News tagged with internet access service

Smartphone users develop new concepts of privacy in public spaces: study

With endless applications, high-speed wireless Internet access, and free messaging services, smart phones have revolutionized the way we communicate. But at what cost? According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wi-Fi Alliance announces Passpoint program to start in June

(Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Study shows bandwidth caps create user uncertainty, risky decisions

Recently, many U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband usage. A new study by a Georgia Tech researcher, conducted ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Designing the interplanetary web

Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just some of the pioneering technologies ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

China vows faster, cheaper Internet

China has said it will aim to bring faster and cheaper Internet access to more people, following complaints that a near monopoly by state-backed firms had hurt service.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NetZero to launch free wireless broadband service

It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -only this time it's wireless.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

China probes telecom giants for internet monopoly

A Chinese government agency is investigating two telecommunications giants for allegedly monopolising Internet broadband services, state media said Wednesday, in an unusual public spat.

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

FCC set to unveil rules for rural broadband fund

Federal regulators are set to reveal their plan Thursday for an overhaul of the $8 billion fund that subsidizes phone service in rural areas and for the poor, with the goal of redirecting the money toward broadband expansion.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Virgin Media to launch Spotify service for subscribers

Virgin Media said on Wednesday it had agreed a deal with Sweden's Spotify to offer music streaming services for the British company's television, mobile phone and Internet subscribers.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New broadband map has flaws

The federal government last week finally released a national map of broadband services, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New 'net neutrality' rules don't go far enough

Federal regulators last week put the force of law behind net neutrality. But the new rules don't do enough to protect consumers and small companies on the Net. And thanks to the regulators' timidity, they may not last ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 176

FCC aims to set some new regulations on broadband (Update)

(AP) -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans without running into legal obstacles that have threatened to derail ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

FCC unveiling sweeping national broadband plan (Update)

(AP) -- More corners of the country would have high-speed Internet access and existing connections would become much faster under a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy that is being unveiled ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

'Up to' claims for Internet connection speeds next to worthless

When it comes to high-speed Internet access, are you getting what you pay for?

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

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.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0