(News) Unlimited isn't what it used to be, as providers test monthly caps, with Sprint's mobile broadband service being the latest to restrict monthly transfers.
(News) Two giant offers for free Wi-Fi extended, one from AT&T to iPhone users, and another from Cablevision for its millions of home territory broadband subscribers.
(News) The FCC approves a plan that could help the agency pinpoint problems with broadband availability and give it a better idea where speeds are lacking.
(News) Air travelers are fed up with being disconnected for hours. Some airlines and airports are responding, offering e-mail connections, IM, and live TV. But others are woefully behind.
(News) As the volume of 'Net traffic grows explosively, a new question: Who will get the bill for the mega-sized data-pipes of the future?
(News) Demand for broadband will push strong growth in the telecom sector through 2011, an industry group predicts.
(News) The European Commission's telecommunications department on Thursday gave the go-ahead to U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom to deregulate the wholesale broadband market in more than half the U.K.
(News) As traffic increases, experts say ISPs may start charging by the gigabyte, limiting use of some services and snooping at the data passing through their networks.
(News) Flag Telecom's repair ship should reach and begin repairing the damaged undersea Internet cable on Tuesday.
(News) Report describes broadband rollout trends, maps availability, and recommends deployment strategy.
(News) FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirms that the deadline for the country's switch to digital TV next year will not be postponed.
(News) The gap between broadband haves and have nots in the European Union has widened during the past year, a trend that might warrant price regulation similar to that imposed on the market for mobile roaming charges earlier this year, the European Commission said Monday.
(News) Two members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission called for the federal government to create a wide-ranging national broadband strategy to help small businesses compete on a global level.
(News) Flag Telecom, an international provider of bandwidth owned by Reliance Communications Ltd. in India, has awarded a US$1.5 billion contract to Fujitsu Ltd. for the construction of Flag's next generation network (NGN) submarine cable.
(News) A China Telecommunications Group Corp. (China Telecom) subsidiary in Jiangsu province and Hewlett-Packard Co. are offering customers a desktop computer with broadband Internet access for 198 renminbi, or US$26, per month.
(News) New broadband providers should be given a better chance of winning pieces of valuable wireless spectrum to be auctioned by early next year, several groups said Friday.
(News) Ericsson and Telstra have successfully completed the world's first live network trial for next-generation 40Gbps optical transmission technology in Australia.
(News) A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
(News) Microsoft Corp. has formed a joint venture with Taiwan's Chungwa Telecom Co. Ltd. to bring VOIP to small and midsize businesses in China and Taiwan, as well as to offer customers in those regions next-generation telecom services including IPTV.
(News) Trial speeds hit 10 gigabits per second downstream.
(News) The U.S. government should launch a new program that provides grants and loans for broadband providers to extend service to rural areas, a top executive at Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday.
(News) The YouTube generation demands speed for advanced apps, and the U.S. lags in implementation, panel says.
(news) AT&T Makes a Deal for DSL Video Content
(news) Earth Day Sparks Large Interactive IPTV Event
(news) CeBIT: IPTV to Reach Critical Mass This Year
(news) I Want My IPTV--I Think
(news) Power Line Broadband Comes to Texas
(news) They're Here: Microsoft TV-Enabled Set-Top Boxes
(news) The Fastest Net Yet
(tech_tuesday) Get Good Service
(news) Satellite Failure Hits Broadband Users
(news) Microsoft Turns On IPTV
(news) FCC clears the way for more companies to offer the alternative form of Net access.
(news) SBC Tunes Into to IP-Based TV
(news) Light regulation will encourage this alternative form of high-speed Net access.
(news) Number of users with high-speed connections has tripled in the last three years.
(news) Internet access over power lines gets off the ground in new Ohio-based service.
(howto) ISPs are imposing transmission rate caps, limiting how much data customers can download or upload in a fixed time period.
(news) FCC considers wireless, new applications, and other technology to promote high-speed Internet access across America.
(howto) How to find a modest hotel with high-speed Net access.
(news) Get more bang for your buck.
(news) Cool Web sites aren't all they're cracked up to be. So what's the real reason you need that faster connection?
(news) Growth reported, but are Congress and the FCC getting old information?
(news) Report reveals the sharp increase in high-speed subscriptions, as well as who's buying.
(howto) Hotels with broadband access, airline security tips, packing tricks.
(howto) Even if you don't want to pay for broadband--or can't get it--there's hope.
(howto) Hotels that offer high-speed Web access; remembering the Apple Newton.
(reviews) Cable Internet costs the least, but you should choose DSL if you plan to share access among multiple PCs.
(news) Report warns that consumers and small ISPs will lose out if FCC continues its course toward deregulation.
