As broadband continues to evolve, our economy and marketplace will continue to evolve with more products and services than we've ever seen before.

My son and daughter, both in their 20s, are part of a growing group of people who have "cut the cord" and no longer watch video via broadcast, cable or satellite TV. The apartments they live in are among the more than five million U.S. homes that, according to a recent Nielsen study, have "zero TV."

What if, instead of paying for all of the hundreds of channels that your cable provider offers when you sign up, you could choose exactly which ones y...

Our generation may have invented the Internet, but we're merely stewards of its possibilities. Until a generation that knows no different takes the reigns and shows us the true power of what we've created, its full potential will be unknown.

Last month, audiovisual content rights holders announced the new Copyright Alert System, a.k.a. "Six Strikes" that they and ISPs have put in place to discourage peer-to-peer file sharing of copyrighted files. Good luck!

The real question is: Are the unions going take an active role in stopping the closing down of the networks? Are they going to help to get the networks get upgraded?

Last week, Netflix launched the entire season of House of Cards. Some admirers of the strategy breathlessly insist it marks the end of traditional cable networks. While that viewpoint is fanciful, this kind of experimentation simply shows a healthy marketplace that is always looking for the next big thing.

Local businesses get it. Mayors get it. City councils get it. And unlike Chairman Genachowski, they know what the problem is: little incentive for massive, established cable monopolies to invest in networks when they are harvesting record profits and subscribers have no other choices.

Hint: they're not. Also, they're probably better at running their business than their many, many freelance marketing consultants among the digerati....

On Nov. 7, 2012, AT&T announced that it would be spending $14 billion to upgrade their wireless and wireline networks. And yet, in fact, AT&T is only ...

"OK, if you're so sure there's better stuff on the web than on cable, why don't we cut the cord and find out?" My wife dared me. We called Time Warner and said boldly -- "Please cancel our cable -- today." Let's break down the actual cost of 'cutting the cable' -- and then I'll tell you if I think it was worth it.

Can Google compete with Verizon FIOS offering 530 channels and broadband speeds up to 150MPs at a price of $205 per month? Or with AT&T, Time Warner or Comcast with their combo Internet/TV plans?

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators are letting cable companies scramble all their TV signals, closing a loophole that lets many households watch bas...

Compare the Republican and Democratic Party platforms when it comes to technology and you'll find an open-and-shut case. One is open to creating universal, affordable access; the other is closed to newcomers in a sector where access points are controlled by a few monopoly players.

NEW YORK (AP) — In an Aug. 13 story about broadband service, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the eight largest phone companies in the...

The logical question here is: Why won't entertainment companies just break free of the cable systems and distribute their premium content directly to consumers via the web and mobile devices?