An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates
If regulators penalize Comcast for blocking some Internet file downloads, it would be a victory for advocates of an open Internet. But it could end up accelerating the move by Internet providers to...
View ArticleQuickBits: The Double Whammy for Sony and More
Not only are sales of big TVs slowing, the falling euro and dollar mean that what Sony does sell comes home as fewer yen. Plus bandwidth and its discontents.
View ArticleSenate Scales Back Broadband Tax Breaks
A change to the tax credits proposed in the Senate version of the economic stimulus package would eliminate most or all of a proposed $1.6 billion windfall for Verizon.
View ArticleBig Verizon Tax Break Still in Senate Stimulus Bill
Amid the negotiations over the stimulus bill, the Senate did not adopt changes proposed by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV that would have cut a big tax break for Verizon
View ArticleWhy Spend $350 Million to Map Broadband?
Some of the $350 million allocation will also fund local groups that will find ways to educate and encourage people to get broadband service.
View ArticleBroadband Tax Credit Cut From Stimulus Bill
Tax cuts that benefited Verizon were eliminated from the stimulus bill, but more than $6 billion in grants for broadband projects survived.
View ArticleSurprise: America is No. 1 in Broadband
While other countries have faster home Internet connections, a broader analysis of the use of communications and technology finds that the United States is the world leader.
View ArticleThe Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Faster?
Many countries have faster and more widely available high speed Internet service than the United States. It has a lot to do with their urban density, not our poor technology.
View ArticleThe Broadband Gap: Why Is Theirs Cheaper?
Most governments have forced telephone companies to share broadband lines with rivals. The competition has pushed down prices, profits -- and maybe, future investment.
View ArticleThe Broadband Gap: Why Do They Have More Fiber?
Government subsidies were a big factor in the rollout of broadband in the countries with the fastest Internet service.
View ArticleThe Broadband Gap: Your Take on the Issue
After reading about broadband service around the world, readers debate if and how the United States should promote faster Internet access.
View ArticleThe Economics of Snooping on Internet Traffic
Internet providers are turning more to deep packet inspection, a technology that can raise prices on those downloading big files at peak times.
View ArticleAT&T Learns From Mom in Fighting File Sharing
AT&T learns from Mom: nagging with no punishment is an effective way to stop customers from trading music or movie files.
View ArticleCongress Begins Deep Packet Inspection of Internet Providers
Congress is looking at snooping on customers by Internet providers and soon will look at privacy issues in advertising.
View ArticleVerizon Raises FiOS Prices, but Hardly Mentions It
Verizon is raising the prices for its FiOS bundle of Internet, telephone and television services by $5 to $10 a month, while increasing Internet speeds.
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