Tech advances including the shift to digital TV have opened up the possibility of using unused frequencies to make broadband available nationwide in the US, even in rural areas. High-speed internet contributes to economic growth and public awareness. The Telco cartel wants to...
"By JOHN DUNBAR The Associated Press Tuesday, September 30, 2008; 7:18 PM WASHINGTON -- Congress has passed legislation that will require the government to keep closer tabs on who has access to the Internet and who does not. Supporters hope the Broadband Data...
"Brussels is considering making broadband access available for all. The fast growth of broadband has led the European Commission to bring forward a review of the basic telecoms services Europeans can expect. Current...
3 billion people are getting broadband from Spain to South Africa, thanks to Google and HSBC. What ever other wrongs have been committed by these companies, this would seem to be a good thing. "LONDON - Google and...
They might be able to build an AI that can surf the Web for me, but no machine can replace me until it learns to pay taxes, complain, gossip and contribute to economic growth by shopping. ""We have taught the computer virtually all the meanings of words and phrases in the...
LONDON - this just in. I'll update as the story unfolds"BT's Mayfair exchange was robbed last night, leaving thousands of homes and businesses in central London without internet access this morning.The raid cleaned out routers, networking cards and fibre at about 9.30pm...
Telus has canceled one of its most popular data plans: a $75/month plan that allowed cell phones to be used as modems for laptops. One of the big reasons is due to "abuse." It seems that unlimited meant "within...
The internet continues to revolutionize communications around the world; this is the Network Age."Under the plan proposed this week by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, people could call from their personal...
American Airlines has started to offer full broadband on long-haul domestic flights. Like soldiers' extra luggage, though, the in-flight internet will cost extra money. "AMR Corp's American Airlines began offering...
E-Week is reporting that Motorola is continuing its management shakeup Aug. 4 with the appointment of former Qualcomm COO Sanjay Jha as co-CEO of the company and CEO of Motorola's Mobile devices division. Jha will serve as co-CEO with current CEO Greg Brown." Brown was also...
UPDATED The Christian Science Monitor, has posted video of the event. Here's the link. When it comes to presidential politics, Barack Obama has all the buzz on the Internet. He has raised record amounts of money online. He hired a Facebook co-founder to help leverage...
France has become the first country to implement the controversial new law that anyone who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access.So a country that has long led the way...
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Whilst London and the UK Cities are receiving relatively fast broadband connections, rural and village locations are getting anything but fast connections. As more rural areas have broadband than the cities it is...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators are
considering auctioning a piece of the airwaves to buyers willing to
provide free broadband Internet service without pornography.
Federal Communications...
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Virgin is now throttling bandwidth on high-volume users, effective immediately. "Virgin Media has quietly rolled out bandwidth throttling nationwide, after successful technical trials in the North West, which the ISP says means a group of heavy users will sacrifice high...
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