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According to recent reports communications giant Verizon is terminating internet access for some broadband users that are violating filesharing regulations. Illegal file sharing amongst broadband users is a topic that has found itself at the centre of a fierce battle in the United States as well as in many other countries, and authorities have been looking at ways to tackle ...

Following criticism from many areas over the rules laid down by the US Government during the first round of stimulus funding it has promised a process that is far more effective and this should provide hope for anyone planning to apply to the Commerce Department for broadband stimulus during the second stimulus phase. An extra $4.8 billion is to be ...

A recently released report has indicated that the United States is lagging behind when it comes to broadband speeds, with the average speed thought to be around 3.9Mbps. Broadband speed is a very important issue to broadband users, and in particular to businesses that rely on broadband as well as consumers that need higher speeds for things such as streaming ...

The number of Americans that will be accessing video content over their mobile phones will increase to 74 million by 2015 and will create data traffic of as much as 145 terabytes every month according to a report into US mobile video and TV recently released by Coda Research Company. As well as mobile phones a total of 24 million ...

The fight over the future of the Internet is seeing Hispanic advocacy group being pulling further in by the recent increase in high stakes political manoeuvring. Many civil rights and ethnic advocacy groups including One Economy, National Council of La Raza and the Urban League are being pushed into voicing their support of network neutrality by supportive consumer protection organizations ...

A new option for high-speed broadband internet access and an increase in its existing broadband connection in the Kingwood area, at no cost to the customer, has recently been launched by network operator, Suddenlink Communications. Download speeds have now been increased and renamed to 1.5 and 10Mbps from the original broadband speeds of 1 and 8 Mbps, A super-fast broadband ...

A student from the United States is fighting a massive fine that has been imposed over his illegal music downloading activities according to a recent report. With broadband services becoming more and more common in households across the United States it is no surprise that illegal file sharing and downloading has taken off in the way that it has. However, ...

In an effort to open more wireless spectrum for wireless companies the chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski has promised to look into every available option during a recent question-and-answers session held at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) The sizable gap between the demand for mobile data services and the spectrum that would be made available to meet this demand ...

Readers of the Business Traveler magazine recently chose Verizon Wireless, one of the largest mobile phone carriers as the best wireless data service provider in the world in the 2009 “Best in Business Travel” Awards. The survey that has been conducted amongst its readers and has been influenced by the opinions they gave on the companies that have made travel ...

In the initial round of broadband stimulus funding back in December a total of $1.9 million was awarded to the Boston Public Library (BPL), which was partnered with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and the Boston Center for Youth and Families (BCYF.) The addition of around 281 public terminals that with allow users to access the internet is currently being ...