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Netflix Ranks Internet Speeds, and Canada Leaves America in the Dust
11:20AM 1/28/2011
Netflix, the largest video-streaming company in the world, has been tracking the download speeds of North American broadband ISPs. On Thursday, it posted a chart of its findings: On average, ISPs in Canada handily beat their U.S. counterparts.
Global Broadband Sales Poised to Triple by 2011's End
7:30PM 11/30/2010
Global broadband service revenue has grown 10% this year, says ABI Research, which expects sales to more than triple by the end of 2011. The cause? More users are watching television and videos on the Web, boosting the need for faster speeds.
Top 25 things vanishing in America: # 21 -- Dial-up Internet access
11:00AM 7/16/2008
This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America.
When I was growing up, any attempt to hop on the Internet was met with the tell-tale squeaks and...
It was a great day in the North woods when we laid our 56k dial up modem to rest and undertook the next phase of our Internet entrepreneurial experience, or so we thought. We took the plunge, shelled out half a grand and had HughesNet mount a satellite dish on our front deck. "This'll be great," I...
If you want no-frills DSL, AT&T finally has your answer. It's next to impossible to find on their website, but thanks to some good news reporting, consumers are now finding the $20 DSL deal.As part of the conditions AT&T agreed to in order to complete its acquisition of BellSouth, the...
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