http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/1020/all xx http://www.itworld.com/networking/85107/delay-broadband-investment-provokes-outrage-italy Officials are holding up funds due to the financial crisis. http://www.itworld.com/networking/85107/delay-broadband-investment-provokes-outrage-italy#comments Government Internet Networking News broadband Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:15:08 -0500 ITworld staff 85107 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/82270/surprise-mccain-biggest-beneficiary-telcoisp-money Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics. http://www.itworld.com/government/82270/surprise-mccain-biggest-beneficiary-telcoisp-money#comments Government Internet News broadband ISP net neutrality telecommunications Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:51:45 -0400 ITworld staff 82270 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/82191/five-big-hopes-net-neutrality With the Federal Communications Commission approving a process to formalize network neutrality rules, a period of official debate begins on how our Internet traffic is managed, as if there wasn't enough debate already. In a nutshell, the FCC wants to stop Internet service providers from slowing down or blocking particular uses, such as peer-to-peer downloading, as long as they're legal. http://www.itworld.com/internet/82191/five-big-hopes-net-neutrality#comments Government Internet Opinion broadband FCC net neutrality Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:14:12 -0400 ITworld staff 82191 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/82170/net-neutrality-could-lead-inexpensive-high-quality-broadband-services-businesses Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses. http://www.itworld.com/networking/82170/net-neutrality-could-lead-inexpensive-high-quality-broadband-services-businesses#comments Government Internet Networking News broadband FCC net neutrality Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:32 -0400 ITworld staff 82170 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/82091/anxiety-over-net-neutrality-grips-supercomm Carriers, vendors at Supercomm express reservations, worry about new FCC proposed rules on net neutrality. http://www.itworld.com/networking/82091/anxiety-over-net-neutrality-grips-supercomm#comments Internet Mobile & wireless Networking News broadband net neutrality telecommunication Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:43:24 -0400 ITworld staff 82091 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/80600/challenges-mount-broadband-grows If it is true that as Gartner says the US will add over 27 million new broadband customers in the next four year, service providers and the FCC need to address a whole host of issues from pricing to services lest there be mass confusion and tons of consumer complaints. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/80600/challenges-mount-broadband-grows#comments Networking News broadband Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:11:20 -0400 ITworld staff 80600 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/81078/finland-makes-broadband-legal-right The Finnish government has done what no other nation has; it has made broadband Internet access a guaranteed legal right of its citizens. According to Finnish news site YLE, The Ministry of Transport and Communications says everyone in the country will be entitled to a guaranteed 1 Mbit connection by next July. This is fascinating, but it's really only half the story. http://www.itworld.com/networking/81078/finland-makes-broadband-legal-right#comments Government Networking Opinion broadband Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:49:50 -0400 ITworld staff 81078 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/76875/fast-universal-broadband-dirty-secret-about-roadblock Where's the fastest broadband service? The FCC's effort to expand availability of high-speed Internet access throughout the U.S. offers a clue as to where -- and why -- the best services exist. http://www.itworld.com/networking/76875/fast-universal-broadband-dirty-secret-about-roadblock#comments Government Internet Networking Feature broadband FCC Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:19:33 -0400 ITworld staff 76875 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/70270/broadband-subsidy-too-much-money-mostly-well-targeted A few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of the package, and so far things look mostly OK. http://www.itworld.com/networking/70270/broadband-subsidy-too-much-money-mostly-well-targeted#comments Government Networking Opinion broadband economic stimulus Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:32:28 -0400 ITworld staff 70270 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/70244/bt-opts-not-deploy-phorm-behavioral-ad-system BT says it wants to invest in broadband technology instead but is still interested in Phorm's Webwise. http://www.itworld.com/internet/70244/bt-opts-not-deploy-phorm-behavioral-ad-system#comments Internet News advertising broadband bt ISP Phorm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:58:15 -0400 ITworld staff 70244 at http://www.itworld.com