High Speed Internet News

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Merlin X950D ExpressCard Modem for Rogers Wireless High Speed Internet (March 18, 2008)
Rogers Wireless will be first to market with the Novatel Wireless Merlin X950D™, an ExpressCard offering unprecedented performance, as well as the award winning Ovation MC950D™ USB modem...

AT&T raising basic DSL rates $5 (February 1, 2008)
AT&T Illinois will raise its prices for basic DSL high-speed Internet service by $5, from about $20 a month to about $25 a month...

Can TV, Internet and phone bundles save you money? (January 22, 2008)
Many consumers feel bombarded with pitches to receive their cable TV, Internet and phone service from one provider. But don’t dismiss them too quickly...

Hillary Clinton: America Needs More Broadband (October 11, 2007)
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for a national broadband Internet system and permanent research tax credits...

Verizon Wireless Expands to Include the Western Slope I-70 corridor in Colorado (September 6, 2007)
More Colorado customers now have access to high-speed wireless Internet, e-mail, mobile music, videos, and more...

DirecTV partnering on a BPL technology (August 15, 2007)
Broadband over Powerline (BPL) technology hasn't received a significant amount of media attention as a competitor to DSL and cable services...

Sacramento Approves New Wi-Fi Deal (June 22, 2007)
The city council has approved a plan to offer free wireless Internet coverage in most areas of the city by late 2009...

AOL has given up its title as the leading ISP (May 3, 2007)
After more than a decade connecting more Americans to the Internet than any other company, AOL has given up its title as the leading Internet service provider, a reflection of changing consumer habits and its own strategic shift...

Comcast to hire 400 in Bay Area (April 19, 2007)
Comcast Corp. will hire 400 new employees in the Bay Area in the next 90 days as it markets its expanded services package amid new competition...

Trillion Completes High-Speed Wireless Wide Area Network in Southwestern Minnesota (March 28, 2007)
Trillion and Southwest/West Central Service Cooperatives (SW/WC), today announced the completion of a new high-speed regional wide area network for 31 school districts in Southwestern Minnesota...

Time Warner Cable exec ousted over poor service (March 16, 2007)
Time Warner Cable Inc. forced out its chief cable guy in Southern California on Wednesday, but you may not want to throw that help number away just yet...

Comcast Limiting Internet Usage (March 14, 2007)
Amanda Lee of Cambridge, Massachusetts, received a call from Comcast in December ordering her to curtail her Web use or lose her high-speed Internet connection for a year...

Verizon Workers Protest Telephone Deal (March 03, 2007)
Hundreds of union workers from all over New England were in Portland's Monument square Saturday, protesting the proposed deal between FairPoint Communications and Verizon...

DSL spreading into Harrison County (February 04, 2007)
Southeast Telephone just activated a remote terminal on Wiglesworth Lane, making digital subscriber line (DSL) service available at Old Lair Road and into surrounding areas...

Hughes readies satellite equipment and installation teams in anticipation of hurricane Rita (September 23, 2005)
In anticipation of Hurricane Rita, Hughes Network Systems, is pre-positioning satellite terminals and installation teams near areas likely to be affected...

Plant Board continues pursuit of wireless Internet development (September 14, 2005)
The availability of wireless Internet service to Caldwell County residents and businesses is on the horizon. Princeton Electric Plant Board directors recently met in special session to hear one wireless company’s proposal for a city system...

RadioShack Stores Nationwide Offer Free Internet Access to Hurricane Katrina Victims (September 9, 2005)
Nearly 5,000 company stores nationwide is being offered free of charge to victims of Hurricane Katrina, the consumer electronics retailer announced today...

Schools get high-speed Internet connection (August 20, 2005)
It used to take what felt like hours for Charles Patton, guidance counselor at Ohio County Middle School, to search for information on colleges for his students...

Waiting for electrifying Internet access (July 29, 2005)
Hanging from utility poles or buried in underground conduits in communities across America are power lines that feed electricity to homes and businesses. This same electrical grid might soon be providing subscribers the ability to surf the Internet with greater speed and efficiency than is now available from cable and DSL service, according to industry watchers...

High-speed wireless internet directly from your hotel bed (July 29, 2005)
If you spend a lot of time in hotels while travelling on business, you'll know a thing or two about the nightmares of setting up high-speed internet access...