Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

September 5, 2008 5:37:52 AM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: broadband Internet

Stories

Stories 1 - 20 of 26

1 2 Next >>
  • August 2008

    • Comcast Caps Internet Use, Says 99% Won't Notice

      Reuters  |  Aug 29, 08 2:27 PM CDT

      Comcast Caps Internet Use, Says 99% Won't Notice

      (Newser) - Comcast subscribers will soon have their Internet usage capped, Reuters reports. From Oct. 1, the nation’s largest cable operator will limit monthly residential data use to 250 gigabytes to improve the quality of Internet delivery. The company says up to 99% of its subscribers will be unaffected by the cap—equivalent to 50 million emails or 124 standard-definition movies. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • FCC  • Comcast  • broadband Internet  • Time Warner Cable  • peer-to-peer

  • July 2008

    • Dial-Up Hold-Outs: Some Just Don't Want Broadband

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      Dial-Up Hold-Outs: Some Just Don't Want Broadband

      (Newser) - Dial-up Internet users might not want broadband—or at least not want it enough to pay for it. That’s the word from a new study that finds high prices and a lack of interest are bigger factors than lack of access for most dial-up holdouts. The story is different, though, in rural areas, where 24% of dial-uppers would upgrade if they could, reports AP. More »

      Tags

      broadband Internet  • Internet access  • dial-up Internet

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • For Some US Towns, Internet Access is DIY

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 19, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      For Some US Towns, Internet Access is DIY

      (Newser) - Around the world, firms and governments are ramping up the speed and availability of internet access. But in the US, telecoms are focusing mainly on big-city markets. To avoid professional brain drain, some smaller cities and towns are investing in more powerful infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reports. But the risks, and burdens, are great, and some private providers are resisting new competition. More »

      Tags

      Comcast  • broadband Internet  • competition  • Internet access  • bandwidth  • small towns  • fiber optic cables  • utilities

  • April 2008

    • Streamlining AT&T Plans 4,600 Layoffs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT

      Streamlining AT&T Plans 4,600 Layoffs

      (Newser) - As it adjusts its business model to lowered demand for landlines, AT&T will lay off 4,600 employees, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company plans to create about the same number of new wireless, broadband, and TV jobs, a trade-off that will create savings through dropping more senior, white-collar workers. "There are parts of the business that are growing and others that are not," a spokesman said. More »

      Tags

      wireless  • AT&T  • job  • layoffs  • broadband Internet

  • March 2008

    • Comcast, Time Warner Weigh $1.5B WiMax Investment

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 26, 08 3:13 PM CDT

      Comcast, Time Warner Weigh $1.5B WiMax Investment

      (Newser) - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire, looking for funding in their bid to build a nationwide high-speed wireless network, may have found partners in Comcast and Time Warner, reports the Wall Street Journal. The country’s two largest cable operators are weighing a combined pledge of $1.5 billion to the project; Sprint and Clearwire hope to raise $3 billion overall. More »

      Tags

      Comcast  • broadband Internet  • Sprint  • Clearwire  • Time Warner Cable  • WiMAX

    • Gates to FCC: Give Us More WiFi Spectrum

      Reuters  |  Mar 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      Gates to FCC: Give Us More WiFi Spectrum

      (Newser) - A month after Microsoft failed its second opportunity to convince the FCC that companies could deliver broadband Internet via unused TV frequencies without interfering with programming, Bill Gates pushed regulators Thursday to approve the plan, Reuters reports. He said “white space” between channels could allow WiFi to “explode” into less densely populated areas of the US. More »

      Tags

      television  • Microsoft  • FCC  • Bill Gates  • Wi-Fi  • broadband Internet  • white space  • spectrum

  • February 2008

    • FCC Ready to Defend Net Neutrality

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 26, 08 12:30 PM CST

      FCC Ready to Defend Net Neutrality

      (Newser) - FCC boss Kevin Martin told a hearing yesterday that the government was "ready, willing, and able to step in" to stop Internet service providers from restricting traffic sent by rivals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast is accused of acting improperly by slowing or blocking access to file-sharing sites. The cable giant says it is merely managing its network. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • FCC  • Comcast  • file sharing  • Kevin Martin  • broadband Internet  • net neutrality  • ISP  • Internet access

    • The Broadband Police Are Coming

      PC World  |  Feb 15, 08 12:07 PM CST

      The Broadband Police Are Coming

      (Newser) - Enjoy your broadband while you can, because it won’t be this way forever. Consumer advocates think ISPs will soon have claim to have no choice but to crack down on high-bandwidth users or applications, in order to keep their networks afloat. Already Comcast has drawn fire for slowing file transfers, while Time Warner is experimenting with a tiered payment system, charging for heavier use, ComputerWorld reports. More »

      Tags

      Comcast  • Time Warner  • broadband Internet  • ISP  • bandwidth usage

    • Microsoft Blunder Dashes Wireless Hopes

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 13, 08 3:08 PM CST

      Microsoft Blunder Dashes Wireless Hopes

      (Newser) - Twice, the technology sector has looked to Microsoft to help convince the FCC to let it use dormant TV frequencies to deliver broadband Internet – and twice, Microsoft has failed. Last week, the FCC tested a Microsoft device designed to prove the broadband and TV signals could coexist, only to have it fail utterly, the Wall Street Journal reports, possibly killing the initiative. More »

