President Obama got behind cities’ efforts to build their own municipal broadband networks calling for an end to the laws in what he said were 19 states that prevented or made… 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 »
Milo Medin is no longer the head of Google Fiber, although he is still with the company. Former Qualcomm executive Dennis Kish is now in charge. Read more »
Small cities want the federal government’s help in sweeping aside state laws that prevent them from offering better internet service. The dispute has triggered a broader debate about the FCC’s power… Read more »
Want the best broadband? Fiber to the home is increasingly the gold standard of high quality connectivity. Too bad more people can’t get it. Read more »
Verizon’s lackluster growth rebounded in the second quarter as the company added new phone customers. But as in previous quarters, most of its 1.4 million new connections came from connected tablets. Read more »
Verizon will upgrade its fiber-to-the-home service to symmetrical broadband connections at no extra charge for customers. That means customers get the same speeds when uploading data as they do downloading data… Read more »
The FCC has been gently pushing for the end of state laws that make it difficult to build out municipal broadband networks. It should push harder. Read more »
Customers of AT&T’s GigaPower service could end up paying more than double the $29 advertised cost to keep Ma Bell from monitoring their web surfing if they elect to get video… Read more »
Yesterday Cox president Pat Esser, told Bloomberg the cable operator would deliver a gigabit network in some residential markets this year. The interview was cagey on how, but an Ars Technica… Read more »