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Left and Right Despise FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

In a contentious vote, the Federal Communications Commission passed new rules on Internet service providers Tuesday. The regulations will prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Web traffic and discourage them from giving some Web destinations preferential treatment over others. Noticeably, wireless Internet...

Opinion: Google and Verizon Put the Squeeze on the FCC

(Aug. 13) -- Earlier this week, longtime net neutrality supporter Google teamed up with longtime net neutrality opponent Verizon to offer a proposed framework for the regulation of the Internet. The proposal would prohibit Internet service providers from discriminating on wireline networks -- like cable or DSL -- but would...

Finland Makes Broadband Internet Access Legal Right for Every Citizen

The Nordic nation of Finland, population 5.25 million, is making history today by enacting a new law granting every citizen the right to a stable broadband Internet connection. "We considered the role of the Internet in Finns' everyday life. Internet services are no longer just for entertainment. Finland has worked hard...

Starbucks Looks to Boost Business With Free Wi-Fi

(June 15) -- Come July 1, coffee drinkers ordering their venti nonfat iced lattes from Starbucks will get free Wi-Fi on the side, Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz announced at a conference in New York today. Paul J. Richards, AFP/Getty Images Starbucks plans to offer customers free Wi-Fi starting July 1. Here, a customer surfs...

$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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06/03/12 The silent, hash-tagged screams Source: Gulliver - The Economist THIS BLOG has long complained about America's sub-par passenger trains and its government-owned railway company, Amtrak.
06/03/12 Are Bellevue Wi-Fi Router Names For or Against Obama? Source: Bellevue Patch - Bellevue WA The politically minded and the technology addicted already know this: this is one way to put your affiliations on your technological sleeve.
06/03/12 Mediacom restoring customers' service Source: Gate City Daily - Keokuk IA Most Mediacom customers whose Internet and phone service was disrupted Thursday saw their services restored before dawn this morning.
06/03/12 The Verge notes Source: PC Perspective Verizon offered up quite the tease last week when it revealed that it was boosting speeds on its FiOS internet plans while refusing to detail how much it was going to charge for each tier.
06/03/12 Verizon To Upgrade FIOS To 300Mbps for $204.99 a Month Source: PC Perspective According to sources that talked with The Verge, Verizon is planning on offering faster internet services for its FIOS customers, but the new tiers are going to cost a pretty penny.