F.C.C. Clears Internet Access by Power Lines
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The F.C.C. adopted rules that will enable utility companies to offer an alternative to broadband services provided by cable and phone companies.
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In a rare public warning to the power and utility industry, a CIA analyst this week said cyber attackers have hacked into the computer systems of utility companies outside the United States and made demands, in at least one case causing a power outage that affected multiple cities.
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Federal regulators adopt rules aimed at enticing utilities to offer internet service over power lines. But experts say it'll be several years before many people will get broadband from their electrical outlets. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved rules for transmitting broadband communications signals over electric power lines, clearing the way for the expansion of high-speed Internet access through home electrical outlets.
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Alternative form of high-speed Internet access makes its way to U.S. homes.
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Digital switchover is freeing up the airwaves for other services meaning the battle for spectrum is on.
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Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swathe of the Middle East on Wednesday after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said.
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Agency gives phone companies more leeway in sharing connections. Also: Broadband over power lines gets green light.
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Broadband has out-stripped unmetered connections in the UK for the first time, official figures show.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) changed its rules on Friday in hopes of promoting wider broadband access throughout the nation by offering the service over power lines.
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Sport authorities take action against illegal live football and cricket broadcasts over the internet.
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The F.C.C. voted to relax rules that had required the four large Bell telephone companies to give their rivals access to their networks at sharply discounted wholesale prices.
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Engineers at Penn State University said on Wednesday they had found a way for power lines to transmit data to homes at rates far faster than high-speed Internet connections from cable and telephone companies.
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federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers&#39; access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography.
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The bill requires the F.C.C. to assess whether broadband providers are interfering with consumersâ rights to access, send, receive or offer content, applications and services over networks.
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As news of undersea cable cuts and conspiracy theories abound, there's an easy way to verify if internet access has indeed been severed anywhere in the world. Just use a simple network tool called traceroute. Learn how it's done on the Wired How-To Wiki.
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No, music fans, there isn't a problem with your Web connection -- it's just that many Internet radio stations are deliberately offline today.