Broadband

BOSTON - Douglas Trumbull and Michael Garfield-Wright love living and love running their businesses in the quiet hills of rural western Massachusetts, except for one thing: Internet access is limited to slow, unreliable satellite and dial-up connections. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday nearly $800 million in loans and grants for the build-out of broadband networks to reach homes, schools and hospitals. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Factory orders fall 1.4 percent in May; worst showing in nine months casts doubt on recovery. Full Story »

The White House on Friday unveiled the recipients of approximately $795 million in broadband grants and loans that will come out of the $7.2 billion set aside in the stimulus package for broadband grants. Full Story »

LAGOS (Reuters) - An eagerly-awaited submarine cable linking West Africa to Europe has gone live, paving the way for cheaper and more reliable internet access in one of the world's fastest-growing telecoms markets, its operators said on Friday. Full Story »

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration will announce nearly US$795 million in grants and loans for broadband deployment projects across the nation on Friday, officials with two federal agencies said. Full Story »

If you live in Finland, you can count among your legal rights the following: The right to a fair trial. The right to publicly funded health care. And the right to have a broadband Internet connection delivered to your home. Full Story »

HELSINKI (AFP) - Finland on Thursday became the first country in the world to make access to a broadband service a basic right, ensuring that a high-speed Internet connection is available to all Finns, a government official said. Full Story »

Finland has become the first country to codify a right to broadband, passing a law that gives every citizen to right to a 1-Mbit connection. Full Story »

When it comes to broadband, I’m a socialist. Why? Full Story »

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on network neutrality and the use of traffic management, it said on Wednesday. Full Story »

FARGO, N.D. - Supporters of a high-speed broadband network that connects researchers in a dozen northern states say the system is in good shape despite university budget cutbacks, thanks in part to a new federal initiative. Full Story »

MONTPELIER, Vt. - The state Public Service Board on Monday rejected a plan by FairPoint Communications to work itself out of bankruptcy in part by delaying broadband deployments and skipping penalties for poor service that were to be paid to ratepayers. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed on Monday plans by regulators to nearly double the spectrum now available for wireless devices. Full Story »

The FCC has been under intense political and industry pressure ever since Congress directed the agency to come up with a National Broadband Plan to guide the modernization and expansion of broadband Internet access in the United States. The White House is stepping in, though, to support the FCC plan and proceed with freeing up unused frequency spectrum for use in expanding wireless broadband. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could force internet service providers such as BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk to reveal whether they restrict access to some websites at peak times while favoring others, regulator Ofcom said. Full Story »

NAIROBI (Reuters) - When Kenyan graduate Roy Wachira, 25, set out to start his first business, he turned to the Internet, whose growth in the east African nation is spawning opportunities unthinkable even a year ago. Full Story »

The U.S. needs local education and training programs and better computer reuse programs to overcome a large broadband adoption gap, speakers at a broadband adoption forum said Tuesday. Full Story »