Microsoft eyes buffer zone in TV airwaves for rural internet
Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.
Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.
Telecom
Jul 11, 2017
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US regulators voted Thursday to scrap a 2015 order aimed at forcing broadband firms to treat all online traffic equally, in the latest turn of the politically charged "net neutrality" debate.
Telecom
May 19, 2017
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Interactive Computing have come up with a novel computational approach that could provide a more cost- and resource-effective way for internet communities to ...
Computer Sciences
May 10, 2017
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Russia has banned the use on its territory of a smartphone app widely used like a walkie-talkie to organize demonstrations and other gatherings.
Security
Apr 13, 2017
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Federal regulators are letting Charter out of a requirement that would have forced it to compete with other broadband providers and possibly cut prices.
Telecom
Apr 3, 2017
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Now that both houses of Congress have voted to block Obama-era broadband privacy rules , what does that mean for you?
Telecom
Mar 29, 2017
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US lawmakers voted Tuesday to roll back rules that would block internet service providers from selling user data to third parties, following a heated debate over privacy protections.
Telecom
Mar 29, 2017
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The Republican-led Senate moved Thursday to undo Obama-era regulations that would have forced internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to ask customers' permission before they could use or sell much of their personal ...
Internet
Mar 23, 2017
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Some tech companies are gearing up for a fight over Obama-era rules that prohibit broadband providers from treating some web services—ahem, their own—better than rival services.
Telecom
Mar 20, 2017
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Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts between 2015 and 2016, the latest development in the internet company's investigation of a mega-breach that exposed 1 billion users' data several ...
Security
Feb 15, 2017
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