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Canada is pumping some massive high speed broadband that no one can use yet

The future of broadband in Canada is happening out in British Columbia right now where the province's advanced network and shared IT services, also known as BCNET, has been doing some serious pushing of the high speed ... continue

‘Call of Duty’ chief smacks down ISPs says they are moving society backwards

When you hear cries and rants against bandwidth caps, which are becoming more popular in the US but standard in Canada, it is usually from people like myself and others that depend on web access; and lots ... continue

Rogers Canada not happy just gouging wireless and Internet customers it now wants to be a bank

In Canada there are three or four major players when it comes to mobile and broadband access and it would seem that one of them is not happy just gouging its customers for that access but now wants ... continue

Oh those crazy Canucks, trust it to be them to show why Net Neutrality is important

Imagine just for a second my American readers if Comcast sent you an email one day to let you know that while they still have caps in place you can still watch all the NBC online content ... continue

Canada-wide Internet Speed Targets Set By CRTC

I'll throw this one in the I'll believe it when I see it category but the CBC is reporting that the Canadian Radio-Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) is telling the country's broadband providers that they are expecting all Canadians to ... continue

Holy Crap – 100 Terabyte Broadband [Gulp]

Okay this isn't something we are going to see happening tomorrow, especially if you live the US and Canada with their increasing draconian attitudes about users getting the best broadband experience at a reasonable price, but New ... continue

An AT&T Customer PSA: You Have Caps Effective Today

Back at the beginning of March 2011 we let you in on the news that AT&T was going to start instituting data caps for all of its customers - well that day has come. Up to 16 million ... continue

Pigeon broadband

Ever felt that this would be faster than your current speed? Ya, I thought you did. continue

FCC Calls For Standardized Broadband Speed Disclosures

Broadband speed disclosures can be quite confusing, especially for users who are not necessarily tech savvy, that's why the FCC is calling for the standardization of broadband speeds by all ISPs. The FCC's major concern is that the ... continue

AT&T users now get to share their Canadian neighbors pain – 150GB Caps for all

Most Canadians signing up for broadband service will automatically have data caps slapped on them ranging from 25GB for some of the stupid lite plans up to the maximum in Canada of 150GB with one of the ... continue

Hey America – Good luck with that Startup America Partnership thing

As Canada slides down into tech oblivion thanks to a government that continues to put big business ahead of the consumer it is interesting to see that in the US you have a president who apparently gets ... continue

Video gaining speed, Canadians maybe the first to bleed money.

How convenient. Video over the internet gaining in popularity; with a huge marketing push of course, just as broadband providers start to implement caps of various kinds. The common argument it that this will ensure that those who ... continue

FCC Report: 68% Of U.S. Broadband Connections Aren’t Really Broadband

The term "broadband" according to the FCC isn't a solid definition, thanks to ever increasing internet speeds and changes in other technologies the term can change more quickly then we can memorize it, however under the current ... continue

chalk this up in the “Well DUH!” category: mobile users want unlimited plans

I am pretty sure that anyone with a sane thought in their head could have deduced that mobile users would much prefer having unlimited plans but it took research firm Sanford Bernstein asking 800 smartphone users to ... continue

Carrier Pigeon faster than the Internet

So you think your Internet connection is fast eh. Well most of the time it is pretty good but it can also depend on where you live. It's one thing to live in the city and have your ... continue

Are broadband providers intentionally dragging their feet on IPv6 implementation?

Our current Internet addressing system which relies on what is commonly referred to as IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) was never intended to support the number of people, and hardware (also referred to as The Internet of ... continue

Internet access speed become political carrot in Australian election

It would be hard for a cynical person to not question the sudden announcement of a major speed improvement of a national broadband initiative, even before it has started to be built, just 10 days before a national ... continue

T-Mobile wants Apple and Google to start showing them the money

At some point telecoms and cable companies begin to look more like the highway robbers of the past as they continually find new ways to make more money for what is essentially a dumb pipe service. If ... continue

Broadband in America: Is it time to think small?

More than once I have said that broadband providers need to stop being content providers and become dumb pipe providers. The moment that you mix the two together you automatically have a conflict of interest where, in ... continue

One possibility for true net neutrality

It would be the biggest geek impossible dream but it is an idea I had that could potentially stop the current crop of broadband providers dead in their tracks. In light of the news that the FCC lost ... continue

Canadian government shows why ubiquitous access for all is a pipe dream

Over the years as others have pontificated about how the Web will one day be everywhere and available to all I have for the most part pointed out the stupidity of this kumbaya Web 2.0 warm and fuzzy ... continue

US to consider free wireless for “some” Americans

According to a report today US regulators are considering a plan to dedicate spectrum for a free wireless Internet services for some American in order to increase broadband service nationwide. The FCC provided few details about how it ... continue