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Comcast rolls out $10 internet for low-income families

, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [12]

Comcast has rolled out its Internet Essentials program that provides entry-level internet service at only $9.95 a month for low-income families. The service offers up to 1.5Mbps downloads and up to 384Kbps uploads and even offers a Windows 7 Starter netbook with internet and PC training for $150. Read The Full Story

Comcast $10 broadband targets low-income families

, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Comcast has kicked off its Internet Essentials program, a $9.95 entry-level broadband option for any family with at least one child taking advantage of the National School Lunch Program. Offering up to 1.5 Mbps downloads and up to 384 Kbps uploads, the discount connection also offers a budget $150 Windows 7 Starter netbook and inclusive internet and PC training. Read The Full Story

Rice University graduate student extends WiFi for a mile using empty TV stations

, Apr 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

I would bet most of us are cable users, so we don't think much about the airwaves around our homes that local stations use to broadcast to people that still use antennas. In many smaller local markets there will only be one or two networks using those airwaves leaving much of the bandwidth unused and wasted. A graduate student named Ryan Guerra at Rice University has devised a really cool way to extend WiFi signals for over a mile using the vacant TV broadcast airwaves. Read The Full Story

ViaSat and JetBlue Airways to bring Ka-band high-speed internet to flights

, Apr 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

We have been able to get internet service in the air on flights on most major airlines for years now. The ability to get online at 30,000 feet closed one of the few remaining holes where travelers weren't able to gain access to the internet. JetBlue and ViaSat have announced an agreement that will bring faster web access to passengers. Read The Full Story

4G: What does this really mean?

, Mar 30th 2011 Discuss [2]

Texas resident, Keith Geissler, contacted the Better Business Bureau when he found that his ATRIX 4G was only pushing around 300kbps up the tube instead of the expected 5.5mbps.

The ATRIX is a HSUPA-capable device, and we currently are performing the testing and preparations necessary to ensure that, when we turn this feature on, you will continue to have a world class experience.
AT&T hasn't quite gotten their act together as quick as they had hoped with this one. Sometimes the real answer is that these systems are technically the bleeding edge, and it's not some conspiracy to keep you from achieving your top speeds on the wireless internet. Here's a little help discerning the technical specs from behind the marketing malarkey surrounding the wireless broadband available on the market. Read The Full Story

Sprint To Launch Direct Connect For More Data And Push-To-Talk Coverage

, Mar 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sprint announced today that they will expand their push-to-talk coverage, increase their data capabilities, and add some new features as they roll out their Network Vision overhaul. The improved services will be launched under the branding Sprint Direct Connect, and will come with a new offering of handsets packed with next-gen push-to-talk features. Read The Full Story

AT&T to add caps to DSL and U-verse broadband plans

, Mar 14th 2011 Discuss [9]

If you are an AT&T subscriber with U-verse or DSL connectivity in your home we have some bad news. AT&T is set to add caps to the broadband plans that will see users that go over set amounts monthly being hit with overage charges. Letters will be going out next week to notify users of AT&T services. Read The Full Story

Obama: “Connecting Every Corner of America to the Digital Age”

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

During an address at Northern Michigan University in Marquette on Thursday afternoon, President Barack Obama said the US will spend $5 billion to build next-generation high-speed wireless networks in rural areas, and create incentives to free up more radio frequencies for mobile broadband. According to Obama (who is shown below using his BlackBerry), "It's how we'll spark new innovation, new investment, new jobs ... We can't expect tomorrow's economy to take root using yesterday's infrastructure." Read The Full Story

Comcast May Offer Low-Cost Broadband Internet Access if NBC Merger Goes Through

, Dec 27th 2010 Discuss [3]

Comcast is trying to do what it takes to make sure that the company's merger with NBC happens sooner than later. They're going as far as to try and sweeten the deal, it seems, as they've just released a letter to the FCC which outlines their plans of rolling out low-cost broadband Internet access to households that fall into a certain demographic. But, in their letter, Comcast doesn't say they will go through with the cheap broadband access, but that they might, as long as their merger gets the A-OK from the FCC. Read The Full Story

Google Plans on Building 1Gbps Broadband Network at Stanford University

, Oct 21st 2010 Discuss [1]

Google's aspirations are never small. They aim high, and sometimes they tend to hit the mark. The company's aspirations to create a 1Gbps broadband network seems to have localized on one area of the United States. Word has it that Google is planning on creating a 1Gbps broadband network at Stanford University. As is usual for a Google roll-out, the network is a large experiment, encompassing only a certain amount of area and homes. Read The Full Story

Virgin Media wires Welsh village for fiber optic broadband using electric poles

, Jul 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Virgin Media has made a bold promise in the UK of offering 100Mbps broadband speeds to half the homes in the UK by the middle of 2011. To facilitate this goal Virgin Media has announced a new innovative fiber optic broadband network has been deployed to a Welsh village called Crumlin, Caerphilly. Read The Full Story

Senators reckon FCC’s national broadband plan puts US in second tier of countries

, Jul 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

There aren’t many broadband users in the US that don’t want more speed. While many nations around the world boast very fast broadband networks that are available to large portions of the population, most of us here in America only have access to slow connections. Read The Full Story
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