Utilities take pass on offering broadband
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The nation's top telecommunications regulators are convinced that electric-power lines are finally ready to become a revolutionary new way for Americans to get high-speed Internet access, unleashing competition for cable and phone giants.
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When you sign up with a high-bandwidth service plan with an ISP, you'd think you'd be able to transfer data at the advertised speeds. That's not always the case.
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Ouranous follows Aramiska into silence Users of the Ouranous satellite broadband service found themselves cut off last Wednesday without explanation or warning. Ouranous took on many of Aramiskaâs customers when that company unplugged itself in January.â¦
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UK internet service providers (ISPs) have reacted with dismay to the publication of a direction statement from telecoms regulator Ofcom, which they say leaves BT free to levy high charges on the wholesale digital subscriber line services it leases to them
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New rules that come into force on Wednesday should make it easier to switch broadband supplier.
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Gobble up too much bandwidth, and Comcast is cutting you off.
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Cable or Bell. The Supreme Court takes a crack at broadband regulation.
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Broadband users are less happy with customer service and more ready to switch than ever, says a survey.
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Companies like Comcast and Time Warner can no longer impose exclusive agreements on owners of apartment buildings, the FCC rules. This should mean lower cable prices for apartment dwellers.
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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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Yesterday&#39;s decision by the Federal Communications Commission to remove barriers to the delivery of broadband services over power lines may give consumers a third broadband option.
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The cost of broadband internet access is likely to fall after Ofcom ordered British Telecom to cut the amount it charges internet providers.
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The communications watchdog is looking to create an independent pricing structure for broadband operators to offer connections directly to customers through Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), instead of renting them from major network owner BT.
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The failure of a communications satellite has knocked out broadband services supplied by StarBand Communications, according to a statement posted on the company&#39;s Web site.
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The nations's public libraries and schools have suddenly stopped receiving federal grants for high-speed Internet service.
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Federal regulators Thursday rejected a request by broadcasters to require cable operators to carry multiple digital channel offerings from local television stations.
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AT&T has called off its ambitious plans to roll out free municipal WiFi service over a 62-square-mile area covering St. Louis County. While the company had been wrestling with the problem of how to build a business model around this lucrative service, what may have ended up scuttling the deal was an unforeseen technical difficulty.