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The ecosystem for digital distribution is complex, with unique nuances for each category of content. In a broad sense, the ecosystem includes the creation of content, the availability of services that deliver content and services to consumers, and the deployment of technologies that enable delivery to connected consumer electronics platforms that are capable of receiving and displaying content.
Several cable companies and the U.S. FCC have launched a program that will assist low-income families in getting access to broadband and low-cost computers. The initiative is part of the FCC’s push to increase broadband adoption across the U.S.
New research concerning ISPs’ BitTorrent throttling habits indicates Comcast took the FCC’s 2008 slap on the wrist seriously, dramatically reducing its practice of slowing BitTorrent data. Other ISPs such as Clearwire, Canada’s Rogers Communications and some overseas providers were found to be throttling BitTorrent users to a greater degree.
Verizon delivered excellent news to its shareholders on Friday: Third-quarter earnings rose to $1.38 billion from $659 million a year earlier. A jump in subscribers — it signed on 882,000 new wireless customers for the quarter — and smartphone sales led to the doubling in profits. Another group looked on with interest as Verizon unveiled its earnings: its many disgruntled workers.
A woman in Florida was floored recently by a T-Mobile cellphone bill that reportedly totaled nearly a quarter of a million dollars. After intervention on the part of a local TV station’s news department, though, the carrier slashed Celina Aarons’ bill from $200,000 down to $2,500.