Comcast Turns the Broadband Meter On, and Moves to Usage-Based Billing

Important for people who stream a whole lot of Internet video, or think they might one day.
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Comcast Profit Rises 30 Percent

Comcast Corp.’s first-quarter profit gained 30 percent as the cable- and television-network operator benefited from the Super Bowl broadcast on NBCUniversal and continued broadband growth.

Remember Obama’s National Broadband Plan? Neither Does Anyone Else.

Two years after the introduction of the National Broadband Plan, a new study finds that not many more Americans have fast access at home than they did before.
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Credit Suisse Snaps Up Google’s Clearwire Stake

Credit Suisse has purchased Google’s stake in wireless broadband provider Clearwire Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

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Time Warner Cable Offers Internet Service Priced by Consumption

Time Warner Cable Inc. is stepping again into the highly charged topic of consumption-based pricing for broadband service, giving its customers the option of paying less each month in exchange for a cap on their Internet use.

Google’s Cable TV Lineup: A Wishlist

Don’t expect Google to break the bundle when it experiments with cable TV. But you could see some cool features, like a cloud-based DVR, and a programming guide that doesn’t make you want to scream.
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Falcone’s Plan B: Swapping Airwaves

LightSquared Inc. may seek to exchange its wireless airwave licenses for similar ones operated by the U.S. Department of Defense in a last-ditch effort to revive its mobile broadband service, according to people familiar with the company’s plans.

Dish Gets Ready to Serve Up Broadband and a Giant DVR

A pre-CES leak reveals some cool stuff, but not the Web-based cable killer some of you are rooting for.
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Clearwire Signs Deals With Sprint, Makes Debt Payment

Clearwire Corp. signed a four-year deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. valued at as much as $1.6 billion, giving the wireless-broadband provider breathing room as it builds out a new fourth-generation network.

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Clearwire May Skip Big Debt Payment

Clearwire Corp. is considering skipping a big debt payment that comes due in two weeks, a decision that could prove a turning point for a company that had hoped to cover the country with wireless broadband service.