Back in 2010, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that broadband would be defined by having a download speed of 4Mbps and an upload speed of 1Mbps minimum. However, the internet has experienced an exponential growth and an increase in media consumption. As a result, the FCC has voted to change the definition of broadband by […]
Cable companies do not believe customers need to have connection speeds faster than 25Mbps, according to a letter sent by a cable lobbying group to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The letter from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) asks that the FCC avoids defining broadband as a 25Mbps downstream, 3Mbps upstream connection, due […]
Verizon’s claims that the US Federal Communications Commission’s new net neutrality rules would hurt the disabled and blind have come under fire by those Verizon claims to be looking out for. In a filing with the FCC, several disability advocacy organizations clearly disagree that Verizon is looking out for the best interests of the disabled, […]
The research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs, has set a new broadband speed record of 10Gbps using traditional copper telephone lines and a prototype technology that demonstrates how existing copper access networks can be used to deliver slower speed 1Gbps symmetrical ultra-broadband access services across extant wiring, but only for short distances. The breakthrough uses […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) saw its 2011 proposal to expand broadband to rural areas upheld after a judge rejected arguments from carriers over the loss of telephone subsidy funds. Connect America Fund, a $4.5 million initiative aimed at spreading faster Internet access to 7 million people, was under review by the United States Court […]
President Obama has proposed a plan to bring faster broadband access to the nation’s schools. The plan, called ConnectEd, would improve internet access at 99% of schools around the country. Obama thinks this could help education initiatives that rely on connectivity and the internet. Obama is attempting to circumvent Congress in order to get the […]
Google is expanding the coverage of its existing gigabit Internet offering from Kansas City into another area of Kansas. The city of Shawnee, just outside of Kansas City, will gain Google Fiber in the future, and joins the high-speed connection construction waiting list alongside Olathe in the same state, Austin in Texas and Provo, Utah. […]
At the US Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski called for construction of at least one “gigabit community” similar to Google’s Kansas City fiber project, in all 50 states by 2015. Genachowski believes that “establishing gigabit communities nationwide will accelerate the creation of a critical mass of markets and innovation hubs” enabled […]
Time Warner has announced it would be expanding its usage-based broadband policy to all of its systems save those in Hawaii. The Essentials Broadband policy, launched in Texas this past February, charges users on a per-gigabyte basis when they exceed a certain threshold. The policy will be rolled out to all Time Warner Cable systems […]
At a UBS conference on Monday, Comcast executives made it public that the company isn’t exploring moving to a metered Internet access billing system. The company is seeing decreases in video subscribers, but more customers are subscribing to its broadband services. The company believes changing its pricing model would have a negative effect on its […]
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