Tiered broadband – Not because they have to but because they can

There is this inane belief that at some point the Internet will be everywhere accessible 24/7 no matter where you are or what device you might be using. Everything will be streaming video and instantaneous news all ... continue

Many Americans Refusing Broadband Internet, Congress Tells FCC To Figure Out Why

It's not an issue you would think Congress would be worried about, but it turns out that the refusal to get high speed broadband service is a big concern for not only the U.S. government, but governments ... continue

It takes an FCC study to show Canada’s falling broadband position

I have felt for some time that Canada has slowly been relinquishing the leading role it held for as long as I can remember. Granted in the medical field my home country still is well known and ... continue

Finland Becomes First Country To Declare Broadband Access A Legal Right

Helsinki, Finland (AHN) - Finland declared broadband access a legal right Wednesday. The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced that every person in Finland would have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection, according to TechCrunch.com. Starting July 2010, ... continue

It’s a sad day when a pigeon is faster than broadband

We might complain about how it would be nice to have faster broadband but at least we don’t have to use a carrier pigeon to transfer data like Unlimited Group in South Africa. ... continue

Amazon’s new Pony Express service

Okay so it’s not quite a pony express service in the truest sense of the word but in a day and age when cloud computing and fast broadband are the hot buzzwords Amazon’s new ... continue

Broadband lies and increased profits

Broadband providers are always crying the blues and how they need to institute things like caps in order to provide fair service to all along with how expensive all this stuff takes. Every time ... continue

Broadband – a public utility or a profit margin?

Our current crop of broadband providers, companies like Time Warner, Verizon and AT&T, have it pretty good. Their lobbyists often out number local government representatives they are calling calling upon on behalf of the ... continue

Time Warner Cable to try out some social blackmail

Back on April 14th I wrote a post about Time Warner implementing metered broadband in certain test area and how I thought it was a bad idea. I wasn’t the only one to write ... continue

Metered broadband will kill online video

I have said this before and I will say it again without a second of hesitation – metered broadband is bad for the Internet. It is bad for innovation on the web and it is ... continue

Australian cities to get 100mbps broadband. Bad news: it’s being offered by Telstra

Australia's largest telco Telstra have today announced that they they will be upgrading their existing hybrid fibre broadband network to 100Mbps. The first city to get a complete rollout will be Melbourne, who should have access via Telstra's ... continue

Canada lost ground in the International ICT Development Index

In a new report titled Measuring the Information Society the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) shares with the world its findings for 150 countries and their place in the International ICT Development Index. Needless to say I ... continue