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FCC Suggests Using Wireless for Free Broadband (PC World News)
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering ways that wireless technologies can be used to deliver free or low-cost broadband services, as part of its National Broadband Plan.
U.S. considers some free wireless broadband service (Reuters News)
U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
FCC Plan Asks for Govt.-Funded Broadband Training (PC Magazine News)
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday provided a glimpse into its broadband plan draft proposal, which includes a digital literacy corps and an online skills portal to help people familiarize themselves with computers and the Web.
FCC Suggests Using Wireless for Free Broadband (PC World)
The FCC said it will consider ways to use wireless to offer free or low-cost broadband services to people who can't afford access.
FCC mulling free wireless broadband for public (Seattle Times)
The FCC is considering whether to use publicly owned spectrum to provide free or low-cost wireless broadband service, according to a Reuters report today:
Comcast Hikes Rates Despite 'Broadband Plan' (Mediaweek)
Comcast's plan to raise rates for its Internet service could have had better timing. The hike, set for April 1, per letters Comcast sent to its subscribers, come just as the Federal Communications Commission is about to release its National Broadband Plan on March 17.
Verizon LTE Blazing Trails for Wireless Broadband (PC World News)
Verizon, the largest wireless provider in the United States based on total subscribers, announced plans to expand its next-generation wireless broadband beyond the initial test sites of Boston and Seattle. The LTE pilot has been an overwhelming success and soon another 25 to 30 markets will get to enjoy the blazing 4G speeds as well.
Kirkland, Seattle join cities vying for Google broadband test (NorthWest Cable News)
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Bellevue, Kirkland, Seattle and hundreds of other cities across the country are competing to get in on a Google offer. Google plans to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more communities in the United States. The experimental Google network will reach 500,000 homes with one gigabit per second fiber optic service. That's more than a hundred times faster than ...
'TARB won't compete with broadband players' (Business Times (Malaysia))
BROADBAND technology provider Tanjong Agas Technology Sdn Bhd (TATSB) said its high-speed broadband dubbed "TARB" is to complement the market and not to compete with existing broadband players in the country.
‘Don’t make broadband facilities compulsory’ (MalaysiaNews.net)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association Malaysia (Rehda) wants the Government to reconsider its intention to make it compulsory to install broadband facilities at new commerci...