With an FCC vote on net neutrality rules looming on Thursday, it would be a shame if partisan politics didn't come into play. But who will stand up to declare regulations barring Internet service providers from picking and choosing ...READ»
Net neutrality: Like it or loathe it, you can't deny it's a hot topic at the moment. And while Cisco's just done some research to show bandwidth hogs don't necessarily exist in the way they're portrayed, the GOP is trying to delay the ...READ»
Internet providers like Comcast and Time Warner are beginning to offer mobile 3G service as a bundle with home Internet, reports the New York Times. The goal: undercut wireless providers like Verizon and AT&T, who sell such ...READ»
On Friday, the FCC launched a new crowd-sourcing platform to try to generate some consensus on the direction of the agency's National Broadband Plan. Built by IdeaScale in the style of Digg and Reddit, popular voting-based social news ...READ»
Many would say the wireless era is already upon us, but soon it's going to be official. A study released today by research firm ATLANTIC-ACM shows that wireless revenues will overtake all wireline revenues by 2014.
On the retail ...READ»
AT&T is about to upgrade its cellphone network to 7.2 mega bits per second to support the tech in the new iPhone 3G S. But over in Portugal, where 7.2 mbps rates are already common, Vodafone's going for 21mbps.
Vodafone ...READ»
Verizon's just expanded its range of USB mobile broadband dongles--this new one is designed with the global traveler in mind. And while that may sound all nice and helpful, it's not necessarily. The annual fees tot up to ...READ»
Gigabit speed Wi-fi--that's around ten times faster than current Wi-fi speeds--sounds all very groovy, and as everyone's file sizes rise while we all get used to HD video, faster Wi-fi is becoming a necessity. But the WiGig ...READ»
Say what you like about the benefits of fiber-optic communications, and the future of home broadband: Cable hasn't given up the ghost just yet. Next month Cablevision will unveil its top-tier broadband service that speeds along at a ...READ»
Ah, Time Warner Cable--friendly supplier of your choice of cable TV and broadband internet. Or, as residents in Wilson, North Carolina are finding out, not friendly at all: TWC is trying to close their community-based, cheap, and ...READ»
A Lenovo netbook with a nine-inch screen is making its way through FCC approval as we speak, according to several blogs. And unless Lenovo is populating a seriously redundant product line, this one probably has a new trick up its ...READ»
The other day at the Green:Net 09 conference, I spoke to someone who predicted that home-energy management systems would never take off until we could easily have a remote control to automate home appliances. Verizon may have been ...READ»
According to a recent study, broadband access in the U.S. has dropped to 19th place worldwide. The recent passage of the stimulus bill will provide about $7 billion to improve it. But why is U.S. broadband so crappy in the first ...READ»
As the President's stimulus package approaches $1 trillion, the Senate is looking to cut the fat. In the senators' sights: about $6 billion in funding for expanded broadband access, much of it for wireless access in rural areas, among ...READ»
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Damon Phillips, 36, joined ESPN a year ago to run its on-demand broadband sports channel. Previously, he founded SportsTVinsider.com, which let users ...READ»
As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?READ»
European researchers last month issued a report that portrayed the U.S. Internet infrastructure in a positive light. The study was commissioned by the World Economic Forum, and conducted by Insead, a business school near Paris. It ...READ»
