News tagged with high speed internet connection
Netflix unveils video service in UK, Ireland
(AP) -- Netflix's Internet video service made its debut in the United Kingdom and Ireland Monday as part of a previously announced expansion that is expected to saddle the company with its first annual loss in a decade.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Graphene's shining light could lead to super-fast Internet
Internet connection speeds could be tens of times faster than they currently are, thanks to research by University of Manchester scientists using wonder material graphene.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Netflix raises rates, irks subscribers
(AP) -- Netflix has provoked the ire of some of its 23 million subscribers by raising its prices by as much as 60 percent for those who want to rent DVDs by mail and watch video on the Internet.
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Put a cork in the Internet bubble talk -- for now
(AP) -- It's starting to feel like a 1999 flashback. Internet companies - some of them profitable, some not - sense a golden opportunity and are lining up to go public this year.
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Pandora's stock retreats to below IPO price
(AP) -- Buyer's remorse already may be setting in for some investors in Internet radio station Pandora Media.
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Pandora sings happy tune: IPO fetches $16 a share
(AP) -- Pandora Media Inc. sold its initial public offering of stock at $16 per share late Tuesday, fetching twice as much as the popular but unprofitable Internet radio service expected less than two weeks ago.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Website to serve as hub for teaching Web skills
(AP) -- A new Commerce Department website aims to give schools, libraries and job training centers the tools to help teach computer and Internet skills to Americans who are new to the Net.
May 14, 2011 |
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Gov't says up to 10 pct in US lack good Internet
(AP) -- As many as one in 10 Americans can't get Internet connections that are fast enough for common tasks such as viewing photos, video and Web pages, and two thirds of schools have broadband connections that are too slow ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Netflix 2Q profit shines, stock still loses luster
(AP) -- Netflix Inc.'s second-quarter performance got panned by investors Wednesday for bringing in less revenue than expected, even though the movie subscription service added a million more customers to ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Competition missing from broadband plan, some say
(AP) -- The sweeping national broadband plan that federal regulators delivered to Congress last week doesn't go far enough to satisfy some experts who warn that the United States would still trail other industrialized ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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FCC to propose revamping Universal Service Fund (Update)
(AP) -- Federal regulators trying to bring high-speed Internet connections to all Americans will propose tapping the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas.
Mar 05, 2010 |
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USDA awarding $310 million for broadband projects
(AP) -- The Agriculture Department is handing out nearly $310 million in stimulus money to bring high-speed Internet connections to 14 rural communities around the country.
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Obama administration seeks more wireless spectrum
(AP) -- The Obama administration is calling on federal regulators to make more radio spectrum available for wireless Internet services to compete with broadband plans provided by the major phone and cable companies.
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Biden unveils federal broadband stimulus projects
(AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the first $182 million in federal stimulus money for 18 projects to expand high-speed Internet networks in rural areas and other underserved communities.
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Broadband stimulus moves at dial-up speeds
Mark Morgenthaler wants nothing more than to hire 15 people to help expand his wireless Internet service, Surfnet Communications in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He can't wait to start accepting applications, interviewing candidates, ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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