Broadband speeds under scrutiny
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Few net users get the top speed promised by their net provider finds a study of average browsing speeds.
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The number of broadband users in the US nearly tripled in the past two and a half years to more than 48 million subscribers, according to a report released this week by the US Federal Communications Commission.
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NEW YORK Broadband growth in the U.S. slowed last year, as nearly half of American adults now have a high-speed Internet connection at home, according to new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Forty-seven percent of those consumers--seven out of 10 home Internet users--have broadband as compared to 23 percent who still rely on dial-up.
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Continuing subscriber complaints prompt inquiry into whether the ISP is impeding traffic for BitTorrent users.
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British Telecom says it will double the broadband speeds of most home and business customers.
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Broadband has out-stripped unmetered connections in the UK for the first time, official figures show.
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There may be limits coming to high-speed Internet from Time Warner Cable, according to details of a memo obtained by Broadband Reports.
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Regulator Ofcom launches a consultation into how the UK should roll out super-fast broadband services.
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An Associated Press reporter ran a test of two computers connected to the Internet with Comcast cable modems in Philadelphia and San Francisco, in order to see if reports of the cable provider blocking file sharing programs were true.
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Yesterday consumer groups released a study saying broadband policy in the U.S. was failing. Here's a counterpoint from the conservative Heritage Foundation. [Broadband blog]
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What looks good in broadband news for Dec. 9.
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Having ISP choices is a good thing, particularly if yours  is engaging in filtering or traffic shaping or in any way throttling back your bandwidth.
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Study warns that investment in network capacity may not keep up with increasing demands for bandwidth.
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Internet decisions aren't always made at Internet speeds.
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The Federal Communications Commission has approved rules which it claims will encourage development of broadband access over power lines, a new technology that provides access to high speed broadband services using the nation&#39;s power grid instead of phone
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Are you a Comcast customer? Your bandwidth hogging days may be limited.
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The USA trails other industrialized nations in high-speed Internet access and may never catch up unless quick action is taken by public-policymakers, a report commissioned by the Communications Workers of America warns. The median U.S. download speed now is 1.97 megabits per second - a fraction of the 61 megabits per second enjoyed by consumers in Japan, says the report released Monday.