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A bit of a Nordic rivalry is heating up between Sweden and Finland, but a type of rivalry anyone can get behind of. Just a couple of weeks after Finland announced its plans to make broadband connections a legal right, Sweden is following suit with plans of its own. Regardless of whether it's national pride or a ... |
4 November 2009
07:17 GMT |
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The Internet is now an integral part of life in many countries and we rely on the web for anything from the banking system to entertainment. Despite this there are a great number of people who don't have access to the Internet even in the most developed countries. There are of course those who don't really ... |
15 October 2009
05:49 GMT |
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Broadband speeds in the US lag way behind countries like South Korea or Japan, a new study by the Communications Workers of America shows. The study showed that the average speed for Internet connections in the US is at 5.1 Mbps just 1.6 Mbps higher than two years ago. At this growth rate it would take the US 15 year... |
26 August 2009
04:25 GMT |
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It may be 2009 but some government agencies are just now getting their feet wet when it comes to this new fangled contraption called a blog. The US Federal Communications Commission, the independent government agency that regulates all communications in the country including Internet ones, is looking to overhaul its ... |
19 August 2009
04:18 GMT |
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The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life for a large percentage of the population, especially in the more developed regions, and Europe is no exception. Nearly half of European citizens use the Internet on a daily basis now but one third of them still have never gone online. The findings are part of ... |
5 August 2009
06:43 GMT |
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Akamai, the largest content delivery provider in the world, has released its quarterly State of the Internet Report for Q1 2009, which looks at traffic levels, security issues as well as broadband and Internet coverage around the world. Some of the findings include the fact that Japan now has more “higher broad... |
9 July 2009
10:43 GMT |
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A new study by analyst firm Strategy Analytics ranks the US in the 20th place when it comes to Internet broadband adoption. South Korea leads the pack with a 95 percent rate, compared to the US' 60 percent. Asian countries have some of the higher scores, with 5 countries out of the leading 10 being from that reg... |
19 June 2009
06:43 GMT |
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The Internet is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life and it's being viewed, by both the public and governments, as a necessity, in line with electricity and running water. A new study by Pew Internet & American Life Project is confirming this perception showing that US citizens value their br... |
18 June 2009
06:16 GMT |
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The highly anticipated Digital Britain report was released today by the UK government, confirming some of the speculation. The biggest expected decision was the government's intention to provide every UK household with a minimum Internet connection of 2Mbps, something it has now pledged to do by 2012. Currently,... |
17 June 2009
04:20 GMT |
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Clearwire Communications, LLC, the operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation, has announced today the launch of its 4G WiMAX wireless broadband network Atlanta. Through this launch Atlanta becomes one of the fastest unwired cities in the South, while the CLEAR service is available for more than three million peop... |
16 June 2009
09:07 GMT |
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While the Internet may seem like an essential service for many, with even the British government marking it as one, others wouldn't have any use for it even for free. According to research by the UK Communications Consumer Panel for regulator Ofcom, 42 percent of adults in the UK who currently aren't connec... |
10 June 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Google indicated that it remained committed, as strong as ever, to Net neutrality. In this regard, Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, said that “Broadband providers – the on-ramps to the Internet – should not be allowed to prioritize traffic based on the source, ownership or destin... |
17 December 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Microsoft was one of the tech giants quick to welcome the news that the channels not delivering broadcasting television programming of the US TV airwaves are free to deliver wireless broadband Internet connections. In this manner, the Redmond giant, along with additional technology companies that have lobbied intensi... |
5 November 2008
05:27 GMT |
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A survey performed by Speedmatters shows that Americans are not global leaders when it comes to Internet speed, as expected. The company determines the average Internet speed in different countries through tests that show how fast people can download files from its website.Moreover, the U.S. is only the 15th in the t... |
14 August 2008
08:54 GMT |
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According to a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey, year after year, more and more people tend to use a search engine when they need information on something. The total number of Internet users conducting searches everyday got from almost 30%, as it was reported in 2002, to 49%, six years later. The survey al... |
7 August 2008
09:37 GMT |
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VoIP is a global application that became popular as a business tool and that, afterwards, was easily adopted by domestic users. While the American and European market for the program are expanding rapidly, the evolution of the Australian one is a bit delayed.The reasons for this vary from the lack of broadband in som... |
9 July 2008
05:32 GMT |
