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Senator Asks Web For Legislation Help

Something very cool is happening. Something historic. For the first time in American history the people are being directly consulted about legislation, and it's being done via the Internet.

72% Of U.S. Adults Have Broadband Access

Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults have access to a broadband connection and over half of American households subscribe to broadband, according to new research from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). "Broadband in America: Access, Use and Outlook" found that 57.8 million U.S. households subscribe to broadband at home, a 21 percent increase in the past 12 months.

Google Fear Hits AT&T Square In The Jaw

As predictable as daylight, AT&T isn't happy about Google's plan to bid on the 700MHz wireless spectrum. The telecommunications giant is poised to claw any competition out of the equation, and is hoping its traditional ally, the FCC, will have its back again.

81 Million Tune In To Broadband Video

Around 81 million people, or 63 percent of the 129 million people with broadband Internet access in the U.S. watch broadband video at home or at work, according to new research from Nielsen for the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM).

Internet Group Argues Open Wireless Networks

The tension must be palpable in the lobbies of Capitol Hill. Just as Verizon was pleading its closed network case to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Open Internet Coalition took a whole band of experts to House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Google Undecided On Joining Wireless Auction

With a nationwide transition to digital television slowly taking place, Google may be interested in participating in the federal auction of the 700MHz wireless bands.

FCC May Force Open Wireless Spectrum

What's this? Is FCC Chairman Kevin Martin actually about to acknowledge that incumbent phone companies may have too tight a grip on their market and discourage real innovation? Maybe his head's not as thick as we thought.

Verizon Cuts Copper, Installs Incentive To Invest

A chief argument against Net Neutrality has been that it will remove incentive to invest. Recent moves by Verizon to lock customers into fiber shows that the incentive is most certainly present, and the company will do what is necessary to muscle the future into being.

U.S. Broadband Adoption

Income and race are becoming less important in U.S. broadband adoption according to The Pew Internet & American Life Project report "Home Broadband Adoption 2007."

Google Expands On Net Neutrality Issues

Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Google has put together a three-part blog post outlining Google's approach to Net Neutrality, what the company feels is okay for broadband providers to do, what's not okay, and where they have misled the public.