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Google did not buy hotspot provider ICOA for $400 million [UPDATED]
Update – Both Google and ICOA have released public statements denying that an acquisition has happened. ICOA CEO George Strouthopoulos commented further in an email to TechCrunch that there has never...
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FreedomPop Home announced plans and availability
If you don’t use a lot of data each month, is it worth it to pay one of the big companies for Internet access? In their continued campaign to lure you in with…
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Japanese ISP leaves Google Fiber in the dust with 2Gbps downloads
While the United States drools over Google Fiber‘s $70 per month residential internet speeds of 700Mbps up and down as it slowly rolls out to certain parts of the country, a Japanese ISP…
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DOCSIS 3.1 could let cable companies compete with Google Fiber
The DOCSIS 3.1 specification has been made public today by CableLabs, and it could mean support for even more outlandish internet speeds that your ISP won’t sell you. DOCSIS is the set of […]
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Belgium ISPs may be forced to block access to Apple’s website and services
Demands for ISPs to block particular websites are usually heard coming from the likes of the MPAA and are related to piracy. But in Belgium, ISPs may be forced to block access to […]
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Google is hiring Fiber sales staff in NYC
There are two types of people when it comes to Google Fiber: people who have it and people who want it. Unfortunately, there are a lot more of the latter while Google slowly […]
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Oculus Rift experiment simulates living real life with lag
Along with impressive (or totally broken, unimpressive) tech demos and limited game support, the Oculus Rift has been used for social experiments. One such experiment used the Rift to allow a male and […]
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AT&T may respond to Comcast/Time Warner merger by buying DirecTV
News that east coast cable giants may be consolidating has spawned rumors that AT&T might respond by making sure they are still a close second. The only real way to do that would […]
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Senator Al Franken calls net neutrality “the free speech issue of our time”
US Senator Al Franken lends his power and celebrity to help the net neutrality movement, and to force President Obama to keep his net-neutral promises to tax payers.
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Google Fiber is the best internet service – it’s not even a competition
Google Fiber isn't only about insanely fast speeds, it's also about insanely superb quality.
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Google wants to unlock the Internet for billions by building 180 satellites
Google’s push to become a major ISP is already well under way, with Google Fiber deployed in a handful of U.S. cities. Their next big rollout may happen well above the Earth’s surface: […]
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Netflix starts telling customers when ISP throttling is killing their stream
The team at Netflix seem ready to take the kid gloves off when it comes to letting their customers know why a video isn’t loading correctly, and that can only be a good […]
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Verizon is angry Netflix blames it for poor streams, threatens legal action
Verizon is not too happy with Netflix after the company changed the message explaining why some streams aren’t the highest possible quality, and after a day of public commentary the threat of legal […]
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It’s very hard to leave Comcast, here’s the phone conversation to prove it
It doesn’t really matter what company you are dealing with, the customer retention department is universally the most aggressive and frustrating to deal with. It’s not entirely their fault, these are...
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ISPs in Hungary may have to pay 60 cents per gigabyte Internet tax
The government in Hungary is planning to introduce a new tax that targets the Internet exclusively, and in the process could raise hundreds of millions of dollars. However, that money has to come […]
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Hungary’s Internet tax scrapped after protesters throw old PC parts at prime...
Last week the Hungarian government put forward a new tax that initially would see ISPs in the country pay 60 cents per gigabyte of data sent over the Internet, with higher prices for […]
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Comcast says privacy is a premium feature you should pay for
US internet and cable mega-corporation Comcast told the Federal Communications Commission that it believes privacy is a premium feature and that it wants to charge customers money to protect it. The...
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Trump Repeals Internet Privacy Regulations
President Trump this week repealed the FCC’s online privacy rules, which would have required ISPs to get consumers’ approval before selling or sharing browser history with advertisers. The regulations,...
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FCC Doubles Down on Its Internet Attack
For the past couple weeks, the FCC has been taking comments from the public regarding net neutrality. In defiance of basically everyone who isn’t a bot, the FCC has voted to commit to […] The post FCC...
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Ditch the Carriers, Make Your Own Cell Network
There are plenty of legitimate reasons to want take control of your communication. I’m of the opinion that everyone should be using Signal and VPNs at the very least, and the more layers […] The post...
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