All the stories tagged with broadband
China Expanding 4M Broadband Coverage To 70% Internet Users
02/28/2013, China has been reporting some serious growth in its ability to provide broadband service to its people as not only did they add 51 million new Internet users in 2012, but they’ve also announced a new policy that would demand all [...]
Tesco offers unlimited broadband for £2.50 per month
02/15/2012, Tesco has jumped aboard the unlimited broadband bandwagon with an introductory price of just £2.50 each month – that amounts to slightly less than 9p a day, but this offer is not available to any Tom, Dick or Harry, but [...]
FreedomPop promises free wireless broadband, voice and mobile services for all
12/09/2011, Tired of paying through the nose for your monthly broadband and mobile bills? You might not have to anymore, if FreedomPop has anything to say about it. Started by the founder of Skype – Niklas Zennstrom; FreedomPop aims to give [...]
Broadband Could Save $7200 To The Average American Family [IIA]
10/14/2011, The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) has published a study that shows that broadband access could save an average of $7200 per year to the average American family (this takes into account the cost of broadband – about $500/yr). “Could” is [...]
Comcast Internet Essentials cost $9.95 a month
09/21/2011, The Internet should be available to everyone – according to Comcast’s belief, which is why they rolled out a cable Internet service that costs just $9.95 a month to subscribe to, targeting low-income families in order to give them an [...]
Comcast $10 broadband for low-income families
08/08/2011, The world’s economy is not a pretty sight at the moment – countries are getting butchered by the day due to overspending, and now would be a good time to start exercising prudence and making sure you are able to [...]
Netflix is doing its job to reduce piracy in North America
05/17/2011, We’ve previously covered about how bit-torrent downloading rates in the US have been going down, while the number of Netflix subscribers has been slowly rising. Well, it looks like we have more details to corroborate with the theory that Netflix [...]
Kansas to receive ultra high-speed broadband from Google
03/30/2011, “There’s no place like home.” Especially if you’re living in Kansas City, those words will ring truer than for anybody else when Google implements its ultra high-speed broadband next year. Google has officially announced that they will be working with [...]
Virgin Media goes into top gear, broadband speeds hit 30Mbps
01/31/2011, Virgin Media knows that faster is always better when it comes to the Internet, and they certainly aren’t horsing around by bumping the current 20Mbps top speed by another 50% – which means 30Mbps is the norm now (on paper, [...]
N600 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router
01/05/2011, [CES 2011] The Netgear N600 is the “ultimate” router in Netgear’s offering and offers neat features like Clea Channel Selector: a technology that continuously seeks the clearest WiFi channel: this could be handy in a crowded condominium. Most competitors do [...]
Google working on ultra high-speed broadband
10/22/2010, Google has come to an agreement with Stanford University, where the former will be given a free license to build an ultra-high speed broadband network which will connect to the university’s Residential Subdivision. This is more or less an 850 [...]
Boeing 737 gets eXConnect broadband service
10/22/2010, The next time you step aboard the Boeing 737, don’t be surprised if you are able to experience wireless high-speed broadband service many thousand feet from the ground. According to Boeing, both passengers and crew members are able to take [...]
Verizon Planning To Offer 5GB Prepaid Mobile Broadband Data Plan For $80
08/24/2010, Reports are going around that Verizon Wireless is planning to unveil a prepaid $80/month 5GB mobile broadband data plan in the next few months. Such a move would benefit folks who are looking to get hold of a data plan [...]