      Tags

      Microsoft  • FCC  • broadband Internet  • airwaves  • white space

    • Europe Now Spam King

      Ars Technica  |  Feb 6, 08 5:17 PM CST

      Europe Now Spam King

      (Newser) - More spam is sent from Europe than any other continent, Ars Technica reports. Symantec systems’ latest “State of Spam” report said that European IP addresses are now responsible for 44% of all junk emails sent. Only three months ago, North America produced 15% more of the world’s spam than Europe. More »

      Tags

      Europe  • email  • broadband Internet  • spam  • Symantec

  • January 2008

    • FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

      Associated Press  |  Jan 19, 08 12:20 AM CST

      FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

      (Newser) - After a series of unsuccessful tests, the Federal Communications Commission is heading back to the lab to assess a new round of devices for broadcasting high-speed Internet in the white space available in between TV airwaves. The prototypes come from a coalition of top-tier bidders, including Microsoft, Philips, and Intel, none of which received positive grades the first time around, the AP reports. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Microsoft  • FCC  • Wi-Fi  • broadband Internet  • wireless technology  • Philips  • rural area

    • Sprint Primed for WiMax Launch

      Washington Post  |  Jan 10, 08 1:17 PM CST

      Sprint Primed for WiMax Launch

      (Newser) - Sprint has unveiled new corporate partnerships to help meet its goal of deploying its WiMax wireless broadband network in DC, Baltimore, and Chicago by April, the Washington Post reports. The wireless provider has joined with several companies to provide online storage, security, and mobile devices for WiMax, which offers speeds comparable to DSL at ranges far greater than typical wireless networks. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • wireless  • broadband Internet  • Sprint  • WiMax

    • UK Plans Cheap Web Access for All Students

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 4, 08 11:50 AM CST

      UK Plans Cheap Web Access for All Students

      (Newser) - The Brown government is collaborating with Britain's top IT companies to provide Internet access to every child in the country. A major education review recently urged closing the widening achievement gap between rich and poor families. In effect, a broadband Internet connection is becoming compulsory, the Guardian reports. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • United Kingdom  • education  • broadband Internet

  • November 2007

    • Critics Blast Claims of Net Outages by 2010

      Techdirt  |  Nov 25, 07 3:39 PM CST

      Critics Blast Claims of Net Outages by 2010

      (Newser) - Ominous warnings earlier this week of a looming Internet disaster are highly misleading, suggest critics. "As we've stated previously, most warnings of capacity armageddon come from traffic shaping companies looking to sell hardware," the industry web site Broadband Reports writes about a recent Nemertes Research study, which was funded in part by the Internet Innovation Alliance. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • broadband Internet  • web traffic  • Internet service providers  • bandwidth usage

    • FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'

      Washington Post  |  Nov 21, 07 12:04 PM CST

      FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'

      (Newser) - High-speed Internet access funded by $417 million in FCC grants will change how healthcare is provided in rural or heard-to-reach areas across the US, bringing top-end clinical and diagnostic resourced to underserved patients and doctors, the Washington Post reports. Some 6,000 clinics, hospitals, research facilities and universities will be part of the three-year pilot “telehealth” network. More »

      Tags

      technology  • health care  • FCC  • broadband Internet

    • MetroPCs Bid For Leap Falls

      Associated Press  |  Nov 1, 07 10:09 PM CDT

      MetroPCs Bid For Leap Falls

      (Newser) - The proposed multi-billion dollar merger of rival discount wireless service providers has collapsed amid acrimony. AP reports MetroPCS Communications is withdrawing it's $4.7 Billion bid for Leap Wireless International. The Leap board had rejected the bid as "financially inadequate." Both companies allow customers to pay up front for wireless service without a contract.   More »

      Tags

      cell phones  • mergers and acquisitions  • broadband Internet  • wireless service

    • States Pick Up Dropped Broadband Ball

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 1, 07 11:54 AM CDT

      States Pick Up Dropped Broadband Ball

      (Newser) - With the federal government dropping the ball on broadband Internet deployments, many states are picking it up, the Wall Street Journal reports. A Kentucky program has brought wireless to 95% of the largely rural state, and imitation programs have sprung up in West Virginia and Tennessee. Liking what he sees, Ohio Rep. Zack Space has introduced legislation to subsidize state efforts. More »

      Tags

      FCC  • Tennessee  • Kentucky  • broadband Internet  • West Virginia

  • October 2007

    • ITU Head Wants Broadband Net Help for Africa

      BBC  |  Oct 28, 07 10:38 PM CDT

      ITU Head Wants Broadband Net Help for Africa

      (Newser) - Fewer than four per cent of Africans use the Internet and less than one per cent have broadband access, helping to keep Africa behind in education, medicine and business, the BBC reports. Dr Hamadoun Toure, head of the International Telecommunication Union, is asking world organizations to make sure a third of Africa has broadband Internet access by 2012. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • United Nations  • Africa  • Intel  • World Bank  • broadband Internet  • World Health Organization  • Rwanda

    • Senate Would Extend Web Tax Ban 7 Years

      ComputerWorld  |  Oct 26, 07 3:18 PM CDT

      Senate Would Extend Web Tax Ban 7 Years

      (Newser) - The Senate passed a bill yesterday to extend a ban on Internet access taxes for 7 years; it will have to be reconciled with a House bill—which has a 4-year lifespan—and signed into law by next Thursday to beat the current law’s expiration date. The bill was a compromise between those seeking a permanent ban and those looking to match the House’s shorter moratorium, ComputerWorld reports. More »

      Tags

      taxes  • email  • broadband Internet  • instant messaging  • moratorium  • web services

Stories 1 - 20 of 26

1 2 Next >>

Today's Most Popular

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »