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I Challenge Verizon to a Public Debate: Piano Optional

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Phone Bill, Public Policy, Broadband, Telephone Companies, Verizon, Deregulation, Glenn Gould, Johann Sebastian Bach, Technology News
Bruce Kushnick

While the executive director for corporate communications at Verizon claims that I've been doing variations on a theme, it would seem that I've been creating whole symphonies of new findings.

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(Video) Meeting Surging Online Video Demand, Verizon FiOS Ups Speed to a Whopping 300 Mbps

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Bandwidth, Verizon Fios, Broadband, Online Video, Video, Technology News
Andy Plesser

Verizon FiOS is increasing download speeds to as fast as 300 Mbps to residential customers, the company announced today. The increase is largely to...

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Broadband Wars: The Battle for New Jersey Has Begun

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Deregulation, Broadband, Phone Charges, New Jersey, Internet, Verizon, Fios, Technology News
Bruce Kushnick

The battle for America's entire communications future is playing out this week in two small towns in New Jersey.

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On Becoming an Innovation Community

John M. Eger | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Regionalism, Public Policy, Broadband, Cooperation, Cities, Creative Community, Arts, Arts News
John M. Eger

It seems every city is talking about becoming an innovation city, an innovation region, an innovation community. But you can't have innovation without creativity.

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How Wireless Hype Is Hurting America

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Wireless, AT&T, Broadband, Netflix, Internet, Nielsen, Verizon, Fcc, Internet Connection Speed, Smart Phones, Technology News
Bruce Kushnick

If Americans believe the phone company hype -- and are seduced into believing that a slow and expensive wireless infrastructure is better than a fast wireline infrastructure -- the economic consequences could be grave.

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The New Law of the Sea and the Geopolitics of the Internet

Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Telecommunications, Cable, Cable Map, Broadband, Internet, Cables Global Data, Telecommunications Data Cables, Data Cables, China Cables Data, World News
Lyric Hughes Hale

Perhaps we have found a new metric by which to measure political power -- the cables that link nations to other nations and regions, the networks which allow their citizens to communicate with each other, and the round trip time for data to travel. It is the new Law of the Sea.

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World Going Wireless: 1 In 4 Homes Connect Wirelessly

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Asia Pacific, Broadband, Strategy Analytics, USA, South Korea, Households With Wireless, Wireless, Japan, China, Wifi, Technology News

A new study estimates that 25 percent of all Internet-connected households in the world now have wireless home networks -- and that number is growing ...

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Hey America! We're Ranked #16 in Broadband!

Josh Levy | Posted 06.03.2012

Read More: Competition, Verizon, Broadband, Cable, Comcast, Timewarner-Cable, Time Warner Cable, Internet Access, Internet, Time Warner, Broadband Internet, Cox, Technology News
Josh Levy

Competition in the U.S. broadband market is virtually nonexistent. That means that millions of Americans live without high-speed Internet access, and those who do have it experience slower speeds and higher prices than their European counterparts.

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The Urgency of Metropolitan Broadband Strategies

John M. Eger | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Government, Regionalism, Public Policy, Internet, Broadband, Global Economy, Urban Planning, Public Services, Technology News
John M. Eger

In the new global economy, metropolitan regions are the new centers of commerce. Now more than ever, cities and counties within regions must work to...

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Gerry Smith

Without Internet, Urban Poor Fear Being Left Behind In Digital Age

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Internet Access, Library Computers, Bronx Library Center, New York Public Library, Digital Divide Partnership, Breakdown, Internet, Video, Broadband, Fcc, Bv-Politics, Federal Communications Commission, Urban Communications Transport, Online Access, South Bronx, Digital Divide, Technology News

Jillian Maldonado is a 29-year-old student at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center and an Avon sales representative who earns $300 a week. On most ...

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Mutant Broadband Bills Are Infecting Our Communities

Josh Levy | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Broadband, Internet Access, Broadband Networks, North Carolina Broadband, Broadband Access, Community Broadband Networks, Broadband Legislation, Technology News
Josh Levy

In the next weeks, we'll be fighting to protect the rights of communities to determine how they'll access information in the 21st century. We can't let corporations and their politician friends hijack our right to build better broadband.

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The President's Vision for Our Next Economy, Hispanics, and Broadband

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Latinos, Internet Access, Education, Broadband, Next-Economy, Jobs, President Obama, Latino Voices News
Kristian Ramos

Broadband access for Hispanic could help provide a path forward for a community struggling under the weight of poverty, lack of educational opportunities and economic upheaval.

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Gerry Smith

Digital Divide in Mississippi Splits Along Racial Lines, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Mississippi Naacp, Internet, Broadband, High-Speed Internet, Mississippi, Broadband Access, Center for Social Inclusion, Naacp, Digital Divide, Technology News

African Americans in Mississippi often have fewer options for high-speed Internet and spend a higher proportion of their incomes on the Internet than ...

