Inside Broadband: Will Workman

Will Workman is a former editor of telco industry publications. He is now working on his PhD in mass communications. He can be reached care of TV Technology.

Variables in the Digital Video Logjam

by Will Workman, 7.23.2008

If the evolution of broadband video content takes the path music did, then someday soon we will all be using the video equivalents of iPods and iTunes. more

Comcast Vows ‘Protocol Agnostic’ Approach

by Will Workman, 5.28.2008

An Associated Press investigation last October found Comcast was sending out fake TCP reset packets to either end of a file-sharing connection, causing the target computer to reset its connection over and over again. more

Auction Opens Mobile Broadband Horizons

4.14.2008

Will Workman is a former editor of telco industry publications Cable World and MediaView. He is now working on his PhD in mass communications. He can be reached care of TV Technology. more

Wi-Fi, WiMax Efforts Walloped

by Will Workman, 4.02.2008

EarthLink announced in February that it is putting its city Wi-Fi business up for sale. more

Comcast Caught in a Free-Speech Firestorm

by Will Workman, 11.21.2007

It employs technology that detects when you’ve been using the phone a ton. Then, masquerading as your phone, it sends a busy signal to those calling you. You wouldn’t like that very much, would you? more

Will WiMAX End Wi-Fi, Cellular Woes?

by Will Workman, 9.19.2007

As clichés go, huge has become hugely overused in recent years. But as telecommunications markets go, they don’t get any more huge than the New York metropolitan area. more

Cable Operators Finally Face FCC Mandate

by Will Workman, 7.25.2007

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 may now seem like ancient history, but its reverberations are still being felt. more

Broadband Benefits From TV Ad Dollars

by Will Workman, 6.27.2007

It’s only a mere $9 billion. Based on various news reports, that’s the roughly what advertisers will spend on broadcast TV in the upcoming season beginning this fall, with no increase over the current season. more

Telcos Fiber Plans Finally Start Paying Off

by Will Workman, 5.30.2007

Here they come, finally. After so much hoopla during the past decade about how they can present a valid IPTV competitor to cable and satellite, ye olde telephone companies are at last entering the fray. more

Broadband Video Succumbs to YouTube

by Will Workman, 4.16.2007

It's a real treat to teach bright undergrads at one of the nation's finest public universities. more

Will Venice P2P Streaming Site Surge in 2007?

by Will Workman, 2.21.2007

Why stop at a 10-minute online video when you can produce and distribute your own channel? more

Me, Too! Programmers Dive Into Broadband

by Will Workman, 10.18.2006

The radio star lasted more than a half century until, according to the Buggles, video killed it. But the video star is looking mighty old at 25. more

Senate Looks to Rewrite Telecommunications Act

by Will Workman, 5.31.2006

Suddenly noticing that the United States ranks 16th internationally in broadband adoption, federal lawmakers are finally taking a serious step toward updating the creaky Telecommunications Act of 1996. more

Build It, Own It? Network Neutrality Looms as Divisive Issue

by Will Workman, 4.24.2006

Everyone has fuzzy feelings about "Field of Dreams." Kevin Costner in a bucolic Iowa cornfield hears a voice, builds a ballpark, and "he," Shoeless Joe Jackson, comes. more

Who's in Control? Hint: You Aren't

by Will Workman, 2.22.2006

In my epic struggle towards a Ph.D. in mass communications, one of the more intriguing subjects I've had the opportunity to study has been the history of technology. more

Digital Devices Duel for Supremacy

by Will Workman, 11.23.2005

A whole decade ago, in a galaxy that now seems light years away, I was a neophyte tech reporter covering a TCI press conference. more

Evolution Revolution: EV-DO Set to Wack Wi-Fi?

by Will Workman, 10.19.2005

Broadband news in recent months has been abuzz with this latest challenger to Wi-Fi. EV-DO (Evolution Data Only, or Evolution Data Optimized) is a wireless radio broadband data protocol that CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mobile phone providers are deploying across the globe in countries such as Canada, Australia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and the United States. more

Municipalities Become Broadband Battleground

by Will Workman, 9.21.2005

You could see this one coming years away. Wi-Fi began its steady proliferation. Equipment costs plummeted while larger and larger hot spots began popping up in airports, coffee shops and campuses. It was only a matter of time before the notion of scaling up to a citywide service built credibility. more

Internet Video for And by The People

by Will Workman, 7.20.2005

Pieces--big pieces--have been falling into place that will dramatically increase the production and use of broadband video, creating the next evolutionary stage of the Internet as a converged platform allowing people to produce, distribute, seek and watch video. more

Are You Versed in U-Verse?

by Will Workman, 6.22.2005

They claim it's the largest private infrastructure investment in history: $65 billion. That's the amount the cable industry says it spent on plant upgrades between 1996 and 2002. more