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Broadband Content In The Living Room

More than one in six consumers (and one quarter of those with a home network) have an interest in accessing PC content from their home entertainment center, according to The NPD Group's "Connected Home Theater" report.

Net Neutrality, Now With Less Spin

Have the telecoms and cable companies just abandoned the Net Neutrality fight altogether? It used to be they staged aggressive rhetoric battles, created questionable studies, and pretended to honor Net Neutrality on their own – without legislation.

TV Broadcasters Oppose Microsoft, Google Proposal

Microsoft and Google want some of the digital TV spectrum opened to mobile devices, but executives at the four big broadcasters complain of interference and a degraded over-the-air experience.

Wal-Mart Gets Into The Broadband Business

Wal-Mart plans to begin reselling satellite based broadband from Hughes Communications.

A Car In Every Garage, Fast Internet On Every PC

It's a slow, but moving boulder. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) called on the Bush administration to make a commitment to making high-speed Internet access more widely available to small businesses and all Americans.

Hong Kong's Broadband Is How Fast?

In case you're still convinced there's a true open market in broadband space and the handful of companies running it are sufficient competition for each other, consider this: in Hong Kong, you can get a fiber-to-the-home connection 20 times faster than Verizon's FiOS connection for about the same price.

Dial-Up Users Happier Than Broadband Users

High-speed Internet service continues to attract new subscribers, but satisfaction measurement for high-speed customers indicates that service providers are not making significant progress in producing loyal customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Internet Service Provider Residential (ISP) customer Satisfaction study out today.

Virgin America To Get In-Flight Broadband

Virgin America has partnered with wireless communications provider AirCell to offer broadband Internet services for passengers traveling in the continental U.S. The service will launch sometime in 2008.

Apple Looks Into The Spectrum

The upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction is heating up as Apple is the latest rumored to be interested in joining Google, DirecTV, and eBay in bidding on a piece of the band currently used by broadcast television.

Latin American Broadband Adoption Growing

The number of Latin American broadband access points is projected to reach 28.5 million in 2012, up from 12.5 million in 2006, according to Frost & Sullivan's "Latin America Broadband Services Market" report.