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Gerry Smith

F.C.C. Chair Announces New Plan To Bridge Digital Divide

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Video, Dial-Up, Broadband, Julius Genachowski, Fcc Lifeline Program, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Fcc Lifeline, FCC Broadband, National Broadband Plan, Lifeline Program, Digital Divide, Technology News

The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday announced a new plan to expand broadband Internet access by modernizing a program that pro...

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Louis C.K. Takes the Internet Seriously

Christopher Mitchell | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Community Network, Internet, Broadband, Community Broadband Networks, Louis CK, Federal Communications Commission, Policy, Network Neutrality, Comedy, David Carr, Technology News
Christopher Mitchell

Louis C.K.'s "fun little experiment" illustrates the threat to the cable business model. Cable has long been the gatekeeper to content -- Comcast decides what channels I can choose from. But right now on the Internet, I choose what content I can choose from.

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Scientists Shatter Internet Speed Record

The Huffington Post | John Stephens | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Internet Speed Record, Internet Speed, Verizon, Video, Fastest Internet, Broadband, SuperComputing 2011, Cern, Large Hadron Collider, European Center for Nuclear Research, 186 Gbps, Caltech, Technology News

Scientists and researchers have set a new Internet speed record by managing to transfer data at a sustained rate of 186 gigabits per second (Gbps), a ...

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Time to Occupy the Internet Before It's Too Late

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Gps, Free Speech, Al Franken, SOPA Bill, Occupy Wall Street, Protect IP, Democratic Party, Net Neutrality, Blogs, Internet, Broadband, Wireless for America, Chuck Grassley, Republican Party, FCC Net Neutrality, Politics News
Bob Cesca

There's a cold war of attrition being fought for the right to own the Internet, its content and its technology, and you're losing.

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America's Internet -- Now as Good as Angola's

Timothy Karr | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Monopoly, Competition, Fcc, New York Times, Verizon, Broadband, World Economic Forum, Technology News
Timothy Karr

The lack of competition in our deregulated high-speed Internet marketplace has gotten so bad that the U.S. has gone from number one in broadband penetration at the close of the 20th century down to 25th in the world.

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Support Net Neutrality to Preserve a Free and Democratic Internet

Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Netroots, Mark Udall, Broadband, John Boehner, FCC Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality, Politics News
Sen. Mark Udall

Net Neutrality guarantees a level playing field for all websites and Internet users. It ensures that everyone has a voice on the Internet and that no one can be silenced simply because they can't afford to pay. We need to keep it that way.

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Selling Our Wireless Future

Yochai Benkler | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Verizon, Broadband, Mobile Broadband, AT&T, Wireless, Supercommittee, Wireless Internet, Wifi, Technology News
Yochai Benkler

As the deficit supercommittee searches every corner to make budgetary ends meet, one solution they are considering, "incentive auctions" of the TV bands, could threaten the future of wireless innovation.

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The FCC's Latest Rip-Off

Josh Levy | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Broadband, Usf, Phone Rates, Technology News
Josh Levy

Do you want to hand over even more of your hard-earned money to your phone company? If you do, you’re in luck: The FCC has a plan for that. T...

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High Speed Internet To Expand Across The Globe

AP | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Broadband, Broadband Commission for Digital Development, High Speed Internet, United Nations Broadband, Global Broadband, U.N., United Nations, Technology News

GENEVA -- A United Nations panel has given governments a target of connecting half the world's poor citizens to broadband Internet by 2015. The U.N.'...

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Senators' Choice: Their Constituents Future or Big Telecom. Hmmm...

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Fred Upton, U.S. Senate, Broadband, Julius Genachowski, Net Neutrality, Federal Communications Commission, Olympia Snowe, Technology News
Art Brodsky

Regulate the Internet? Seize control? That's all nonsense, but nonsense to which our elected representatives, through the influence of the Tea Party and the big telecom companies, are willing to accede.

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Is the FCC Reaching Into Your Pocket to Pad Industry Profits?

Craig Aaron | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Internet, Fcc, Broadband, AT&T, Verizon, Technology News
Craig Aaron

The baseline for the FCC should be what's best for consumers, not just to slightly water down the industry's worst ideas and expect the public to be satisfied with something "less bad."

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RANKED: The Top 15 Countries With The Fastest Internet Speeds

Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Global Download Report, Internet Speed, Video, Broadband, Fastest Internet, Global Internet Speed Study, Pando Networks, Global Internet Speed Survey, Technology News

Pando Networks, a company specializing in delivering large quantities of online information to other companies, has released its most recent Global In...

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