John Paczkowski in News on August 21, 2009 at 10:49 am PT
Before the Federal Communications Commission begins doling out the $7.4 billion in federal grants up for grabs through national broadband stimulus programs, the agency must answer an important question: What is broadband? And so, in a public notice issued today, the Commission is requesting “tailored” public comment on what the definition of broadband should be.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 16, 2009 at 12:48 pm PT
That was quick. Time Warner Cable is shelving plans to charge its Internet customers based on usage. For now, that is.
The cable giant had planned on charging customers in four locations on a “consumption” plan in which they’d pay between $15 to $150 a month based on the amount of data they hoovered via the Web. But noisy opposition to the plan surfaced immediately and has been getting louder over the past few weeks.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 7, 2009 at 4:54 pm PT
In this week’s installment of Mossberg’s Mailbox, Walt talks to a reader about the benefits offered by a faster processor in comparison to the advantages of a faster Internet connection. And for anyone who’s thought of moving from the PC version or Quicken to the Mac version, read Walt’s suggestions first.
John Paczkowski in News on August 20, 2008 at 2:28 pm PT
American Airlines rolled out its take on cloud computing today, becoming the first airline in the U.S. to offer full in-flight broadband access. Dubbed “GoGo” and provided by AirCell, the service is available for a flat $12.95 fee on flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami.
John Paczkowski in News on August 20, 2008 at 2:28 pm PT
American Airlines rolled out its take on cloud computing today, becoming the first airline in the U.S. to offer full in-flight broadband access. Dubbed “GoGo” and provided by AirCell, the service is available for a flat $12.95 fee on flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on August 6, 2008 at 1:11 pm PT
Qwest (Q) CEO Ed Mueller says the company’s migration of its wireless service offering to Verizon (VZ) is going smoothly. Qwest is switching from selling a Qwest-branded wireless service in which it resold service from Sprint (S) to a co-branded offering from Verizon; the company started rolling out its new Verizon by Qwest wireless service two weeks ago.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on July 30, 2008 at 3:47 pm PT
Comcast (CMCSA) is simply crushing its telco competitors.
Consider a few data points. As I noted this morning, Comcast today disclosed that it added 555,000 new phone customers in the June quarter (499,000 when you back out losses in their circuit-switched segment), along with 278,000 high speed Internet customers and 320,000 digital cable customers.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 19, 2008 at 12:01 am PT
This summer, Wi-Fi access will arrive in the passenger cabins of some commercial U.S. airliners with a new system called Gogo. For travelers who want to stay connected in the air, Gogo does the job, but it has its limitations.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 12, 2008 at 12:01 am PT
The parade of iPhone lookalikes continues, and the latest to arrive is the Samsung Instinct. While it isn’t a bad phone and has some features the Apple product lacks, it’s no match for the iPhone.
