Topic: Internet Connectivity

The Google Guide to Infuriating Your ISP

Google [GOOG] has launched a new website in cooperation with a pair of nonprofit organizations. It does two things: it analyzes your network connection, and it makes companies like Comcast [CMCSA] and TimeWarner [TWX] wish that Google ...READ»

FCC Embraces Net Neutrality, Enforces It On ISPs

The FCC is embracing rules that enforce Net neutrality on ISPs, and in a surprisingly open way.READ»

Network Neutrality

Monday's New York Times features an editorial that takes a somewhat soft stance on whether ISPs and telcos should be able to offer tiered network access to commercial partners -- i.e., giving Wal-Mart a fast connection while giving ...READ»

Built at Light Speed

These days, most Internet startups are hoarding their cash and downsizing their dreams. Not Cogent Communications. The company is on a 12,000-mile dash to build a new network for high-speed Internet access.READ»

Airport, Data Port II

This edition of Transit Authority is the second installment in Fast Company's airport-by-airport Internet access guide.READ»

Airport, Data Port III

This edition of Transit Authority is the third installment in Fast Company's airport-by-airport Internet access guide.READ»

New Bill May Outlaw ISP Data Caps; Nerds Relieved

Earlier this year, Time Warner Cable began trialing the use of data caps on its broadband service. It later abandoned the project after a welter of bad publicity, but the encounter scared a lot of Web users into believing we need ...READ»

Fast Farmers

Prairie iNet is hooking up America's heartland.READ»

Congress Seeks "Kill Switch" For Internet

Congress is considering legislation that could give the President power to shut down large swaths of domestic Internet traffic, should he perceive a threat to national security. The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 would give the government ...READ»

Airport, Data Port IV

This edition of Transit Authority is the last installment in the airport-by-airport Internet access guide announced in the June 14, 2004, Airports of Call edition. That column offered handy information on airports with Wi-Fi access, ...READ»

RIAA To Stop Suing Individuals For Music Piracy

'Tis the season traditionally associated with goodwill, but I'm not sure I could've predicted this piece of good news: the Recording Industry Association of America is going to stop suing individuals for music piracy. There are ...READ»

Staying Connected in the Air

Making Phone Calls from the Plane Most road warriors have memorized the airline cell phone usage announcement: "The Federal Communications Commission bans the in-flight use of cellular phones on aircraft." This ban is based on the ...READ»

All about Broadband Service and More

The easiest way to explain it is that broadband is the term used to define the channel between our computers and the internet. READ»

Tech Watch: Google Knows If Your Kids Have The Flu

Google.org takes on the spread of flu, IBM takes on broadband over power lines, and the Department of Justice takes on tech companies LG, Sharp, and Chunghwa for price-fixing LCD panels.READ»

Who Is the Unlikely Winner of the Wi-Fi Revolution?

The quickest way to business success is to identify an underserved constituency or market and provide it with products that are satisfying, convenient, or necessary. BlackBerry was Research In Motion Ltd.'s solution for people who ...READ»

Networks in the Developing World

Lane Smith coordinates the USAID's Leland Initiative, an effort to extend full Internet connectivity to more than 20 African countries in order to promote sustainable development. Rahul Tongia is a research engineer of engineering ...READ»

Slam That Spam

How to put up a fight in the spam battle.READ»

Build Your Place in Cyberspace

From registering a domain name to adding just the right touches, here's our 10-step guide to help you build your home on the Web.READ»

Time Warner's Antics in Wilson, N.C. Give Another Reason to Snip the Cable

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»

People and Powers-That-Be Disagree on Broadband

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»

Net Home

Your home office has grown to include a small arsenal of computing power, printers, and peripherals. But all that firepower just goes to waste if you can't get all of those pieces to work together. Here's everything you need to know to get networked.READ»

The Dirty Little Secret About Spam

What J.P. Morgan Chase and Kraft want is exactly what the guys peddling porn and gambling want: free access to your inbox. That's why there's no easy solution to a problem that could soon make the world's email system crash and burn.READ»

Lojack for Laptops

Companies lose billions of dollars a year in hardware and data. Here's how the good guys try to get the stuff back.READ»

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Hey, You, Come on to my Cloud

Lots of good reporting lately on the $13.9B purchase of EDS by HP. Many are saying its the clearest sign yet that cloud computing has fully arrived. Others say the purchase is more about buying market share and becoming the ...READ»

Full Speed Ahead on a High-Speed Internet

At the height of Web mania, financiers and engineers agreed that a faster Internet would be a building block of growth -- and a great investment as well. So does Web mania spell the end of that high-speed vision? Not so fast.READ»