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Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy broadband provider Frontier Communications
Verizon is reportedly near a deal to buy fiber provider Frontier Communications. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal said that an announcement could come as early as this...
ISPs are fighting to raise the price of low-income broadband
A new government program is trying to encourage Internet service providers (ISPs) to offer lower rates for lower income customers by distributing federal funds through states. The only...
ISPs roll out mandatory broadband ‘nutrition’ labels that show speeds, fees and data allowances
You can now ensure that you're not going to be hit by hidden fees and taxes before you sign up with an internet service provider (ISP). Starting today,...
The FCC will vote to restore net neutrality later this month
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote to restore net neutrality later this month. With Democrats finally holding an FCC majority in the final year of President...
Broadband internet just got redefined — again | Tech Reader
The word “broadband” gets tossed around in marketing materials all the time, but its actual definition has been malleable over the years. Now, though,, the Federal Trade Commission...
The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet as ‘broadband’
The FCC has raised the speeds required to describe internet service as “broadband” for the first time since 2015. The agency’s annual high-speed internet assessment concluded that 100...
