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Cuba to Get High-Speed Internet, Thanks to Venezuela
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsOne of the world's most unplugged countries is about to get high-speed Internet, courtesy of an old friend. A specialized ship began laying fiber-optic cable under the Caribbean Sea from Venezuela toward Cuba this past weekend, launching a $70 million project to connect the communist island nation with better phone and Internet service. Internet access in Cuba currently has to go through satellites to get around U.S. embargo restrictions, which ends up being costly and slow. The new fiber-optic cable is being laid by a French-flagged ship from the company Alcatel-Lucent, and paid for jointly ...
FCC Net Neutrality Ruling: What Does It Mean for You?
By Nathaniel Jones - AOL NewsAre some versions of the Internet more equal than others? The Federal Communications Commission passed its first-ever regulation of the Internet today, in a net neutrality compromise that saw its 3-2 vote split sharply along party lines. The full text of the new regulations will not be published until later this week, but the broad strokes of the deal are now known. There will be two sets of regulations governing the way an Internet service provider is allowed to control your access, depending on whether you are accessing the Net wirelessly or via a landline. Broadband service providers ...
Opinion: Net Neutrality, RIP
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 12) -- Google and Verizon made big headlines when they announced they were teaming up to offer a framework for regulating broadband networks. On one hand, this isn't that big a deal since it's not binding and doesn't have the force of law behind it. On the other, it's a huge deal since it marks the end of the so-called "net neutrality" debate. And for that we should all offer hearty thanks. As a major network provider, Verizon had never been keen on proposed net neutrality rules that would regulate its broadband services. Google, meanwhile, had been one of the biggest backers of net ...
Obama Announces Wireless Broadband 'Revolution'
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyLast Thursday, President Obama seemed to be having a tough time with the internet. In a joint press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the U.S. leader made a largely imperceptible gaffe, referring to Medvedev's visit to the Silicon Valley headquarters of "Twitter's" (rather than "Twitter"). Thanks to the very technology that makes Twitter possible, Obama's mistake was heard round the world with alarming speed, and in no time, the misstatement was fodder for parody from all corners. If the president has his way, that speed of transmission will only increase in the coming ...
FCC to Regulate Broadband Internet Providers
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Federal Communications Commission will reregulate broadband lines to help prevent service providers from dictating how their customers use the Internet. The FCC will regulate Internet lines under rules that currently apply to landline telephone networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The rules will be used to enforce "network neutrality," regulations that require providers to treat web traffic equally and not slow or block websites. The move is sure to be hailed by consumer advocates who have called on the government to order providers to give equal treatment to all ...
Google's High-Speed Internet Deadline Arrives
By David Knowles - AOL News(March 25) -- Think of it as a technology lottery. Google has dangled a tantalizing offer in front of America's cities and towns. Sometime this year, the search engine giant will select a U.S. community where it will, free of charge, lay a new fiber broadband network that will bring Internet speeds 100 times faster than anything that has come before it. The contest was announced in February and the deadline for applications is Friday. Julia Cheng, AP Don Ness, mayor of Duluth, Minn., hopped into the frigid Lake Superior to help promote his city's efforts to become a test site for ...
FCC Wants to Speed Up Your Internet Connection
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAffordable and faster Internet connections would be available to all Americans under a sweeping new proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul the U.S. broadband system. The FCC plan to wire the entire country for broadband will be delivered to Congress on Tuesday but is available online now. It reflects the White House position that high-speed Internet access is not a luxury but critical for economic development, education and health care, The Associated Press reported. "To me, broadband is an infrastructure challenge that's very akin to what we've faced in the past with ...
Could You Live Without the Internet?
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Feb. 24) -- It's tempting for someone whose livelihood depends on the Web to write something snarky about people who never use the Internet. After all, they'd never see it. Besides, it's 2010. Who doesn't go online these days? One in five Americans, that's who. About one-third of the population does not have a high-speed Internet, or broadband, connection at home, according to a new Federal Communications Commission report. (Click here for the PDF.) That's 93 million "non-adopters." Six percent of the 5,005 people the FCC surveyed for its study said they have a slower dial-up connection. ...
Opinion: How to Crank Up the Job Creation Engine
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 9) -- Responding to President Barack Obama's call to make jobs the nation's No. 1 focus, Congress is poised to pass a jobs bill this month. Swift action on jobs is great news for an economy that needs it. But by itself a jobs bill won't resolve a critical longer-term challenge that is hampering the country's ability to create new jobs: a lack of sufficient investment in infrastructure and innovation. That's why, in addition to a specific jobs bill, the government needs to create an economic climate for business to invest, innovate and hire. These are the key findings of new research ...
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