BROADBAND
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Broadband Have-Nots Face Life Without E-Business
Businesses must take availability of broadband into account when setting up their location; meanwhile, DSL providers, despite demand for their product, are losing money and seeing their stock prices fall. (12/27/2000 at TechWeb)
Cable Rates Could Fly Sky-High
Some analysts expect cable-based Internet prices to rise, as cable companies need money and are used to raising prices annually; other analysts say no, as these companies are still trying hard to attract new customers. (4/19/2001 at ZDNet)
Covad, SBC Shack Up
DSL provider Covad Communications and local telco SBC Communications have signed a $600 million contract with each other, and SBC has invested $150 million in its new partner; this follows August's NorthPoint/Verizon merger. (9/15/2000 at Forbes)
FBI Uneasy About Plan To Deregulate Fast Net
Following the FCC's deregulation-speeding ruling that DSL and cable-modem services are information, not telecommunications, services, the FBI fears it won't have the authority to spy on users' behavior online. Wiretap advocates vs. deregulation advocates. (7/8/2002 at USA Today)
High-Grade DSL Gains Momentum
SHDSL (Symmetric High-bit rate DSL), which should provide 150% the speed and 130% the range of current DSL technology, is expected to be deployed in the U.S. by next year. (4/23/2001 at InfoWorld)
Michael Powell V. the Economy
In his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell is pushing an agenda of industry consolidation and government deregulation for broadband providers, resulting in higher prices for consumers. (8/27/2002 at The New Republic Online)
Who's Holding Back Broadband?
Deployment of broadband networking in South Korea and Canada far outstrips that in the U.S.; Lawrence Lessig argues that it is because every attempt to create good broadband-based entertainment services has been squashed by copyright-holding corporations. (1/7/2002 at The Washington Post)
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