GigaomIf state barriers to broadband drop, what happens next?
Laws that prevent cities from operating their own broadband networks have a long history — but things are changing. Read more »
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Laws that prevent cities from operating their own broadband networks have a long history — but things are changing. Read more »
The internet has fundamentally changed the television business and the Chairman of the FCC is preparing to change how the agency categorizes pay TV providers to adapt. Read more »
Underlying much of the debate of interconnection fees and paid prioritization is an unspoken and largely unexamined assumption that the current power dynamic between ISPs and content providers is both inevitable… Read more »
Like a lot of networks these days, HBO is hungrily eyeing the fat margins cable operators are earning from their broadband business. Read more »
Mimosa is trying to turn Wi-Fi from a local-area networking technology that connects devices in your home to a wide-area networking technology that connects homes in your neighborhood. Read more »
What if the FCC could solve net neutrality in a way that pleased both industry and consumer advocates? User-directed fast lanes hold out that promise in theory — but might be… Read more »
Watch out Austin, your Google Fiber is getting closer. The search giant and burgeoning ISP shared a few details about it’s Texas construction so far. Read more »
Introducing the net neutrality roundtables, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler fairly begged the panelist to put aside their talking points “so that we can search for the equities in this complex issue.”… Read more »
Insofar as the internet can be used to distribute video there’s no obvious reason to think the historical dynamic between content and distribution won’t eventually assert itself as the IPTV market… Read more »
It’s like it’s 2010 all over again as the FCC indicates it may take a second look at bringing the idea of network neutrality to the wireless networks as part of… Read more »