U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed that the government auction off its portion of the wireless spectrum to private companies to boost access to high-speed Internet and cut the federal budget deficit.
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Netflix, the largest video-streaming company in the world, has been tracking the download speeds of North American broadband ISPs. On Thursday, it posted a chart of its findings: On average, ISPs in Canada handily beat their U….
The Federal Communications Commission has granted permission for nine companies, including Google, to turn unused broadcast frequencies — also known as “white spaces” — into wireless broadband.
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One day after Congressional Republicans killed compromise legislation that would have protected net neutrality — the principle that broadband providers shouldn’t play favorites with Web content — pressure has returned to the…
Amid a fierce clash over the Net’s next era, tech titans Google and Verizon crafted their own broadband policy plan and shined a light on what might be Washington’s most ineffectual regulator — the FCC. Unknown to many, Google…