Latest Internet access Stories
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In September of this year, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski brought AT&T one step closer to acquiring a nice, new chuck of WCS spectrum to use in their LTE rollout. The spectrum in question resides within a 20 MHz portion of the 2.3 GHz (or WCS) band. At the time, the spectrum was reserved for satellite radio, used by companies such as Sirius and XM. Today, however, AT&T has finally received full approval from the FCC to...
DALLAS, December 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market research report "Power Line Communication (PLC) Systems Market (By Technologies-Narrowband & Broadband, Products-Transmission and Distribution, Applications-Smart Grid, Home Networking, Long Haul and M2M, Voltage Network-High, Medium and Low, Verticals-Industrial, Residential and Commercial and Geography)-Global Assessment and Forecast-(2013-2018)" published by MarketsandMarkets...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In September, the FCC announced they’d begin sharing some of the US Government’s wireless spectrum with the private sector in a move to free up airspace for other wireless carriers. Yesterday, the FCC finalized this spectrum sharing initiative, making 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band available to smaller cellular networks. The FCC also claims that this move is in accordance with the President’s Council of Advisors on...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Cable providers often say they are feeling the pressure from consumers who increasingly find alternative methods, such as Internet content providers, to watch TV. Now the same cable and telecoms can make similar claims about the Internet. FreedomPop, a hardware start-up, is offering a high-speed internet modem that will provide internet for free, or at low cost for high-volume users. FreedomPop is offering its Hub Burst home...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Julius Genachowski and the FCC have approved Dish Network’s entrance into the cellular market by allowing the satellite TV company the rights to some very valuable spectrum, a decision that marks the end of a long process for the satellite TV provider. The Colorado company has been trying to enter into the cellular market for over a year, but had to seek FCC approval in order to use the cellular airwaves. The FCC...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on broadband spectrum ended, CTIA-The Wireless Association® Vice President of Government Affairs Jot Carpenter issued the following: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100629/DC28223LOGO-a ) "CTIA was pleased to hear bipartisan support at today's hearing for moving ahead with implementation of the incentive auction process, and for the focus in that process to be...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FreedomPop, America's new free Internet company, today announced its disruptive entry into the $100 billion home broadband market by accepting pre-orders for FreedomPop Hub Burst home modem scheduled to ship next month. The device will provide 100 percent free high-speed Internet in the home or small office at speeds faster than typical DSL and on par with most cable providers. "Major broadband providers, including Time Warner Cable,...
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI), operator of EthoStream, one of the nation's largest hospitality high-speed Internet access network providers, has been designated a "Preferred" High-Speed Internet access provider by Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111011/NY83909LOGO) "Guest satisfaction with a hotel stay can be tied, in large part, to the quality of the Internet access," said Dave Heinen, VP of Asset...
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadband Networks is now the owner of Rushville-based Omnicity, Incorporated, a wireless broadband Internet service provider with subscribers in 30 counties in Indiana and nine counties in Ohio. Omnicity, Incorporated filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 29, 2011, with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Indiana. A reorganization plan was approved, and ownership was transferred to Broadband Networks. The new...
Washington State Tops Ranking of U.S. States Benefiting from Broadband WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- States with high levels of investment in their broadband infrastructure stand a better chance of seeing economic benefits, according to a new study. TechNet, a bipartisan policy and political network of CEOs that promotes the innovation economy, today unveiled its 2012 State Broadband Index assessing state policies and business climate that impact broadband...
Latest Internet access Reference Libraries
Image Caption: Schematic showing how DSL works. Credit: Jhbdel/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) The term DSL or ADSL (a higher speed connection) is the technology of delivering an Internet connection over wires using a local telephone network. A filter is used to block high frequency interference, enabling the user to have access to the Internet as well as use of the phone simultaneously. The rate of data transfer usually ranges from 256 kbps to 40 Mbps downstream (to the customer) and the data...
Image Caption: Phone connector with female socket, used for dial-up Internet access. Credit: Shaddack/Wikipedia Dial-up access is a connection to the Internet using telephone company lines to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The user connects to an internal or external modem that decodes the data and displays it onto the computer, laptop, or similar device. Often this choice of connection is used where other forms of connections are not available, such as in remote or...
Image Caption: Three 155 Mbps dishes on top of the Oil & Gas Commerce Building, Fort Worth TX. Credit: RockyDallas/Wikipedia Wireless broadband is a technology that gives users a high speed internet connection or a connection to a computer network covering a wide area without the use of a wired connection. Broadband is instant access to the Internet or a network at data rates greater than 1.5 Mbps. Originally wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) could only be accessed in...
An internet service provider or ISP is an organization or company that provides access to the internet through copper wires, phone lines, wireless, or fiber-optic cables. There are two types of ISPs, hosting and transit. The hosting ISP is like a co-location center where it will lease server space to people and smaller businesses. The transit ISP provides a large amount of bandwidth to connect hosting ISPs to access ISPs. The ISP can be community owned providing the service as non-profit...
