News tagged with cable company

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.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

FCC seeks more channel choices in cable lineups

(AP) -- Federal regulators are adopting new rules intended to give cable viewers more channel choices.

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created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

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 ...

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created May 18, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

House votes to repeal regs on Internet access

(AP) -- House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with traffic on their networks.

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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.

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created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 9

Verizon challenges FCC's net neutrality rules (Update)

Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

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created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 26

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 ...

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created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 177

FCC poised to adopt network neutrality rules (Update 2)

(AP) -- New rules aimed at prohibiting broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers of Internet traffic now have just enough votes to pass the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday.

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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.

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created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 15

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.

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created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

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.

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created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 15

Court says no exclusive cable rights in apartments

(AP) -- Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Joost seeks cable TV operator as buyer

(AP) -- Online video site Joost is shopping itself around to different cable TV operators.

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hulu.com lets you legally watch premium video content

Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Cable cos to share access on 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots

(AP) -- Cable TV companies are trying to give their customers another reason not to cancel their service: better access to Wi-Fi hotspots.

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