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One in Five U.S. Households Has Never Used E-mail

Roughly one-fifth of all U.S. heads-of-household have never used e-mail, according to National Technology Scan, a forthcoming study from Parks Associates. This annual phone survey of U.S. households found 20 million households are without Internet access, approximately 18% of all U.S.

NCTA Hails Farm Bill's RUS Loan Reforms

The cable industry's main trade association hailed congressional passage Thursday of a massive farm bill that would reduce the flow of broadband subsidies into rural markets where the technology already exists.

Telcos Fall Behind Cable in Broadband Battle

Two separate sources this week are offering up more analysis showing the telcos are falling behind the cable companies in the broadband and video battle. Information Gatekeepers, an analyst firm that once predicted the telcos would overtake cable in broadband penetration, this week issued its High-Speed Access Report for the first quarter of 2008, showing cable is outperforming its forecast and the telcos are under-performing what IGI had forecast in 2006.

Africa making progress in Internet access

Improving Internet access in Africa is a fight on several fronts -- building undersea cables, setting up regional exchanges and bridging the last mile to homes and businesses -- but the continent is making progress.

Broadband: other countries do it better, but how?

One of the ironies of the current broadband situation in the US is that staunch free marketeers defend the status quo even though the result of their views has been duopoly and high prices.

Broadband to the Home: Broadband to America

In a speech to the Broadband Properties Summit last month, Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate said, "I have been a strong proponent of a light regulatory touch for broadband service provided over cable systems, telephone lines, power lines, and wireless platforms.

Europe on the way to a high speed Internet economy

40% of Europeans do not use the Internet and are not benefiting from the socio-economic opportunities offered by the Internet revolution. This we must correct and do so soon said Commissioner Reading in a recent speech.

Google Unwired

Google Unwired
Expanding Broadband Access and Allocating Spectrum More Efficiently

Thursday, May 22, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Ronald Reagan Building
Atrium Ballroom
1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC

Battle of the broadband

Typical broadband speeds in the United States are barely in the top 15 globally, trailing such technological hotbeds as Luxembourg and Norway. DSL and cable modem services are unavailable in many rural areas, leading to far lower broadband use in the country than the city.

Is the new Sprint/Clearwire venture doomed to failure?

The deal to merge Sprint Nextel's WiMax business unit with Clearwire to build a nationwide 4G network is finally complete, but the newly formed company could be doomed before it even gets out of the gate.