Ofcom: Broadband Ads 'Pulling A Fast One'
Broadband customers will be able to cancel their contracts without paying a penalty if they are not getting the speeds advertised, under a new code of practice.

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TRA sets conditions to access FLAG station
01 August 2010 Following the Kingdom's major push to create a greater competition in broadband market, achieving direct access to international capacity for all operators has emerged as one of the key pillars to encourage competition, a senior official at the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) said yesterday.

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Broadband key, whatever the plan
The Liberal candidate in the outer suburban seat of Macarthur says he will be pushing his party to offer improved broadband - a sign the Coalition policy of scrapping the national broadband network could hurt it in regions with poor existing services.

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Genachowski: Broadband Authority Key to Cybersecurity, Privacy
Washington -- Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski Tuesday took his testimony before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on online privacy as an opportunity to put in a plug for clarifying his agency's broadband regulatory authority.

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The fastest Internet in the world!
The fastest broadband city in the world is Masan in South Korea, according to an analysis.

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Broadband campaigners move closer to net again
THE campaign to speed up internet broadband connections in Ewhurst has claimed its first victory.

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Primus connects first 100Mbps business client on NBN
The National Broadband Network rollout garnered further brownie points for the Government with an announcement that Primus Telecom has connected its first business client in a remote Tasmanian town. The remoteness of the 100Mbps connection lends support to the Government’s vision of the NBN providing ubiquitous cheap fast broadband to consumers and small businesses throughout Australia. Primus ...

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Speed limit
What makes your broadband connection slow?

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Nawras offers 50pc discount on home broadband products
26 July 2010 MUSCAT -- Nawras last week opened its doors to customers with the launch of its new broadband Internet and voice packages.

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The FCC Changes What Broadband Is
The FCC has just changed their definition of broadband Internet (via IntoMobile). Now broadband is 4 megabits per second download speed and 1 megabit per second upload speed. By this definition, roughly 24 million people do not have access to broadband Int...

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AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Hotzone Pilot Project to Additional Cities
AT&T* today announced it has created an AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone in downtown Charlotte, N.C. to enhance the mobile broadband experience for AT&T customers. The large outdoor Wi-Fi hotzone provides coverage along South Brevard Street from the area around the NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza to East Trade Street, and for AT&T customers waiting to use the nearby Lynx light rail.

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Up to 24m in US lack access to broadband
As many as 24 million U.S. citizens have no access to broadband Internet service and are unlikely to get the higher-speed connection any time soon, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said yesterday.

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Parish urges more broadband response
An initiative to bring broadband, otherwise known as high speed Internet, service providers to Washington Parish depends on the development of a plan that must be based on a clear understanding of where Internet access is available and where it is desired, according to Dempsey Parden, who is heading up the project for the parish.

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Is WiMAX Broadband Wireless In Your Town?
San Jose - 4G WiMAX, the newer and most anticipated standard in mobile and fixed broadband wireless access has recently started seeing more growth and expansions in the major metropolitan areas of the United States in the past year.

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U.S. said to toughen up broadband deployment report
High-speed Internet providers are expected to get a subtle rebuke from U.S. regulators this week when a report omits language that has previously said they are rolling out broadband to all areas in a "reasonable and timely fashion."

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U.S. gov't urged to subsidize broadband Internet access to low income families
America is suffering from a " digital divide" with many Americans either can not afford high speed Internet or without service, and government subsidies are urged to help those low income families get on line.

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Broadband priorities
Regarding the June 22 front-page article "Cable TV fights municipal broadband": America's telecommunications infrastructure is not where it needs to be to make us competitive in the global marketplace.

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Governor Assigns Task Force To Expand Broadband Access
Governor Mark Parkinson (D-Kan.) has formed a task force to support the Connect Kansas broadband initiative.

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NWI Forum hosts broadband presentation Friday
PORTAGE | The Northwest Indiana Forum, 6100 Southport Road, willhost a presentation and discussion of its Broadband InfrastructureProject Report from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Forumoffice.

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