http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/1997 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.freepress.net/node/41653 <p>Cable gets a lot of mileage out of repeating things over and over until folks believe it's true. Today on Telecom <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html">Mythbusters</a> I'd like to focus on the question of “ancillary” authority and regulating broadband. The cable guys generally circulate two myths about this.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41653">read more</a></p> Future of the Internet Save The Internet BitTorrent broadband cable industry Comcast courts fcc Harold Feld Marvin Ammori net neutrality Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:51:42 -0700 Stevie Converse 41653 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/40255 <p>After a couple of years playing hard to get, Sony got into bed with the cable industry Tuesday and embraced CableLabs' tru2way standard for interactive-cable-ready devices.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/40255">read more</a></p> cable cable industry cable set-top boxes Sony Tru2way Wed, 28 May 2008 07:08:59 -0700 Stevie Converse 40255 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/40253 <p>CableCARD technology has always faced a major adoption hurdle. While the cards themselves can handle two-way communication, TVs and set-top boxes were unable to use them for anything beyond one-way traffic.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/40253">read more</a></p> cable cable boxes cable industry CableCARD Rick Boucher set-top boxes Sony Tru2way Wed, 28 May 2008 06:30:11 -0700 Stevie Converse 40253 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/40249 <p>The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/40249">read more</a></p> cable industry cable TV Sony Wed, 28 May 2008 05:44:06 -0700 Stevie Converse 40249 at http://www.freepress.net