Items tagged with 'Broadband'
Finland Makes Broadband Access a Legal Right
Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has made 1 mbps broadband access a legal right, according to YLE, the country's national broadcasting company. This makes Finland the first country to take this step. Even better, 1 mbps access is just an intermediary step. Earlier, Finland had set a goal of 2015 for 100... Read More
AT&T CEO Mentions Data Management When Speaking On iPhone - Oh No!
Ugh. It's things like "managing" and "crowded out" that we don't like to hear from CEOs of wireless operators, and that's exactly what was overheard during an AT&T keynote speech at CTIA in San Diego this week. CEO Ralph de la Vega didn't go so far as to introduce some sort of throttling program to the world, but you... Read More
Clearwire Hopes To Land Global WiMAX Roaming Agreement
One of the biggest troubles today when it comes to using a cell phone abroad is global roaming. For one, it's really expensive. Second, only phones with GSM technology can be used in many overseas nations. But you know, 4G could change all of that.As WiMAX backers deal with the immense amount of support garnered by rivaling... Read More
Homing Pigeon Faster Than Internet in Data Transfer
We've complained about the state of US broadband before but we estimate that, in general, most data transfers are at least faster than this. In a race run in Johannesburg South Africa, a company proved it was faster to transmit data by carrier pigeon than to send it via the country's leading ISP.Unlimited IT, frustrated... Read More
Federal Broadband Stimulus Funds Utterly Unable To Meet Demand
A few weeks ago, in early August, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski declared that the FCC viewed the creation of a national broadband policy as integral to the future of of the nation. Broadband, according to Genachowski, is "our generation’s infrastructure challenge...It is as important as electricity and highways were for... Read More
AT&T Forcing More Users To $30/Month Data Plan
Enjoying that old school MEdia Net data plan on your feature phone or smartphone? Get ready to kiss it goodbye should you ever choose to upgrade to a new phone. Proving once again that all good things must eventually end, AT&T has today made clear that any phone that it deems a "smartphone" will be subject to the same... Read More
U.S. Broadband Speeds Lag Far Behind Other Nations, And Are Improving Slowly
Broadband speeds in the United States have incrementally increased in the past couple of years and if things don't improve soon, it'll take 15 years for speeds here to catch up to where South Korea is today, according to a report released today.The Speed Matters Test was administered by the Communications Workers of America... Read More
EU Already Thinking About LTE Advanced: 100x Faster Than 3G!
LTE, or Long Term Evolution, isn't looking to be very "long term." The next generation mobile broadband protocol, or 4G, isn't even being deployed commercially yet, and already the European Commission is looking to spend some big bucks in order to research the next-next big things.Starting on New Year's Day 2010, the EU... Read More
Sprint Expands 4G Markets
Sprint’s taking full advantage of the head start it has with 4G, having just announced plans to launch and market 4G technology in an additional 17 cities in the U.S. yet this year. The additional market will join the previously announced markets of Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Portland, Philadelphia,... Read More
Sprint Ups The Ante With WiMAX-Capable WWAN Routers
The world of mobile broadband routers just got a lot more interesting. With Sprint recently announcing ten new markets in which Clearwire's CLEAR WiMAX will be distributed, the introduction of this device couldn't possibly be more timely. Sprint's Personal Hotspot PHS300S and Cradlepoint's MBR-1000 Broadband Router for... Read More
AT&T Spruces Up Subsidized (Pricey) Netbook Line
Here we go again. Just as you're finally choosing which netbook you're going to buy on which carrier, here comes AT&T to make your decision even tougher. Or maybe, it actually makes things easier. As the world warms to 3G-equipped netbooks sold directly through mobile carriers, AT&T is doing its best to take advantage... Read More
Virgin Mobile Offers Pay-As-You-Go WWAN Option
We already knew that mobile broadband demand was on the up and up, and now we're seeing yet another US carrier get into the game. Unlike the Big 4 (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA), Virgin Mobile USA's approach is significantly different. With those other guys, you're forced into a 2-year agreement that... Read More
UQ Communications and Intel to Promote WiMAX
UQ Communications, Intel to Promote Fast, Widespread Deployment of WiMAX Services in JapanUQ WiMAX Commercial Service Details Disclosed; WiMAX-Embedded Laptops Introduced with Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology TOKYO, June 8, 2009 – UQ Communications Inc. and Intel Corporation today announced their extended collaboration... Read More
Clearwire & Cisco Team Up for WiMAX
Clearwire and Cisco have formed an alliance to expand WiMAX services throughout the U.S. and offer additional devices that will work with the WiMAX standard. Under the terms of the partnership, Cisco will provide the network backbone for Clearwire’s national WiMAX network. In addition, Cisco will build new mobile devices... Read More
Time Warner Pushes Caps With Customer Education
Time Warner is still on the bandwidth cap crusade and believes that customer education is what is needed to convince customers to see it their way. Time Warner identified Rochester, New York as a hot spot for customer dissatisfaction and negative media coverage. Their remedy for this, send customer service representatives... Read More
Estonia Aims For Broadband For All By 2015
At this point, we're wondering if there is any nation in the world who won't get caught up in the race for complete bandwidth domination. Shortly after Britain, South Korea and Australia all publicly confessed to plans to expand broadband access (and speeds) in their respective nations, Estonia has come forward to do the... Read More
FCC Seeks To Improve U.S. Broadband Access
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is working on a plan to solve the problem of nationwide access to high-speed Internet service.The three main issues the agency is tackling first are, figuring out how to improve availability, quality and affordability, according to the Washington Post. Acting FCC Chairman Michael... Read More
Australia Aims For Massive Broadband Network
Britain wants Internet for all, South Korea wants 1Gbps Internet by 2012, and Australia wants to make both of those initiatives look like child's play. According to a new report from Down Under, the Australian government is planning to create a "publicly owned company to build a national high-speed broadband network worth... Read More
Rah! The U.S. is #1 (Sort of) in Broadband
While many have griped, complained (you name it) over the sad state of U.S. broadband, particularly when compared with other countries, some have said it's all a bunch of "hooey." A report released by economic consulting firm LECG, commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks would tend to agree with that, putting the U.S. at... Read More
Free Press Warns Against More Metered Broadband
Last year Time-Warner Cable began a metered use trial in Beaumont, TX, with tiered caps of 5 - 40GB. On Wednesday's earnings call Time Warner Cable COO Landel Hobbs said that the cable operator would be expanding the experiment into additional cities this year. Time-Warner didn't say which cities will be "lucky," but TWC... Read More
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