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13 October 2011—As ideal as optical fiber is for transmitting huge quantities of data over long distances, running fiber to millions of individual homes is one expensive construction project. For now, the quest for faster broadband for the masses still involves finding better ways to use the existing copper infrastructure, such as digital subscriber lines (DSL), which evolved from telephone dial-up service. Alcatel-Lucent has just released technology that it says will more than triple the 20- to 30-megabit-per-second data speeds that most DSL subscribers and cable modem users are limited to today.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski told the largest U.S. business lobby that his agency’s plans to revamp a $4.3 billion landline phone subsidy to expand high-speed Internet will spur economic growth.
The Federal Communications Commission wrote to AT&T on Thursday telling it to send more information on whether its proposed merger with T-Mobile will kill jobs, charging that the company failed to answer that question in a previous information request.
Crumpton NAACP national board member and former Missouri Public Service Commission member Harold Crumpton believes that combining AT&T and T-Mobile will create 100,000 new jobs, despite the fact both companies have promoted “cost savings” from...
Blackberry Butter Spreader As Blackberry owners enter their fourth day of a serious global service outage, a growing number are now wondering why they are still wasting their time with a phone that has been increasingly abandoned “for something...
Frontier Communications customers may be owed refunds for their Internet service because, a new lawsuit alleges, the company deceptively billed customers fees the company is not entitled to receive.
Broadband Illinois has a three-fold mission: (a) to collect and publish broadband data, (b) to ensure broadband access throughout the State, and (c) to maximize broadband's impact and use.
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it...
Two years ago, the Times-Call editorial board came out against the citys ballot question asking residents to restore its ability to provide telecom services, which had been restricted in 2005 by the state Legislature, directly or indirectly...
A fast connection could help you save $8,000 a year on bargains.
Senate Commerce Committee leaders say they are worried that a plan to get broadband to more people could end up costing phone customers money.
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Joshua Broder serves as President of the Tilson family of companies, a fast growing team of telecom and IT management professionals with a worldwide practice.
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Sonic.net, a Bay Area ISP, has a service package and ethos that could disrupt the broadband market. Today it's brand of disruption is limited to California, but Dane Jasper, the company's CEO, says that Sonic.net plans to expand outside California.
The federal government has asked AT&T -- again -- how the company's proposed acquisition of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA could create jobs rather than eliminate them. "Our review of the information currently in our record suggests that AT&T's responses on this issue remain incomplete," wrote Rick Kaplan, chief of the Federal Communication Commission's wireless telecommunications bureau. "Indeed, AT&T to date has produced almost nothing in response" to the FCC's questions on the deal's effects on T-Mobile and AT&T employees.
Over the past decade, the business community has come to appreciate how the Internet and computer technology has made it easier to communicate. Internet phone's operating principle is ...
Registration has opened for the Rural Opportunities Conference, sponsored by the Kansas Department of Commerce, to be held Nov. 16-17 in Salina. The conference is an educational event for rural entrepreneurs and telecommunications professionals. The conference will capitalize on the momentum generated from two legacy programs at the Department – Marketplace and the Broadband Summit. This new, emerging program for rural audiences leverages common goals in support of economic advancement through technology. Entrepreneurs and community representatives will connect with broadband experts to explore advanced economic solutions, plot development strategies and network with industry colleagues.
By Josh Gottheimer and Jordan Usdan, Chairman's Office Yesterday, joined by executives and nonprofit leaders, Chairman Genachowski announced a first-of-its kind national effort to address broadband adoption, digital literacy, and the employment...
A Winston-Salem man with a judgment from a North Carolina court in hand shocked AT&T store employees on Summit Square Boulevard Tuesday when he walked in with a Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputy to serve AT&T a court order that allowed the Sheriff’s...
The Idea of a U.S. Internet Driver’s License For Seniors Posted on October 13, 2011 by Don Samuelson The efforts to provide Internet training for seniors through the Sustainable Broadband Adoption and Public Computing Centers underwritten by awards from the Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program (BTOP) underscores the importance of developing clear definitions of program purpose, creating baselines, purposeful interventions and responsible evaluations of program results.
LightSquared Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben has indicated that gear to solve the interference problem between the company's proposed wholesale LTE network in the S-band and high-precision GPS Read more >>...
Lake County is closing in on securing the promised federal funding for its fiber optic project.
When G. C. Kincer started his own Internet service in Whitesburg, Kentucky, the big telecom moved in to beat him. And after the big company won, it slowed its investment. There's a lesson in that story.
News: FCC Engages in More Empty Broadband Showmanship - 'Connect to Compete' Plan Completely Ignores Competition...
“Between 2000 and 2009, Massachusetts telephone customers paid $1.47 billion in surcharges into the Universal Service Fund but drew out only $415 million in benefits,” Sen. Kerry said.
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