Tag: BROADBANDACCESS

Improving national broadband accessibility and speed has been high on the FCC's agenda for a while, now. And yesterday, the Commission issued the first regulatory vollies in what many are expecting to be a public-private sector showdown. The Commission has proposed three separate plans for public comment, including something known as 'the third way.' According to the BBC, the plan, supported by ...

In March, industry analysts from Forrester Research found that only 41-percent of all Web-surfing Americans know the exact speed of their broadband connection. While that figure may seem low to some, it wasn't that surprising, given the fact that determining connection speeds is an inexact science at best. But a new survey from the FCC shows confirms only about one in five American users know just ...

As part of its push for the adoption of its National Broadband Plan, the FCC has continually argued that Internet access, in today's economy, has become a necessity for anyone seeking to climb the rungs of society. Now, a newly published study shows just how important it is for the poorest American populations, in particular. The report, based on the first large scale study of public library ...

The FCC won't unveil its long-awaited National Broadband Plan until next week, but it has already hinted at what would be one of its most intriguing items: free wireless access. As Reuters reports, the Commission was pretty mum on details, but did say in a statement that offering a "free or a very low cost wireless broadband service" to specific swaths of the population may significantly boost ...

We've been talking a lot recently about how the U.S. has gradually begun to lag behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to broadband Internet access. Now, a new study from the Commerce Department shows just how dire the situation has become. As the Huffington Post reports, about 40-percent of all Americans do not have high-speed Internet access in their homes. As you'd imagine, the ...

There are few things in life you just don't turn down; a second chance at redemption, a Nobel Peace Prize, and, of course, an available high-speed Internet connection. A shocking number of Americans, though, are in fact turning their backs on the Internet, and Congress, rest assured, is concerned. Following last week's news that Finland had guaranteed universal broadband access to all of its ...

Verizon is finally paying up for disconnecting over 13,000 users due to their breach of an unpublished download cap on its cellular broadband service known as BroadbandAccess. Following a nine month investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Verizon has agreed to pay a fine of $150,000 to the state as well as reimburse users the price of laptop cards or cell phones they purchased to ...