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Comcast says it offers gigabit-speed broadband service to nearly every home in its service area (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 11:33Roslyn Layton: Voters deserve better than net neutrality politics (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/18/2018 - 17:39Delta Aspires To Offer Free In-Flight Wi-Fi For All Passengers
Delta Air Lines’ CEO Ed Bastian said that the airline was working hard toward offering free in-flight Wi-Fi to all of its passengers. Though Bastian neglected to attach an exact timeline to his claim, he noted that the plan comes in response to Delta passengers’ vocal desire for fast, free connectivity. “I don’t know of anywhere else, besides in an airplane, that you can’t get free Wi-Fi,” Bastian opined.
Software and Information Industry Association: Privacy Is Not An Antitrust Issue (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 14:20USDA Invests $600 Million In Rural Broadband, But Farmers Still Struggle To Connect
Late in Aug, the US Department of Agriculture announced plans to add $600 million to fund e-Connectivity, a pilot program aimed at bridging the rural digital divide by improving broadband internet access for American farmers. But the rural digital divide is wider than ever, as farmers struggle to run tech-dependent businesses without broadband. On the farm, spotty or limited internet coverage can be a costly problem.
WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind (Forbes)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 09:20Repealed Net Neutrality Regulations Wouldn't Have Applied To Santa Clara County Firefighters
John Kruzel at PolitiFact recently rated as “Half True” the claim that Verizon’s throttling of the data service it provided to the Santa Clara County Fire Prevention District (FPD) during the Mendocino (CA) fires demonstrated the danger of repealing the Federal Communications Commission’s network neutrality regulations. The claim should have been rated “Mostly False” to “Pants on Fire,” because the experts on whom Kruzel relied ignored critical facts and analysis.