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broadband Internet stories: 34 news summaries

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FCC Eyes Hiking Phone Bills to Expand Internet Access

Feds want to open networks, but would tax your phone bill to do it

Nov 18, 09 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore may think he created the Internet, but it's the FCC that's looking to make it available to all Americans—and it's considering taxing your phone bill to pay for it. Federal regulators will outline their case today for stepping up government control of Internet and phone services, the... More »

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Internet • FCC • broadband Internet • network speed • Internet access • open access • National Broadband Plan

Google Boss: Chinese Language Will Dominate Web

Also in 5 years:
social media will rule

Oct 28, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet will look completely different in five years, predicts Google CEO Eric Schmidt; after all, he notes, five years is a factor of 10 according to Moore’s law of ever-increasing speed. The Google CEO expounded on the future of the web at length at a recent symposium, but... More »

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China • Google • Internet • broadband Internet • Eric Schmidt • social media

Internet Access Now a
Legal Right in Finland

Telecom companies must bring speedy broadband to all

Oct 15, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Finland, broadband access isn’t a privilege, it’s a right. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has pushed through a law requiring telecom companies to offer speeds of at least 1 megabit per second to all of the country’s 5.3 million citizens. While 96% of Finland’... More »

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broadband Internet • Finland • telecommunications • Internet access

ANALYSIS

Recession Is Kaput; Now
for the 'Smart Economy'


Jul 26, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Great Recession is cooling off, but Americans will feel the heat for a while—because recovery is tricky this time, Daniel Gross writes in Newsweek. Another economic bubble inflated by consumption would be a mere Band-Aid. That's why President Obama is trying to create a four-sided "smart economy"... More »

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health care • broadband Internet • recession • recovery • infrastructure • green technology • economy • economic recovery

YouTube Could Take Down
Your Internet

Surging demand for video may cause Web 'brownouts': experts

Apr 26, 09 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Watching those Susan Boyle and laughing baby clips on YouTube may soon come with a price: slower, shaky Internet connections, the Telegraph reports. Experts warn of a “brownout,” caused by outdated web systems unable to keep pace with surging online use of video sites, that will paralyze computers,... More »

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Internet • YouTube • broadband Internet • web traffic • computers

ANALYSIS

Cash Flows to Add Broadband, But Feds Don't Have Plan

FCC has until Feb.; ISPs get stimulus now

Apr 9, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Communications Commission is beginning to draw up a plan to deliver broadband internet to every home in the US, the Washington Post reports. But as the FCC accepts public comment and reviews policy in the year it has to draft the plan, broadband providers will be using stimulus... More »

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Barack Obama • FCC • broadband Internet • Michael Copps • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • President Obama • Julius Genachowski

ANALYSIS

Why US Broadband
Is So Slow

Population density, delivery methods give Asia, Europe a leg up

Mar 10, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In terms of broadband, the US seems to lag behind the international pack, with slower, more expensive, less available Internet. As President Obama campaigns to improve America’s lot, Saul Hansell compares connection speeds in the New York Times. The US is middle of the pack, with an average speed... More »

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broadband Internet • DSL • Internet access • fiber optic cables • President Obama

China Tops US With More High-Speed Lines

Nation's rise in broadband technology 'a major milestone'

Sep 27, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - China's broadband network is now bigger than America's, InformationWeek reports. In fact the Asian nation has the planet's biggest high-speed network—which "means a lot more for building a modern, hi-tech economy" than China's spacewalk yesterday, one expert said. "This is a major milestone for China." More »

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China • technology • broadband Internet • United States • competition • growth • regulation • telecommunications

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

250 GB-limit intended
to improve web quality

Aug 29, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

They're turned off by high prices or just not interested, study shows

Jul 3, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(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... More »

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broadband Internet • Internet access • dial-up Internet

OPINION

 ISPs Should Stay
 With Flat-Rate Pricing 

Analyst argues metered service will halt innovation and stunt growth

Jun 5, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable companies are wooing Wall Street by saying they’ll offset expensive implementation of a new, high-speed software protocol by metering broadband Internet access. Bad move, Om Malik writes on GigaOm. Flat-rate high-speed access has enabled recent revolutionary innovation in the telecom business, which led to almost 70 million broadband... More »

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broadband Internet • telecom industry • Internet service providers • cable operators • telecommunications companies • Time Warner Cable • tiered broadband

For Some US Towns, Internet Access is DIY

As providers focus on big markets, locals take net into own hands

May 19, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Streamlining AT&T Plans 4,600 Layoffs

TV, wireless hires will offset white-collar landline losses

Apr 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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

Comcast, Time Warner Weigh $1.5B WiMax Investment

Companies would back Sprint/Clearwire plan for nationwide network

Mar 26, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(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;... More »

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

 Gates to FCC: Give Us 
 More WiFi Spectrum 

Urges regulators to approve Internet use of TV "white space"

Mar 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(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”... More »

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television • Microsoft • Bill Gates • FCC • broadband Internet • white space • WiFi • spectrum

FCC Ready
to Defend
Net Neutrality

Agency says it will
step in to stop ISPs from blocking access

Feb 26, 08 12:30 PM CST
(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.... More »

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

The Broadband Police Are Coming

Analysts fear impending crackdown on high bandwidth users

Feb 15, 08 12:07 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Microsoft Blunder Dashes Wireless Hopes

Other tech firms dealt blow in quest for TV "white space" airwaves

Feb 13, 08 3:08 PM CST
(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... More »

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Microsoft • FCC • broadband Internet • airwaves • white space

Europe Now Spam King

Continent passed North America as biggest junk mail producer in last three months

Feb 6, 08 5:17 PM CST
(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... More »

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broadband Internet • email • Europe • spam • Symantec

FCC to Re-Test Wireless Internet Devices

Companies seek to broadcast web over unused TV airwaves

Jan 19, 08 12:20 AM CST
(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,... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • FCC • broadband Internet • Philips • WiFi • rural area • wireless technology

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