News tagged with cable broadband
Verizon to auction spectrum worth billions
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Google to expand ultra-fast broadband to KC, Mo.
More than a month after Kansas City, Kan., announced it would be the first place to get Google's ultra-fast broadband service, Kansas City, Mo., leaders declared their city the envy of the entire world after the search engine ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Court dismisses challenges to FCC Internet rules
A federal appeals court has dismissed two legal challenges to new Federal Communications Commission regulations that prohibit phone and cable companies from interfering with Internet traffic on their broadband networks.
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Divided FCC adopts rules to protect Web traffic (Update)
(AP) -- Federal regulators adopted new rules Tuesday to keep the companies that control the Internet's pipelines from restricting what their customers do online or blocking competing services, including online ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Cable subscribers flee, but is Internet to blame?
(AP) -- Cable companies have been losing TV subscribers at an ever faster rate in the last few months, and satellite TV isn't picking up the slack.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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FCC seeks input on rules for online services
(AP) -- Federal regulators are seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren't part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband connections.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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FCC votes to reconsider broadband regulations (Update 2)
(AP) -- Federal regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections - wading into a bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in court for years.
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Sezmi offers a new kind of TV service
Sezmi, a Silicon Valley startup that's pioneering a new type of TV service, is opening up a public test of its system Monday in California.
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Dish asks FCC to let it build wireless network
(AP) -- Satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network is asking regulators to let it build a wireless broadband network. Having one would let Dish compete more effectively with cable companies that can bundle broadband and TV signals.
Aug 23, 2011 |
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TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts
(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Comcast 1Q earnings climb 9 pct to beat Street
(AP) -- Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable TV company, on Tuesday said earnings exceeded estimates for the first quarter, helped by healthy results both in its cable operations and the newly acquired ...
May 04, 2011 |
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EU acts to extend digital switchover to remote and elderly
Regulators will bid Monday to extend mobile Internet access to Europe's farthest flung outposts by opening up commercial rights to the analogue broadcasting spectrum.
Sep 19, 2010 |
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FCC rejects proposal for free wireless service
(AP) -- Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves.
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Australia embarks on great broadband adventure
From snowy mountains and sun-baked deserts to the steamy tropical north, Australia has begun wiring its vast expanse with a high-tech broadband network in a giant project being closely followed abroad.
Sep 27, 2009 |
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