced

By Jesse | December 15, 2015 - 2:53 pm |December 15, 2015 Website

After many, many years of being a total slacker, the site has been updated to force HTTPS connections (TLSv1.2 for you crypto people). Everything should continue to work as it has before, though you may need to freshen up your bookmarks and RSS subscriptions if you aren’t automatically redirected. As usual, let me know if I broke something in the process of setting this up.

Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-11

By Jesse | December 12, 2015 - 5:00 pm |December 12, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-04 https://t.co/bzF7cZkVAO ->
New markets announced: 2 https://t.co/8tam5ZEDrm ->
"We totally aren't spending money on new stuff because net neutrality, but we can't tell you what." https://t.co/TgpnfKATPo ->
Like Verizon, AT&T has no wired service in Utah. https://t.co/Hs6fqd5oCy ->
France considers declaring war on what make the Internet work. https://t.co/jpW1L5lE62 ->
Telcos are abdicating the wireline market to cablecos. https://t.co/E53JqJMfqX ->
Does it make more sense to sue Verizon or build your own network? https://t.co/3ZOP8fmFEV ->
Unsaid: CenturyLink is terrified of those numbers. https://t.co/LCR7lZRqgG ->
Over 60% of all Internet traffic is streaming video. https://t.co/1PRV2JxRIS ->
Your Comcast bill is only going up. https://t.co/DPiDwbaVSn ->
Apparently everyone wants your ISP to be required to rat you out. https://t.co/ewYkkzSsvu ->
If you live in The Avenues neighborhood of SLC, Beehive Broadband wants to sell you gigabit soon. https://t.co/uHZoRhFOF4 ->
Fiber to the press release has fooled the journalists. https://t.co/jT9QacEB4s ->
Is a flash flood of cord-cutting on the way? Maybe. https://t.co/c49MN8cG2a ->

Broadband Bytes for 2015-12-04

By Jesse | December 5, 2015 - 5:00 pm |December 5, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-27 https://t.co/RclfccGiMQ ->
Online Christmas shopping finally eclipses brick-and-mortar retail. https://t.co/YFA6M9WMPW ->
Once Comcast got a taste for spying on you, it never stopped. Ever. https://t.co/jKpKRj6dER ->
Your ISP could be forced to be a copyright cop. https://t.co/2ZImnvuKmV ->
A prime example of why cities are better off building their own networks than contracting with an incumbent. https://t.co/0cVEYdAGGH ->

Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-27

By Jesse | November 28, 2015 - 5:00 pm |November 28, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-20 https://t.co/nEUJKUwwSE ->
At this point, you could preemptively start writing your "cable cleans telcos' clocks" article for next quarter. https://t.co/EJDNU3wleS ->
Is it better to have a modem included in the price or have the option to buy your own? https://t.co/4ZR0xye5VU ->

Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-20

By Jesse | November 21, 2015 - 5:00 pm |November 21, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-13 https://t.co/5YDEXq5VPR ->
XMission offers up details on the 250Mbps upgrade rollouts. https://t.co/i5Idp3jG1w ->
Yet another city where gigabit is becoming merely table stakes. https://t.co/ivO9xhGaoy ->

Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-13

By Jesse | November 14, 2015 - 5:00 pm |November 14, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-06 https://t.co/As0gVIgeYQ ->
A real-world example of how competition affects pricing of the exact same product. https://t.co/WxYlxXzALv ->
Dropping the box for a Roku is a step in the right direction. https://t.co/uaHmDKCKK0 ->
Would you pay $15/mo for a Netflix clone from Comcast? https://t.co/KbpN5mxtoG ->

Broadband Bytes for 2015-11-06

By Jesse | November 7, 2015 - 5:00 pm |November 7, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-10-30 https://t.co/qYHhAS9Hgt ->
No sign of TDS gigabit in Southern Utah markets formerly served by Charter and Baja. https://t.co/8kyMCXOQR7 ->
No overages for Comcast users in Utah… yet. https://t.co/IKEWCRLqTR ->
Apparently people don't much care for the state protecting them from themselves. https://t.co/YZpruFLEJ6 ->
Your city doesn't need a boatload of money to do its own broadband. https://t.co/OMtH0G8ylE ->
An interesting read on how to do open access with several different FTTP topologies. https://t.co/5PX5xZxMjt ->
You mean people who pay for TV don't want to have their shows larded up with ads? Go figure. https://t.co/HvnjhOy7gZ ->
UTOPIA providers are bumping 100Mbps tiers to 250Mbps for the same price. https://t.co/iaSJXDbkvJ https://t.co/CMz142m2EC ->
CenturyLink is intentionally shedding more broadband customers. https://t.co/jIgiSxpIHu ->
Comcast caps are not about congestion? Shocking. https://t.co/xsGjIUDU8C ->
"Sorry, we can't hear the customer complaints over this giant pile of cash." https://t.co/UavOmdpKFT ->

The Need for Speed: UTOPIA bumping 100Mbps tiers to 250Mbps

By Jesse | November 6, 2015 - 12:55 pm |November 6, 2015 Cheers, News, UTOPIA

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Word is coming in that UTOPIA customers on the 100Mbps tier are about to get a very nice present: a free bump to 250Mbps. SumoFiber has already updated their website to reflect the change and other providers are expected to follow suit soon. This counters the fastest tier that Comcast has been able to offer (before their fabled 2Gbps vaporware tier materializes) with 5x the upload and blows way past the horrifically antiquated ADSL2+ tiers that CenturyLink hasn’t updated in many, many years.

This highlights the power of using a fiber network. When you need more speed, you flip a switch and maybe upgrade some electronics. CenturyLink is still years from offering any significant fiber deployments (outside of heavily cherry-picked areas willing and able to pay big bucks) and Comcast is still having trouble getting DOCSIS 3.1 rolled out in any significant volume to deliver anything approaching what UTOPIA is doing now.

If you’re on UTOPIA, have you already gotten the speed bump? Sound off in the comments.

Broadband Bytes for 2015-10-30

By Jesse | October 31, 2015 - 5:00 pm |October 31, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-10-23 https://t.co/1SoHNZogtH ->
Federal highway projects could soon include conduit. https://t.co/ynQz8V2y6w ->

Broadband Bytes for 2015-10-23

By Jesse | October 24, 2015 - 5:00 pm |October 24, 2015 Broadband Bytes

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Broadband Bytes for 2015-10-16 http://t.co/ScrqbxpZWb ->
Why is the Macquarie deal stuck in a holding pattern? Blame the legislature. #utpol https://t.co/Eba9AgAHUi https://t.co/OteXXj01nV ->
Google loses 25% of the paying customers on iProvo, yet nobody will ask them hard… https://t.co/b8kXQCqMcn https://t.co/8MjLrxn8Zo ->

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