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CenturyLink has unveiled its own discounted Internet access program for the income-challenged, loaded with tricks and traps buried in the fine print. 
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Today I attended the Northern Regional Broadband Networks Forum in Duluth. The interest in broadband in the business community in Duluth is clearly high – as demonstrated by the standing room only situation in the room.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On Friday, The U.S. Conference of Mayors with other national associations (National Associations)(1) filed joint Reply Comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), stating that local wireless siting and right-of-way management and compensation practices are not delaying broadband deployment.
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Sprint Nextel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to quickly start hearings before an agency judge to challenge AT&T Inc.’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc.
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This second of three workshops on Universal Service reform focused on modernizing current programs that support voice service into a Connect ...youtube.com...
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Previous efforts to speed up approval of interstate power lines didn’t work out as planned. The Obama administration has a new plan, but many states are skeptical.
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Of course, White Space applications have wider implications than rural broadband. Google has a clear business motivation in expanding the uptake of the Web and vendors like Dell and Microsoft could see PCs enabled by ...
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Community Anchor Institutions can apply to have Maine Fiber Company build a lateral to their place of business with most of the construction costs covered.
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After years of refusing to collect sales tax from online purchases, Amazon.com has agreed to do it in California. Retailers and state governments elsewhere are hoping for similar treatment.
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Integra Telecom continues to be aggressive with building out its network to serve both SMBs and increasingly larger business customers and its latest $11 million investment in Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada and Washington is a continuation of that...
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Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) reportedly is preparing to announce a broader rollout of its home monitoring and control service that will be priced at $9.95 per month.
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Reports out of last week's FTTH Council and Conference in Orlando suggest that the show this year didn't achieve the sense of anticipation and excitement that it had in past years.
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While most rural telephone companies are selling customers 1-3Mbps copper-delivered DSL service, Alcatel Lucent has announced the commercial availability of VDSL 2 Vectoring, a new way of delivering up to 100Mbps over the copper wire telephone...
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News from the Blandin on Broadband Blog MIRC Projects Highlighted Last week, the Blandin Foundation hosted NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) consultants on a tour of some of the ARRA-funded Minnesota Intelligent...
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NEW YORK -- Level 3 Communications Inc. said Tuesday it completed its acquisition of Global Crossing Ltd. in a stock swap valued at about $2 billion. Both companies operate long-distance telecommunications networks. Level 3 agreed to acquire Global Crossing ( GLBC - news - people ) in April. It said the combined company will have more than $6 billion in annual revenue, and it will keep the Level 3 name and its "LVLT" ticker symbol. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
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This policy brief describes how a weakening of the principle of network neutrality might impact the Web.
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State budgets under stress: Paths to sustainability by Richard H. Mattoon, senior economist and economic advisor State governments have been noticeably absent in contributing to U.S. economic growth since the recession of 2008–09. Despite some recovery in tax revenues, many states are still reporting budget shortfalls and spending pressures for pensions and health care.
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Broadband users can just install a residential property management through the website for community information, conduct community complaints, booking sports venues and enjoy automatic meter reading, electronic payment and ...
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By measuring over 17 activities classified as “e-solutions,” or Internet enabled applications, SNG has developed a Digital Economy index (DEi) which measures the utilization of broadband as a platform for innovation.
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Residents in Longmont, Colorado are preparing for a municipal referendum to utilize an existing fiber optic network.
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Today the Humphrey Institute hosted a discussion on the AT&T T-Mobile mergers.
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1.5Mbps "broadband" is not the cure-all Comcast claims it to be.
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CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) Savvis has become the engine behind UK-based Virgin Media's (Nasdaq: VMED) new cloud and data center service.
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In recent days, the telecom industry has been buzzing about the possibility that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) could align with Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and cable TV giant Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) to deliver TV programming through the...
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Courtesy 9 to 5 Mac AT&T has begun sending out warnings to wireless customers deemed to be using too much of their “unlimited data plans” and are now subject to speed throttling that will reduce their wireless Internet experience to one more...
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