Near-zero-dispersion soliton and broadband modulational instability Kerr microcombs in anomalous dispersion
Microresonators based frequency combs, microcombs, have attracted huge interest in the last decades for their revolutionary performance of compact size, flexible comb spacing, and broad bandwidth. Wide applications of microcombs including optical fre.....»»
iPhone 14 Pro has 50% faster download speeds vs iPhone 13 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22
Ookla released its fall report for US mobile and fixed broadband Internet speeds with T-Mobile continuing its lead over the competition. An interesting finding included in the latest study is the increased cellular performance with the iPhone 14 Pro.....»»
Musk says Starlink can’t keep providing Ukraine broadband unless Pentagon pays
SpaceX and US in talks, but Pentagon says it has "other" satellite options. Enlarge SpaceX has asked the Pentagon to fund the Ukraine government and military's use of Starlink broadband, saying the Elon Musk-led company can't.....»»
Airoha announces broadband SoC with RDK-B support
Taiwan IC design house Airoha Technology, a subsidiary of MediaTek, announced on October 12 that it had started to deliver to its customers a broadband System-on-Chip (SOC) solution powered by RDK-B, an open-source platform that standardizes key func.....»»
What drives ecosystems to instability?
Trying to decipher all of the factors that influence the behavior of complex ecological communities can be a daunting task. However, MIT researchers have now shown that the behavior of these ecosystems can be predicted based on just two pieces of inf.....»»
Airoha kicks off symmetric 8Gbps deployments with breakthroughs in XGS-PON technology
Taiwan-based IC design house Airoha Technology, a MediaTek spin-off, has announced that it has successfully landed in the US market with deployments of what it calls the world's fastest XGS-PON broadband networks that ensure symmetric 8Gbps upload an.....»»
Elon Musk offers Iranians uncensored Internet access
Starllink terminals need to actually make it into Iran for users to benefit. Enlarge / The Starlink dish and router. (credit: Starlink) Elon Musk’s Starlink has activated its satellite broadband service in Iran after the US.....»»
The different effects on storm tracks between upper- and lower-level eddy growth over the North Pacific
A well-known phenomenon in the atmospheric sciences that challenges the classical baroclinic instability theory of cyclone development is midwinter suppression. That is, the North Pacific storm-track activity has a minimum in midwinter, despite the s.....»»
Russian official says civilian satellites may be “legitimate” military target
Russia wasn't happy about Starlink providing broadband in Ukraine after invasion. Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. (credit: SpaceX / Flickr) A Russian diplomat said civilian satellites could be leg.....»»
Tribal Communications Partners with Ready.net to Expand Broadband Planning and Expansion Resources
Tribal Communications Partners with Ready.net to Expand Broadband Planning and Expansion Resources September 13, 2022 – Tribal Communications, LLC announces a new partnership with Ready.net (Ready) / Broadband.money&#.....»»
FCC Authorizes Two More Small RDOF Winners
FCC Authorizes Two More Small RDOF Winners The FCC said today that it has authorized Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support for two more companies that won funding in the RDOF auction. The companies are Cyber Broadband for deployments in Alaba.....»»
Tennessee Grants Over $446 Million for Broadband Expansion
Tennessee Grants Over $446 Million for Broadband Expansion Tennessee is awarding $446,770,282 in grants for expanding broadband access across the state. The grants will go to 36 companies, including large operators AT&T, Charter and Comcast. AT&TR.....»»
Ookla Speedtest Ranks College Towns with Fastest, Slowest Broadband
Ookla Speedtest Ranks College Towns with Fastest, Slowest Broadband It’s back-to-school month, and Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence has rated the broadband performance of 100 college towns in the U.S. “We were pleased, for the most pa.....»»
FCC has obtained detailed broadband maps from ISPs for the first time ever
FCC aims to release the most accurate US-wide broadband map to date in November. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Matt Anderson Photography) The Federal Communications Commission has collected precise broadband availability inf.....»»
FCC has approved $6 billion in broadband grants despite rejecting Starlink
Fixed wireless and fiber ISPs get money as FCC continues cleanup of Pai program. Enlarge Several US government agencies are having a busy week for doling out broadband deployment funding to ISPs and state governments. Today,.....»»
Keeping Kermit: New clues to protecting frogs from deadly Bd fungus
As the globe continues to battle COVID-19, another pandemic—the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)—is ravaging the world's frog species, contributing to the instability of Earth's delicate ecosystem......»»
Why healthcare industry leaders need to prioritize digital equity
Barriers like broadband access, digital literacy, language, disabilities and more shut many out of the healthcare system. Barriers like broadband access, digital literacy, language, disabilities and more shut many out of the healthcare system.Rea.....»»
Dispersion coding of ENZ media via multiple photonic dopants
Media with small permittivity, i.e., the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) media, have drawn a great deal of attention from the fields of physics, materials science, and engineering. The wavelength in ENZ medium is in principle infinitely stretched, which indu.....»»
The effect of Martian ionospheric dispersion on SAR imaging
The subsurface of Mars records important historical information on the formation and evolution of the planet. As an ionized medium, the Martian ionosphere plays a special role in radio wave propagation and is directly related to the local communicati.....»»
Particles from everyday wall paints can harm living organisms, but a novel membrane shows high filtering effects
Dispersion paints are mostly used in households for painting walls and ceilings. An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Bayreuth has now analyzed the chemical composition of two typical dispersion paints and discovered a large numb.....»»
Comcast was too expensive and AT&T was too slow, so this man built his own ISP
Mauch moved into his home in Scio Township in 2002 and was able to get a T1 line, a speedy connection at the time. As broadband technology matured, his once mighty 1.5Mbps connection fell behind the competition. Surely an ISP would come along and wir.....»»