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Comcast to Debut Cable Shows Online By Year’s End

Written on 12 Nov, 2009 at 7:00 in News | viewed 143 views times | 0 Comments

If you are a current Comcast subscriber, or if you're thinking about signing up for Comcast service, you will soon be able to watch cable television shows such as HBO's "Entourage" and AMC's "Mad Men" on your computer without paying... (Continue reading)

WiMax Coming to Philadelphia, Chicago, and Seattle

Written on 5 Nov, 2009 at 7:00 in News | viewed 163 views times | 0 Comments

Comcast, Sprint, and Clearwire will launch WiMax based high-speed wireless Internet service in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Seattle in the upcoming weeks. WiMax is a long range point-to-point Internet connection that connects a multitude of Wi-Fi spots to the Internet.... (Continue reading)

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Cox Launches 23 New HD Channels in James City County, VA

Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 6:00 in News | viewed 145 views times | 0 Comments

Cox Communications recently rolled out 23 additional HD channels for their customers in James City County, Virginia. These new HD channels will be available to Cox cable TV customers for no additional monthly charge.... (Continue reading)

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Time Warner Cable Brings 4G Wireless to North Carolina with the Fastest Wireless Speeds Available

Written on 20 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in Broadband News | viewed 136 views times | 0 Comments

Time Warner Cable will officially launch the Time Warner Cable 4G mobile network in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh North Carolina on December 1, 2009.... (Continue reading)

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Web-aholics anonymous: Study finds internet addiction growing more common

Written on 7 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in News | viewed 112 views times | 0 Comments

Taiwanese researchers who surveyed nearly 2,300 seventh-graders for signs of depression, ADHD, social phobia, and other mental health issues found that children who suffered from such issues were more likely to use the internet to the point of excess.... (Continue reading)

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Commerce Department doles out almost $7 million in first round of broadband mapping grants

Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in News | viewed 89 views times | 0 Comments

The states of California, North Carolina, Indiana, and Vermont were the first to receive federal funds from the $7.2 billion earmarked for broadband infrastructure projects under the Obama administration's recovery act. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said that... (Continue reading)

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House Republicans oppose net neutrality rules, citingmicromanagementconcerns

Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in News | viewed 89 views times | 0 Comments

In a letter to President Obama, two leading Congressional Republicans warned that the proposed tightening of FCC regulations on net neutrality would harm America's economy and could deter investment in broadband networks.... (Continue reading)

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England v. Ukraine World Cup qualifier will be online-only

Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in Broadband News | viewed 104 views times | 0 Comments

The collapse of a major sports TV provider and bureaucratic infighting have pushed the upcoming weekend's international soccer match between England and Ukraine onto the internet.... (Continue reading)

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Study: internet TV to take off within a few years

Written on 2 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in News | viewed 101 views times | 0 Comments

A study by business auditing and consulting firm Ernst and Young says that a hybrid of TV and the internet could become the dominant paradigm within the next few years.... (Continue reading)

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Don’t track on me: Americans dislike cyber-monitoring

Written on 2 Oct, 2009 at 7:00 in Broadband News | viewed 93 views times | 0 Comments

Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania released a survey this week saying that most Americans object to companies tracking their online movements, and that the number objecting rises once respondents are informed of the methods... (Continue reading)