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Surging traffic from coronavirus lockdown is causing an internet slowdown
Due to coronavirus lockdown, surging traffic is slowing down the internet. As China locked down some provinces to contain the spread of the coronavirus…
Hello, Streaming Wars: Worse than the cable wars and just getting started
The streaming wars have begun. And, they’ll be worse and far more harmful than the cable wars of years past, bringing with them “a fresh internet hell.”
Can 5G replace everybody’s home broadband?
Will U.S. users see some real, bonafide, widespread home broadband competition?
Verizon shows 5G going the distance
Verizon may not have to put a 5G cell site every four blocks to provide high-speed coverage to homes…
Get ready for home internet prices to double
Been enjoying your reasonably-priced home internet connection recently?
I’m suing New York City to loosen Verizon’s iron grip
New York City is far behind Wilson, NC when it comes to ensuring ubiquitous, reasonably priced fiber optic internet access…
This antique technology could turn out to be the future of broadband
If you’re still waiting for your ISP to announce when it will bring fibre to your premises…
Apple’s OTT broadcast will raise the bar for live streaming
Apple’s long-awaited web TV service is expected to raise the bar for live streaming…
Dish Network urges FCC to kill Charter-Time Warner Cable megamerger
Dish Network Corp said on Tuesday it filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission…
Comcast looks to connect people to web at more than one gigabit per second
The 3.1 standard can transmit data up to 10 Gbps…
Analyst: Apple needs Akamai even with their own content delivery network
Akamai Technologies will gain from soaring data consumption driven by online video…
Apple building high-speed content delivery network; faster iCloud, sources say
Apple Inc. is assembling a high-speed network and upgrading how it builds data centers…
Comcast plans to drop Time Warner Cable takeover
Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable…
U.S. DOJ likely to block Comcast’s bid to buy Time Warner Cable
Staff attorneys at the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division…
AT&T’s plan to watch your Web browsing – and what you can do about it
AT&T examines each customer’s Web traffic…
FCC chairman proposes to regulate ISP’s under Title II
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler…
U.S. congressional Republicans’ bill aims to head off Obama’s so-called ‘net neutrality’ plan
U.S. congressional Republicans on Friday proposed legislation that would set…
U.S. Congressional proposal offers Internet rules of the road
For the past decade, a debate has raged in Washington and across the country…
U.S. FCC says it will vote on so-called ‘net neutrality’ in February
Republican lawmakers are expected to introduce legislation this month to preempt any FCC rule on the subject…
FCC commissioner accuses Netflix of creating fast lanes at the expense of competitors
Ajit Pai of the FCC today accused Netflix of ‘secur[ing] ‘fast lanes’ for its own content’…
FCC hopes its rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ survive inevitable litigation
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday…
Inside the dispute over so-called ‘net neutrality’ and why it’s important to Apple users
At the heart of the current net neutrality debate is…
Mark Cuban on so-called net neutrality: ‘The government will fsck the Internet up’
Entrepreneur, NBA team owner, and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has this to say…
Obama-appointed FCC chairman distances himself from Obama on so-called ‘net neutrality’
FCC Chairman Wheeler worries that the president’s more drastic approach is too simplistic and naive…
What does so-called ‘net neutrality’ mean for Apple?
Apple is spending money to connect to ISP’a access points…
AT&T to pause fiber investment until net neutrality rules are decided
AT&T will pause investments to bring fiber connections to 100 cities…
There’s no one to root for in the debate over so-called ‘net neutrality’
Finding it hard to understand the ‘net neutrality’ debate?
U.S. FCC plays Russian Roulette with so-called ‘net neutrality’
With its unlawful and backwards interpretation of partitioning the Internet, the FCC has little if any chance of winning in court…
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner: Republicans will continue efforts to stop misguided scheme to regulate the Internet
It’s disappointing, but not surprising, that the Obama administration continues to disregard the people’s will…
TechFreedom: Obama cynically exploits confusion over Title II, misses opportunity to lead on legislative deal
Obama’s statement is simply a cynical political ploy…
Obama wants FCC to regulate the Internet; Cruz calls it ‘Obamacare for the Internet’
Obama has called on federal regulators to toughen proposed net-neutrality rules…
Verizon: We will sue U.S. FCC over ‘net neutrality’
The FCC has the opportunity to create Net Neutrality rules that…
iOS 8 release a significant, successful debut for Apple’s new CDN
At one point, iOS 8 downloads chewed up more than 3 terabits of bandwidth each second…
What Apple’s new content delivery network means for so-called ‘net neutrality’ – and for you
In late July, Apple reportedly brought online its own content distribution network…
Apple’s content delivery network now live; paid interconnect deals with ISPs, massive capacity in place
This will make the experience and performance for Apple consumers even better…
Apple’s content delivery network is reportedly live and it’s positively massive
This isn’t a standard content delivery network, it’s positively massive…
Google rates Internet service providers’ video streaming quality
Google Inc is rating Internet service providers’ video streaming quality…
Forget about Net Neutrality; the Net isn’t neutral now, nor will it ever be
Nearly everyone, it seems, wants to prevent the FCC from allowing some companies…
Is the FCC the wrong agency to handle net neutrality?
In a hearing Friday, members of the House Judiciary Committee grilled current and former federal officials…
Verizon to Netflix: Cease and desist on messages blaming slow streaming on Verizon’s broadband service
Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday demanded that Netflix…
Apple negotiating paid interconnect deals with ISPs for their own Content Delivery Network
Apple is currently negotiating paid interconnection deals with some of the largest ISPs…
