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 the wired fiberoptic service arena, there are two principal rollout architectures, dealing with whether the line to your house gets replaced with fiberoptic or gets left as copper. Today there was news on both fronts.
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The Federal Communications Commission will investigate allegations that Comcast shuts down users' connections when they upload files through P2P (peer-to-peer) programs such as BitTorrent, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday.
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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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Amanda Lee of Cambridge received a call from Comcast Corp. in December ordering her to curtail her Web use or lose her high-speed Internet connection for a year.
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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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The number of Americans who get on the Internet via high-speed lines has now equaled the number using dial-up connections.
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Comcast said it has received letters of inquiry from the F.C.C. regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribersâ Internet traffic.
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FCC Ruling Brings Broadband to the Power Lines  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  has given the OK for US based utilities to provide broadband over power lines in a move which the FCC hopes will increase the availability of high-speed broadband access and increase competition. This will add electric companies ...
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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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The Federal Communications Commission, citing concerns about national security, has abandoned a 10-year-old policy and will no longer give the public access to information about past telephone network outages. -The Washington Post
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Communications regulators have cleared Google to bid in an upcoming auction of coveted wireless airwaves, according to auction documents released by the F.C.C.
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By Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 6--The final obstacle to cable television competition in Baltimore  County was removed last night when the County Council approved a deal with  Verizon Communications.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line service by approving a set of rules designed to limit interference to other radio frequency devices such as amateur radios.
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By Decker, Candace  Internet connection speeds have come a long way from the days of waiting a few hours for a picture to download using a dial-up modem connection.
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The FCC's new ruling on broadband wiretaps will force customers to pay for the privilege of making  the Internet less secure.
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Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received a letter of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribers' Internet traffic.