Verizon expands fast DSL to more areas

Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday expanded the availability of its fastest DSL service to 3.4 million lines in 20 states.

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Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL

Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.

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Qwest introduces 20 megabit DSL in some areas

Qwest Communications International Inc. on Thursday introduced DSL plans with faster download speeds, including one that is the fastest DSL service from a major U.S. phone company.

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ISPs create tangled Web of sneaky fees

It was supposed to be a small gift from the federal government to Internet users. On Aug. 14, 2006, a $2-$3 per month government tax on DSL broadband service, known as the federal Universal Service Fund fee or FUSF, was dropped. The tiny savings was meant to put DSL providers on equal footing with cable modem service providers, which weren’t obligated to collect the FUSF tax.  But the consumer victory was short-lived. 

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AT&T Quietly Offers $10 DSL Plan

Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan.

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Group: Worldwide DSL Use Up 38 Percent

Worldwide use of DSL broadband technology for Internet access rose 38 percent to 164 million users in the 12 months ended June 30, boosted by strong growth in the European Union, an industry trade group said Tuesday.

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AT&T Launches Faster DSL Speed

In a bid to boost its broadband offerings as it competes with cable companies, AT&T Inc. to introduce a consumer DSL service with twice the speed of its fastest plan so far.

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DSL Price War Helps Close Broadband Gap

Last year was the first in which telephone companies added more broadband Internet subscribers than their cable TV rivals did, according to a research report.

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(CNET) -- Verizon Communications has had a change of heart about using Wi-Fi to extend its wireless broadband offering as the company announces free access to Wi-Fi hot spots for its Fios and DSL Internet customers.

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You're zooming down the information superhighway getting things done when your usually-trusty browser throws up the dreaded "Server not found" message. Argh! Now what?

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AT&T and Me

Good News Wednesday - Forsyth, Georgia As the sunshine shone in brightly through the window the gray murkiness of the morning was gradually being burned away. The drab cold dank of a winter day was turning into something memorable and bright.

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DSL isn't dead—in fact, I'm using it right now—but there's plenty of talk about the state of its health, much of it grim. As cable and fiber-to-the-home connections gain subscribers and speed, the traditional twisted-pair phone line is already becoming less relevant.

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The FCC yesterday issued its Order officially directing Comcast to stop using its current P2P-focused delaying technology to relieve network congestion.

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Don't even start with the jokes. He's heard them all before. And he is not amused. You're either broken or made stronger when you grow up in 1940s West Philadelphia and your last name is Lib@!$%#z. And Dr. Herman I. Lib@!$%#z, retired radiologist, is no pushover.

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The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, a University of Ottawa legal clinic specializing in internet- and other technology-related law, has joined the assault on Bell Canada Inc.

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Let's see. American Digital Natives 1.5 Mpbs, other competing countries 100 Mpbs. You don't need to be a technologist or a mathematician to do this calculation. They have 100 of something we have 1.5 of.

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Internode will launch their naked DSL service this week, and has revealed plans for a broadband package that lets you continue using a regular telephone service without a separate line rental fee.

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Wi-Fi networking range is like money, candy, and free time. You can never have too much of it. Getting more range out of your wireless networking gear can be a challenge, but it isn't impossible.

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Dial up is the slowest way to connect to the Internet for people who do not have access to DSL or cable. The fact is that...

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OPTUS has scrambled to restore broadband service to corporate customers across Queensland following a major outage at one of its network facilities in Brisbane.

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AT&T DSL Customers were left fuming as they were unable to access the internet for several hours because of what AT&T spokeswoman said was an "equipment failure".

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Tapping into America's great love of Thanksgiving and football, Verizon soon will unveil a new way to watch the games - online.

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WA based ISP iiNet has launched its naked DSL service today -- where customers can take broadband without an accompanying phone line -- the first of its kind to be made available on a large scale basis in Australia.

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One wonders if the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development knew what it was getting into when it decided to start studying broadband.

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so americans won't have to pay taxes on internet access for the next 4 years. great. instead, they'll just have to pay an assortment of questionable fees for supposed "public service" projects.

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AT&T has rolled out new Terms of Service for its DSL service that leave plenty of room for interpretation.

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Given a choice between fiber-based broadband and DSL, people tend to opt for the former. Or that seems to be the lesson one can learn from the second quarter earnings reported by Verizon yesterday.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Less than a mile and a half from the Citadel, the site of the Democratic presidential debate tonight, sits Cooper River Courts, a public housing project. Forget the Web. Never mind YouTube, the debate's co-sponsor.

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Recurring bills for cell phones, cable and the gym bleed you bit by bit . . . until you wake up and think, 'Hey, this isn't worth it.' Here are the best ideas from readers. I'm still embarrassed about this.

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Here are last week's hardware numbers for Japan. DS slides down, while Wii holds steady. PS3 moves up slightly and 360 drops below 3000

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As part of a concession made to the FCC in order to get its mitts on BellSouth, AT&T is required to offer basic DSL for $10 a month to its entire 22 state coverage area for a period of 2 years.

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Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan.

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