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$2.6 Trillion Worth of Disasters

(Dec. 31) – If you've sipped at all from the certifiable torrent of retrospectives that have appeared in the past few weeks, you've been reminded why the 2000s were a period we'd all surely like to forget. This was a decade the started with a recession, terrorist attacks and two wars, then ended with a more severe...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Bruce Kushnick: Broadband Wars: The Battle for New Jersey Has Begun

The battle for America's entire communications future is playing out this week in two small towns in New Jersey.

ENGADGET

Gigabit Squared strikes deal to bring ultra high-speed broadband to six communities

It's still way too early for anyone to start ditching their existing broadband connections, but it looks like a few more communities in the US will be getting some ultra high-speed broadband networks to call their own.

GADLING

Adventures In Italian Wi-Fi: Tips For Getting Online In Italy And Beyond

Before you book a hotel or apartment rental, make your Internet needs abundantly clear.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - TECHNOLOGY

Free WiFi If You Subscribe To One Of These Cable Companies

Five major U.S. cable companies have joined forces to create a giant WiFi network with more than 50,000 hotspots across the nation.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Largest U.S. Internet Service Provider Hikes Fee

Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.

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05/28/12 CCT unveils free Wi-Fi for BVI subscriber base Source: TeleGeography CCT Wireless, the Virgin Islands (UK)'s dominant telecoms provider, has announced the launch of its new 'CCT Wi-Fi' service, with a number of hotspots now live across its operational footprint.
05/28/12 Another barrier to technological access: Computer... Source: TMCnet While many in government are concerning themselves with building infrastructure to make high-speed Internet available to all, sometimes the barrier is lower-tech: know-how.
05/27/12 Internet access helps Weld businesses enter new era on... Source: TMCnet It may seem odd that a 640-acre, developing energy data park would look to a 100-year-old telephone company -- headquartered out of a modest building in a rural town of about 500 people -- to supply its communication needs and help guide its future operations.
05/27/12 Briteyellow Announces Managed Wi-Fi Service in Poole,... Source: PRWeb Cranfield, UK (PRWEB) May 27, 2012 Cranfield - based wireless communications service provider, Briteyellow Limited, has installed a managed Wi-Fi service at the Dolphin Shopping Centre in Poole, Dorset.
05/26/12 Maybe it's time to rethink how we fund broadband Source: GigaOm Last week's announcement that a $200 million broadband investment fund is in play courtesy of Gigabit Squared is part of a quiet trend of communities searching for new ways to fund broadband.

Background on InternetAccess

In Sweden, household broadband is mainly available through cable (in speeds of 128 kbit/s to 100 Mbit/s) and ADSL (256 kbit/s to 60 Mbit/s), but in many places also through copper Ethernet LAN networked via fibre MANs connecting buildings .

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