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UK-based Point Topic has recently conducted a study regarding the expanding rate of fibre-optic broadband connections. According to its study, globally, fibre-based broadband access is expanding for the first time faster than cable. But the downside of this trend is that the relative expense of setting up fibre-based... |
3 July 2008
09:37 GMT |
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People like broadband connections for the simple reason that they're faster than other types of connections and very often, they're quite cheap. However, a broadband connection allows users to do lots of web activities which would be impossible without a high-speed connection, including here playing games o... |
24 April 2008
16:31 GMT |
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A few days after Ireland's largest telecommunications provider revealed its plans for a 100 million Euro data center in Europe, the company comes with another juicy offering: real broadband speed for its subscribers.While the low broadband speed in USA apparently has no cure, Eircom seems to have found the key t... |
1 February 2008
11:23 GMT |
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The Internet-over-cable business is losing popularity on a daily basis with the advent of the new optical fiber options. More and more cable providers are trying to find a viable solution to improve network speeds without simply replacing the cable infrastructure with optical fiber backbones. The upcoming DOCSIS 3.0 ... |
30 January 2008
12:00 GMT |
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The age of Internet life is nigh (if it's not here already)! The percentage of time people spend on the web is growing every day, as the services offered through what I consider to be the greatest invention of the XXth century grow in number and usability. If you want groceries, you first check Google Maps to se... |
25 January 2008
20:31 GMT |
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The second largest cable provider in the United States has decided that the taxation employed to this day was actually not the best possible, so it announced through the voice of Alex Dudley, its spokesperson, that a new one will be implemented. The new taxation method will first be tested in Beaumont, Texas, and it... |
18 January 2008
08:53 GMT |
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Right since Apple has released it on the market, the iPhone has been a gadget desired by lots and lots of people. This immense desire to buy it has made it the best thought-out move made by Apple this entire year.Now, to prove once again that it still has that "je ne sais quoi" that made it the famous customer bait i... |
28 December 2007
02:44 GMT |
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By now, there are not too many people unaware what Group 3 means. If there is someone, then find out that 3 is a brand used for nine mobile telecommunications networks in Europe, Asia and Australia.The one holding the interests in these networks is Hutchison Whampoa. The networks offer "mobile multimedia" and also pr... |
21 December 2007
06:22 GMT |
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AT&T announced the availability of their coast-to-coast IP/MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) network, able to deliver speeds of up to 40Gbps. The infrastructure is powered by Cisco Systems core routers that allow the provider to quadruple the network capacity. The backbone network provides 40 Gbps speed without us... |
11 December 2007
04:32 GMT |
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The regional telecommunications service provider VSE NET has launched Germany's first commercial WiMAX network at an inauguration ceremony held in Schloss (Castle) Dagstuhl in northern Saarland. For the first time, a broadband live video connection has been established from the lecture hall in the castle, via th... |
4 December 2007
10:14 GMT |
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OK, let's start this article with Romania. According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, only 22 percent of the Romanians have had an Internet connection in 2007, compared with the last year when 14 percent of the population had web access. From this total number of households connec... |
4 December 2007
03:52 GMT |
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The broadband speed is currently on every Internet user's top five problems list from all domains, right next to "war", "world hunger" and "finding Osama" but I couldn't really be completely honest and tell you where it ranks for me. I guess I'm not the humanitarian soul I thought I was, I'll tell... |
27 November 2007
10:25 GMT |
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Wi-Fi Internet radio might be the next best thing; however, the makers decided to take a step on the mass market by introducing a radio with an integrated FM and alarm clock. Regarding the portable device there are a lot of things that should be mentioned. Judging by its design line, the radio could actually hide mor... |
21 November 2007
03:18 GMT |
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The Internet tends to become one of the vital aspects for our lives as we use it for all sort of information. That's why the authorities from all over the world struggle to expand the Internet coverage in their nation, offering the residents web access for their home computers. Brazil is one of the countries whi... |
15 November 2007
06:21 GMT |
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Federal Communications Commission( FCC for short) released a draft of the rules that will govern the upcoming 700MHz band auction and for those voting for an open-access medium we have some good news. The draft rules say 22MHz from the band will be reserved for open-access (and controlled by open-access regulations).... |
11 July 2007
10:00 GMT |
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Nokia Siemens Networks have presented their solutions for improving broadband technology for carriers and service providers. This took place at the Broadband World Forum Asia 2007, where several other mobile phone companies took part.Efficient broadband connections have turned into more frequent requirements coming f... |
6 June 2007
09:15 GMT |
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