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Puck Yeah: Clearwire's 4G Hotspot Can Replace Broadband [Review]

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 40

Clearwire's ugly little pucker proves itself to be a marvelous addition to a road warrior's weaponry.READ»

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Google Reveals Secret Hospital Experiment to Test Whitespace Wireless

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 93

The rumors about whitespace radio reforms are building on both sides of the Atlantic, but Google's already leaped into action and is already testing a wide-area broadband solution in an Ohio hospital that uses gaps in the TV transmission bands.READ»

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M2Z's Free, Wireless Nationwide Broadband Plan Killed: Thank the FCC

BY Kit Eaton
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Despite a seemingly stout business plan, and all the well-known financial, social and educational benefits it would bring, the FCC's just turned down M2Z's application for a coast-to-coast free wireless broadband system.READ»

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Pay-As-You-Go 4G Hotspot and Adapter Maker Begs Teens to "Stick It In"

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100

Everything about Clearwire's new mobile hotspot and its USB adapter are well conceived--except their marketing slogans. READ»

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Droolworthy Possibilities for Verizon's 1 Gigabit Network

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 34

Verizon announced that one of its FiOS business customers was able to eke out nearly gigabit speeds. That may sound like nerd-speak, but it's the future, and it's going to change the way you do everything from watching movies to buying computers. Here's how.READ»

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Net Neutrality Supporters Protest at Google HQ

BY Lizette Chapman
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Protestors (peacefully) storm the Googleplex and demand net neutrality.READ»

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Google, Verizon Team Up to Support Net Neutrality, but With Wires (and Strings) Attached

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 100

The meaning of Google and Verizon's new net neutrality proposal.READ»

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Google, Verizon Call New York Times's Net Neutrality Report "Quite Simply Wrong"

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 76

The New York Times's report on alleged anti-net-neutrality negotiations between Google and Verizon was shocking. And now Google, Verizon, and just about everyone else in the tech world have responded.READ»

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Is Broadband Definition Too Narrow?

BY Eric Groves
Relevancy Score: 86

Are you happy with your Internet connection? Chances are good that most of you reading this are quite satisfied with your connection. And yet, despite your personal satisfaction, there's been some debate among academic types over whether the U.S. is continuing to expand the reach and quality of broadband or falling behind in the bandwidth arms race.READ»

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User Experience Whiz Traverses Technological Valleys, Gives Fast Company the Lowdown

BY Jenara Nerenberg
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Genevieve Bell knows your digital habits better than you do.READ»

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Googling the Google Lobbyists

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 45

As we told you earlier, Google has ramped up its lobbying efforts, spending $1.34 million last quarter influencing the Washington elite--up 41% from the same period last year. Who are these lobbyists Google is using to pressure ...READ»

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Google and The New York Times Battle Over Search Neutrality

BY Austin Carr
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In competing op-eds published days apart, Google's VP of search product and user experience, Marissa Mayer went head to head with the New York Times editorial board over search neutrality. While it's net neutrality that has ...READ»

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Streaming live with Osprey 700e HD

BY Radu Sadagurschi
Relevancy Score: 40

As the Osprey 700e HD won several awards since it was launched, including the Streaming Media's 2008 Readers Choice Award, TV Technology magazine's 2007 STAR Award and was featured in HD Video Pro magazine's February 2008 issue, ...READ»

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Live streaming with Osprey 700e HD

BY Catalin Sadagurschi
Relevancy Score: 40

As the Osprey 700e HD won several awards since it was launched, including the Streaming Media’s 2008 Readers Choice Award, TV Technology magazine’s 2007 STAR Award and was featured in HD Video Pro magazine’s February 2008 issue, ...READ»

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FCC Pushes for Net Neutrality and Internet Regulation: What Happens Next? [Update]

BY Austin Carr
Relevancy Score: 100

Net neutrality, considered a centerpiece initiative for FCC chair Julius Genachowski, would effectively stop Internet providers from slowing or blocking access to Web sites. It's among the most important political topics that ...READ»

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National Broadband? There's One Already--With No Taxpayer Funding!

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 51

Amongst the fuss and pointless politicking about the National Broadband plan, did you know that there already is a nationwide super-fast fiber broadband infrastructure? It's called National LambdaRail (NLR), and it's been privately ...READ»

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Wired Broadband Could Get a Lot Faster

BY Kit Eaton
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Think ADSL broadband is old hat and fiber is the future? Think again: Researchers at Alcatel Lucent have worked out how to get data rates of 300 Mbps over normal copper telephone wires. That, in case you didn't know, is fast.Most ...READ»

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Court Slaps Down FCC Over Comcast Ruling, Throws Doubt Onto National Broadband Plan

BY Addy Dugdale
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The FCC has been slapped down by federal judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. over its attempts to censure Comcast for slowing down its customers' access to a torrent site. That does not bode well for the government's ...READ»

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AT&T to Throw $1 Billion at Its Network (And You Thought the iPad Was Expensive!) [Update]

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 32

In a typically dense press release, AT&T announced that it is investing $1 billion in its infrastructure this year. The head office's largesse will benefit nearly every aspect of the company's network, from cloud computing and ...READ»

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Asia Is the Hotbed

BY John Vernon
Relevancy Score: 50

Recent market data proves once again that the power shift toward Asia in broadband networking is real. Here is where we see the most interesting developments today.READ»

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Sprint Ad Uses the iPhone to Show Off Its 4G Network (Yes, That iPhone)

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 43

Sprint's new ad suggests you "make your iPhone 4G." It's a snappy headline, and grabs eyes better than "make your Motorola Cliq 4G"--and it's real, even if it's not particularly practical.READ»

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FCC's Broadband Measuring Tool Gets 150,000 Takers, Shows West-Coast Bias

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 42

A week after the FCC debuted a beta tool for consumers to measure their broadband speeds, we've got the first set of stats. 150,000 people decided to avail themselves of the widget, available on Android, iPhone and Web platforms, ...READ»

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Why the FCC's Broadband Plan Will Struggle to Connect with the Public

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 44

Today is when the FCC delivers its National Broadband Strategy to Congress. We've already had some sneak peeks at the deets, such kitting 100 million households out with super-fast speeds with either a free or lo-cost version, getting ...READ»

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Will Cisco's New Backend Net Hardware Help AT&T's iPhone Service Suck Less?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 77

Cisco Systems just revealed its new CRS 3 datacenter-level broadband router. Constrain your whoops of joy, Net infrastructure geeks. But the rest of us probably should pay attention: It may transform AT&T's mobile broadband. ...READ»

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USA is Doing Fine in Broadband Race, NCTA CEO Says

BY Robert Scoble
Relevancy Score: 53

In our trip through Washington DC, you’ll notice that lots of politicians are upset that the United States is ranked 15th out of all countries in deployment of broadband technologies. Here I visit Kyle McSlarrow, CEO of the National ...READ»

Topic: Broadband Internet